I wonder if, with how malleable the backrooms as a concept truly is, if anyone has tried an attempt at a house of leaves-esque take on it. A place inexplicably tied to a person's mental psyche like the Navidson's house is.
I was just thinking about that the other day!! I'm not clever enough to come up with a good narrative for that, but if someone else made it I would eat it up.
my favorite thing about what makes liminal spaces unsettling is that it comes down to the fact that most of them are places you only are meant to spend a specific amount of time at, at specific times of day; a transitory space. they become erie when you are seeing them not fufilling their purpose, when you are seeing them when you shouldn't be. an elementary school at night, an abandoned amusement park, an empty playground, a building stripped of its furniture in between renovations, ect. these are Liminal Spaces.
I've watched more videos on the backrooms than I want to admit publicly but this got me appreciating the subject in a whole new way. I never thought about the specific appeal via generational anxiety and loneliness before.
It’s always so impressive to me how you can take a subject I would otherwise not know or really care about and get me so invested and thinking about them in ways I wouldn’t have on my own, it’s like being absorbed into a really good movie everytime! Another great video and I’m honored to have done a reading for it, great work katie!!! 💕
Thank you so much Yuki!! That is so kind holy moly... I'm gonna do my best to live up to these words!! Thank you so much for contributing, you were amazing and I hope I can ask you for more in the future!!
"Of course these spaces are empty, no one's allowed to grow up here anymore." *OOF* that line hit me like a truck. That encapsulates so much of my feelings on liminal imagery: as someone in their 30s, I see my own past abandoned, a nostalgia that future generations will never experience. It feels deeply unfair honestly, that I have the privilege to feel comforted by these memories that cause nothing but dread in others.
"We are alone and no one is looking for us" is going to be rotating in my brain for a while. Connecting the Backrooms (and liminal space horror more generally) to the Labyrinth and generational loneliness makes so much sense...
I hadn't considered the generational economic angle to the trend, good observation there. I'm only collaterally interested in the backrooms but this still made for a very interesting video. Good job.
Don't mind me binging through your entire channel 🤍 also I might just have to queue up some of these backrooms videos you talked about. I'm definitely close to you on the scale of how I'd like my backrooms to be so thanks for the cool recs!
I saw this about a month ago and it's kinda stuck in my head, so I'm coming back to comment. One part stood out to me. The part about how loneliness is caused by a mismatch in social expectations. While I know this probably seems like simply nitpicking a word choice. I feel like saying it's a mismatch in social needs is a better explanation. If you need a shoulder to lean on, a party is likely going to make you feel worse for example. The problem is between social media and a world that continues to move faster and faster, certain forms of social connections are much harder to find and maintain. Leading many people to have their social needs unfulfilled despite spending much of their days surrounded by other people. It's not merely an expectation, it's that our needs are often not being met by the social interactions most common and acceptable in today's society. Leading back to what the topic of isolation. We're often more isolated than ever before despite being constantly and immediately connected to almost everything via the internet. Really enjoyed the way you connected these themes, great video!
Another banger from The Great Scholar Katie As with many things, I clearly see the connection you made to anxiety in this country... as I feel this anxiety and agree that the Backrooms provides comfort.
Why would I NOT want to care about the backrooms? I love them so much that I still watch Broogli. Also the brainrot stuff in the backrooms obviously sucks.
Bold of you to assume public school was a social environment :3 Half-joking. Fair warning that what follows consists mostly of bitter ranting about experiences of childhood trauma/abuse Obviously the environment itself was "social" in the sense that socializing occurred there, but growing up closeted, su******lly depressed, and autistic was more isolating than curled up staring at the default desktop background of windows 7 for hours on end, dreading the prospect of getting "disciplined" (read abused, most often verbally/emotionally but they didn't exactly limit themselves to any one form of shittiness) by parents for not spending enough hours suffering infront of microsoft word, willing an essay to spring forth with zero success. Ironic then that I ended up being an (amateur) writer and illustrator ig haha (esp with the negative amount of support I received in any creative expression after my gran died)
Y'all have no idea how close I came to making the intro about David Bowie and Labyrinth
DARN IT
You shouldve!
FATHER FATHER GET ME OUT OF HERE!
(I heard about a place today)
I'M, I'M UNDERGROUND
(No one ever hurts again)
The Minotaur story, makes more sense, But to be honest I feel like Labyrinth has a place in this discussion
I wonder if, with how malleable the backrooms as a concept truly is, if anyone has tried an attempt at a house of leaves-esque take on it. A place inexplicably tied to a person's mental psyche like the Navidson's house is.
I was just thinking about that the other day!! I'm not clever enough to come up with a good narrative for that, but if someone else made it I would eat it up.
I mean, Persona 5 was getting close with the Palaces. Not quite there, though.
MyHouse.wad comes as close to this as I can think of
MyHouse.wad has a few sections that are very reminiscent of the Backrooms (as well as the Backrooms itself in an out-of-bounds easter egg)
MyHouse.Wad?
my favorite thing about what makes liminal spaces unsettling is that it comes down to the fact that most of them are places you only are meant to spend a specific amount of time at, at specific times of day; a transitory space. they become erie when you are seeing them not fufilling their purpose, when you are seeing them when you shouldn't be. an elementary school at night, an abandoned amusement park, an empty playground, a building stripped of its furniture in between renovations, ect. these are Liminal Spaces.
and, they're in between definitions, places that both feel 'off' and places transitional, making them all the more liminal
I've watched more videos on the backrooms than I want to admit publicly but this got me appreciating the subject in a whole new way. I never thought about the specific appeal via generational anxiety and loneliness before.
