• TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    The sun is billions of years old, unimaginably powerful, and it makes life on Earth possible. Sounds pretty godlike to me.

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      8 days ago

      From a Tumblr post that has been reposted a few times (in fact, my link is to the earliest repost I could find, as I think the original is long gone):

      The sun is probably the closest thing we’ll ever have to a true Eldritch Abomination. Hear me out here-

      • Older than recorded history; was here longer than any of us and will be here long after we leave. Has a finite beginning and end but is still incomprehensibly ancient
      • Burns itself into your vision instantly and can blind you if you look for too long
      • Further prolonged exposure can cause cancerous growths
      • Non-humanoid shape floating through space; colossal flaming tentacles angrily lash out on occasion
      • Sort of just appeared one day and is now surrounded by the corpses of its stillborn children
      • People used to sacrifice other people to appease it
      • Pretty sure it screams at us sometimes