/r/submechanophobia

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Welcome to /r/submechanophobia; the fear of partially or fully submerged man-made objects. Please respect the following rules while here:

TITLE RULES:

All titles must accurately summarise the content of the post with as much relevant information as possible. Proper grammar is expected, and emojis are banned. How do we determine what titles are applicable? It's a two step test:

  • Does the title describe the content?

  • Does the title fit the post in a specific enough manner that it couldn’t be used on any other post?

If one of these tests are failed then the post will be removed and flaired 'title rules', meaning you can resubmit the post with a more suitable title.

SUBMITTING AND COMMENTING RULES:

  • Check if the submission really is related to submechanophobia. The depicted subject must be partially or fully submerged in water and be man-made. Please nothing that isn't real life; i.e no video games, renderings, CGI, audio interviews etc.

  • if it's not submerged, it shouldn't be here. If it's supposed to be submerged, it probably shouldn't be here. if it's submerged, and it shouldn't be - it definitely should be here.

  • Text content and self-posted video clips not pre-approved by the moderators will be removed.

  • Animatronics go to /r/submergedanimatronic

  • Remember that this is subMECHANOphobia. No animals please, keep it to posts about man-made objects.

  • Posts can be removed for being low quality. This is applicable on a case-by-case basis, but that could mean such things as poor resolution, not being closely enough related to the subreddit topic, for being clickbait or for having a bad image host.

  • Don't use the line "I was told to post this here" or something like "OMG so creepy!". It annoys people, they report the comment and it keeps Automod up all night with notifications. This goes for posting irrelevant comments like "Nope", "Fuck that" or anything similar.

  • No generic memes, jokes or comics. Put them in the comments if you must

  • Absolutely no having hostility directed towards one another for mistakes or reposts, we can sort that out. No extreme unpleasantries; the mods will decide how to define that on a case-by-case.

REPOST RULES:

To be considered a repost:

  • If the image has been posted by someone else in the last three 3 months.

  • If the image is in the first 2 pages of the "top: all time" section.

  • If the same user have reposted the same image before, regardless of timespan.

  • Image is reposted yearly by accounts with suspicious activities, ie. no comments, very high post karma.

If you see a repost, please report the post and we will deal with it when we can.

The mod team reserves the right to remove any content deemed of not adequate quality without notification.

  • Tiktok links will be removed, as well as videos taken from tiktok, but posted on other sources.

Related subreddits:

/r/Thalassophobia - Pictures and videos, fiction or real, related to the deep dark water that make us really uncomfortable.

/r/TheDepthsBelow - We are a subreddit dedicated to showcasing the strange, creepy, and horrifying things that exist just below the surface of the water. If it seems like something that just shouldn't be found in the oceans, lakes, or rivers of the world, then this is where it belongs.

/r/megalophobia - A place to post images of all things large, particularly ones that are "triggers" for those with megalophobia. Examples might include large creatures/objects underwater, buildings, statues, ships, etc.

/r/HeavySeas - Subreddit dedicated to videos and general media relating to huge waves!

/r/submarines - We are the subreddit dedicated to every machine under the sea.

/r/TheForgottenDepths - A place for those interested in abandoned mines and other various disused tunnels and underground facilities.

/r/submergedanimatronic/ - A community for posting pictures of partially or fully submerged animatronics.

/r/MovieSubmechanophobia/ - Submechanophobia from Movies, Short-films and TV shows

/r/submechanophobia

569,937 Subscribers

1

Boat azipod test

0 Comments
2024/04/07
12:15 UTC

114

Boat under the bridge

2 Comments
2024/04/07
06:22 UTC

6

IG Reel: sinking ship simulation

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5YlNbaOIW6/?igsh=cXpkZnJoYnRqbDhx

Lol I know this reel is supposed to be comedic but it just creeps me out.

Just how it sinks all the way in… and I know there’s some underwater electronics to make it move down and then back up again. Ugh.

0 Comments
2024/04/07
04:34 UTC

57

Do Not Enter Water

1 Comment
2024/04/06
14:02 UTC

207

Does anyone else lurk here because they just think pictures of water and shipwrecks look cool?

35 Comments
2024/04/06
11:09 UTC

2,330

I remember visiting the queen Mary a while back and seeing this. It made my skin crawl and I didn't know why

120 Comments
2024/04/06
05:32 UTC

518

Capsized Ship

26 Comments
2024/04/06
01:27 UTC

19

Universe of Energy

Life underwater

I remember in Epcot's old Universe of Energy attraction, we dived underwater by an oil rig and Bill Nye explained how some drill platforms are as tall as the Empire State Building. Not only do they show the famed building underwater alongside the drill structure, but it pans down to the distant blackness below the two structures and the sound of traffic can be heard faintly. Very unsettling.

0 Comments
2024/04/04
13:31 UTC

14

Taiwan Earthquake Swimming pool

2 Comments
2024/04/04
04:20 UTC

224

Abandoned shipwrecks in FL

15 Comments
2024/04/03
23:03 UTC

165

A diver cleaning the inside of a drinking water tank

23 Comments
2024/04/03
22:58 UTC

223

Rubymar - the worst angle.

Gonna change my shorts real quick.

13 Comments
2024/04/03
14:01 UTC

630

Oh buoy! Above and below...

32 Comments
2024/04/03
02:00 UTC

80

SS Aquarama Ghost Ship

https://preview.redd.it/54iwjpj0yrrc1.jpg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=46ba6691a5ed74ddcc86262b3d4d2d9361b24f21

She will live rent free inside my head until the day I die. The decaying SS Aquarama terrifying onlookers in Buffalo, NY.

Driving past her at night gave me feelings I had never felt before. Goosebumps from head to toe.

The thought of being right up next her at night gave me chills. Hearing the echo of the waves thump against the hull while the few amber lights on the silo illuminate just enough of the structure to make every hair on your body stand erect with fear.

Can't find any pictures of her at night. That was probably the coolest thing I ever saw. I was enamored by it. She was sent out to Turkey or Greece for scrap years ago.

5 Comments
2024/04/01
00:52 UTC

0

Cameraman(woman?) Gets entirely too close to a shipwreck in Galveston, TX

23 Comments
2024/03/30
22:17 UTC

18

These are some less Known submerged animatronics

0 Comments
2024/03/30
18:46 UTC

1,160

What is the reason that triggered this phobia for you?

I’ll start : when I was a kid (4year old I think?), my parents showed me the movie “Titanic”. I panicked when the ship went down, and they tried to get me out of the room but impossible for them, I was scratching their sofa 😅 It could have been stopped there but : months after, my father wanted to help me with this phobia and he took me on a trip to do scuba diving (you know EXACTLY the end of the story)… yes, he showed me a shipwreck and… I panicked. I was terrified. So now it’s impossible for me to see a shipwreck or a movie without crying or panicking 🥲

354 Comments
2024/03/30
15:57 UTC

139

The drained clarifier in a wastewater plant

10 Comments
2024/03/29
15:40 UTC

24

Fishing next to an oil rig

0 Comments
2024/03/29
03:18 UTC

85

PLM-27 wreck from World War II

4 Comments
2024/03/28
13:20 UTC

2,856

Seawolf bow sonar

126 Comments
2024/03/28
12:34 UTC

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