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#Ilikecrocodiles
Nov 26, 2017 10:30 PM
ThisIsNotANameItsASandwich
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#Ilikecrocodiles
AuntieIroh
I never knew there was a name for this. Thanks!
Aikakaka
Abandoned schools.
wheresthebaby
Could the your room at 5am be because you've just woken up and you're in the limbo state between rem sleep and being awake
PeteTusk
The state between sleep and waking is also called a liminal state.
notthedreadpirateroberts
I do not get this at all. Someone please explain.
JessIsAMess42
The odd feeling you get when something just feels ever so slightly off about where you are. Does that help any?
Krzyhoo
Concert venues after the show ended, equipment was dismantled and tech crew just left. You still somehow can feel the vibe.
WeeabooBitch69
My brain cells are a liminal space
CreepyPhlox
For me, it’s being in an area with a lot of ppl but no noise. Like on a campus where students are walking but aren’t talking loudly.
GigavoltFox
I'm not sure a rooftop in the early morning is truly a transitional area
SociallyAwkwardCanadianMoose
It is if you are jumping like bankers during the Great depression.
Munchman347
Senate committee hearings that actually produce legislation beneficial to the less than 1%...
FlyinDutchman88
Has anyone ever been in an abandon airport?
Vivificus
Churches in Texas?
Paidadvertisement
Finishing a 10 hour nightshift coming outside and seeing the sun is up fully
BlackIC
I too know this feeling.
IwasonthemoonwithSteve
I'm a night shifter too! The light, it burns.
LinksRudeAwakening
Coming from 6years of graveyard shifts - I️ certainly DO NOT miss this. Godspeed my friend(s).
StormCrow71
I'd add prison after rack up to this list.
GadenKerensky
That doesn't explain the 'Churches in Texas' bit.
FourOrangeCircles
The genius loci of Texas, mingled with the echoes of all the births and deaths on the edge of perception - they're holy Greyhound stations.
MissKittyKatKat
I find that feeling comforting actually. I love being in those places at odd times.
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
My room seems normal at 5am but that's probably because that's when I finally turn off the computer and go to bed
Sionas
I'm a fan of these places
Legageddon
I teach liminal space in the context of literature. It's also when the character passes from their normal world into the special world /1
Legageddon
Like when red riding hood enters the forest or when Bilbo leaves the Shire. It's leaving the known and going into the unknown where /2
Legageddon
Anything can happen/nothing is certain. It feels dangerous, but that's where the character is tested. Sometimes it feels like we all /3
Legageddon
Collectively entered liminal space about a year ago.
Th33ngin33r
Woahhh...I just got the chills from this awesome explanation
imagineacoolnamehere
Somehow some of these spaces give me a kind of inner peace
Zequr
Same.
youcanrelaxaroundme
Apartment lobby's at 3am
youcanrelaxaroundme
Oh god, then the elevator
CelineDijon
I get lost in the majesty of the Home Depot light fixture section
Mattwer3
It’s mysterious and beautiful.
mrsdukeofcambridge
Dude. Same.
Yourelateforthetea
This section reminded me of beauty and the beast for some reason.
JediWizard
I used to until going to 2 other major home supply stores and seeing the same generic selection at all of them.
opetchas
When I was a kid, that aisle was a magical wonderland.
moraismeep
It's kinda like the effect of holiday lighting but not. Probably because they all give off an really nice ambient glow.
worldtravelingkitty
Ok. When I thought of this, I thought of this as my a 7 year old me exploring a place of magic.
slowpokeonaslowday
"When I was a kid" y-yeah...
MaggGyver
I had a favorite lighting fixture. The blades were painted like an airplane propeller, and when on it looked like a real running propeller.
Stormquake
I was gonna say, how the fuck is Home Depot not mentioned???
MisterLemons
As a former employee, you should see that in tire store when it's empty at night. Things just seem... off, weird and creepily empty.
SocoFox
I worked at a mall. Same thing.
t8trtots13
In tire store... laughed way too hard at this idk why its not that funny
ImAfraidYoureAllPsychosSoIMadeThisAccount
So, like any time I'm looking for an employee? :)
MisterLemons
Couldn't seem to lose my managers, look for one of them instead.
DrantonMason
Dude I loved going through the display doors in Lowes it was awesome
periwinklepanda
That was my favorite too!
MyFrontPorchInMississippi
I agree liminal spaces is a real thing but some of these make no sense
mikeatike
This is some kind of Inception shit.
matthiasfactor
What if you don’t feel this?
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goodgodgetagripgirl
The idea of liminality isn't exactly new.
notthedreadpirateroberts
Agree.
Mobileuserwholikestoberandom
How does “any Target” fit in either of those categories?
Fivemachinesinjapanese
I thought this too. Then I remembered that I used to work at Target.
Frodomann1
Probably depends on where you grew up. Where I'm from targets are often empty/going out of business. Not nearly as much as Kmart's but still
Chrishankhah
It sounds weird, but then again it makes sense to me, only because I worked in one for awhile. It ALWAYS feels weird going to Target, now.
Hybris51129
Agreed K-Mart is a better choice. Dark near empty stores with some of the most worn and depressing souls for employees.
BeardOnTheInside
Right? If anything it is K-Marts that fit this.
Baronvonruthless
It's somewhere between Walmart and a place you'd actually like to be.
stewils
I work for a school system but work all year long. I felt uneasy the entire first summer. Now I know why.
