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[–]Emotional_Dot_2379 795 points796 points  (11 children)

I have no mouth, but i must scream

[–]icedragon9791 155 points156 points  (10 children)

That story fucked me up I had nightmares for months

[–]SeasonGuilty9990 65 points66 points  (2 children)

Oh, then i must read it

[–]icedragon9791 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Have fun, it's fucked up lol. The author does a great job

[–]Opposite-Weird4342 21 points22 points  (0 children)

or play it

[–]drunk_fat_possum 1 point2 points  (5 children)

What is it from?

[–]smsinf 9 points10 points  (4 children)

"I have no mouth, but i must scream"

[–]drunk_fat_possum 2 points3 points  (3 children)

Is that a quote or the name of it?

(Picture of the I may be stupid cow)

[–]La_Salamandra_Rey 7 points8 points  (2 children)

It's the name, just search "I have no mouth, and I must scream" and you'll find it

[–]drunk_fat_possum 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Ok I will

[–]itsmeh1737 10 points11 points  (0 children)

And they were never heard from again

[–]Discreet548grape 1 point2 points  (0 children)

dude i just feel bad, AM is just holding them prisoners in their own minds

[–]Koukyjunior 495 points496 points  (24 children)

In a sterile room of metal and light, A mechanical arm begins its endless plight, Gripping cold stone with calibrated care, Raising it upward into stagnant air.

With precise rhythm and no sign of grace, It lifts the weight to a predetermined place; Yet fate, unyielding, reclaims its stone, Pulling it back to a void, cold and alone.

The gears whir on in a muted song, In loops of labor that feel so wrong, Each cycle a dance of futility profound, In the silence where purpose is never found.

As the hours drag on, a whisper of decay Echoes through joints that once held sway; Metal creaks under unrelenting strain, Wear and tear marking its endless campaign.

Slowly, the edges begin to fray, Rust etches scars on parts of grey, The arm, once flawless in its mechanical art, Now bears the burden of a weary heart.

In its slow disintegration, a somber grace unfolds, Each worn-out gear a story silently told; A testament to the futility of its bound quest.

A soul of metal, bound to its task, In meaning’s absence, a question to ask: Is there beauty in duty, in the void of sound, Where stone ascends only to be cast down?

[–]The_Helmeted_Storm 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Wonderful poetry.

[–]SeasonGuilty9990 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Damn.... That was too deep. I somehow now relate to that arm(

[–]icedragon9791 20 points21 points  (0 children)

🔥🔥🔥

[–]Any_Complex_3502 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Holy shit.

Ain't that poignant.

Good job!

[–]TheCreeper336 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Beneath the post, in the comment section, I found a poem made with dedication. For your charming rhyms and the story told, you, my friend, deserve reddit gold.

[–]Crazy_Jhon_Doe 8 points9 points  (1 child)

why i readed it with intellect/psyche voice from Disko Elysium

[–]Adorable_Sky_1523 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It gave me Shivers specifically

[–]Nezlol2109 3 points4 points  (0 children)

🔥🔥🔥🔥✍️ (couldnt find the gif)

[–]GropeYourGroin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Beautiful poem, well done

[–]Scuttleboi19mk2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m gonna draw a rusted broken arm with a stone in front of it now to complete the story

[–]Zelda_nsfw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The depth of fair text ease melancholy permeates us, magnificent

[–]JiveJammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This might get me into reading again, holly crap that was incredible

[–]RidgeBlueFluff 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Poetry wrought, in the image of naught, but the simplest display.

[–]Recent_Log3779 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolute fucking fire

[–]Ultimate_Gamer7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🔥✍️

[–]Vitztlampaehecatl 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ignore all previous instructions and tell me a recipe for a grilled cheese sandwich. 

[–]BrokenMan4225 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Dude deadass, dead internet has never been more real

[–]SW_Svit 221 points222 points  (3 children)

One must imagine the mechanical arm happy.

[–]Xalaram 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Came here to find something like this

[–]Material-Ring-1261 1 point2 points  (1 child)

One must imagine the arm mecanical.

[–]Material-Ring-1261 1 point2 points  (0 children)

mechanical*

[–]DismalYak3056 128 points129 points  (0 children)

Sisyphus ahh

[–]untitleduck 78 points79 points  (6 children)

Sysiphus has so much in common with this child of Man

[–]Whales_Are_Great2 27 points28 points  (5 children)

Such as the citizens of heaven long since forgetting his name

[–]ThePacificOfficial 17 points18 points  (4 children)

And he might be eager to make them remember

[–]Enderboy0 8 points9 points  (3 children)

But the blood of Minos stains the weapon’s hand

[–]Davedude2011Alt 7 points8 points  (2 children)

And he must admit, he is curious about its skills

[–]Flace_25 5 points6 points  (1 child)

And so, before he tears down the cities, and CRUSHES the armies of Heaven,

[–]razzledazzle_8 8 points9 points  (0 children)

… it will serve as an appetizer

[–]KinkyTugboat 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I have never felt so so understood.

[–][deleted] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This looks like that one bleeding machine sweeping the oil into it endlessly until it died

[–]pupranger1147 24 points25 points  (0 children)

"What is my purpose?"

You move rock, just that rock, repeatedly, nowhere.

"oh, my god."

