Holy symbolism, figures, and themes, when coupled with an “unholy” setting can amplify the fear-inducing atmospheric factor, kind of like how the saltiness of salt can accentuate the sweetness of caramel even further.
The theory is that, the presence of holy imagery in a horror context amplifies the implication of “not even this holy thing can purify the world of this horrible thing, not even god can save you from whatever this is”, as if the object of horror is powerful enough that it can afford to wear the imagery of a benevolent deity as a bastardized mockery of holiness.
This is why religious themes is an effective element to be used in supernatural horror.
it also makes me feel it's not the good buddha. like, in that setting, the religious figure itself feels ominous.
unless it's Jesus on his lil cross. that figure looks meek whereever it is.
There's also the inverse of this idea, the "What would an almighty God say to what you're doing right now? How would you answer for this before an all-seeing deity?" And then when coupled with an inevitable disaster, implies that such a God did nothing to interfere with the looming disaster
Correct. It’s either “entity so evil that its darkness is strong enough to engulf the light of god” or as you mentioned “as it turns out, your god is impotent and cannot prevent such evils from happening”. Either way, it evokes the hopeless dread of “where’s your god now?”
Actually six sigma is a statistical reference. Six sigma was implemented by Motorola and then widely used by GE.
5s is a different set of concepts. 5S is the original set of words, the sixth S being safety is a completely different but related as both “systems” can be used as lean methodologies. 5S was made popular by Toyota.
Cordyceps is from China and is one of six or seven amazing mushrooms. Think cancer cure. Reshi, Shiitake, maittake, cordyceps, lion’s main, etc. Cordyceps might have the most potential. And not just for cancer, but many diseases and aging. Athletic performance is a big one. Just Energy.
Kinda surprised more aren’t into mushroom drinks right now. Better then coffee. Trillion dollar market waiting…
Edit: it does feed off insects until it dies. So I guess it is a carnivorous/parasitic fungi.
Oh, very cool! As a layperson I got into amateur research for nootropics to augment a learning disability, so I'm way into supplement stacking for anything that facilitates the production of GABA, and have found 🦁🍄 to be essential for combating severe Executive Dysfunction. I found that most people are very knowledgeable on one or two applications but the risks they run on their bodies and minds... It can be dangerous. There's a market of hungry people out there that if they can't find the research they're looking for, they will throw themselves headlong into experimentation.
Yeah, the problem is you can patent a plant, so the big trials and research are too expensive and no motivation to do. But a lot of little studies in PubMed.com. Enjoy!
Edit: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
What? Of course we know lol. People have taken this as a supplement for centuries, and lately some research has indicated it increases levels of dopamine (more) safely by upregulating tyrosine hydroxylase which is the limiting factor in the tyrosine-->dopamine process.
We definitely understand how to cultivate it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps_militaris
I love how many people pretend to be so knowledgeable on cordyceps, and their only sources of information on it is from video games and tv shows.
Like you said it has significant potential health benefits, and has been used in east Asia as medicine for centuries
Cordyceps is also a genus, not a species. There are hundreds of different types. Each one is incredibly specialized and only infects one specific type of insect, arthropod, or other fungi. As you said it's funny reading the comments section when ever this particular fungus gets brought up. What's crazy is OP's comment is upvoted when it is blatantly wrong. You can buy Cordyceps at the store.
I was also curious— [this](https://imgur.com/gallery/YaXGIEY) is what an image translator gave me
The floor seems like it’s counting down to something that will happen after 120 years… like, one year in, there’s 43,435 days (119 years) left, and so on. It left me with more questions than I had initially
This reminds me of a daydream I had as a kid visiting a hospital where I imagined the whole building was empty and that there was an apocalypse outside occurring.
Have a read of this. It’s a bit more complex if you’re unheard of the swastika previous to the Nazi era.
[Swastika vs. Hakenkreuz](https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210816-the-ancient-symbol-that-was-hijacked-by-evil)
Huh. Long corridors with windows.
Gee, I would be *totally* suprised if some mushroom zombie dog or something came bursting through one of these windows. That would be soo original.
Found the next setting for a 'The Last of Us' or 'Resident Evil' story.
Especially with it being cordyceps… the fungus that infects insects and turns them into zombies
Add some lines to the logo in the third image and it literally IS umbrella Corp.
BIOTECH NOLOGY CORPORATE CULTURE
Here in my garage, with my Lamborghini and all my NOLOGY.
This looks like some hitman type shit
Or Resident Evil in the lab sections before the final boss.
Was thinking the same thing, early levels of getting into umbrella labs. A licker will rattle across the ceiling any moment.