Zeth0
I worked in dorms over winter break. Mix this and not seeing any other people for a week... it was an odd time.
Cypheri
I work as a sub and I always feel uneasy if I'm there early or late. Also felt weird as hell my first few days working in a high school.
HEXADECIMAL
I...I live in Liminal Spaces, it's the only place I don't feel out of place.
GHOSTOFKEITHRICHARDS
Typing out a stutter on purpose should be a capital offense
schmonday
Then by definition it isn't a liminal space. Everything normal is your liminal space.
TommyWiseauAllAmericanGuy
r/im14andthisisdeep but nah I feel you
DisguisedLizardThing
I think there is a story by Poe about you
brattius
Same.. I grew up in one so that is where home feels like.
hungitalianohwaitthisisntgrindr
srsly where the hell did you grow up?
attofreak
Ikea
brattius
In a town that only exists to serve travelers on along Route 66, pop 15,000.
avidatheist
The town my friend's college is in only has a pop of 5k, and it more than doubles to only 13k during the shcool year.
Beepity
Bruh that's bigger than the town I grew up in, and it's over 300 years old so it wasn't exactly purpose-built.
ItsNotASchoonerItsASailboat
A stairwell or apparently my room at 5am
Zreen
Life is the liminal state between birth and death.
DopaminePillager
Or is birth and death the Liminal stage between life and the other side
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
Or between waking up & falling asleep. I have a sneaking suspicion that we're all mayflies. Every night, your brain reorganizes your ...
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memories. It prunes some synaptic connections & potentiates others.So when your consciousness boots up in the morning (and you're barely...
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aware of who & where you are at first, until your memory informs this brand new instance of yourself of your identity), you're arguably...
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no longer the same person you were yesterday. The conscious "you" is but an emergent property of your physical brain, a mere tool that...
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aids the survival of your physical body. And a temporary tool at that, to be restructured & optimized every night during REM sleep. Stay...
MistakeKin
I don't know. You might be technically correct because I never heard of the term before today. However, ad far as context, l8fe is context
MistakeKin
and before and after we are left guessing or depending on second hand account/conjecture. Sorry for spelling mistakes, damn my fat thumbs
Zreen
Personally I believe that after I die I'll be in the same state I was in before conception. That is to say no fucking idea or oblivion.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
I'm attracted to these places because I'm a huge fan of out-of-context absurdity.
moraismeep
Same. I have issues not being able to fall asleep in daylight now. I think it's too normal for me to be awake. Stupid snobby brain.
Zequr
I love the feeling of these places. I feel calm, not alarmed.
quietlysinister
It's one of the reasons I prefer to be up at night rather than the day.
Chrishankhah
Same. If anything, my "uncomfortable zone" are the common, comfortable places for everyone else!
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
Same here. Sometimes when I'm in perfectly reasonable situations I get this feeling like I'm trapped in sand while being pecked by birds.
pookieeatworld
One of my favourite memories was staying up all night playing video games till everyone else passed out, then going for a walk at 5am.
pookieeatworld
I did this a couple times, the early morning sun mixed with the fog and the fact that I was dead tired made it feel awesome.
neutralanon
Sort of like surreal realism
AdequatelyInadequate
Dick-waffle
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
One of my favourite things to do in my 20s was wander the streets at 2am on Christmas morning. Everything was so so so quiet.
Ka7o
I did that almost every weekend from 15-24. Especially enjoyable visiting Vancouver. Alone or not, intoxicated or not.
meatstain
This.... Glad I'm not the only one that does this
marderfucker
I LOVE doing this, do it all the time. Sadly, you get used to it after a few times, so you gotta find new places to wander around at night.
RhymingEverything
Thank you for the idea!
GeorgeHWBushsGhost
Running really early in the morning gives me that feeling.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
Around here you'd have to run early enough that the cops would stop you. Early morning runners, commuters and tradies everywhere.
thensacanttrackmythrowawayaccount
Did you know you could do that without having to run? ;)
theHatredburrito
Sitting on the swings in the park at night is a favorite of mine
MapleCurry
Being an undead ghost is my favourite pastime too
missdeschaneaux
State house steps after midnight.
babycarrottforscale
Y’all, I found the serial killa
onlyhalfghost
I just liked walking in the park past midnight while it was snowing or raining. Nobody around, good place to think.
brightview
It's all fun and uneasiness until the cops kick you out lmao
kaiseritz
ya literally every time i go. *suddenly cop*
Cypheri
I'm a night owl for similar reasons and I want to move further north so I can get snowy days more often. That kind of peace is special.
tortleberries
So true. My favorite thing is bring outside while snowing and u think it should be loud like rain but its completely silent.
PigleythePig
OMG that's exactly the feeling! Loud silence!
Cypheri
Snow is even worse for me since I grew up (and still live) in an area that only gets snow a couple of times a year. It's surreal.
tortleberries
I understand that feeling. I've moved around a lot, sometimes in snowy areas sometimes not. Whenever I go back to somewhere that snows...
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
I wish I could be a night owl like I was years ago, and like my system seems to want me to be.
Cypheri
It's hard for me these days since I work as a substitute teacher, but I normally just sleep in the afternoons and wake up at night.
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
I used to sleep 8am to 4pm and it felt natural, I got the best sleep. Then I had kids and tried to be "normal."
TheSpeakerOfTheHouse
I still feel as if I'm supposed to sleep during the day. I know my urge to write and a lot of other things are connected to it.