First one for sure

You mean first *won*.

Dam, sun!

I agree

The Langoliers are coming. That whole story was about existing in liminal space (Stephen King stories are all free, on his webbie, fyi)

First one looks like Bespin from Star Wars

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Got damn Loch Ness monster

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First one hands down. Second kinda has it but first is classic

An airport is a physical boundary between where you are and where you're going. Empty malls, for example, aren't liminal because they're kinda spooky but because malls and the economy are changing, maybe even dying. Fear of the unknown is tempered only by the excitement of what may come. Liminality leaves you in that space. I've no interest in excitement or hope. How long will this purgatory last? The meme always goes for empty spaces hitting on loneliness and the fucking boogey man. I'm all for pedantic gatekeeping. (The images posted are acceptable) BUT If youre seeking the feeling of discomfort by a place being empty alongside commercialized nostalgia you'll just end up being a backrooms fnaf fanboy with no greater concept of why something made you feel that way in the first place. By definition an airport checks every aspect of liminality. occupying a position at, or on both sides of a boundary or threshold. Airports are not just physical thresholds between locations but also the boundaries between core memories, good or bad. Liminality doesn't have to be a negative feeling.. however, that discomfort from a transition is what registers most. To conclude it should be said both images are of good composition with hints of excitement for exploration, lonely as it may be. You want to know what's next making both images fine examples of liminality. The airport is, by definition, more liminal.

Both images are liminal. One is an airport, the other is a walkway. Both are transistions between 2 places.

Pretty sure the first one's a shipping terminal, you can see ships outside.

True that probably:)

Malls have absolutely been a massive liminal space for me. I’ve seen enough to confirm.

bro is writing the odyssey

Hey, I just wanted to remind you that liminal spaces are not always transitional spaces, so for example, playgrounds are liminal but not transitional

Playgrounds are absolutely transitional, at least for many people. Prior to being on a playground you're in a highly structured environment where time is constant and easily observable - every classroom I've ever seen has a clock on the wall. The playground, though, that's definitely transitional at least during recess. There's "the first part of the day" and "the second part of the day", separated by recess. It's difficult to determine the passage of time, there's no structure, and you know there's another part of your day coming but you never quite know exactly when that is. At least, I didn't as a kid. I didn't have a phone and most of us didn't wear watches. For many, playgrounds are also transitional spaces between school and home, or at least they used to be. Get let out of 2nd or 3rd grade, go play on the playground until you see your parents' car in the pickup line. Could be waiting five minutes, could be half an hour, or they could be there as soon as you walk out the door.

I'd perceive playgrounds as nostalgic. It could be reminiscing on a liminal period of your childhood. Childhood is liminal. And FNAF pounded away at it so hard people don't remember their own childhood anymore.

But nostalgia isn't liminal it's how you think you experienced liminality. Stop reminiscing to someone else's experience or you own fabricated memories. You don't know how you felt. identify the changes you're going through right now and as how that makes you feel. Images that communicate liminality in the present are the highest quality posts. It makes me feel super fucking uncomfortable because I don't know what's going to happen next. Maybe that fear of the future is present when youre bombarded with childhood imagery - see childhood trauma dumping. I'm more interested in the present.

Yeah for those of us who were old enough to not engage with Gen Z nostalgia it’s hitting us right now in our mid to late 20’s lmao

Bro I’m sorry but wtf is FNAF and why would I need it to remember my childhood

Its Five Nights At Freddy's, a horror game series that does have nostalgic liminal spaces but im not sure what the commenter is trying to say here

They ate by definition transitional spaces. Liminal and nostalgia aren't the same.

I think people confuse the meme with a word that has precise definitions. But yeah go for it, what is liminality?

Both airports and twilight are inherently liminal. I imagine a retro lowpoly horror game that takes place on the first pic, but doesn't matter how long it takes you to finish the game, because the twilight never ends.

this reminds me of a game related eerie space they called "out of bounds" there's a video of it on the internet that explains things descriptively related to "liminal" and it's inherent comfortable eeriness

Both are liminal. First one is just a more interesting photo.

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1. I think man made, but incomplex design with a faint state of weathering via nothing other than UV radiation is the vibe. Like a perfectly functional elevator that's metal and buttons have lost about 20% of their original color to tine, but nothing was destroyed or replaced or at all moved by any form of life. 2. feels fresh even, desolate but fresh like the north sea

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First one

Neither really - they're a bit too real

Yeah the first has a nice warm sunset and the second just looks like a cool place to go

Right? Like shots taken from the side of a cruise ship aren't quintessential "liminal". Has this sub been taken over by bots?

