Comments on: OH GOD I CAN SEE FOREVER http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/ CTHULHU FHTAGN CHEEZBURGER Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: 144 http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-17268 144 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:08:17 +0000 http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-17268 "i can see forever" seems to be based on the old 70's line "i can see for miles", associated with taking drugs and "gaining perspective" “i can see forever” seems to be based on the old 70′s line “i can see for miles”, associated with taking drugs and “gaining perspective”

]]> By: Emily Dickinson http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-15396 Emily Dickinson Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:52:49 +0000 http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-15396 Much madness is divinest sense. Much madness is divinest sense.

]]> By: Madster http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-7067 Madster Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:18:15 +0000 http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-7067 Mad by Lovecraft's standards. Seeing as it's his universe and his characters and his gods. It's literature, author gets the final say. Mad by Lovecraft’s standards.

Seeing as it’s his universe and his characters and his gods.
It’s literature, author gets the final say.

]]> By: Jerry Bruckheimer http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-4748 Jerry Bruckheimer Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:16:57 +0000 http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-4748 cool story, bro cool story, bro

]]> By: Shmucker http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-1269 Shmucker Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:12:39 +0000 http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-1269 Mad by who's standards? And why assume that a being, other than human, would become mad by knowing all? You *know* what assuming does, don't you? Hmmm? Mad by who’s standards? And why assume that a being, other than human, would become mad by knowing all? You *know* what assuming does, don’t you? Hmmm?

]]> By: anonymous http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-878 anonymous Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:43:04 +0000 http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-878 "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents... some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new Dark Age." Lovecraft believed if you knew all the deep secrets of the universe you'd go Mad, and people feel safe being ignorant. This idea is associated with Cthulu because to gaze upon him is to go mad because seeing him makes you realize the horrible truth of the universe. (whatever that is can not be specified, some thing the horrible truth is that there is no God, or that God is evil) To see all there is to know is to be omniscient. To be Omniscient is to go stark raving mad, therefor if there is a God he is a madman. “The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents… some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new Dark Age.”

Lovecraft believed if you knew all the deep secrets of the universe you’d go Mad, and people feel safe being ignorant. This idea is associated with Cthulu because to gaze upon him is to go mad because seeing him makes you realize the horrible truth of the universe. (whatever that is can not be specified, some thing the horrible truth is that there is no God, or that God is evil)

To see all there is to know is to be omniscient. To be Omniscient is to go stark raving mad, therefor if there is a God he is a madman.

]]> By: Myschief http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-471 Myschief Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:26:36 +0000 http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-471 Cthulhu on acid. A terrible thought. Cthulhu on acid. A terrible thought.

]]> By: Urisk http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-428 Urisk Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:16:01 +0000 http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-428 Isn't it from Frank Bellknap Long's "The Hounds of Tindalos"? The main character that isn't the narrator takes a drug that allows him to see infinitely in to the past, present and future. Or at least something along those lines. And I've seen that picture on the net while doing a Google Image search for Tindalos. Isn’t it from Frank Bellknap Long’s “The Hounds of Tindalos”? The main character that isn’t the narrator takes a drug that allows him to see infinitely in to the past, present and future. Or at least something along those lines. And I’ve seen that picture on the net while doing a Google Image search for Tindalos.

]]> By: Grim Blogger http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-282 Grim Blogger Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:52:18 +0000 http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-282 That's a trippy image. Very appropriate for the caption! That’s a trippy image. Very appropriate for the caption!

]]> By: xolotl http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-281 xolotl Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:31:01 +0000 http://lolthulhu.com/2007/11/09/oh-god-i-can-see-forever/#comment-281 I'm unsure of the exact lineage. I think it was originally associated with Lovecraft, but then got co-opted by <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/01/14/zomg-i-can-see-foreverz/" rel="nofollow">lolcats </a> and the <a href="http://www.fridayjones.com/family_cthulu.gif" rel="nofollow">Family Circus strip</a> you mentioned. Not sure which occurred first. Amusingly, (to me, anyway) this image brings the phrase back around to it's home, as I may not have put it up here had it not been for the lolcat diversion. I’m unsure of the exact lineage. I think it was originally associated with Lovecraft, but then got co-opted by lolcats and the Family Circus strip you mentioned. Not sure which occurred first. Amusingly, (to me, anyway) this image brings the phrase back around to it’s home, as I may not have put it up here had it not been for the lolcat diversion.

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