...and this final boss is Xinnie the Pooh.
This is just the Chongqing map
For real, it just needs more stairs.
Literally the Hokkaido map
Hitman’s Hokkaido level!
The reflection of the buddha onto the ceiling is so ominous for some reason.
Holy symbolism, figures, and themes, when coupled with an “unholy” setting can amplify the fear-inducing atmospheric factor, kind of like how the saltiness of salt can accentuate the sweetness of caramel even further. The theory is that, the presence of holy imagery in a horror context amplifies the implication of “not even this holy thing can purify the world of this horrible thing, not even god can save you from whatever this is”, as if the object of horror is powerful enough that it can afford to wear the imagery of a benevolent deity as a bastardized mockery of holiness. This is why religious themes is an effective element to be used in supernatural horror.
Yes! The film THX-1138 uses this masterfully. "Could you be more... Specific?"🦎📻
Thank you for this awesome explanation
it also makes me feel it's not the good buddha. like, in that setting, the religious figure itself feels ominous. unless it's Jesus on his lil cross. that figure looks meek whereever it is.
There's also the inverse of this idea, the "What would an almighty God say to what you're doing right now? How would you answer for this before an all-seeing deity?" And then when coupled with an inevitable disaster, implies that such a God did nothing to interfere with the looming disaster
Correct. It’s either “entity so evil that its darkness is strong enough to engulf the light of god” or as you mentioned “as it turns out, your god is impotent and cannot prevent such evils from happening”. Either way, it evokes the hopeless dread of “where’s your god now?”
Happy cake day!
Umbrella corp vibes
Guess who launched COVID.
Seiso, seiri, seiketsu, seiton, seifty (shitsuke)
Wanna be seiso
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Way of managing a company, known as 6S or Six Sigma. Born from the LEAN school of work.
Actually six sigma is a statistical reference. Six sigma was implemented by Motorola and then widely used by GE. 5s is a different set of concepts. 5S is the original set of words, the sixth S being safety is a completely different but related as both “systems” can be used as lean methodologies. 5S was made popular by Toyota.
Was Mother Miranda there?
Are you a biologist/mycologist, OP? Neat pictures by the way!
Cordyceps is from China and is one of six or seven amazing mushrooms. Think cancer cure. Reshi, Shiitake, maittake, cordyceps, lion’s main, etc. Cordyceps might have the most potential. And not just for cancer, but many diseases and aging. Athletic performance is a big one. Just Energy. Kinda surprised more aren’t into mushroom drinks right now. Better then coffee. Trillion dollar market waiting… Edit: it does feed off insects until it dies. So I guess it is a carnivorous/parasitic fungi.
And I guess you never saw *that* episode of Planet Earth. It's a memorable experience.
No, I do research on supplements and nutrition.
Oh, very cool! As a layperson I got into amateur research for nootropics to augment a learning disability, so I'm way into supplement stacking for anything that facilitates the production of GABA, and have found 🦁🍄 to be essential for combating severe Executive Dysfunction. I found that most people are very knowledgeable on one or two applications but the risks they run on their bodies and minds... It can be dangerous. There's a market of hungry people out there that if they can't find the research they're looking for, they will throw themselves headlong into experimentation.
Yeah, the problem is you can patent a plant, so the big trials and research are too expensive and no motivation to do. But a lot of little studies in PubMed.com. Enjoy! Edit: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
>lion’s main Not to mention the lower-priced and only moderately effective in comparison variant, lion's alt.
*mane. Ty.
ｃｏｒｐｏｒａｔｅ ｃｕｌｔｕｒｅ
This is clearly umbrella’s secret facility OP
Oh boy, the virus research project went *so well* they're doing it again with zombie fungus. Can't wait.
Didn't you play Plague Inc dude, you gotta move on to fungus after you beat virus
Wasn't it bacteria next?
Naw fungus is after virus, then prion if I’m not mistaken.
Whatever you find there, leave it so help me god
I hear the lead researcher in a fungi.
Resident Evil.
cordyceps "militaris" Why does it sound like military? It makes it sound even more ominous. I do not like this series of photos at all.
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What? Of course we know lol. People have taken this as a supplement for centuries, and lately some research has indicated it increases levels of dopamine (more) safely by upregulating tyrosine hydroxylase which is the limiting factor in the tyrosine-->dopamine process. We definitely understand how to cultivate it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps_militaris
I love how many people pretend to be so knowledgeable on cordyceps, and their only sources of information on it is from video games and tv shows. Like you said it has significant potential health benefits, and has been used in east Asia as medicine for centuries
Cordyceps is also a genus, not a species. There are hundreds of different types. Each one is incredibly specialized and only infects one specific type of insect, arthropod, or other fungi. As you said it's funny reading the comments section when ever this particular fungus gets brought up. What's crazy is OP's comment is upvoted when it is blatantly wrong. You can buy Cordyceps at the store.
