History NightmareFuel / Xkcd

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* The isolation in the [[http://xkcd.com/505/ "A Bunch of Rocks"]] strip.
* [[http://xkcd.com/597/ The alt text]]. Because it might be ''true''.
* The aptly-named [[http://xkcd.com/647/ #647: "Scary"]], in which a child uses AdultFear to beat his uncle's ghost story.
* The [[http://xkcd.com/777/ "Pore Strips"]] strip. [[GoneHorriblyRight It works quite well]].
* [[HarsherInHindsight The mouseover text]] on [[http://xkcd.com/875/ this strip.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/883/ "One."]] When you ask someone to rate their pain with 10 being the worst they can imagine, it puts some things in perspective for them.

* To some, how frigging BIG the 4th panel of [[http://xkcd.com/1110/ Click and Drag]] counts.
** Then they must fucking ''hate'' [[http://xkcd.com/1608/ Hoverboard]]...
*** And [[https://xkcd.com/2288/ Collector's Edititon]]...

** The fact that it's a DeconstructedCharacterArchetype of the [[EntitledToHaveYou "nice guy"]] persona might help to illustrate why many people find the stereotype so creepy and manipulative.
* [[http://xkcd.com/751/ This]] is a true nightmare depending on your own views on morality, culture and progress.
** Also, it perfectly illustrates a nightmare many parents have now: you can't know (and by extension, control) what your kids will find on the internet and when. Your child may "learn" some grown-up stuff online and try it out not knowing what they're really doing.
* [[http://xkcd.com/1245/ 10-Day Forecast.]]
-->TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY

* [[http://xkcd.com/1377/ Fish.]] The world is only a speck.

* [[http://xkcd.com/1541/ Voice.]] I can only control my voice once every six years, AndIMustScream.
** What makes it worse is that the mouseover text for this strip is very similar to the one from "Keyboard Mash". Could those giant spiders be ''spreading?''

-->"[[TomatoInTheMirror The staaaaart of my haunting is now further away]] [[DeadAllAlong than your deaaaths!]]"

*** [[http://www.xkcd.com/1321/ These]] [[http://www.xkcd.com/1379/ two]] comics illustrate what that means.
----> "We haven't had a day like that since the nineties. (...) What used to be normal now feels too cold."
----> "[+2 IAU[[note]]+9°C:[[/note]]] Cretaceous hothouse. +200m sea level rise. No glaciers. Palm trees at the poles."

** Though it's made slightly less scary (or depending on how you look at it, ''more'') when you realize it's a reference to [[EldritchLocation House]] ''[[Literature/HouseOfLeaves of Leaves]]''. There's also the AltText:
-->''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Fuck it. I'm just going to Waffle House.]]''
* [[https://xkcd.com/1619/ Watson Medical Algorithm]]. The AltText cranks it up to AndIMustScream levels.

** The fact that it's a pitch-perfect DeconstructedCharacterArchetype of the [[EntitledToHaveYou "nice guy"]] persona might help to illustrate why many people find the stereotype so creepy and manipulative.

* That goddamn [[http://xkcd.com/78/ Garfield]] comic.

* [[http://xkcd.com/390/ When I got used to the regular nightmares, my subconscious got creative.]]

* The aptly-named [[http://xkcd.com/647/ #647: "Scary"]]
* The [[http://xkcd.com/777/ "Pore Strips"]] strip.

* [[http://xkcd.com/883/ "One."]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/926/ Time Vultures.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/1013/ Sheeple.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/1099/ Endless wings.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/1115/ "I looked down."]]

* [[http://xkcd.com/1377/ Fish.]]
* [[http://xkcd.com/1530/ Keyboard Mash.]]

* [[https://xkcd.com/1242/ Scary Names]], which plots the scariness of a name versus the actual scariness of what is describes, mentions that somewhere far off to the right of the chart lies the benign-sounding [[Series/LookAroundYou Helvetica Scenario.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-yKmzP-4U Which involves]] [[spoiler:a man's eyes, mouth and nose somehow being blocked off by his own skin.]]

* [[http://xkcd.com/82/ Frame]]

---> "We haven't had a day like that since the nineties. (...) What used to be normal now feels too cold."
---> "[+2 IAU[[note]]+9°C:[[/note]]] Cretaceous hothouse. +200m sea level rise. No glaciers. Palm trees at the poles."

* [[https://xkcd.com/1619/ Watson Medical Algorithm]]. The AltText cranks it up to AndIMustScream levels.

-->''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Fuck it. I'm just going to Waffle House.]]''

