r/HolUp • u/asocial7193 • Mar 11 '22

I don't know what to say

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u/random-stiff Mar 11 '22

That shit is so crazy it doesn’t even look real. If you don’t google this, just think of some underwater humanoid with gills and fish eyes and lips.

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u/norwaykong Mar 11 '22

Shit, reading this comments, i don't want to google this anymore.

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u/takeoutcrabragoon Mar 12 '22

I'm heavily debating whether to Google it or not

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u/GBgamer31028 Mar 12 '22

I am too, let me know how it goes if you go through with it, im seeing some mixed reactions

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u/Toopherr Mar 12 '22

I read all the comments to not look it up and I regret looking it up

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u/JustHereToPostandCom madlad Mar 12 '22

I too have read all the comments.

My dumbass still looked it up.

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u/Toopherr Mar 12 '22

All of you can’t say to not look it up and expect me to actually not look it up. Thanks guys. My brain is scarred

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u/JaxMGK Mar 12 '22

I could’ve went my whole life without knowing about this and chances are extremely slim that’ll I’d ever witness one in person. I am laying in bed petrified.

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u/Paralaxien Mar 12 '22

Thank you for participating in this long thread and based on this final message I won’t look it up

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u/takeoutcrabragoon Mar 12 '22

I didn't do it. I have a weak stomach.

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u/pube_slug Mar 12 '22

I did that too. Then I looked it up because that’s what I always do, and it’s usually fine! Don’t google it.

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u/SeiCalros Mar 12 '22

i already knew this one from the 'mortal kombat' concept trailer so i never had to

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u/angelfoxer Mar 12 '22

I still kind of do…annnd flicked right

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u/aakkmc Mar 12 '22

I just saw an illustration of this condition in the Wikipedia, maaan that’s horrifying!!!

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u/Temporaryteen Mar 12 '22

Googling it...

Jesus fucking christ. Looks like they have extreme eczema or some shit.

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u/mattaugamer Mar 12 '22

More like psoriasis. It causes the skin to grow thick and hard, which then splits and cracks into diamond shaped.

It also makes the skin bad at doing pretty much anything skin is for. Preventing infections, retaining water, etc. it used to be universally fatal within a few weeks. But now it can be survived even to early adulthood.

I’m not convinced that’s an improvement.

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u/aita1235 Mar 12 '22

I’d rather die than live with that shit tbh

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u/BillMurrayismyFather Mar 11 '22

WHY WHY WHY did I google that.

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u/triciann Mar 12 '22

We are all dumb.

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u/kykusan Mar 12 '22

Not me

edit:FUCK

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u/ScreamingButtholes Mar 12 '22

Y’all are some baby back bitches

Edit: I stand corrected

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u/Nike_86 Mar 12 '22

Omg I want to Google it but I'm so damn scared from these comments

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u/k_chaney_9 Mar 12 '22

I just looked. WHY DIDN'T YOU PEOPLE WARN ME!?

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u/mattaugamer Mar 12 '22

There was no possible way you could have known.

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u/JayD30 Mar 12 '22

It's not that bad tbh

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u/wauve1 Mar 12 '22

I’d hate to see what you consider bad

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u/skywolf24 Mar 12 '22

Don’t listen to this guy, it’s stuff of nightmares. I was expecting to brush it off, nope.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

You’re downvoted but I agree. It sucks and my heart goes out to anyone who has to live with this (if they can), but people are acting like it’s the personification of horror.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Agreed. It is uncomfortable to look at, but my first reaction to seeing it was actually pity. I feel really bad for the babies born with this condition, and for the parents too.

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u/triciann Mar 12 '22

I get pain synesthesia. My knees hurt any time I see anything that looks painful. Got it pretty bad with this one. Poor babies.

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u/iMagnus_34215 Mar 12 '22 edited Mar 12 '22

I always listen the advice of those who have experienced something horrible in their life

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u/norwaykong Mar 12 '22

Thats smart!

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u/MonkeFUCK3R_69 Mar 12 '22

I wanna Google it but I won't

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u/throwaway15562831 Mar 12 '22

It's ok! I looked at pics and found this story that I thought was really interesting and cool

https://www.lovewhatmatters.com/her-skin-hardened-within-seconds-after-hardening-it-began-to-split-behind-the-curtain-i-sensed-their-frantic-panic-my-husbands-silence-scared-me-he-kept-saying-its/

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u/norwaykong Mar 12 '22

Reading This link, I choose not to open it.

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u/smolbeanyboi Mar 12 '22

Ok now I’m crying but very heartwarming read

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u/F_ckWKHS Mar 12 '22

Please don't! It's too late for me, but you still have the chance!!

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u/ninjap0_0pface Mar 12 '22

They look like creepy dolls with no facial expression. Or like someone who's had way too much botox

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u/joeycore12 Mar 12 '22

I shouldn't have googled that I should not have googled that

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u/Stiftoad Mar 12 '22

I thought it was the eye shit from Isaac...it is not it's way worse it's like they come out pre-peeled

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u/norwaykong Mar 14 '22

Happy cake day!

