Started rewatching some Best Friends LPs, and I think the IHNM&IMS one is my favorite just for Pat's reactions to the fucked up shit.
Adventure games are always my favorites for some reason, wish these guys did a Sierra game or something so I can hear Pat snap over the mouse and the boot in KQ5.
Adventure games are always my favorites for some reason, wish these guys did a Sierra game or something so I can hear Pat snap over the mouse and the boot in KQ5.
October 27, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Started rewatching some Best Friends LPs, and I think the IHNM&IMS one is my favorite just for Pat's reactions to the fucked up shit.
Adventure games are always my favorites for some reason, wish these guys did a Sierra game or something so I can hear Pat snap over the mouse and the boot in KQ5.
Adventure games are always my favorites for some reason, wish these guys did a Sierra game or something so I can hear Pat snap over the mouse and the boot in KQ5.
holy crap I'd forgotten about that in IHNM&IMS. IIRC I sort of just took it in as a kid, as stuff from a world (sophisticated adulthood) for which I had no referents.
One of the things about the Roko’s basilisk obsession in Silicon Valley is Harlan Ellison’s depiction of a malevolent super computer transforming a guy into an ape like creature with a big penis and the feeling of emasculation the narrator conveys when the only woman in the story enjoys sex with him
everything is racism and everything is gender but we dont talk about the intersection of White Foolishness so often being "everything is pornography".
October 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
holy crap I'd forgotten about that in IHNM&IMS. IIRC I sort of just took it in as a kid, as stuff from a world (sophisticated adulthood) for which I had no referents.
It makes me think IHNM&IMS is not that great. It just set a concept in motion other people found interesting. But the writing itself is bad.
October 7, 2026 at 3:48 AM
It makes me think IHNM&IMS is not that great. It just set a concept in motion other people found interesting. But the writing itself is bad.
No more Star Trek, 2001, or IHNM until you learn to stop anthropomorphizing the computer.
October 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
No more Star Trek, 2001, or IHNM until you learn to stop anthropomorphizing the computer.
H🐽RNYTOBER?! Er wird in mir seims. Und ich in... ihnm
September 26, 2026 at 10:19 PM
H🐽RNYTOBER?! Er wird in mir seims. Und ich in... ihnm
This is my favorite read of IHNM and arguably the intended one according to Harlan. In the face of impossible escape and perpetual torture, the kindest thing you can do is offer someone a way out of that
EVEN MORE SO in the game, where you can CHOOSE TO FORGIVE AM and he kind of has a breakdown
EVEN MORE SO in the game, where you can CHOOSE TO FORGIVE AM and he kind of has a breakdown
September 19, 2026 at 12:42 PM
This is my favorite read of IHNM and arguably the intended one according to Harlan. In the face of impossible escape and perpetual torture, the kindest thing you can do is offer someone a way out of that
EVEN MORE SO in the game, where you can CHOOSE TO FORGIVE AM and he kind of has a breakdown
EVEN MORE SO in the game, where you can CHOOSE TO FORGIVE AM and he kind of has a breakdown
Noch verständlicher 😄 dann tritt ihnm in den Arsch!
September 18, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Noch verständlicher 😄 dann tritt ihnm in den Arsch!
No one's gonna talk about bc he didn't say all that much but Mike Straczynski, of recent "asking an AI about IHNMaIMSC because ha ha there's an AI in it" infamy said that he considered nuking TADC with a lawsuit for being too heavily inspired by IHNM but held off bc Harlan wouldn't want it lmao
August 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
No one's gonna talk about bc he didn't say all that much but Mike Straczynski, of recent "asking an AI about IHNMaIMSC because ha ha there's an AI in it" infamy said that he considered nuking TADC with a lawsuit for being too heavily inspired by IHNM but held off bc Harlan wouldn't want it lmao
jesus christ I had no idea he had the rights. And now he's feeding IHNM to a machine because lol. what the fuck, man.
August 13, 2026 at 3:31 PM
jesus christ I had no idea he had the rights. And now he's feeding IHNM to a machine because lol. what the fuck, man.
I didn't say that I thought they should have, because if I did, then I would have forced the issue. I didn't. I'm only pointing to the contradiction in perspectives. (The other difference is that in interviews the creator made explicitly clear that the show was directly inspired/derived from IHNM.)
August 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I didn't say that I thought they should have, because if I did, then I would have forced the issue. I didn't. I'm only pointing to the contradiction in perspectives. (The other difference is that in interviews the creator made explicitly clear that the show was directly inspired/derived from IHNM.)
I have so many things to say about the ending and the parallels between the ending of IHNM an TADC, I still remain into my "show shoulda go more dark" but i still do not understand about such a negative reaction of this.
Anticlimatic is not what would i describe the ending thats a fact
Anticlimatic is not what would i describe the ending thats a fact
June 20, 2026 at 12:18 AM
I have so many things to say about the ending and the parallels between the ending of IHNM an TADC, I still remain into my "show shoulda go more dark" but i still do not understand about such a negative reaction of this.
