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Ever had that eerie feeling when you step into a place that's both familiar and foreign? That's the magic of liminal spaces. These are the spots that give you a sense of "I'm not sure where I am, but I'm definitely somewhere."
Liminal spaces often give people a sense of being in a surreal moment, and they've become a popular subject for online communities who appreciate their unique and sometimes eerie atmosphere. Thanks to the r/LiminalSpace subreddit, boasting 661k members, we've got a treasure trove of these uncanny pics to admire. From empty waiting rooms to desolate hallways, there's something inexplicably intriguing about these in-between places.
So, let's explore the spaces that are on the border between reality and dreams. So, let's explore the spaces that are on the border between reality and dreams. And don't forget to upvote the most peculiar places below!
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#1
Train Station In Denmark
Bored something 2 years ago
In their teens Thomas, James and Gordon went through a brief Satanic phase.
Stygtand 2 years ago (edited)
Its not a phase mom!!!! This is who i am!!! And my name isnt thomas!, im now known a demon engine. You respect never me. Stop ruining my life!!!
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#2
Proof It's Not Flat
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
"AI! AI!" says someone who just knows that vaccines are made out of dead babies and contain a microchip that lets Bill Gates track one to the end of the Earth (the flat earth, obviously). 😉
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
I've had five covid vaccines and still have no super powers. I would want my money back if they weren't free.
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Fora Nakit 2 years ago
Can we upvote this one, please? Just in case one of those guys ends up on this page.
Matt Mich 2 years ago
Nice try, they just make them smaller and smaller as they get farther away to make it look like a curve
Gmaddles 2 years ago
Yeah and even stop using the all-too-important black base piece on those ones at the very end! Geniuses, they are.
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#3
Old Water Reservoir
Katarina_Balaz 2 years ago
there's a guy who makes dioramas with a similar feel, you might like it. https://www.youtube.com/@Thalassohobbyer
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Ansirk 2 years ago
It is. It's one of the level in Backrooms game like other commenter said. Monsters are hiding on the ceiling corner of the pillars
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If you’re not familiar with the concept, liminal spaces can be described as places or moments where you feel like you're in between two different things, neither here nor there. It's like that strange feeling you get when you're in an empty parking lot at night or in a quiet, empty hallway.
To get to know more about why liminal spaces can feel so unsettling and intriguing, Bored Panda spoke with Francis McAndrew, Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology at Knox College. Keep scrolling to learn more about the psychology behind these eerie but fascinating experiences and what makes them so captivating.
#4
Starting To Look Like Christmas
Cat Chat 2 years ago
Ikr. I love going on my porch on quiet snowy nights.
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Robin Evans 1 year ago
there is a VERY specific vibe i'm getting and it's sort of like walking towards the ice rink with your friends.
Tamsin Far 2 years ago
You can just smell and hear this (this quiet scrunching when you step on it)
#5
I Made It To The Very End Of My Neighborhood, What's Next ?
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago (edited)
😂😂😂 I did not even notice, but you are SO right! And not even a hint of a sidewalk too. This looks so wrong.
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Rostit. . 2 years ago
I was about to post, "stop in and say hi to edward"
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#6
Does This Count? I’m Currently Here. Airport. Alone
featherytoad 2 years ago
That's the first thing I thought of. It was so creepy when they walked into an empty airport.
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TheGoodBoi 2 years ago
This is what I would see the few times I had to work overnight at the airport. There's just...no one. It was fun to roam the airport at night to pass the time :)
Robin Evans 1 year ago
please, PLEASE tell me you went on the baggage claim thingy.
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Flora Wolfe 2 years ago
This would be a quick moment of "oh no, I must be dead", then realize no I'm just a vampire that lurks about when nobody else is out.
“By definition, a liminal space represents a transition from something familiar and safe to something new and uncertain. It can be an actual physical space that one moves through or a more abstract period of time during which a significant life change is taking place. In either case, it is unsettling and is often experienced as unpleasant,” McAndrew told us. But why do these places make us feel this way?
According to the professor, creepiness is entirely about uncertainty. “We are uncomfortable with ambiguity and unpredictability. A place that is hard to figure out is troubling to us because we are unsure about whether there is something to fear from it or not. This feeling of getting ‘creeped out’ marshals our resources and keeps us paying attention in order to resolve the uncertainty.”
