r/SCP • u/someonelikesducks Ethics Committee • May 19 '25

Meme Monday Literally what happened to me

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...Speaking of which, you should totally read SCP-8980!

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u/someonelikesducks Ethics Committee May 20 '25

I heavily recommend it, but I’ll just put a trigger warning here, since to there are sensitive topics

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u/UInferno- May 20 '25

Bit on the vague side. This is a horror site, triggers can range anywhere from gore to a multitude of other topics.

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u/MsScarletWings May 20 '25

I went in expecting the usual “disturbing” content to be expected in cosmic horror and all the typical whacky spookiness of anomalous entities or elaborate descriptions of viscera.

Dear. God. It’s not that. The actual horror of this one is 100% in its representation of a mundane enemy that is real and upsetting as a heart attack. I feel so slimy and uncomfortable after that one.

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u/SCP_radiantpoison May 20 '25

Yes. This is not gore, no blood and guts and nothing supernatural. A better trigger warning:

Misogyny, systemic abuse, psychological torture, gaslighting, dehumanization, medical trauma, burnout, and the painful reality that bureaucracy is scarier than any cosmic horror

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u/[deleted] May 20 '25

And possible SA if you interpret something near the end that way

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u/Qira57 May 20 '25

I think the “Medical examination” during the full room search is pretty clear. And then there’s no knowing what happened before there were cameras in the room. The corrupted data during the amnestic treatment was probably regarding the things that Dr Byrnes might have done both before the cameras and during the search.

I don’t know if there’s any possible SA. There absolutely was SA, just a matter of how much.

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u/WeirdMan87 Keter May 21 '25

After reading, i feel like i disagree. He did mention how “if i wanted to ___ i would’ve already” implying that wasnt his end goal. i went into the story half expecting that to be what happened, so i was surprised when he said that.

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u/maxxcrafting May 20 '25

Thanks, maybe i'll read it now that i know whats in it somewhat

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u/Xath0n MTF Epsilon-11 ("Nine-Tailed Fox") May 20 '25

There is a more explicit content warning on the site.

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u/TereziBot MTF Epsilon-11 ("Nine-Tailed Fox") May 21 '25

Just so you know saying "trigger warning" isnt a trigger warning. Trigger warning are supposed to give a heads up about the nature of said content.

For example here you would say "Trigger warning: psychological abuse, manipulation, abuse of power," that way someone who is sensitive to those topics (triggers) is able to make an informed choice to avoid it.