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ginko 4 days ago

Now pack even more info in each character with Zalgo text.

Retr0id 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

zalgo256: https://gist.github.com/DavidBuchanan314/07da147445a90f7a049...

BubbleRings 4 days ago | parent [-]

Hey, cool little rabbit hole there. I had totally missed all that.

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

permo-w 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

am I unusual in not really seeing the "creepiness" of zalgo text?

faeyanpiraat 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe you missed this piece of the internet history: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454

lambdaone 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Think of it as representing something like the letters actively 'creeping' and giving off tendrils of darkness. Does this help?

permo-w 4 days ago | parent [-]

I understand the idea, it just doesn't impact me

Retr0id 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It's not inherently creepy but often symbolic of corruption or someone talking in a raspy/synthetic "evil overlord" kind of voice.