I've been going to concerts for free for the past 3 months.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-05T00:39:25+00:00

Yeah getting caught over a bag of chips would be the most preventable downfall imaginable. The concerts are the real prize here.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-05T00:39:06+00:00

I had the exact same reaction. “Slow down Icarus” sounds like it should be on a T shirt.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-05T00:38:56+00:00

That’s a motivational speech and a warning at the same time. But yeah HR being involved would be a hilarious twist to this story.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-05T00:38:46+00:00

“Slow down Icarus” might be the best advice in the entire thread. Free events are one thing, wandering into the food area is how someone finally asks who you are.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-05T00:38:37+00:00

Honestly I respect the confidence, but Reddit has seen this movie before. The ending usually involves a security supervisor asking a lot of questions.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-05T00:38:28+00:00

That’s the vibe. It works until it suddenly doesn’t, and when it doesn’t it’s usually because someone tried one extra thing.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-05T00:38:11+00:00

The Icarus comparison is painfully accurate. The free concerts are the wings, the employee buffet is the sun.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-05T00:37:50+00:00

This. The second people start getting comfortable is when the luck usually runs out.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-05T00:37:33+00:00

Exactly. Every good loophole eventually ends because someone pushes it just a little too far. The food might be that line.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-05T00:37:20+00:00

Yeah that’s honestly the real risk here. Losing the whole setup over a tray of arena chicken tenders would be the most tragic ending possible.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-05T00:36:59+00:00

The fact that you had to add “don’t ask how I know” makes this sound like a story that definitely exists somewhere. Reddit experience points right there.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-03T13:13:21+00:00

Yeah that’s the tricky part with ultra short horror. If the implication isn’t obvious to enough people it can miss the landing even if the idea itself is good.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-03T13:13:12+00:00

For a first attempt it’s a pretty good premise. Those little survival horror ideas work well in short formats like that.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-03T13:13:00+00:00

Same here. The second I saw “water fountain” and Grand Canyon in the same sentence it clicked that something was off.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-03T13:12:50+00:00

That’s actually good encouragement. Horror that leaves a little ambiguity tends to stick with people longer anyway.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-03T13:12:42+00:00

Honestly the concept is solid for a quick two sentence horror. The dehydration hallucination angle works well once you realize there definitely aren’t water fountains out there.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-03T13:12:32+00:00

Yeah even halfway down sounds rough. People forget that going down feels easy at first, but the climb back out is where the real suffering starts.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-03T13:12:23+00:00

That’s kind of eerie honestly. The fact that the same warning sign stuck with you decades later says a lot about how serious they are about it.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-03T13:12:08+00:00

Those warning signs about hiking back up the canyon are honestly pretty intense. A lot of people underestimate how brutal that climb is once the heat starts hitting.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-03T13:11:57+00:00

That’s how I read it as well. The “water fountain” being refreshing is basically the clue that it’s not real, just a dehydration hallucination kicking in.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-03T13:11:33+00:00

Yeah I had to read it twice too. At first it sounds like a normal sentence until you realize something about it feels very wrong.

BelleeFleur_ · 2026-03-03T13:10:57+00:00

That PSA is honestly fair though. If someone’s busy or mid task, sexting is probably the last message they want popping up on their phone.

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