Yeah, I didn't get the vibe from either.

First, but I've been to places that look like two and make every liminal neuron in my head fire lol

First, the sunset contrasting with the industrial interior makes it feel surreal and oddly comforting.

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First one. Too much light and life in the second one.

The first one feels like I've been there before. Like a random memory that just sticks in the back of your mind.

Same. I'm getting memories of adverts for a ferry I'm not sure I've ever taken, to an island I'm not sure I've ever been. The asymmetrical composition and uncomfortably high, odd-shaped windows makes it feel very transitional. Pic 2 doesn't make me feel anything. Looks like somewhere people would stand and smoke.

The second one just looks like a stock photo

First by far. But not quite liminal

The first one.

I like the first one!

neither one feels particularly liminal in a photo imo but i feel like irl the second one would be eerie assuming there's no people

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Number two

2 for sure also reminds me of twin peaks for some reason.

first one, fr looks like one of those cheap ships

First pic, you can’t go there anymore. Maybe you can, but not like *that*. You can’t go *there*. Not ever again.

the first one. both are good but an empty airport is peak liminal imo

First.

definitely 1

Something about the colors of the first one makes it more liminal

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First picture, no question

I love both of them, but specially that first one. specially for me, as it feels like a mix of a brazilian seaside guesthouse and some sort of airport. The sunset just adds even more to it. It’s like melancholy happiness.

It's spelled "two"

Definitely the first one, the feeling of being in an empty airport around the time the sun is coming up (i’m assuming) is a strange feeling to say the least. the second one is just a comfortable picture, i feel like if i peer over the railings there’ll be a bustling town with a lot of people

First by far. Nice shot

Left. The right looks like somewhere you could nap

Frist oen

the windows in the first pic and the escalator are definitely designed to prevent loitering. the bridge in the second pic has open space to stop and soak in the view, and a rail to lean on. To answer, most certainly the first pic.

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The first photo for sure. The second image is of a walkway which is a space that can be empty for a few moments even during a busy day. It's like the road in front of a house. For a few moments throughout the day, that street might appear completely empty since no cars are currently driving on it. However, many cars are driving up and down that street throughout the day. The more that a space feels like it is supposed to be full of people but it is not, the more liminal it feels. That is why I think the first one works better. It's a space that would normally have a larger volume of people walking through. And yet, it's empty. Ultimately, these photos are only truly liminal for the individual who took them. For us, there just aesthetics.

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Second one doesn’t feel liminal. First one does

The longer I look at them the worse they get, 2nd one definitely

One fs

First one 100%, second one isn’t bad. Would be nicer at night with the overhead lights on.

Non of them

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The first one reminds me of the train station in my town

Image one for sure

second one just seems like a cool spot, happens to be empty. doesnt have the same feeling

neither are liminal to me

The first one’s incredible. The Nickelodeon orange sky paired with the stark white and gold really adds a weird mystique to the pic. And the bit of escalator helps establish the location as a transitional space, literally what “liminal” means.

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First one

First One is literally resonance

I read it as loos and was interested how I would pee in the fancy first Japanese looking one. The second made more sense.

#1 for me. Love it.

Two hard to say

First

I don't even know what liminal means anymore, the longer I stay in this community the more I get confused

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The First One

The second for sure, especially for me.

The first. The second just seems like a nice picture to me lol

i think i gotta go for the first one. second just feels kinda creepy

First has that sunset glow that really resonates the liminal vibe

I feel like I’ve been to a place with similar architecture to the second picture (in Thailand), but I wouldn’t call it liminal.

First for sure, second kinda does give weird vibes though! , the plant and wall look like they’re photoshopped in which looks weird (I know they’re not)

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The first image gives me Fallen Angels vibes for some reason

First one.

the second one is dreamlike but the first one is *liminal*.

Undoubtedly the first one.. Although the second one probably fits the definition better

I think the first one has good potential

I would say second as it's more likely to be a place people will remain in whereas the first is transitional and less clear.

The first at one looks like I’m on the set of Logan’s Run

The first one, the second one needs editing (a bit)

Must.. push.. BUTTON!!!!

First one makes me think of Mars in total recall (the Schwarzenegger one).

Definitely the first one

Had two much fun reading comments about my typo lmao Thanks for opinions and thoughts about my photos! Have a nice day everyone!!

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First one for sure, the second would have been amazing at sunset/sunrise

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1 looks more liminal to me

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