I too have watched more backrooms vids than I care I publicly admit. It's as compelling as it is embarrassing
It’s always so impressive to me how you can take a subject I would otherwise not know or really care about and get me so invested and thinking about them in ways I wouldn’t have on my own, it’s like being absorbed into a really good movie everytime! Another great video and I’m honored to have done a reading for it, great work katie!!! 💕
Thank you so much Yuki!! That is so kind holy moly... I'm gonna do my best to live up to these words!! Thank you so much for contributing, you were amazing and I hope I can ask you for more in the future!!
Hey, I'm very late to this video (I came here from watching your video on Slay the Princess) but just wanted to say great work and please make more!
Thanks! Ok, I will!!
The backrooms as a modern day Cretan labyrinth is such an inspired take!
"Of course these spaces are empty, no one's allowed to grow up here anymore." *OOF* that line hit me like a truck. That encapsulates so much of my feelings on liminal imagery: as someone in their 30s, I see my own past abandoned, a nostalgia that future generations will never experience. It feels deeply unfair honestly, that I have the privilege to feel comforted by these memories that cause nothing but dread in others.
Hello from The SCP Foundation! 👋
Well hey there! Keep up the great work!
I'f never thought about the backrooms ad an expression of generatonal anxeity before! This was really good 🐸✌️
Hey ty Bimbi!! And ty for coming to the premiere! I had fun chatting with ya
"We are alone and no one is looking for us" is going to be rotating in my brain for a while. Connecting the Backrooms (and liminal space horror more generally) to the Labyrinth and generational loneliness makes so much sense...
What a beautifully created video Katie! I learned stuff believe it or not!
YESSSSSS!! That is so good to hear!! Thanks for watching Starson!!
Yaay qntm mention!!
I really like Valuable Humans and even more so the Antimeme series. I definitely don't have a huge crush on Marion Wheeler hahaha
not me making a creepy mask only to look up just as ffing jeff(traumatized by jumpscares as a kid) pops up on the screen, no sleep for me tonight
Oh nooo sorry bout that, may I recommend Jenny Nicholson's Jeff the killer fanfic reading as a fun antidote?
@@KatieAndCatburger jeff fanfic??
it's such a gem if you haven't already seen it: ruclips.net/video/DRD-CX9Uzwo/видео.html@@jiphulsman274
Watching that live did not feel like 40min.. great work 👏
Ty!!!!
The Antimemetics guy wrote a book of short stories? Sweet! I know what I'm reading next!
Some people recently(ish) found where the original backrooms photo was taken which is kinda cool
I'm so glad I found your channel!! I LOVE content like yours and I was looking for something like this❤❤
29:22 Probably the most horrifying part of the video.
I hadn't considered the generational economic angle to the trend, good observation there. I'm only collaterally interested in the backrooms but this still made for a very interesting video. Good job.
Don't mind me binging through your entire channel 🤍 also I might just have to queue up some of these backrooms videos you talked about. I'm definitely close to you on the scale of how I'd like my backrooms to be so thanks for the cool recs!
Yeah! Backrooms buds!
This is a really really great video! Thank you!
I saw this about a month ago and it's kinda stuck in my head, so I'm coming back to comment.
One part stood out to me. The part about how loneliness is caused by a mismatch in social expectations. While I know this probably seems like simply nitpicking a word choice. I feel like saying it's a mismatch in social needs is a better explanation. If you need a shoulder to lean on, a party is likely going to make you feel worse for example. The problem is between social media and a world that continues to move faster and faster, certain forms of social connections are much harder to find and maintain. Leading many people to have their social needs unfulfilled despite spending much of their days surrounded by other people.
It's not merely an expectation, it's that our needs are often not being met by the social interactions most common and acceptable in today's society. Leading back to what the topic of isolation. We're often more isolated than ever before despite being constantly and immediately connected to almost everything via the internet.
Really enjoyed the way you connected these themes, great video!
Oh YEAH! I see what you're saying here, that's well put. Thanks for coming back to share!
I feel I learned a lot in this one
The more you know 🌠
Another banger from The Great Scholar Katie
As with many things, I clearly see the connection you made to anxiety in this country... as I feel this anxiety and agree that the Backrooms provides comfort.
Thanks Kiersted! I'm glad it resonated, even though it's for bummer reasons
Oh god?! I cannot wait
Let's GOOOO!!! TY ELLE!
3 engineering degrees is crazy! Great vid tho
i dont NEED to care about the backrooms
but i stilll kinda do
Why would I NOT want to care about the backrooms? I love them so much that I still watch Broogli. Also the brainrot stuff in the backrooms obviously sucks.
Who let Peppa in here!?
Peppa is actually originally from the backrooms and she escaped into our reality
Have you seen the movie Dave Made a Maze?
No, I just watched a trailer it looks REALLY COOL
@@KatieAndCatburger It’s a lovely little indie flick.
@@KatieAndCatburger oh snap, and they’ve put it on RUclips ruclips.net/video/vjLgENap2g0/видео.htmlsi=pa8puBB0RHoHn2vT
I want to eat the Catburger
No.
Bold of you to assume public school was a social environment :3
Half-joking. Fair warning that what follows consists mostly of bitter ranting about experiences of childhood trauma/abuse
Obviously the environment itself was "social" in the sense that socializing occurred there, but growing up closeted, su******lly depressed, and autistic was more isolating than curled up staring at the default desktop background of windows 7 for hours on end, dreading the prospect of getting "disciplined" (read abused, most often verbally/emotionally but they didn't exactly limit themselves to any one form of shittiness) by parents for not spending enough hours suffering infront of microsoft word, willing an essay to spring forth with zero success. Ironic then that I ended up being an (amateur) writer and illustrator ig haha (esp with the negative amount of support I received in any creative expression after my gran died)
Love that definition of being lonely, that makes so much sense. ❤🩹
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