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what is creepy pasta?
So there is this creepy pasta club at my school. I never joined them, but they got these really weird ads all over the place. What is creepy pasta supposed to be anyways?
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22b3 Apr 21, 2014 @ 9:21pm 
Creepypasta are essentially internet horror stories, passed around on forums and other sites to disturb and frighten readers. The name "Creepypasta" comes from the word "copypasta", an internet slang term for a block of text that gets copied and pasted over and over again from website to website.

I personally love most of them such as Laughing Jack and Subject C? Yeah, I think thats the name.
Originally posted by Stupidname1313:
So there is this creepy pasta club at my school. I never joined them, but they got these really weird ads all over the place. What is creepy pasta supposed to be anyways?
a fake story that is copy pasted around the internet.
people will turn stuff like this
http://youtu.be/Mu-hlvrtzOM
into creepy pastas.

Lumanator Apr 21, 2014 @ 9:49pm 
Story full of tomato juice.
76561198119391273 Apr 21, 2014 @ 11:57pm 
No one mentioned slender man yet ?
Jill Apr 22, 2014 @ 3:47am 
Originally posted by cardboard:
Originally posted by Stupidname1313:
So there is this creepy pasta club at my school. I never joined them, but they got these really weird ads all over the place. What is creepy pasta supposed to be anyways?
a fake story that is copy pasted around the internet.
people will turn stuff like this
http://youtu.be/Mu-hlvrtzOM
into creepy pastas.
2spooki pls halp
peter purvis Apr 22, 2014 @ 10:22am 
... not creepy pasta ... but a creepy pastor ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T_B8y1gCiQ
Creepypastas are like campfire stories but they're online and they can also take the form of videos and even games, rather than just stories. As far as stories go, they are often written in first person and the narrator is assumed to be the author. As a fledgling creepypastararar myself, I should debunk a few misnomers though.

First and foremost: To call a creepypasta "Fake" as Cardboard has would be no different to calling the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (Cthulhu) a load of ♥♥♥♥; a shaky remark at best and a direct insult to the wordsmith in question at worst. Besides, not all Creepypastas are entirely fictional; "Trichotillomania" is about what the real life author, who has the titular mental illness, has to deal with every day of their life.

Secondly, not all Creepypastas are there solely to disturb or creep out. Many of them are designed to entertain or make about the reader think about things they hadn't really thought about. This seems to be more often the case with "Game Creepy Pastas" which is why I tend to favor those (It's a double edged sword though, while some of the best pastas are game creepy pastas, many of the worst ones are ALSO game pastas). Look up "Some Ordinary Gamers" on youtube if you wanna know more about them.

Third: Not all creepypastas are a waste of time, at least if you enjoy this kind of thing as I do (Obviously). And not all of them are bad, though there are many MANY bad ones out there. Word of advise, if you wanna read a pasta, hit CTRL+F and type in "Hyper Real" with and without spaces. If you get a result, that's a bad sign.

Random Tip: Dramatic Readings of creepy pastas are the best thing ever. I find switching off the lights, putting on a set of headphones, closing my eyes, leaning back, and just listening to a youtube video is super immersive.
Last edited by Smugass Braixen-Chan; Apr 22, 2014 @ 11:20am
Jill Apr 22, 2014 @ 11:13am 
Noone linked a real creepy pasta so here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPt7kCNAuc one of my favorites
Originally posted by Your waifu is trash:
Noone linked a real creepy pasta so here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPt7kCNAuc one of my favorites
I love that one! Also am I allowed to use your username as the premise of a CP? XD
Jill Apr 22, 2014 @ 11:23am 
Originally posted by Pinkamena Diane Pyro:
Originally posted by Your waifu is trash:
Noone linked a real creepy pasta so here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMPt7kCNAuc one of my favorites
I love that one! Also am I allowed to use your username as the premise of a CP? XD
use whatever you need to use
awesome! also my all time favorite creepypasta would have to be Playstation Suffer, hands down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNfceQ66-r8
Last edited by Smugass Braixen-Chan; Apr 22, 2014 @ 11:28am
NisseDood Apr 22, 2014 @ 12:31pm 
Originally posted by Luma365:
Story full of tomato juice.
Ye. Most creepypastas force in so much blood in their stories that they become lame instead.
Jill Apr 22, 2014 @ 12:32pm 
Originally posted by NisseDood:
Originally posted by Luma365:
Story full of tomato juice.
Ye. Most creepypastas force in so much blood in their stories that they become lame instead.
its most the gaming creepy pastas that are so
"realistic blood came out my tv and killed my parents and then bloody sonic killed my dog the end"
Originally posted by Your waifu is trash:
Originally posted by NisseDood:
Ye. Most creepypastas force in so much blood in their stories that they become lame instead.
its most the gaming creepy pastas that are so
"realistic blood came out my tv and killed my parents and then bloody sonic killed my dog the end"
"I OPEN HYPERREALISTIC DOOR OF CLOSET AND HYPERREALISTIC SPOOKY SKELETON CAME OUT AND I GOT HAERT ATTAKC N DEID"
true story.
Last edited by grounded in reality; Apr 22, 2014 @ 1:04pm
Jill Apr 22, 2014 @ 1:06pm 
Originally posted by cardboard:
Originally posted by Your waifu is trash:
its most the gaming creepy pastas that are so
"realistic blood came out my tv and killed my parents and then bloody sonic killed my dog the end"
"I OPEN HYPERREALISTIC DOOR OF CLOSET AND HYPERREALISTIC SPOOKY SKELETON CAME OUT AND I GOT HAERT ATTAKC N DEID"
true story.
2spok pls stap mr i no sleep tonit
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