asdf forums

For some reason, it randomly popped into my head earlier today that I had made the wall* of fame on a certain forum over a decade ago, which I had not thought about since, and I spent a while trying to wrack my brain remembering exactly what that forum was. In a bout of frustration, I mashed my keys a few times and sure enough, it came to me; ASDF!

Glad to see this place is still around!

Heh, welcome back
ASDF is eternal (hopefully)

welcome back specter

hello genesis, hopefully you keep the key and the memory doesn't get locked again

I hate it when I lose the car keys and then forget what cars are.... so annoying

Come to think of it, what ARE those metal chariots all over the place?
I've never lost my metal chariot keys, or at least I don't remember ever losing them.
Might be because I've never had a metal chariot.
But it might be that I just don't remember having a metal chariot because I've lost my metal chariot keys and promptly forgot about the metal chariot?!
Damn.

that would make for a pretty cool thought experiment. the idea that something exists almost ubiquitously but people are unable to perceive it.

Actually I've seen that be used a couple times in Urban Fantasy, but personally I think it is most evocative as a sort of SCP-esque idea.

For the life of me I cant find it but there was one short story I read one time (it might have been from r/nosleep) about a guy who put on some glasses and was able to see weird creatures drinking the life force from people. Basically, the twist of the story was that humans are naturally immortal creatures, but we only age because of these invisible parasites.

Super cool idea. These sort of things really make me think of worldbuilding in a different way, from a perspective of 'negative space' so to speak. As in, the approach of implementing fantastical ideas as though they were a hidden part of the non-fiction reality we live in (or at least suspending disbelief to the point of verisimilitude), rather than introducing novel concepts.

This isn't particularly unique, but it's really interesting to see the trope of a sort of 'hidden world' be used beyond Urban Fantasy (not that I dislike Urban Fantasy). I really just appreciate the wittiness required to write a subversive work that is not cynical, but rather both inspiring and innovative.

The best example I could give is the first Discworld book, though I only read some of it and even then it was a long time ago so I could be misremembering the atmosphere. I do remember it was quite funny though.

I should read more of Terry Pratchett's stuff, from what I hear the guy was a genius.