Re: Two Sentence Horror

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Interesting, this subreddit must be having a little breakout. Just an hour ago I was seeing it for the first time, watching some streamers give dramatic readings.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 10-13-23 7:14 AM
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The most popular ones seem to usually have some clever twist or slightly-hidden realization. Usually overclever.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 10-13-23 7:15 AM
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It's not going to replace r/handjobs.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 10-13-23 7:29 AM
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Or r/handjob.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 10-13-23 7:44 AM
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1: huh! I've been following it for awhile, but I only see the ones that rise to a certain level of popularity, according to whatever dumb algorithm they've got filtering the subreddits I follow.


Posted by: heebie | Link to this comment | 10-13-23 7:47 AM
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But yes. They're mostly trying to pack too much into an extended run-on sentence to achieve some gimmick.


Posted by: heebie | Link to this comment | 10-13-23 7:48 AM
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Oh, I didn't even mean run-on sentences, though they can run long. I meant twists like this, #11 in all-time popularity.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 10-13-23 7:51 AM
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Oh right. Yeah, they're less like traditional horror and more like horror-themed puzzles that you're supposed to figure out.

(For the rest of you: then people debate interpretations in the comments, and the author weighs in with who got it right.)


Posted by: heebie | Link to this comment | 10-13-23 7:55 AM
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The penangglan memorably showed up in Dungeons and Dragons with a terrifically gross black-and-white illustration in maybe the Monster Manual II?


Posted by: snarkout | Link to this comment | 10-13-23 8:05 AM
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Two-sentence horror kind of reminds me of the Trivial Psychic. "At lunch I treated myself to a vanilla ice cream. But I ate it too fast and got an ice cream headache!"


Posted by: Todd | Link to this comment | 10-13-23 10:40 AM
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OP is enetertaining and golden-linked.


Posted by: Mossy Character | Link to this comment | 10-14-23 2:21 AM
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"This subreddit must be having a little breakout"

They've done a TV series I think?


Posted by: Ajay | Link to this comment | 10-14-23 3:05 AM
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12: Wow, I had no idea. (It's the CW, though, so only technically.)

Making them 20 minute episodes seems rather missing the point.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 10-15-23 2:10 PM
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