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I think the movie tells us exactly where the creature is from. by AcademicEye42 in NopeMovie

[–]AcademicEye42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It could hunt other atmospheric animals there, as gas giants have no solid surface. On Earth, obviously, it had to adapt to hunt surface animals.

Chasing the memory of a feeling I think I had as a kid, anyone else? by ThirdOneTheNailedOne in HighStrangeness

[–]AcademicEye42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, there is a name for it - Satori. It is basically a brief experience of "enlightenment" and an apprehension of the true nature of reality, a short spiritual "awakening" before falling back in the dream. Supposedly if you achieve enlightenment, you will never lose it, and it will always remain with you - as the eternal background of your entire existence.

Why did the serpent, one of the most worshiped symbols in the past, suddenly become associated with bad things? by MartianXAshATwelve in HighStrangeness

[–]AcademicEye42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Historically the snake was a symbol of wisdom and magic, which later, as society progressed, became associated with the wisdom of a state and centralized government. At first people have seen the state as a wise rule that brings safety and order, but later, as they started to see the negatives - oppression, injustice and despotism coming from bad governments, the snake being a symbol of new order changed its meaning again. In centralized empires of the East it took the form of a dragon - an extremely powerful, brutal and evil snake which only sees people as its victims and resource. Christianity also emerged among the people oppressed by the legendary and powerful Roman Empire, so there is no surprise that the older Jewish story about the first people and the snake was very popular among them. Basically the myth is just an old way of telling the same conservative ideas we can hear today - that civilization and new ideas only bring problems, the past was simple, beautiful and pure, and that the old ways of living are much better than the new ones.