#7
This Makes It Feel So Much Worse
Cat Chat 2 years ago
That STOP sign, though. This looks like southern Utah, or there abouts and I can't imagine why a stop sign would need to be that tall. The rock formations are close to mirror images. Weird but cool.
ƒιѕн 2 years ago (edited)
The pic is in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park Arizona, more specifically from a parking lot. The image is photo shopped.
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#8
Who Loves Nature?
#9
An Apartment Building In My City
Roger9er 2 years ago
Looks exactly like the building where my dad (83) lives with his wife (90). All elderly people there. They like it, a lot of neighbours know each other and there's a lot of social control.
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Social control doesn't sound too good to me, tbh
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Liminal spaces can be fascinating and a bit eerie at the same time. They grab our attention, but they can also make us feel uncomfortable. So, why do we find them both creepy and captivating? McAndrew shared that liminal spaces capture our curiosity - “we don't usually like them, but we can't look away. Liminal spaces violate our expectations; empty places that are usually crowded or places with features that seem out of context are fascinating because we feel compelled to try and make sense of them.”
#10
Seattle Public Library - Love The Red Floor
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
Even Satan likes to read a good (bad?) book now and then.
Robin Evans 1 year ago
i was thinking the same thing, wanna go together??
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Everything Looks So Perfect And Beautiful, Which Is Not Normal
k1ddkanuck 2 years ago
Pretty sure she only removes rose gardens, rather than plant them.
Load More Replies... LH25 2 years ago
Yes! I couldn't put my finger on what it reminded me of, that's it. If it were yellow of course.
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#12
Found On A Camera Phone From 2009
Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
The kind of day that makes you want to bury yourself in blankets and drink warm things and just be cozy. I love winter.
So, the next time you find yourself in a quiet, empty space that's neither here nor there, remember that you're experiencing a liminal space. What are your thoughts on these pictures? Did you find them eerie and unsettling? Share your experiences in the comments!
#13
My Sister Took This Picture, I Don't Like This
BREIANAH ENNS 2 years ago
nah, you gotta run down those stairs at full speed or just run and jump to the bottom of the stairs lol.
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Fiji Apple 2 years ago
Imagine needing contacts but not having them and being told to walk these stairs😭
Lori Bishop 2 years ago
There's something... just beyond that...curve at the bottom. I'm sure of it!
#14
I Got To Pull An All Nigther In A Mall And This Was So Eery
Robin Evans 1 year ago
all of you like "me too!" and no one is offering to go together smh
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Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
Yea, I got in serious trouble from my Oncologist when I told him my friends had tried to cheer me up between chemos by taking me to Chuckee Cheese's and I had gone in the ball pit. Never thought about how gross they must be. I survived, though...
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When you’re alone at night and hear something under the balls move….. 😱
BREIANAH ENNS 2 years ago
I wanna live there and throw the balls at people when they try to stay overnight lol :o
#15
End Of Life Care?
Madam Puddyfoot 2 years ago
Well, it's 1000x better than a sterile antiseptic smelling hospital room.
xWILTED_ROSEx 2 years ago
1. Reminds me of a nursing home I visited when I was a kid, even without the context this is exactly how it felt and 2. I had a dream last night about being in end of life care, as a teenager dressed up and snuck in and pretended to be a dying old lady
Pa Pa Panda 2 years ago
Vibes of a scene from he film "soylent green" when the grandfather went to die (Edward G Robinson I believe)
#16
A "Green Space" Being Built In A Hospital
Earl Grey 2 years ago
Nothing like indoor artificial turf to harbor hospital-grade microbes. Brilliant!
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Mr. Nurse Man 2 years ago
Honestly, I wouldn’t mind these in the waiting rooms with some bright lights and maybe some forestry painted on the walls in the area. Sometimes people get sucky rooms with windows that overlook the parking lot or another wall of the hospital. So a little color and lighting goes a long way to make people feel better.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
I was thinking it reminded me of a soccer pitch.
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Gay child 2 years ago
It needs FLOWERS and PLANTS and MURALS. awesome concept but it needs some spice ✨
#17
My Hotel Room Feels Like It’s Straight Out Of The Backrooms
Kathrin Pukowsky 2 years ago
And so big. With a room of that size, you'd expect better furniture.