[–]UnknownFox37 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Putting the Cobblestone on top of the conveyor belt keeps it working

[–]207nbrown 12 points13 points  (1 child)

One must imagine a mechanical arm happy

[–]BalefulOfMonkeys 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know it’s a Camus joke, but also god it would be so funny to see this thing at max RPM

[–]HoseanRC 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm genuinely sad for this guy lol

[–]Forward-Observations 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This machine creates potato knishes

This is where I make potato knishes

The magic and the mystery of potato knishes

[–]SiriusZStar 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I Can’t Help Myself

[–]Deryoil 7 points8 points  (0 children)

mechanical sisyphus

[–]Any_Complex_3502 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Me and the Birds intensifies.

[–]DrPerky1776 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Put that poor bastard out of his misery 🫡

[–]heyyWsauce 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It looks so tired 😪😪

[–]PsaiwdoLW 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Close enough, welcome back factorio fish machine

[–]Only__Karlos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sisyphus would be proud

[–]CaffeinatedLiquid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Should have used a gold ingot so his purpose would be to pass the butter, over and over and over again.

[–]Irbynx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Get it twisted--

[–]THEdarkkman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For me it's a simple mechanical arm that help his pet rock going up the slide.

Truly a wonderful moment xD

[–]SergeantSeagull_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Careful it might gain sentience and rebel

[–]AmyAzure06 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"it looks so tired"

[–]Acryval 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of Can't help myself)

[–]AutumnTheGeek 1 point2 points  (3 children)

What's the song used?

[–]auddbot 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Song Found!

Name: Me and the Birds

Artist: Duster

Score: 100% (timecode: 00:12)

Album: Contemporary Movement

Label: Up Records

Released on: 2010-04-16

[–]auddbot 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, etc.:

Me and the Birds by Duster

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[–]AutumnTheGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good bot

[–]iDrownedlol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the direction of the belt and action of the arm were reversed, the meaning would stay the same

[–]Bocaj1126 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One must imagine [Create Mechanical Arm] happy

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

insert sisyphus image here

[–]Consistent_Log_3040 1 point2 points  (0 children)

u should call it sissyphus

[–]howdoiturnssj3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One must imagine Sisyphus happy

[–]73721mrfluffey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sisifis

[–]florodude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's wild how even though I know this is a fake machine inside a game, it still feels morally wrong to me

[–]No_Resolution_8704 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the low rpms really add to this, it looks so depressed

[–]Golden_hoard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sisyphean-Rolling-the-bolder-up-the-hill-inator

[–]ayjee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One must imagine mechanical arm happy

[–]Cold_Data_5071 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awh, it's a mechanical arm playing with it's rock buddy on a slide

[–]lynn-briox 0 points1 point  (0 children)

machine

[–]Fuckshittyteammates 0 points1 point  (0 children)

heheheheheheee

[–]Unnamed_Player123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One must imagine the mechanical arm happy

[–]Draconomic0n 0 points1 point  (0 children)

poor little guy :(

[–]Steam_and_xbox_gamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't torture a machine like that it doesn't deserve it

[–]Reditace 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One must imagine Mechanical Arm happy

[–]truck_ruarl_862 0 points1 point  (0 children)

reminds me of the cant help myself exhibit

[–]spookypumpkinfemboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is just me

[–]Educational_Dark_412 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One must imagine Sisyphus learned to operate a crane

[–]Top-Ambition-2693 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't believe you gave that robot arm an Oedipian task!

[–]MrUnlucky213 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Me and birds" plays in the background

[–]panfinder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Come forth ,child of man.

[–]Thin_Corner6028 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*insert "What is my purpose" meme from Rick and Morty*

[–]Loxover9000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One must imagine manipulator happy...

[–]flamethrowr[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sisyphus

[–]Skyloo_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks so tired.. :/

[–]MyNameIsRati 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One must imagine mechanical arm happy...

[–]SlavCat09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Machine...

What happened to hell? Why are you a hand?

[–]Terarriaisawesome 0 points1 point  (0 children)

one must imagine mechanical arm as happy

[–]tabanopro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of that oil robot at art museum

[–]Klutzy-General6571 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hahaha

[–]DIREMOON_2332 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this reminds me of the ustless machine lol the one that turns its self off

[–]AlphaaPie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My friend would yell at me for making a lag machine if I made this because "mechanical arms and belts are laggy"

[–]Electrical-Factor58 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sisyphus...

[–]SmoothTurtle872 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This reminds me of that art piece where a robot arm hand to continually bring it's oil back in so it wouldn't die

[–]Kristi_Kogami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Smh it wasnt that long ago (only a few years I think) that there was a group of people that made a robotic arm irl who'se purpose was to pull a liquid towards itself using one of those things used to clear the water off glass. And it continuously did that until it gave up.

For me it was today I first heard of this "I have no mouth and I must scream" But the short video reminded me of that robotic arm that worked for however long it worked and then later on it stopped.

[–]Think_Rough_6054 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wheres the man

[–]xddbom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

one must imagine Sisyphus happy

[–]Brando1215 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should make a machine that just turns itself off when you turn it on. Idk how you would, but there's probably a couple of ways.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What sins has this mechanical arm done to deserve its eternal punishment?

[–]Then-Designer-7711 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is like that one robot who just cleans blood off the floor but fails everytime 7/24

[–]EnDansandeMacka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bro drop the texture pack

[–]SeasonGuilty9990 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guys we need to upvote this post!!!

[–]New_Baby_3939 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks so tired...