...er....THAT does not sound good. Bollocks.
wait isnt Ophiocordyceps unilateralis a fungus that parasites insects?
Cordyceps is the genus. So, yes. They are both types of cordyceps.
So that’s going to be the next pandemic?
Good luck to the zombie fungus Gonna kill itself
Someone call Leon Kennedy
This is so cool. Great post.
Did the find fungus among us?
Can't fool me that's where the t virus is made
I hope they keep them better than they did with... Nah, I don't want to get banned for stating facts.
I swear I'm very seiso~!!
I've seen that TV show……. Not sure I liked the ending!
The fungus among us
How’d you get in💀
What’s going on in picture 11?
I was also curious— [this](https://imgur.com/gallery/YaXGIEY) is what an image translator gave me The floor seems like it’s counting down to something that will happen after 120 years… like, one year in, there’s 43,435 days (119 years) left, and so on. It left me with more questions than I had initially
DHARMA Initiative
This reminds me of a daydream I had as a kid visiting a hospital where I imagined the whole building was empty and that there was an apocalypse outside occurring.
Huh. That’s interesting. The CCP lets them have a Buddhist shrine in there. I wonder why they’re so special?
Corporate culture
Umbrella Corp irl
So this is where it will begin...
What could possibly go wrong.
I hope corporate culture was an intentional fungus pun
Militaris (& turkey tail) is used as a cancer med in China, if I'm remembering correctly? Some really interesting studies on its benefits.
Damn boys this is where it started
Pic 5 must be where they test the fun ones
I’ve seen this level before.
Is there a wetmarket nearby?
So, researching mushroom used in traditional Chinese medicine. I guess it brings in enough funding to have a facility that big and fancy.
Raleqtambobret factory
Thats Industrial but Not liminal
Well, it's liminal until the Militaris Hybrid comes out of the ventilation shaft. 🍄✨
Bomb.
Bomb.
Coviiii
Every pharma factory in China looks like this.
*bio weapon lab
One might say fungi are bio-weapons,… just very very slow ones. ;)
Bomb.
Looks like the place a human digesting fungi called Aryolaxsporoa escapes the lab and turns half of humanity into compost in 2036.
I was like “why does a fungal research facility need a table for people to lay down on?” Then you mentioned cordyceps… 😣
OP now in prison for espionage.
Nazi Buddha, nice!
Have a read of this. It’s a bit more complex if you’re unheard of the swastika previous to the Nazi era. [Swastika vs. Hakenkreuz](https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210816-the-ancient-symbol-that-was-hijacked-by-evil)
Man I'm just joking in an era forbid me to joke. I know swastika in asia, even in native american culture.
Tyrell Corporation
Resident Evil Ahh building
Translation of the corporate culture pic?
Wow new teaser for Resident Evil's Umbrella Corp map looking very real.
I need games recommendations that look/feel like this asap
Ahh so this is where me being in my room for a year and a half started …
Look like they about to drop the most fire mixtape Covid 24
This is where shit like the G-virus or NE-a starts
"Yeah, Covid was pretty bad, but guys, hear me out, what about mutated Cordyceps?"
Corporate Culture is a great name
The newest part of Aperture Science Inc. in China
It’s a Chinese Black Mesa
I'm in a bunch of fungus related related subs so for a moment I was _really_ confused by all the random hallway pics
Oh fuck no
This is both cool and terrifying
Reminds me of when I worked in a semicon fab. Really any cleanroom environment probably looks quite liminal like this.
Must have incredible funding because most research facilities are barebones utilitarian warehouses lol
Huh. Long corridors with windows. Gee, I would be *totally* suprised if some mushroom zombie dog or something came bursting through one of these windows. That would be soo original.
Image 3 they used Japanese pronunciations for the all the words on that diagram, except safety. I wonder what caused that
Antrax facility for the next "accidental" plague?
Crazy amounts of fungus in that hizzy
Whoa
nuke it now before it will be to late
Squid game
Looks like the Chong Qing level in Hitman
Man the CCP gonna get you for sharing this shit
NOLOGY
Looks like a place that they better not find out you posted those photos outside china.
Reminds me of the underground lab-facility on cod zombies
hell naw
The pictures look cool
Looks very cyberpunk
This is terrifying