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Sylvana Reinig 1 year ago
Fer sure fer sure (I'm trying to bring this back,.. You say it with a valley girl accent.) stupid but fun for me.
#18
Garden
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
Would love to see this opening the door. I'd plant more stuff though, looks too.... Sterile lol
Julia Mckinney 2 years ago
Love the blue/grey clouds in the distance and the small patch of blue sky.
#19
I Have A Liminal Space Outside My Window
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
We have plenty of this here. And plenty a******s that try to go under my truck because they don t know how to take a roundabout. Recently I ripped all the front part of a car with my rear part of my truck because a young lady decide she fits in left side while I was turning.....the cops laughed because she said she was right .
WindySwede 2 years ago
It's really not that difficult.. and often much better than sitting around waiting for traffic lights as well.
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WoodChuckCouldChuck 2 years ago
Roundabouts need to be more commonplace and should be part of driver’s testing. I only encountered a few of them until I lived near Columbus for a year where there’s dozens of them in a small area. My first time almost f*****g up I was driving a Chevy 3500 with a BigTex trailer and a geotechnical drill loaded on the trailer- I came up to three roundabouts in a row. It was not a straight road but Maps said it was. Talk about confusion.
Alison Hell 2 years ago (edited)
When I scroll down on this pic on my phone, the black above the house moves....trippy....
#20
Was Told This Would Fit Here. A Pic I Took From Our Hotel Balcony In Turkey On A Family Holiday
Cat Chat 2 years ago
Makes me think of the lone car in the Fargo parking lot (the movie, not the series).
#21
The End Of Time
Bill Swallow 2 years ago
Reminds me of the 'Wildfire' underground lab from 'The Andromeda Strain'.
Load More Replies... Julia Mckinney 2 years ago
I'm expecting to see the main character astronaut from "2001:A Space Odyssey" jogging around the corner.
#22
If You Wander Through A Khazakstani Exclusion Zone, You'll Eventually Be Surrounded By Irradiated Alien-Like Metal Structures. These Are Known As The Geese And Sit On The Site Of The Most Nuclear-Bombed Site In The World. Semipalatinsk
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Folks, I just read about this, starting at Wikipedia. It's astonishing. Semipalatinsk is the Soviet name for Semey, a fairly major city (350,000) also once known as Alash-qalah. The Soviets didn't bother finding an unpopulated area to test its bombs, continuing to test around this city right until the fall of 1989. Local survivors believe they are adapted to the radiation, especially because of the perception that those who move AWAY from Semey are more likely to die.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Probably should pick a different limb for that joke. But what if I told you the notion that radiation causing permanent changes to the genes of a population was just a myth, and that this place helped demonstrate that?
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Falcon on Dizzy 2 years ago
this is when u put on the power armor, pop a rad-x, and watch out for deathclawa
#23
Is It Just Me, Or Does Barbieland Feel Liminal To You Too?
#24
Visited My Childhood Mall, It Always Had So Many People. I Can Still Hear Them But... I Don't See Anybody
Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
The one time I truly felt unsettled by something that counts as a liminal space was wandering a dead mall from my childhood. Huge contrast to the malls in the area in which I live; they're all bustling. You have the folks who walk there (incl me), the folks shopping, hanging out at the fun kids' areas with their families while their children burn some energy, folks filling the food courts... it's great! That dead mall though... killed any dreams I had about that place.
#25
Think I Captured The Liminal Feeling
⋆sunxflower⋆ 2 years ago
reminds me of that scene in the amazing digital circus when pomni is running through the "exits"
#26
A Hotel My Mom Worked In Growing Up, Closed In 2013ish
Lori Bishop 2 years ago
I imagine being startled awake to those hanging flowers in my face. 🌼 🌸
#27
My Workplace Is Looking A Little Like A Liminal Space-
Catharina Geerts 2 years ago (edited)
Can't get my head around how this is built. Liminal labyrint
#28
Bedroom With A Pool
Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
You wouldn't want to suffer from sleep walking, oops Multa Nocte already said it.
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Dogcat vet (retired) 2 years ago
Just make it salt water...can even add fish...jaws?
Load More Replies... Harlan Sarvis 2 years ago
There were three in the bed and the little one said, "ROLL OVER! ROLL OVER!"
