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[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 107 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Am I too millennial to understand WTF this meme is talking about?

[–] DumbAceDragon@sh.itjust.works 77 points 1 year ago (2 children)

House of Leaves. It's a book that's been around for a bit, but I believe that it got popular with the zoomers because it was an inspiration for myhouse.wad

[–] acannan@programming.dev 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I suddenly find myself downloading doom II, cool

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[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Oh heck,

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this.

House of leaves has been sitting on my shelf after I felt that it was really messing with my head.

I'll be checking the wad out

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is a meme about a scary book called House of Leaves. It’s a book that will make you feel unwell.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

Thanks but I don't need books for that

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's an abnormaly written allegory for loneliness. Theres a lot going on in the book, but the terror starts when a journalist discovers that his new house is a fraction of an inch bigger on the inside than the outside. After that door leading to a pitch black room just shows up in their house.

It's a great book. Gave me nightmares.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Why is no one asking about 1/12th of an inch?

[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a reference to a horror book that starts with a protagonist discovering his house is slightly bigger on the inside. Spooky hijinks ensue, and somewhere along the way you loose your mind reading that book.

10/10 would recommend.

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[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

No need to ask, that is simply the length and girth of my micro penis

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Seems like a fantasy metric like all the others, what is wrong with it?

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't know anything about the book in question, but I assumed it was because of the way the hook at the end of tape measures has a little play to it. If it's a poorly made tape measure that doesn't account for this properly, you get slightly different measurements by hooking around something versus pushing it against a surface.

(See point #5: https://www.ustape.com/hidden-features-of-measuring-tape/)

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That wiggle is an 1/8". 12ths of an inch aren't really a thing.

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[–] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I need to read that book again. It was scary, but I finished it utterly confused. I clearly missed a ton from the appendices.

[–] Bearbi3@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Pegajace@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

More like House of Leaves

[–] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 11 points 1 year ago

House of Leaves, I believe

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

House of Leaves maybe?

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

House of Leaves definitely.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago

House of leaves, perchance

[–] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 5 points 1 year ago

House of Leaves I believe

[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Oh, I just started reading that. Any tips?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Read each page from left to right, starting to the top.

[–] FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Usually pretty good advice for a book but actually not helpful in this book.

The real answer is to read it however you want to explore it.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The one time ...

[–] nifty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What if OP has a version translated into a right-to-left languages?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] nifty@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I don’t know, I was reading right to left

[–] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

Don't look up too much the first time reading it. Just enjoy the weird ride. Feel free to page over to the relevant appendices every now and then, although they didn't make a ton of sense to me. When you're done, check them out. Apparently there's various secret messages and stuff back there that reveal more of the story but like I said, I still need to figure them out myself lol. Once I finished the book my mind was too twisted up trying to figure it out to look into them, but I'll come back... one day.

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[–] OrnateLuna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am guessing no one's gonna give an actual answer to what the meme is about (yes I know it's from house of leaves, I have 0 interest in reading it) so would be actually nice to have a more in depth explanation

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 26 points 1 year ago

The story begins with a man doing the things described in the picture. He is puzzled and becomes interested in finding out more about it. His wife is not very happy about it. It's easy to get lost in a new hobby. Other people have written their opinions on the strange house, and those are included.

[–] chwilson@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LEAVESPOSTING LETS GOOOOOO

Oh oh oh, do one about "S" next! We love Ergodics!

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

Was about to say I enjoy the subtle "house" reference, but it turns out - not so subtle lol.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AcidOctopus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

House of Leaves

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

Navidson Record moment

[–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Will, who tf is Delilah?

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] JackRiddle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

House of leaves, a good book you should read a physical copy of

[–] jacobc436@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why exactly a physical copy?

[–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because the author plays with the physical formatting of the book, and physically having the copy you're reading is important for getting the intended experience. It doesn't work right with an ebook

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[–] Hootz@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

In today's economy the bank might take that extra back.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Step 5: le minotaur

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I bought it like a week ago. I will start it before it ends up on the shelf of shame like S. did.

It's been 16 hours since you've posted this. I can only hope you're near the bottom of a looooong staircase at this point.

(Seriously, don't sleep on this one - a lot of people get turned off by the experimental structure stuff but it's 100% worth reading at least once)

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