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Robert's avatar

A few years ago, the wife and I were discussed maybe going camping. Voice. Sitting on our couch. Not text, no emails. Later that evening I got a bunch of ads about camping stuff. 😐 I do not think this was a coincidence.

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

I felt what you felt once, and I empathize with you. I hope you're in a better mental state than before. It looks like you lucked out with your therapist. The film is cray. Also, there are games called Backrooms/Escape the Backrooms. They look so similar. I wonder if they're related? By the way, if you watch on desktop browser, ad an adblocker if you haven't, then you can avoid ads. But I don't know if there's a possibility to do that with phones.

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Lucas Mangum's avatar

Thank you, Nadia! And yes, the whole Backrooms phenomena started from an anonymous photo posted to 4chan a few years ago, but it's grown into this strange, decentralized mythology. Fascinating stuff!

I somehow never even considered that watching on my browser with an adblocker would stop the ada in YouTube videos. I guess sometimes the answer is obvious. Ha!

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Nadia Gerassimenko's avatar

That is fascinating! Makes me think of creepy pasta stories. Yes, protect your sanity with an adblocker!

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Grant Wamack's avatar

Thanks for sharing, great read.

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Lucas Mangum's avatar

Thanks for convincing me to write about that.

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