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Lovecraft Mythos - Cosmic Horror

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H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is a shared universe far larger and more terrifying than that of humanity, where ancient, malevolent beings known as the Great Old Ones slumber in the depths of space or time. After Lovecraft's death, the Mythos has been expanded and developed by many authors, including August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard. These and many other authors have helped to flesh out the Mythos into a rich and complex Dark Universe.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

I pretty sure that's not what non-Eucludian means. It's not just built on a rounded surface. The lines of latitude and longitude we define on a globe may exhibit non-Eucludian geometry, but that doesn't mean your house is non-Eucludian.

These things are non-Eucludian: parallel lines that diverge or converge; triangles with interior angles don't add up to 180 degrees; hallways that appear perfectly straight, but also intersect with themselves; square rooms where every wall is perpendicular, but opposite walls aren't always parallel. Brain breaking stuff, not "all of our geometry". That would be dumb.

[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's not really what "non-Euclidean" means in general, but even then we typically start a building with a flat foundation, and then build very Euclidean architecture on top of that foundation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah but if you told me he actually meant "kinda Oriental looking" I'd believe it.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Aww, but then we don't get to imagine a world that's running on Solv geometry. That shit looks funky.

Edit: mathed wrong on the timestamp.