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Comments for page "Liminality, or Why a Bunch of Soggy Hallways are Scary to Us" https://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17144099/liminality-or-why-a-bunch-of-soggy-hallways-are-scary-to-us Posts in the discussion thread "Liminality, or Why a Bunch of Soggy Hallways are Scary to Us" Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:35:37 +0000 https://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17144099#post-7050111 (no title) https://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17144099/liminality-or-why-a-bunch-of-soggy-hallways-are-scary-to-us#post-7050111 Wed, 25 Jun 2025 23:29:19 +0000 ghostchibi 1382994 Valentina Tanni actually references Augé in her book! It’s not the topic you mentioned here, but it’s about the way the internet is so accessible now: “Today the television and computer have replaced the hearth. Hermes has taken Hestia’s place.” I should read his essay on non-places.

It makes a lot of sense to say that the Backrooms ejects you from the role you’re meant to play within a space as a passerby within a liminal space (either physically or temporally). You exist outside of that role that’s “meant to be” when in the Backrooms. And because you are the one who is not “meant to be”, you feel threatened that you need to be removed to restore balance.

]]> https://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17144099#post-7032903 (no title) https://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17144099/liminality-or-why-a-bunch-of-soggy-hallways-are-scary-to-us#post-7032903 Sun, 15 Jun 2025 11:55:37 +0000 CamaradeAlbabar 4454996 This essay calls back, in my opinion, to what Marc Augé, a French anthropologist, had to say about "Non-Places" and supermodernity. The horrific nature of the Backrooms has to do with its ambiguities, its lack of defined purpose, and the sudden isolation in simili-spaces (most "Levels" are callbacks to actual physical spaces we encounter in our dear world) where we are supposed to literally melt into the crowd. These worlds are not defined for life, they do not welcome you, you should only be here in passing, and yet you are stuck.

]]> https://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17144099#post-7022365 Philosophy (+1) https://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-17144099/liminality-or-why-a-bunch-of-soggy-hallways-are-scary-to-us#post-7022365 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:38:06 +0000 DR Andrew Pie 8076940 If you don't mind: In case my final exam on philosophy would be open; I'd chose Liminality as the topic and copy your text XD.

A joke of course, but it's so well presented, it truly is worth an exam paper.

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