Liminal Spaces: Backrooms & Occult Reality Building!
Summary
Hosts of Breaking Social Norms explore liminal spaces, linking the eerie atmosphere of empty schools and dead malls to occult energy manipulation. They discuss the viral "Backrooms" concept, its origins on 4chan, and the new A24 film, while sharing nostalgic memories of 90s malls and indoor water slides. The episode also touches on hyperstition, reality creation, and a humorous tangent about mint preferences and European grocery sizes.
Topics discussed
Intro and sponsors: Just Food for Dogs and The RealReal
Schools after hours, ghost hunting, and egg salad
Nostalgia for 90s gum, mints, and G.I. Joe
Liminal spaces, energy in churches, and Twin Peaks
The origin of liminal space internet culture
Sponsors and dead malls as liminal spaces
Halloween, trunk-or-treat, and mall culture
Childhood memories of Lititz and water slides
Park City, Walmart nostalgia, and mushroom coffee
Economic manipulation, inflation, and stock market
Occult roots of comics, billionaires, and men
Epstein files, red pill influencers, and politics
Slender Man, creepypasta, and the stabbing case
H.P. Lovecraft, occult rituals, and CCRU
Twin Peaks, Utah heat, and final sponsors
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