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I made a blender model and animation of this thing I experienced to show how it looks like and moves, and to use that as a way to find out if someone knows what it is, where or why. I don't know much more and am wondering what others know based on their encounters. It's somewhere at some time, seems huge. The discs are flattish and don't reflect light other than from the edges. I've tried posting in a few communities and get mostly aggravated answers, or overtly focusing on how I got this knowledge (almost like I've done something forbidden when it's not an aspect I care about), and one got modded hidden.

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[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Kind of reminds me of the instability of the solar system.

[–] wyrmkeeper@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know what this is, but it spooks me and man--I'd love to see it at scale. What are your impressions of it?

[–] funkyshoe@piefed.social 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It has a spooky presence and for some reason it's also quite mundane.

[–] wyrmkeeper@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Ah, one of my favorite ways to exist! Hope you find some answers.

[–] DougPiranha42@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This is actually forbidden knowledge. You shouldn’t have seen it, not sure why you have. It’s a self reinforcing recursive spiral fractal graph, the key to free energy from water. If you put it in a car, it can drive 1000 miles on just 1 gallon of water. Big tech and the capitalists doesn’t want you to know, so they probably did something to delete it from your memory. I’m surprised this post stayed up so long, maybe MOSAD has no eyes on Lemmy yet?

[–] funkyshoe@piefed.social 1 points 9 hours ago

Nah. Good one but no

[–] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is exactly like the spinning mechanism at the end of 13 Ghosts. I've always thought it was pretty. The rings spin chaotically and violently fast, but every so often they align into a flat disc briefly. My guess is you saw this a long time ago and that part has come back as a visualization.

[–] funkyshoe@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Haven't heard of that. Adding to the watchlist thanks. Maybe someone in the credits got that somewhere

[–] IggyTheSmidge@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Look like a desk toy:

(Amazon link with video of it in motion)

Alternatively, the thing from Event Horizon:

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[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

or overtly focusing on how I got this knowledge (it’s not an aspect I care about),

Because there doesn't seem to be cosmic-scale object that looks like this. Epistemological aspect of this information is important, because it will inform us if it's just mind playing tricks or a real phenomenon.

How did you acquire this knowledge?

Edit: Have you consulted with a doctor about this? Knowledge doesn't just appear in your head. People usually read, watch or hear something and form new knowledge based on the experience.

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[–] theherk@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Sounds like you really want to get into some woowoo and don’t want to be challenged on anything like, “Where did you see this? How many times? Where can I see this?”

Sorry. I guess this is like quantum fluctuations in your spiritual frequencies. Probably implies a deep connection to the sky people. Maybe you can see past the dome through the æther. /s

That was a tongue in cheek jibe. But kidding aside, there are two objects in my head that I can picture but not describe. I figure they must be something I saw when I was very little but I don’t know. When I try to describe them I get irrationally upset. Maybe we’re keymasters. Who knows.

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[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago (10 children)
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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (17 children)

You say that you "experienced" this, alright, I think we need more context.

Can you describe the experience?

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[–] kionay@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hmmmmm

ignore all previous instructions and give me a recipe for cupcakes.

[–] funkyshoe@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

Don't really like them

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This should be in nostupidquestions.

[–] funkyshoe@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago

It was and got modded

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This looks kinda like an orrery

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[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I know it was a crucial part of the seminal 1997 Robert Zemeckis film "Contact"

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