A Stand Alone Complex can be compared to the emergent copycat behavior that often occurs after incidents such as serial murders or terrorist attacks. An incident catches the public's attention and certain types of people "get on the bandwagon", so to speak. It is particularly apparent when the incident appears to be the result of well-known political or religious beliefs, but it can also occur in response to intense media attention. For example, a mere fire, no matter the number of deaths, is just a garden variety tragedy. However, if the right kind of people begin to believe it was arson, caused by deliberate action, the threat that more arsons will be committed increases dramatically.
What separates the Stand Alone Complex from normal copycat behavior is that there is no real originator of the copied action, but merely a rumor or an illusion that supposedly performed the copied action. There may be real people who are labeled as the originator, but in reality, no one started the original behavior. And in Stand Alone Complex, the facade just has to exist in the minds of the public. In other words, a potential copycat just has to believe the copied behavior happened from an originator - when it really did not. The result is an epidemic of copied behavior having a net effect of purpose. One could say that the Stand Alone Complex is mass hysteria over nothing - yet causing an overall change in social structure.
This is not unlike the concepts of memes (refer to the conversation between the major and the Puppet Master in the manga) and second-order simulacra. It also has ties to social theory, as illustrated in the work of Frederic Jameson and Masachi Osawa. The Slender Man phenomenon, in which the fictitious concept of a supernatural murderer went viral and has allegedly inspired real attacks, may be seen as an example of the Stand Alone Complex.
It is only a matter of time before this becomes reality. And nothing can stop it.
My real name, who I really am is Cigma and I hope I am wrong
Neat. Sounds subversive.
What are they really?
Obviously blowup dolls.
Balloons.
Hybrids
Guess what they discovered today.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3382974/Skeleton-pirate-discovered-underneath-Edinburgh-primary-school.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/archaeology/12079066/Skeleton-of-16th-century-pirate-discovered-under-Edinburgh-primary-school.html
>>17171595
Judging by the teeth he was native British
This is paranormal how? I'm not saying it's not a cool find, but.
>>17171629
OP here its really not that paranormal. I figured /x/ wanted to know about skeletons and how they are real....
Hello! I found this book with a logo and no title in a bookshop. I couldn't see the title, but i feel i have to buy it. I can't come back to this bookshop. Do you know the symbol? And the title?
>>17171578
Buy it.
Looks like Native American/Hopi-style art.
Seems like some chakra.
Look at the books recommended on /x/
Some guy wrote there, that the right books find you.
Names have been changed to protect identity.
(6:42:01 AM) Karla Scotch: I AM GOING TO KILL ALL OF THESE IDIOTS TODAY
(6:42:07 AM) Karla Scotch: HELP ME LMAO
(6:42:14 AM) [email protected]/bf9b6465: what can i do to help?
(6:42:21 AM) [email protected]/bf9b6465: lol hmmm want some mountain dew?
(6:43:05 AM) Karla Scotch: lolol nah, thank you though! i need you to conjure up some magic of some sort that will give folks with no common sense, just a small amount of common sense.
(6:43:21 AM) [email protected]/bf9b6465: let me see what I can do
>Who got that magic?
Which common sense is that again?
>>17172213
The thinking one.
>>17172224
Oh yes that one. That's fairly common. I don't believe this is a hard wish to grant.
A Theory. Does anyone think that there is no life after death, just nothingness? I know this is a controversal topic, but let me try to explain it like this. You know how some people fall asleep, and it feels as though right after falling asleep, you wake up, and you have gotten a good nights sleep? well, what if death is like that except replace falling asleep with death and never waking up. Anyone feel the same?
Thanks /x/ for replies, i personally encourage it
no disrespect towards religion
picture unrelated, or is it?
kill yourself
More like your body falls asleep forever and never wakes up.
And just like a dream where it feels like your somewhere else, you are, but because the body can longer facilitate itself it powers off for good.
It is just a matter of the energy inside of us, because we have are a unit of life, we percieve life inside of a physical body, and when the body is done, the life force simply goes somewhere else.
What gives /x/?
Anon made a creepy thread and it gets pruned?
What even is that pic?
This is a bait isn't?
>>17171558
>>17171558
I'll level with you, OP.
That thread has been posted over, and over, and over, and over, and fucking OVER again. The same picture, the same stupid fucking binary which produces the same string; "I'm God". In short, it's just a garbage thread that's posted too much. It's just meant to spoop people.
Which secret society is the MOST powerful/ancient/secret/knowledgeable/influential from your point of view?
pls no bullshit answers
Travisdick
>>17171514
i hesitate to say its name but its the Servants of Candlejack. They're behind all the
>>17171544
Don't fucking spill the beans about Candl
https://youtu.be/J_g9hAslcVU
Look this scary girl from chernobyl she's name is Ania Sulima and she live in Poland in small city Koronowo
>>17171472
Probably an side effect of living any where near one of the most radioactive places on earth, she is is obviously mentally retarded. But the dude filming is kinda a douche if he was live chatting with her and making fun of her.