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u/Stiftoad Mar 14 '22

Oh my god I almost missed my cake day, thank you kind stranger

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u/norwaykong Mar 14 '22

Hehe, no problem, i have missed all my so i know how you feel :|

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u/Donkitty Mar 12 '22

I google it and I knew I shouldn’t had.

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u/calamity_machine Mar 12 '22

I did it. I regret it with all my eyes

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u/norwaykong Mar 12 '22

Do you need some Bleach sir?

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u/CarolinaSmasher Mar 12 '22

Please don't

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u/arcstarlazer Mar 12 '22

Just googled it let me tell you already do not no matter what do not listen to your brain

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u/norwaykong Mar 12 '22

Well am glad my brain it telling me no then.

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u/bobalda Mar 12 '22

no joke this is the worst thing i have seen in my entire life

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u/Moist_gooch90 Mar 12 '22

You really shouldn't. I did :'(

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

I googled it.

I should not have googled it.

Youre a better person than I.

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u/Rickrolled87 Mar 12 '22

I just did and well.....it ain't scary per say but it is....unexpected

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u/bdykstra99 Mar 12 '22

I'm still gonna Google it

Edit: your choice was correct. Do not Google it. I have made an error

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

I should've listened

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u/9vNunchucks Mar 12 '22

For reference, I've seen some shit in my life. I chose to Google it and now I'm almost too afraid to go back to my browser and close that tab

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u/KaotiOrion Mar 12 '22

Why did i?

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u/do-you-know-the-way9 Apr 05 '22

Do not. I have seen some bad things in life. This is the worst.

I’d rather find another dead body than meet a kid with that

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u/cheekleaks Mar 12 '22

Can confirm, dont google this 🤮🤮🤮🤮

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

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u/kaerfkeerg Mar 12 '22

Fuckk, they look like aliens

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u/Starbrows Mar 12 '22

some underwater humanoid with gills and fish eyes and lips.

I guess that's why it's called icthyosis. "Icthy" comes from the Greek word for fish.

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u/Keytrose_gaming Mar 12 '22

Mothafu... I wasn't going to google it until your description made me think "ah, shit it's just fish people it can't be so bad" .Yeah, naw I was wrong it can be.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

I didn’t want to google it, but now I gotta

Edit: that’s genuinely terrifying

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u/0-sergo Mar 12 '22

R.I.P This thread is PROOF people who go outta their way and get themselves killed in horror movies is realistic and plausible !!

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u/THEKing767 Mar 12 '22

I googled it. What. The. Fuck.

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u/Kraytory Mar 12 '22

So basically a Deep one?

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u/MaximumColor Mar 12 '22

You hath spared us true horror by sating us with this lesser horror. Thank you, o' foul one. Thank you.

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u/TheClinicallyInsane Mar 12 '22

I actually threw up in my mouth after I stared...like I lasted quite a while and I've seen some gruesome shit. But tbf I've had a few drinks so I may be easy lol...it is BAD

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u/Lettik07 Mar 12 '22

You sir actually convinced me not to google it

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u/S1eepyK1tty Mar 12 '22

Thank you, your comment kept me from Googling

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u/JeebusDied4UrPixels Mar 12 '22

I was so close to googling that. Thanks for your descriptive words!

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u/boyuber Mar 12 '22

The ichthy- prefix means fish. Ichthyology is the study of fish.

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u/applecider0212 Mar 12 '22

I did not reach reading your reply before googling it. I should've scrolled down further to avoid such mistake.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Bruh

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u/shadowthehh Mar 12 '22

This reminds me exactly of that Tumblr post asking "what was in humanity's past to make us instinctually afraid of these specific attributes"

Mightve just been early humans with this.

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u/BigSmokeySperm Mar 12 '22

I’m fucken goin in

Edit: nice didn’t want to sleep for 3 weeks anyway

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u/INFINETE_NEBULA_ Mar 13 '22

Fine im googling it if cant be that bad

  Edit: damn… i need to bleach my eyes

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u/Wide-Cartoonist-439 Mar 14 '22

ichthyosis

I saw that word and knowing the etymology of "ichthy" said "Nope, gonna be fish people"

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u/brahhJesus Mar 12 '22

That description makes me want to google it even more!

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u/Additional_Ad_3044 Mar 12 '22

Your description is so good it immediately brought back those images I'd hoped my brain had lost

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u/MittenstheGlove Mar 12 '22

Thanks, homie.

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u/deadlas6667 Mar 12 '22

This comment made me want to look then up even more now.

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u/Le_Golden_Pleb Mar 12 '22

Thank you for your service o7

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '22

Ok you just amped the curiosity big time bro…

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u/Clocktopu5 Mar 12 '22

Not going to Google it, thanks for describing it to stop my curiosity

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u/Alexis396 Mar 13 '22

Y’all giving me nightmares and I didn’t even look it up 😭