• Mantzy81@aussie.zone
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    12 hours ago

    https://lemmy.world/c/liminalspace

    You watched Severance? Many of the areas in the show are liminal spaces. Always a bit creepy and odd and something just feels off when you’re in them. You can’t put your finger on what it is but it’s not quite right.

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      12 hours ago

      I think I just don’t have the liminal space gene. I’ve watched Severance and have seen a ton of other spaces people call liminal but I’ve never felt anything creepy or unsettling about them at all.

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        It’s a space that has no purpose except transit. Therefore there is no thought of comfort in its design. When you see these spaces your brain has a reaction of “getting through it as soon as possible”. There is probably also something in our ancient survival instinct that lingering in open space like that could be fatal.