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Mark Pesce

For those who did not receive the last memo:

THE VOID is for screaming.

THE ABYSS is for staring.

Please do not scream into THE ABYSS. And under no circumstances should you ever stare into THE VOID.

That is all.

67 comments
Deborah Hartmann Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦

@mpesce Mark, the new order has arrived, and it's Joy and Hope. Time to put put a revision? 😁

Celeste Ryder 🐾 🐀🏳️‍🌈

@mpesce I do not, under any circumstance, recommend screaming at Kang Yohan… #SoundAdvice #KDrama

Yfkysf

@mpesce in my house Void screams at me

David M Reiss MD

@mpesce

Sure.

But (summoning Schroedinger) what doth one doeth if staring and screaming simultaneously?

W6KME

@mpesce I looked into The Void, and The Void waved at me. And I waved back. Then I realized it was waving at someone behind me.

Ian Langham

@mpesce

so I might have puked into the abyss...

Jellyfriend

@mpesce <mixes them into a paste and eats it with a spoon> :neocat_googly:

Fragarach

@mpesce

Ah. That'll be why this happened then 😏

Pierre

@mpesce there is a story about this PSA I'd love to know.

Ri

@mpesce this landed on my screen while my ears were reminded of why the spaceship was screaming in the fiction podcast. I like this timing.

🇺🇦 haxadecimal

@mpesce
When Chuck Norris stares into the abyss, the abyss averts its eyes and cowers in terror.

Katti

@mpesce You should've told Zach Braff, they are screaming into the abyss in "Garden State".

🇮🇱 El Murciélago 🦇

@mpesce
Oh. And I thought the VOID would be calling 🤷‍♂️

V'ger

@mpesce But is it worse than dividing by zero?

EaterOfSnacks

@mpesce Let's not forget to Mind The Gap, or it'll feel left out.

I see Dud people!

@mpesce Either way, both have taken out a restraining order against me.

gunstick

@mpesce But then what is a black hole?
It's an abyss full of void.
And when you stare into it you can't stop screaming.

MarjorieR

@mpesce seems that touching the void is also an option, or a least Joe Simpson said so. But not a very comfortable one.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchi

Neurothing

@mpesce I'm already fuc̷̢͎̦͗̉̈́k̸͎̙͙̬̊̎̕ē̷̺͓̂̄d̷̤͈͉͖̅̐̑

enoch_exe_inc

@mpesce Thank you for helping us keep SCP-3930 from growing. Seriously. When you scream into the void, the void screams back.

telzey

@mpesce So I have to close my eyes while screaming into the void?

ticho

@mpesce But what if the abyss screams into the void? Will the void stare back?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Jennifer Slack

@mpesce
After pondering all these comments, I am left confused. How do I test this proposition?

Petra van Cronenburg

@mpesce And then came the day when the abyss screamed into the void because someone prohibited its staring. What did the void answer? 😎

Mark Newton

@mpesce This is really good advice, Mark, and thank you for being the one to say it.

Edge

@mpesce @kh Thanks. I need both this week.

Menno

@mpesce
But what if I want to stare and scream at the same time?

siona

@mpesce hunh, that might've been the whole problem all along... :P

Estarriol, Cat owned Dragon

@mpesce the Abyss also welcomes the occasional cup of coffee and biscuit.

The Void has afternoon tea with me every tuesday afternoon, and is a mean cribbage player.

David Palk #FBPE #RejoinEU

@mpesce I've read the thread. What happens when quantum mechanics meets quantum entanglement?I think this leads to 'Randomness' as best expressed by NTT (author) 'The Black Swan'. Just a thought.💭 🤔 😎

Heidi 🇳🇱🇪🇺

@mpesce I’ll make a screenshot and will always remember this. Thank you! 🙋🏼‍♀️

van der Generator

@mpesce Ah, Scream into the void! 🙄 (come hell or high water)

Cindy Weinstein

@mpesce. I'm wondering which Sartre essay (or is it Camus?) discusses this very idea.

Jennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊

@mpesce

I feel like this is problematic. What steps are being taken by our workplaces to ensure void accessibility for those who are mute, or abyss accessibility for our sight-impaired employees? I feel it vital that arrangements should be set up so that each of these groups has their own way to meaninglessly interact with those facets of a cold, uncaring universe.

Bruce Heerssen

@mpesce
I screamed into the abyss once. It answered.

No, I will not repeat what it said. *shudder*

Stone Bear

@mpesce if you stare into the void, it may stare back.

Daniel (Not A Lawyer)

@mpesce

Init v1 = void(FALSE)
V1.print "SCR"
do while (TRUE)
v1.print "EA"
next
v1.print "M"

Paul Martin

@mpesce The void* is for casting things into.

Mark Pesce

@nowster Isn't that what yeeting is for? Or have I misread _that_ memo?

Paul H

@mpesce
...Because THE VOID stares back...

Michael Stanclift

@mpesce @trwnh thank you for sharing this vital information. I apologize to the abyss for the misunderstanding.

Mike Sax

@mpesce @glennf “We were on the edge of precipice, but now we’re taking a big step forward.”

nshrubs

@mpesce @glennf What if the void is staring at you?

Mark Pesce

@Nshrubs @glennf DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES STARE BACK

HowToPhil

@mpesce I have done such and trust, good friend, I am changed for the better. Come with me to the precipice of each and know the echo of the abyss, the sweet vistas of the void, and the fading of your soul. Come and know the glory of nothing.

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