Damn, that sounds trippy. Like you felt threatened on an instinctual level. I had a similar experience star gazing, but not in a threatening way. I saw a star moving around and dancing in the sky for me. Unreal stuff, I couldn’t not see it, even if I looked away, closed my eyes, squinted, anything. It was clear as day a dancing star, twirling and bouncing. My buddy had a telescope, so I used it to take a closer look and figured out what was going on. Turns out I was looking at a cluster of stars twinkling in a sequence that gave the impression of something akin to animation. I was also on shrooms, so I was primed for an emerging pattern. Made for an awesome experience.

I’ve got the same deal. YouTube in my browser is effectively useless. But there are always ways to circumvent the bullshit.

Really, how many people came here with no relationship to reddit? Why does this place even exist in the first place? It takes quite a bit of time for a culture to evolve. The reddit mannerisms were always going to be a given.

I grew up poor and black. The illusion was never there.