/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

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Paris water reservoir

10 Comments
2024/07/25
07:30 UTC

7

Wave Machine Video

2 Comments
2024/07/23
13:56 UTC

8

2 Comments
2024/07/23
00:05 UTC

22

New River revisited

A while ago I posted some grim photos of this place during daylight (see link below). Guess what? The manmade river that disappears under a railway bridge is even worse at night!

I also got a video - which I will upload separately if I can work out how- of a creepy giant metal claw (which as far as I could tell is either automatic or operated remotely) dipping into the pitch black depths and dredging up some algae.

The best part is that while I was filming my phone automatically paused my music so when I finished it came back on all of a sudden, breaking the eerie silence and damn near making me shit myself.

https://www.reddit.com/r/submechanophobia/s/10IbqRzsne

2 Comments
2024/07/22
21:08 UTC

1,577

Hamburg, Germany

30 Comments
2024/07/22
16:00 UTC

81

Chucky going for a swim

3 Comments
2024/07/22
13:08 UTC

68

Cape Verde Shipwreck

Mind the head in the picture lol

6 Comments
2024/07/21
20:06 UTC

60

Partially submerged boat on the Russian river

2 Comments
2024/07/19
01:49 UTC

142

The Underwater Wreckage of a Sea King Helicopter

6 Comments
2024/07/18
14:50 UTC

97

The fact that this is under the swim deck.

16 Comments
2024/07/17
17:06 UTC

124

Shipwreck

A friend on holiday in Greece sent me this because he knows “I’m a fan” ;D I’m sure you guys will appreciate as well

3 Comments
2024/07/17
12:16 UTC

11

Book Recommendation

This is a great book for a look "at a distance" for some of the hazards around the solent area in the south of the UK. It's not exclusively human made stuff - but includes sections on the Varvassi that I included in a comment the other day, the submarine barrier just outside portsmouth and the solent forts. All good candidates for this subreddit!

The solent is interesting because there's also lots of submarine ridges & ledges around too - one minute you'll be in >30 feet of water, and next, you'd hit something.

Solent Hazards: Amazon.co.uk: Bruce, Peter: 9781871680317: Books

Gratuitious pics of the Varvassi wreck. People still frequently hit it, despite it being well charted and very well known, including this racing yacht: Dramatic footage by RNLI Mudeford as the Alchemist yacht sinks Isle of Wight Radio YouTube

Varvassi:

https://preview.redd.it/s1xdn07k42dd1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b4d4a071ae751e2beddc081da11d91d882ea3f8

https://preview.redd.it/z70gt8sk42dd1.jpg?width=898&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=99c6d826e2170232d8a4b4a1f615ab266ca06789

https://preview.redd.it/w5c0p36m42dd1.jpg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0f220bec8a6a9fc23f23fefa101cee46babeaf4

https://preview.redd.it/rtkpgsan42dd1.jpg?width=478&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b997de44322d23aacb1b338f1a140746810454bc

Submarine barrier. Doesn't look at all menacing in this picture - but once you're up close and it's just below the surface with the tide carrying you towards it, IT IS!

https://preview.redd.it/jty58ecg52dd1.jpg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=edef191b97f057a1c530c3ddf12444ecbaad49e6

0 Comments
2024/07/17
10:41 UTC

6 Comments
2024/07/16
19:29 UTC

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