this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Square root of one tree

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Is there a phobia for what I'm seeing, because I think I have it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's related to trypophobia, which is fear of patterns of holes and bumps. It's tied into your ability to perceive disease and the disgust is your body's avoidance mechanism so you don't go near.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia

There is a singular image of a plant so that link shouldnt be too triggering as it doesn't show images of comparable flesh (at least on mobile).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Whoa. That's wicked cool. Thanks for that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I know right? I can't quite put my finger on why, but it gives me "Fault of Amigara" vibes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It feels very Southern Reach to me (books, I haven't seen the movie).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Dude for real. This disturbs me for the life of this tree.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah this vieny shit and trypophobia gets me. This is less bad, but once I was spray painting in the cold and it dried wierd and veiny. Grossed me out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Fourpophobia

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Simultaneously cool and trypophobia inducing for me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

That doesn't seem to be healthy for the tree at all.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

We are Borg.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Holy shit. This looks like it's generated by CGI. Damn, nature is scary, but somehow, awesome!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That tree has been assimilated by the Borg.