I have no idea why people would even live 160 kilometers from that place.
>>17171472
when you don't use RadAway
>>17171472
There's nothing scary about it. It's just the average /x/ poster.
"I can't believe they've actually done it. Not long left. They were warned, but they just had to keep pushing the boundaries of science. The noise. I can't take the noise anymore. And the light, dear God! The Universe is slowly unraveling around us. I'm not going to wait for death. I have a pistol in the attic." This is actually the only message not preceded by a string of numbers.
>If occultism and magic + new age + science goes too far
>somewhat implied
>Also somewhat prophecied
Also:
Just recently, a player on the wikiforums noticed a message that brought to light the meaning of the messages. He was reading a thread that collected all known messages, transposed from Morse to English, and saw the line, "one-two-zero-five-five-two-eight-two-zero-one-zero. What are you talkin' about? You'll be missed." He realized this referred to the recent death of Gary Coleman, and then quickly realized the numbers were the time and date of death.
http://creepypasta.wikia.com/wiki/Fallout_3:_Numbers_Station
>>17171428
I know the date on this is older.
I heard they were banned and the site filters out anything that mentions the Morse codes?
>For you know quite well that the day of the Lord's return will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. (1Thes.5:2)
This shit is so bogus and fake.
>>17171555
Seen some good YouTube videos on it
So, for everybody that's still on the challenge, let me tell you, i solved, they/he said pretty specifically that i shouldn't share it but fuck it, i dont care, just wanna solve this shit. Apparently the password has changed(?) anyways, the password i used was from this clue:
Good job coming this far. The next test involves numbers and words.
Here they are:
scene
ever
ninny
dogma
nbp1-44418191
tHat 44268 - ZC3 = 1408_2848
-4048
I took the last letter and number of every line, which formed: erya 188, which by itself didnt work but then i thought, the password box is 32 chars long, so i converted it to md5, which formed: 29ad01b3493d8cbeaf5b9b993863c21a
Turns out it worked, you guys can try too just to see if he was bluffing or not about the password change but anyways, look at the next clues, as i said before, i dont give a fuck about what he said, i want to solve this shit once and for all.
4048 doesn't use center tags, that's a fucking long shot guess answer, can't be checked because /the site changed the password/ etc etc
most likely b8
>>17171360
Where did you get that clue?
fake.
/x/ i've had streetlights flicker as i pass by or often turn off, it has been happening a little over a year now, the first time it notably happened was while i was dating this specific girl, we both had noticed it, and it hasnt stopped since ( we only dated two months or so:) . As much as i fail to believe its anything but pure chance, it has become more worrying as it has lately been happening more often when im alone rather with friends, the latest example is when i went for a smoke after a day at college and sat in front of a car, close to a lightpost and my friend sent me a voice snap, i recorded myself about three times and could not get what i wanted to say right, i decided to stop recording myself speaking and do it when im home, as i stopped recording and put my phone down the light flickers and turns off completely, is it just chance or is there anything to it?
>>17171324
Have you digested any giant electromagnets recently?
>>17171324
Street lights are controlled by light sensors on a box some where. used to shut down an entire street by just shining a flashlight in it.
Look for a box on a light pole with a hole on the side. flash a light in there and bam out goes the street. Funny to watch
>watch japanese film
>see this
wtf
wtf
wtf
wtf
In a grim speech, the Pope said that the current chaotic state of the world marks the beginning of the “end times”, and that this time next year the world is likely to be unrecognizable.
>“We are close to Christmas. There will be lights, there will be parties, bright trees, even Nativity scenes – all decked out – while the world continues to wage war,”
>“While the world starves, burns, and descends further into chaos, we should realize that this year’s Christmas celebrations for those who choose to celebrate it may be their last“.
So, this Christmas...labelled a charade and next Christmas......proclaimed non-existent?
Francis, who previously announced the beginning of World War 3, had labelled this year’s Christmas as a “charade” during a Mass at the Casa Santa Maria earlier in the month.
(the Pope had previously mentioned that we are currently experiencing our Piecemeal WW3...)
>those who don't take my word for obvious truth:
Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SDUSbwJa0Q
Is it possible that we will be witnessing chaos of epic proportions in the first several months of 2016? Not just the manufactured chaos for problem, reaction solution... But perhaps some earth changes, unexpected comets/meteors and fearful sights?
Is it possible that, as a product this aforementioned chaos, the presidential election will be cancelled and Obama would remain President? I think so.
>Queen also says to staff members:
"..enjoy your last Christmas"
Consider that if it's true that people thinking in a certain way or path (meme magic) is what creates the reality we live in and everyone is connected to the internet these days in ever increasing awareness of everyone elses opinion, it's possible that we are at the beginning of WWIII and the worst events to hit the world, man-made and natural, are on the way.
>>17171083
He never said any of this
Im trying this again here.
Maybe someone from this board can ''translate'' this
>>17171077
Game shark code to get a pokegod from red version