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[-] voxthefox 48 points 6 days ago

Isn't that rationale baked into the tabletop games at least (call of cthulu, etc), maybe the fiction itself as well? I know there are some rules where you make intelligence checks and if you fail (so you're too dumb to comprehend what your seeing), then you're not affected with sanity loss

[-] Gutek8134@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

I shouldn't be allowed to play CoC because I never succeed on those IRL

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 45 points 6 days ago

Also, Cthulhu mostly just sleeps? Comprehensible and relatable.

[-] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 6 days ago

Yeah, I fhtagn every night.

[-] BillibusMaximus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

Twice on Sundays.

[-] nednobbins@lemmy.zip 17 points 6 days ago

Lovecraft describes it as "non-Euclidean".

If you understand enough math the know that this means altering Euclid's 5th axiom then you also know that most non-Euclidean geometries can't be comprehended by humans.

[-] SkyeStarfall 7 points 5 days ago

Until you realize that we literally live in a non-euclidean universe, and we comprehend it just fine. Not to mention that the surface of a sphere, which is pretty much what the surface of the earth is, is also non-euclidean

[-] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Not to mention that the surface of a sphere, which is pretty much what the surface of the earth is, is also non-euclidean

Suddenly, flat earthers' inability to understand makes a little more sense.

[-] krull_krull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

Well, iirc it's only Chtullu. Other Lovecraftian creatures have a more abstract appearance.

[-] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

This is beautiful

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