Bored something 2 years ago
Well, I guess falling into the pool while yawning in the morning is one way to wake up.
Renno Lillemets 2 years ago
And if that doesnt work... Take the TV into the pool aswell..
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Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
No problem if the pool it's filled with beer.......
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Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago
Bed, Bath & Beyond. [...saw this picture before, not the first time I make this comment...]
#29
My Local Indoor Playground Is Really Creepy In My Opinion
Roger9er 2 years ago
It would really get scary if that stationary ball suddenly rolled towards you... and the doors suddenly slammed open.
no Adhesivness2020 2 years ago
If someone hadn't told me, I would have sworn that was a hallway.
BREIANAH ENNS 2 years ago
THOSE EXIST?! we just had to do work if we couldn't go outside, we went out if it was cold tho lol I never whore my jacket.
Multa Nocte 2 years ago
Does your jacket have to have a relationship with someone before you lend it out? 😉
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#30
Went To The Therapist. Greeted By This
#31
Road To Nowhere
#32
The Inside Of A Pool Table
#33
Liminal Neighborhood I Saw While Doordashing
Odette Boisvert 2 years ago
you know the movie about a couple that buy a house in an empty neighbourhood?? I don't remember the title... it was more of an horror movie...
#34
It's No Use To Run In This Hallway. You Won't Even Make It In A 100 Years
trinity armor 1 year ago
we will noclip up the hallway just like super Mario 64
Load More Replies... BREIANAH ENNS 2 years ago
aggressively cleaning/aggressively cleaning noises
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The Bathroom At A Campground I Was Recently At
#36
Lights Went Out At Walmart
Amanda Rose 2 years ago
That place is creepy enough with the lights on let alone with them off!
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
🎶 That's the night that the lights went out in Walmart, That's the night that they hung an innocent man 🎵
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Strawberry Fields Forever
#38
This Is From Ikimisho From A Suburb In Tokyo. Looks So Eerie But Calm
El Cucuy 2 years ago
That's Japan for you. It's unbelievably clean. Everywhere.
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#39
Got Lost Visiting University Dorms... Should I Cut Through The Grass ?
#40
A Photo Of A Road I Took Last Winter
#41
The Sun Room In My Parents New House
#42
Old Mall Out Of Business
The Original Bruno 2 years ago (edited)
Aww, I love these kind of malls. This looks even way nicer than Crystal City. That's an underground mall in Washington DC that's just about on its last legs... used for little other than connecting government contractors to the subway. I hope Amazon will revitalize it, but I think they'll probably just do away with it. (If you've BEEN to Crystal City and don't know what I mean, one hallway in the mall has a wierd Renaissance Fest theme to it.... but only one. It had unique businesses like a puppet shop, a costume store, etc.) (The base realignment killed Crystal City, significantly before the "retail apocalypse" that killed so many other malls.)
freakingbee (any pronouns) 2 years ago
yeah it's so sad :( i went there in 2021 and it was so cool
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#43
This Place Is Called The Square In My Town. Tiny Dead Shopping Center
Pitbull Dad 2 years ago
The Square in Lexington KY and has gone through several changes throughout the years. Its in the middle of downtown, across from Rupp Arena and still cant make it.
#44
Photo My Grandma Took Of The Decorations Before My Birthday Party Years Ago
BREIANAH ENNS 2 years ago
why does this remind me of when your a young kid and no one shows up at your birthday lol
trinity armor 1 year ago
it reminds me of my little sister's 7th birthday party,
Load More Replies... PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
And the party fun! Great colorful theme <3
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Found On Pinterest. It Reminds Me Of My Childhood
#46
Mom Took It
WindySwede 2 years ago
OP in reddit: "did some digging and it’s Baymont by Wyndham Bozeman they remodeled the pool so it no longer looks this good but that’s the location!"
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WindySwede 2 years ago
Here is a colour-corrected version: pool-gelb-...f7e832.jpg 
#47
Television
Spocks's Mom 2 years ago
Do they live on a cliff or something? How is the whole window taken up by the sky at that angle?