* A little FridgeHorror: imagine the day [[http://xkcd.com/294/ this]] becomes reality.

* The mouseover text on [[http://xkcd.com/875/ this strip.]]

** Also, it perfectly illustrates a nightmare many parents have now: you can't know (and by extention, controll) what your kids will find on the internet and when. Your child may "learn" some grown-up stuff online and try it out not knowing what they're really doing.

* [[http://xkcd.com/1139/ "I'm rubber, you're glue."]]

* [[https://xkcd.com/944/ Your local forecast tomorrow is "Steve"]]

* To some, [[spoiler:how frigging BIG the 4th panel of [[http://xkcd.com/1110/ Click and Drag]]]] counts.
** [[spoiler:Then they must fucking ''hate'' [[http://xkcd.com/1608/ Hoverboard]]...]]

-->[[spoiler: TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY TUESDAY]]

** What makes it worse is that the mouseover text for this strip is very similar to the one from "Keyboard Mash". Could [[spoiler: those giant spiders]] be ''spreading?''
* [[http://xkcd.com/652/ The alt text on this one]] points out that [[spoiler: we've already invented unstoppable robot assassins.]]

-->[[spoiler:"[[TomatoInTheMirror The staaaaart of my haunting is now further away]] [[DeadAllAlong than your deaaaths!]]"]]

-->[[spoiler:''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Fuck it. I'm just going to Waffle House.]]'']]

'''Moments subpages are Administrivia/SpoilersOff pages. YouHaveBeenWarned.'''

** With the collective media madness over the alleged Russian interference in the US 2016 presidential election and the subsequent push for a more aggressive anti-Russian foreign policy, the escalation of military conflicts in the Middle East, the far-right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger than before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there are plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is already too common. And 2017 actually did seem determined to include all the types of disasters and tragedies it could.

** With the collective media madness over the alleged Russian interference in the US 2016 presidential election and the subsequent push for a more aggressive anti-Russian foreign policy, the escalation of military conflicts in the Middle East, the far-right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger than before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there are plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is already too common. Happy 2017.
*** Charlottesville, Harvey, Irma, Jose, Maria, the earthquakes, Las Vegas- 2017 seems determined to include all the types of disasters and tragedies it can. And we still have almost a quarter of a year to go.

** With the collective media madness over the alleged Russian interference in the US 2016 presidential election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-Russian foreign policy, the escalation of military conflicts in the Middle East, the far-right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger than before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there are plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is already too common. Happy 2017.

-->[[spoiler:''[[ScrewThisImOuttaHere Fuck it, I'm going to Waffle House.]]'']]

** Though it's made slightly less scary (or depending on how you look at it, ''more'') when you realize it's a reference to [[EldritchLocation House]] [[Literature/HouseOfLeaves of Leaves]]. There's also the AltText:

* [[https://xkcd.com/472/ House of Pancakes.]] It's like a document you'd find in a SurvivalHorror game, and it's made worse by the fact that ''[[NothingIsScarier it's never explained.]]''

** What is worse is that unlike previous entries on this list, this is real, and according to projections that "Cretaceous hothouse" may be a reality if the current path continues.

** With the collective media madness over the alleged Russian interference in the US 2016 presidential election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-Russian foreign policy, the escalation of military conflicts in the Middle East, the far-right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger tan before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there are plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is alredy too common. Happy 2017.

-->[[spoiler:"[[TomatoInTheMirror The staaaaart of my haunting is now further away]] [[DeadAllAlong than your deaaaths!"]]

-->[[spoiler:"The staaaaart of my haunting is now further away than your deaaaths!"]]

** With the collective media madness over the alleged russian interference in the US 2016 pres. election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-russian foreign policy, the escalation of military conflictS in the middle east, the far right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger tan before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there're plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is alredy too common. Happy 2017.

** With the collective media madness over the alleged russian interference in the US 2016 pres. election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-russian foreign policy, the escalation of military conflict**S** in the middle east, the far right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger tan before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there're plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is alredy too common. Happy 2017.

** With the collective media madness over the alleged russian interference in the US 2016 pres. election and the subsequent push for a more agressive anti-russian foreign policy, the escalation of the military conflictS in the middle east, the far right swing in Europe and the (still pretty much ignored) fact that all the financial bubbles that exploded in 2007/08 are now bigger tan before, this comic has turned into horrifying, (hopefully) unintentional foreshadowing. And there're plenty of regions where screaming in sheer terror is alredy too common. Happy 2017.