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[โ€“] LoamImprovement@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You become immune to cosmic horror when your sense of self worth has been so blunted by capitalism that the Cthulhu mythos tells you you're worthless in the grand scheme of things and you're just like "yeah that's what Nelnet tells me, you don't have to rub it in fucker."

[โ€“] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 1 year ago

IDK, I feel like capitalism just enhances the appeal of cosmic horror. I feel like encountering horrors beyond my comprehension would be reassuring after a lifetime of experiencing manmade horrors within my comprehension