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permo-w
83 days ago
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Scream cipher
am I unusual in not really seeing the "creepiness" of zalgo text?
faeyanpiraat
82 days ago
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Maybe you missed this piece of the internet history:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454
lambdaone
83 days ago
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Think of it as representing something like the letters actively 'creeping' and giving off tendrils of darkness. Does this help?
permo-w
82 days ago
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I understand the idea, it just doesn't impact me
Retr0id
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It's not inherently creepy but often symbolic of corruption or someone talking in a raspy/synthetic "evil overlord" kind of voice.
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