Mini NASCAR Sprint cup And more 1 year ago
I like it, but I could do better photoshop... unless it's supposed to look like that
#48
The Place I’ve Worked At For The Past 2 Weeks (Job-Site)
#49
NYC, Abandoned Highway
#50
Just Walked Out Of Reality
#51
Lowlight Photos I Took In Rawlins, Wyoming
#52
This Render From A New Build Listing
Meaghan Stewart 2 years ago
It’s like the seigneurial land system in early Canadian colonialism.
#54
Hidden Hallway Behind A Macy’s In A Mall
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
All malls have hidden hallways it's how shipments get around to all the different shops and such. Some have storage spaces shops can rent for stock, etc. Me and a couple friends had jobs as teens at different shops and would play hide and seek or just go exploring the tunnels out of hours, it's so creepy.
#55
Low Clearance
#56
Bedroom Nostalgia Or Nightmare Fuel
Mini NASCAR Sprint cup And more 1 year ago
This looks like the room I slept in at my aunt's house. Well, I wasn't able to sleep, vibes were too far off
BREIANAH ENNS 2 years ago
definitely not for me I would die, it's bigger than where I sleep tho lol
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Picture Of A Japanese Ryokan I Took That Looks Very Much Like A Ps2 Screenshot
#58
Grocery Store During The Early Morning
trinity armor 1 year ago
I think this is where my father went too!... yet....
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#59
Took This At Work
#60
My College Campus Is A Bit Odd
#61
The Hallway To My Psychiatrists Office
BREIANAH ENNS 2 years ago
yep, would so slide down those halls with just socks
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imagine the acoustics (if any of yall think im wierd for rating these by the singing quality, it is because i have some liminal places around my school and the sound amazing when i sing in them
#62
Took That Pic 9 Years Ago Now I Wonder Where I Have It From
#63
My First Post Here, Felt Strange In Person
trinity armor 1 year ago
what is this image from? and have I been here before?..... what is going on?..........
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Somewhere, Someplace At A Hotel
trinity armor 1 year ago
even Jesus doesn't know where he is?..... where am I?
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Anne Reid 2 years ago
We had that one in every classroom of my Catholic grade school!
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Ovata Acronicta 2 years ago
Very...childhood mobile home feel to this. Same paneling, I know we had that Jesus.
#65
Some Kind Of Museum
#66
A Random Mc Donalds Toilet On The Austrian Highway
#67
Depressing Space In Front Of My Store
#68
Abandoned Diner, Pa. Closed In 2015 Due To Funding And Never Reopened
trinity armor 1 year ago
are you sure this isn't the local diner of my childhood that closed down 10 years ago?
#69
Mike Tyson’s Abandoned Mansion
#70
My Grandfather Died And I Decided To Explore The Newly Empty Basement And I Was Not Expecting This
El Cucuy 2 years ago
Very common for basements to have windows in the US. They double as escape doors in case of fire or other emergencies. They are half covered by ground. If you look closely you can see a metal shroud. Stops the earth from touching the window. You can actually stand there and someone in the basement would see your feet up to about your knees.
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What do you think ?
RandomPerson (She/They) 2 years ago
Backrooms nerd here, I went through and commented a level number on all the pictures I thought looked like certain levels. Feel free to look them up to read more about them!
Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago
I know nothing abt the backrooms tell me more pls
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Jared Robinson 2 years ago
I absolutely love these and want to go to them all. Just to be there. Breaks my heart to think they are probably just going to be vandalized or destroyed.
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago (edited)
What is a „Liminal Space“ and what is a „backroom“ in this context? Please explain to a non native speaker. Thank you so much. Edit: ok… I‘ve read the link provided by KiwiTriviaKween and I think I understand it, but I couldn‘t explain it to anyone else.
RandomPerson (She/They) 2 years ago
Backrooms nerd here, I went through and commented a level number on all the pictures I thought looked like certain levels. Feel free to look them up to read more about them!
Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago
I know nothing abt the backrooms tell me more pls
Load More Replies... Jared Robinson 2 years ago
I absolutely love these and want to go to them all. Just to be there. Breaks my heart to think they are probably just going to be vandalized or destroyed.
Nitka Tsar 2 years ago (edited)
What is a „Liminal Space“ and what is a „backroom“ in this context? Please explain to a non native speaker. Thank you so much. Edit: ok… I‘ve read the link provided by KiwiTriviaKween and I think I understand it, but I couldn‘t explain it to anyone else.
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