Anticlimatic is not what would i describe the ending thats a fact
Anticlimatic is not what would i describe the ending thats a fact
IHNM&IMS has to be some kind of all time record holder for the ratio of the quality of the story (look, it's not aged well, we can all admit this) to the quality of the jokes and discourse spawned by it (S-tier).
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
IHNM&IMS has to be some kind of all time record holder for the ratio of the quality of the story (look, it's not aged well, we can all admit this) to the quality of the jokes and discourse spawned by it (S-tier).
October 21, 2024 at 10:54 AM
is this a screenshot of IHNM running off of an MX 440
March 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
is this a screenshot of IHNM running off of an MX 440
while I don't generally like the idea of AM having a body, the idea of AM having cobbled together proxies and "minions" created out of electronic waste IS something that's appealing to me. In my head, AM is basically a celestial entity by the time of IHNM
January 25, 2026 at 4:30 AM
while I don't generally like the idea of AM having a body, the idea of AM having cobbled together proxies and "minions" created out of electronic waste IS something that's appealing to me. In my head, AM is basically a celestial entity by the time of IHNM
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream is one of my absolute favourite short stories of all time and Mouthwashing absolutely made me feel the way that story did all over again for the first time. I honestly think I like MW better than IHNM, but that might just be recency bias
October 25, 2024 at 12:38 AM
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream is one of my absolute favourite short stories of all time and Mouthwashing absolutely made me feel the way that story did all over again for the first time. I honestly think I like MW better than IHNM, but that might just be recency bias
Hot(ish) TADC take: Caine is more like Monika from DDLC than AM from IHNM&IMS
December 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hot(ish) TADC take: Caine is more like Monika from DDLC than AM from IHNM&IMS
Gonna be honest, I can see a Jax abstraction. Considering Jax's IHNM&IMS equivalent (Ted) also transforms into a hideous abomination and dies, I can see it.
December 6, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Gonna be honest, I can see a Jax abstraction. Considering Jax's IHNM&IMS equivalent (Ted) also transforms into a hideous abomination and dies, I can see it.
also fwiw, there is a pretty neat radio play adaptation of IHNM in which AM has a much longer and more sympathetic monologue
June 28, 2026 at 11:30 AM
also fwiw, there is a pretty neat radio play adaptation of IHNM in which AM has a much longer and more sympathetic monologue
i wouldnt call it an adaptation, its very very different. its not an apocalyptic story, the "AM" character is not all powerful like AM is in the story. if anything i think it's more inspired by the IHNM computer game. which was also very cruel and fucked up but did have "good endings"
June 28, 2026 at 11:29 AM
i wouldnt call it an adaptation, its very very different. its not an apocalyptic story, the "AM" character is not all powerful like AM is in the story. if anything i think it's more inspired by the IHNM computer game. which was also very cruel and fucked up but did have "good endings"
There's a sick part of me that hopes TADC's finale has a IHNM short story bad ending since it's going to be shown in theaters
Imagine watching a theater of people watching past the credits hoping for a scene that undoes it and that doesn't happen
Imagine watching a theater of people watching past the credits hoping for a scene that undoes it and that doesn't happen
April 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
There's a sick part of me that hopes TADC's finale has a IHNM short story bad ending since it's going to be shown in theaters
Imagine watching a theater of people watching past the credits hoping for a scene that undoes it and that doesn't happen
Imagine watching a theater of people watching past the credits hoping for a scene that undoes it and that doesn't happen
I was wondering because tbh this series has a pretty tumblrly fandom and I wonder how they'd handle a IHNM level of ending
March 21, 2026 at 6:04 PM
I was wondering because tbh this series has a pretty tumblrly fandom and I wonder how they'd handle a IHNM level of ending
IHNM is about hatred, what that hatred turns you into, and the flaws in humanity.
TADC is just a bunch of archetypes put through wacky scenarios that then make them sad or angry, while vaguely hinting more is going on.
But the show is more than one source of inspiration, this just bothers me.
TADC is just a bunch of archetypes put through wacky scenarios that then make them sad or angry, while vaguely hinting more is going on.
But the show is more than one source of inspiration, this just bothers me.
December 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
IHNM is about hatred, what that hatred turns you into, and the flaws in humanity.
TADC is just a bunch of archetypes put through wacky scenarios that then make them sad or angry, while vaguely hinting more is going on.
But the show is more than one source of inspiration, this just bothers me.
TADC is just a bunch of archetypes put through wacky scenarios that then make them sad or angry, while vaguely hinting more is going on.
But the show is more than one source of inspiration, this just bothers me.
IM GOING TBROUGH ONE OF THE IHNM TAGS AND I GET FLASHBANGED BY A FUCKING. ROBLOX THUMBNAIL. WHAT 😭
April 16, 2026 at 11:53 PM
IM GOING TBROUGH ONE OF THE IHNM TAGS AND I GET FLASHBANGED BY A FUCKING. ROBLOX THUMBNAIL. WHAT 😭
I've been trying to write IHNM into a musical since I was 15, this comic is laser targeted directly at me.
January 23, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I've been trying to write IHNM into a musical since I was 15, this comic is laser targeted directly at me.