Am I too millennial to understand WTF this meme is talking about?
136House 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
96This is a meme about a scary book called House of Leaves. It’s a book that will make you feel unwell.
72Thanks but I don't need books for that
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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.
38Why is no one asking about 1/12th of an inch?
18No need to ask, that is simply the length and girth of my micro penis
8Seems like a fantasy metric like all the others, what is wrong with it?
2I 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/)
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I need to read that book again. It was scary, but I finished it utterly confused. I clearly missed a ton from the appendices.
53Oh, I just started reading that. Any tips?
2Don't expect too much to "happen" and just enjoy the vibes. I would say the book is primarily a character study.
2Don'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.
2I kind of found the book sort of teaches you how to read it if you pay attention to the structure in the first few bits. But multiple bookmarks can help.
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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
46The 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.
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LEAVESPOSTING LETS GOOOOOO
24Oh oh oh, do one about "S" next! We love Ergodics!
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Was about to say I enjoy the subtle "house" reference, but it turns out - not so subtle lol.
21Navidson Record moment
18What is this referencing?
14House of Leaves
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Will, who tf is Delilah?
12In today's economy the bank might take that extra back.
7Step 5: le minotaur
5Don't open any weird doors.
4I bought it like a week ago. I will start it before it ends up on the shelf of shame like S. did.
4It'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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