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2016-06-27, 08:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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- May 2016
- Location
- The not-rainforest PNW
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Amusingly, one of the elementary schools in my area had this on its board as I drove past earlier:
"See you next September."Punster, straight as an aro, collector of hats.
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2016-06-27, 08:33 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2009
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"Don't Jerk and Drive". No really, South Dakota had this as an advertising campaign back in 2014. If you don't know what the campaign is actually about, it is terrifying to think how big a problem THAT must be in South Dakota that they were advertising about it...
"That's a horrible idea! What time?"
T-Shirt given to me by a good friend.. "in fairness, I was unsupervised at the time".
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2016-06-27, 08:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2013
- Location
- Satanic Sovereignty
- Gender
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2016-06-27, 09:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2009
- Location
- The land of corn
- Gender
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2016-06-27, 09:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2005
- Location
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Level 4 (signage on the ground floor) . . . in a facility that works with infectious agents. . . worse on the stuff my sister brought home from said work (paperwork and later explained as totally safe but freaked out the first time i saw it)
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2016-06-27, 09:34 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Feb 2008
- Location
- Texas
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
From a long AvatarTLA fanfic: "Harmonious accord." (ie, brainwashing if you're out of alignment, like caring too much about your child being raised by monks at another temple)
"Work makes you free." (duh)
"Hey, take a look at this." - at the dentist
"The science is settled, it's perfectly safe."Things published on DM's Guild
Campaign Logs:
Baldur's Gate 2 (ongoing)
Castle Dracula (Castlevania)
Against the Idol of the Sun (high level hexcrawl)
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2016-06-27, 10:32 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2009
- Location
- Birmingham, AL
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
Number of times Roland St. Jude has sworn revenge upon me: 2
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2016-06-28, 01:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2013
- Location
- Satanic Sovereignty
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Wasn't it just red paint? Because I can't see where they were being creepy or menacing if it were simply red paint or something. Definitely not. Nope.
I'm trying too hard to be funny, ignore me.vape naesh
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2016-06-28, 12:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2009
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"I see no flies."
This just occurred to me when I was cleaning my terrace of dead flies again. I hate how those things seem to swarm there just to die. But what if they're not really there? What if they're just hallucinations caused by my self-hating psyche? You can replace "flies" with any mundane object you find disgusting."It's the fate of all things under the sky,
to grow old and wither and die."
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2016-06-29, 08:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2008
- Location
- Hudson Valley, NY
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"What? A mother can't spend time with her son without a reason?"
"We are the people our parents warned us about!" - J.Buffett
Avatar by Tannhaeuser
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2016-06-29, 06:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2009
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2016-06-30, 02:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2013
- Location
- Satanic Sovereignty
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
"It's just a prank."
Considering the kinds of horrible internet celebrities and the things they do that are justified with that phrase, I think it's pretty terrifying by now.vape naesh
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2016-06-30, 03:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2010
- Location
- Back forty.
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
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2016-06-30, 04:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2010
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2016-06-30, 04:52 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2008
- Location
- Hell itself (Ohio)
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
When I was doing research in finding a new(er) used car I used car complaints.com a lot to see what people complained about the most. I can't remember the make or model but I found one that only has too complaints, and they're both in the "other, minor" column. I take a peek cause I'm hopeful (minor complaints are stuff like cupholder breaks easy), and what do the two identical complaints say?
"May catch fire when parked." Doesn't say if the car has to actually be on while parked. I just kept getting this vision of the dealership with the occasional explosion and the salesman saying "Damn. Wind took another one."
Edit: I also had a friend with a lead foot who tried to put the (many) officers who pulled him over at ease with the phrase "There's nothing in the trunk.
Sometimes before they said anything.
Sometimes as HIS opening statement.Last edited by Bhu; 2016-06-30 at 08:18 PM.
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Mah Fluffy Death Critters
Orcs and Goblins
Behold the Power of Kitteh!
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2016-06-30, 05:01 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jun 2016
- Location
- The Divided States
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
As a props master, these are the scariest phrases I've ever heard:
"Can we try something?"
"I had a question."
"If it's possible..." (hint: it is almost never possible!)
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2016-06-30, 10:25 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2015
- Location
- An igloo near you
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
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2016-06-30, 10:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2015
- Location
- An igloo near you
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Actually, that reminds me of several creepy Girl Guide songs, mainly because of Linger. Let's see:
"Fire's burning . . . draw nearer." I have a sick mind, but to me this does not suggest anything good.
" . . . mm-mm this is goodnight but not goodbye . . ." that line has always freaked me out. What does it mean, exactly . . . ?
"Out of my window, looking in the night, I can see the barges' flickering light . . ." to me this could be twisted in multiple nasty ways, starting with human traffiicking and proceeding through likelihoods to an attack by water spirits, hence the flickering.
This is just me, but for years, the image of Guider KerryAnne singing "Let me see your Funky Chicken" has haunted my nightmares. Doesn't count, though, since the Funky Chicken is a harbinger of doom no matter the context.
Unrelated but very relevant to this thread: "Let's have a sleepover."
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2016-06-30, 11:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2010
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2016-07-01, 09:01 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Sep 2011
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
If you ever watch or read Neverwhere, "Mind the gap," fits into this topic.
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2016-07-01, 12:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2016
- Location
- Morgantown, WV, USA
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Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Last edited by ebony; 2016-07-01 at 12:23 PM.
Ebony the Black Dragon
"Life is like an anole. Sometimes it's brown, sometime's it's green, but it's always a small Carribbean lizard." - Tales From the Floating Vagabond
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2016-07-01, 07:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2012
- Location
- In the Playground, duh.
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Oh, take a Fortitude save has become quite terrifying to my players.
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2016-07-01, 09:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Feb 2005
- Location
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
As for a DM/ST -"roll a d8" gets extreme result "oh that's gonna be different"
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2016-07-01, 11:55 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- May 2009
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
My players never got scared by "Are you sure".
But they learned to fear my "huh. That's weird"
On the lines of innocent images being really disturbing, I recently saw schoolhouse Rock's preamble. In it it shows a large forest being wiped out and replaced with houses. To represent the growth of the us. Seriously messed up.Last edited by Forbiddenwar; 2016-07-02 at 12:01 AM.
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2016-07-02, 07:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2016
- Location
- Within 2 range increments
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Spoiler: things in which I used to be involved before i was claimed by the great pestilence of examsThe One Sane Drow (Vergil: Drow Sorcerer 5, CN)
The Uprise (IC/OOC) (Ker'anson: Drow Arcane Spellcaster 4, NE)
Running Total Of Things I've Critically Hit That Jormengand Didn't Want Me To Critically Hit: 3
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2016-07-04, 10:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2011
- Location
- Why am I here?
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2016-07-04, 11:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2011
- Location
- ...
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2016-07-07, 08:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2015
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Test results came back positive
-your doctor
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2016-07-07, 12:08 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2015
- Location
- On the tip of my tongue
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
I do love a good experiment.
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2016-07-07, 08:38 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Nov 2011
- Gender
Re: Innocent phrases that become terrifying
Steak 'n Shake seems to have two slogans. One of them is "In sight, it must be right!" which borders on the nonsensical.
But the other is just "It's a meal!"
Why yes... umm... what else would it be?