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H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos is a shared universe far larger and more terrifying than that of humanity, where ancient, malevolent beings known as the Great Old Ones slumber in the depths of space or time. After Lovecraft's death, the Mythos has been expanded and developed by many authors, including August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, and Robert E. Howard. These and many other authors have helped to flesh out the Mythos into a rich and complex Dark Universe.

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submitted 10 months ago by Lisk91@sh.itjust.works to c/lovecraft_mythos@lemmy.world

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[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dexter rules, if you genocide serial genociders then it's net positive.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

you think collective punishment is the way to go?

4 people from Cincinnati rob a bank, so everybody in Cincinnati should go to jail?

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hardly, it's a flippant comment about a fictional cosmic horror.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

there are a lot of earnest comments in this thread about the practical horror of collective punishment being a valid option that should be considered.

I'm on the other side of the fence.

Blind collective punishment is not a "net positive".

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was just drawing a funny connection between the Cthulhu comic and a show about that exact moral question. I do not sincerely endorse genocide or the Dexter philosophy.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

cool, nice username btw

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Let's just do the ethical thing and only exterminate the humans who drive a car or eat meat. That should handily dismiss any concerns about collective punishment, since all the innocent humans get to live.

[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago

makes perfect sense, since people of every age and culture get to choose the food and transportation available to them.

you should probably throw in people that ride buses/trains that aren't filled to capacity.

"...That should handily dismiss any concerns about collective punishment..."

condemning two groups for collective punishment is not much of a solution to collective punishment, but I don't see why you couldn't bring it up with one of the eldritch gods and see what they think.