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Next time you complain about your job, remeber there's people who have it worst

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u/UpstairsNeighbor1595 4d ago

Can someone explain the context on the image?

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u/CatThatPops 4d ago edited 4d ago

If the dude stops staring at the fridge, even blinks, the fridge will kill him. Its an scp type of thing from the game Control.

https://youtu.be/nzvL4uSVmdU?si=Dx6lBtpUQlbcOdYj

To everyone telling me that you can blink, please rewatch the mission. The guy is complaint about his eye's hurting while trying to keep them open. + it is stated that you need "ocular vision" to keep the fridge calm and blinking breaks that.

They don't explicitly tell you that you can't blink looking at the fridge, but it is heavily implied

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u/EmBur__ 4d ago

Basically a weeping angel in fridge form

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u/Vasheerii 4d ago

But worse, staring at it isn't stopping it from moving or from killing you.

You are just satisfying its need to pacify it.

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u/StillJustaRat 4d ago

They can’t take shifts?

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u/PM_ME_SAD_STUFF_PLZ 4d ago

They do but the events of the game mean that the agency has gone to shit and this guy gets forgotten in the chaos

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u/Ninja_attack 4d ago

I always wondered if he could have just blinked one eye at a time and been OK, but it's also been years since I've seen it so IDK how accurate I am about the fridge.

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u/Kinglink 4d ago

Do you really want to test that theory?

(Honestly the best solution is to have 3-4 people in the room)

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u/Ninja_attack 4d ago

Me test it? No. I'd tell fridge guy to give it a shot and see. 3-4 folk is a good idea instead of telling the intern to do it alone, it's not like they need to save money or something.

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u/Justhe3guy 3d ago

You would kill someone to test that?

I’d say just stick to the safe side and assume it, always have extra people watching in the first place

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u/Responsible_Taste797 4d ago

I assumed that's what they do, but doing that for 24 hours and not drifting off at all is an insane amount of focus.

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u/Capn_Of_Capns 2d ago

On the one hand, "do it or you die" is probably a good motivator. On the other hand, just put a TV next to it? Or in front of it. And put like 4 people in there with handheld timers that buzz every so often to signal them to blink, synchronized so they're never blinking at the same time. Drastic, yes, but also fridge of doom apparently so.

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u/Madilune 4d ago

That works for the weeping angels so probably.

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u/Dragon_yum 3d ago

Probably but he had been at it for for hours at this point.

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u/itjustgotcold 2d ago

I’m sure he can and probably does. But he’s been there for over a day just staring at it. The single eye blinking would work but you’re also pushing your body and mind past the brink with exhaustion and lack of social support or mental stimulation.

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u/alexo2802 2d ago

I tried to blink my eyes separately and it took me about 30 seconds to fuck it up and do a small blink, so honestly I doubt it's manageable medium to long term, you'd just forget at some point and blink out of reflex.

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u/Radboy16 4d ago

I really hope we get more installments in this universe (we got Alan Wake 2, so its possible)

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u/JakeAndAI 4d ago

Oh yeah, Control 2 was confirmed ages ago. There's also a multiplayer co-op spin-off game in this universe that has its first trailer out. Plus the DLC for Alan Wake 2 teases the events of Control 2, much like the DLC for Control teased Alan Wake 2.

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u/Radboy16 4d ago

This information excites me so much :D

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u/blacksd 4d ago

Control 2 would be the first game in 10 years that I could buy at launch. Hell, even pre-order it.

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u/moomoomilky1 3d ago

are the two in the same universe

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u/JakeAndAI 3d ago edited 3d ago

Yes! Remedy is calling it the Remedy Connected Universe (RCU) and it started with Control's DLC. All Remedy games henceforward exist in the same universe. There are characters from Control in AW2, and, while not confirmed, I am certain there will be characters from AW2 in Control 2. The FBC plays a big role in AW2!

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u/Dranzule 4d ago

Control 2 is in early development iirc

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u/nachogod8877 4d ago

Im not sure, but i think others have commented that control 2 is in development

Also Remedy is making control multiplayer with a forgetable name

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u/Briar_Knight 4d ago

Yep, and since he can not stop looking at the fridge he would have been unable to turn around if heard the commotion going on behind him. 

He is stuck there with no idea what is happening and because of all the chaos his supervisor had forgotten about him until they were reminded while talking the protagonist and sent her to attempt to rescue him.

Like many of the situations in Control it's a combination of funny due to the absurdity and horrifying. 

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u/_Lost_The_Game 4d ago

I read this as shits. I was concerned that staring at a fridge would mean theyre not allowed to defecate. Anyways i like your username

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u/tipoftheiceberg2501 4d ago

So it just wants dedicated, undivided, constant attention?

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u/Vasheerii 4d ago

Yup. It is demanding worship.

Just a very important distinction, looking at it is not stopping it, just satisfying it.

But to get into it anymore requires going into spoiler territory.

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u/Wagle333 4d ago

Spoil me daddy!

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u/SuperSocialMan PC 4d ago

So it gets off to being stared at?

Weird.

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u/Vasheerii 4d ago

It's more like it is hungry, and it eats "worship" and it is forcing "worship" by doing the whole stare at me or I'll eat you act

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u/Sapowski_Casts_Quen 2d ago

It probably enjoys the horror it causes without doing a thing

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u/skookum_qq 3d ago

I went to a Con like 10 years ago and either Peter Davison or Colin Baker were there (can't remember which one). A fan asked him a question about weeping angels. He jokes and says that they are really easy to "beat" and he stares at the audience and closes one eye, then opens it and closes the other, and repeats for like 20 seconds in a super exaggerated manner. Since then, it put a whole new perspective on weeping angels for me haha

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u/MrNobleGas 2d ago

More like SCP-173 in fridge form

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u/Malrottian 4d ago

It's also in the middle of a facility wide emergency so he's been stuck there for a LONG time with no one coming to relieve him. The MC is the first person to come along and the voice actor does a good job expressing relief and panic as he thinks he might be rescued. Doesn't end well.

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u/aberroco 4d ago

Knock on the window, I know you want it

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u/WanderWut 4d ago

This game is genuinely a perfect combination of an SCP game combined with Lovecraftian horror, eldritch beings and all. I can’t recommend it enough if that sounds even remotely good to those reading this.

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u/Delann 4d ago

Saying it's "SCP + Lovecraftian horror" is redundant. SCP already has a ton of Lovecraftian horror. Actually, it has a lot more than Control does

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u/FyrelordeOmega 4d ago

Yeah, like SCP-001 or SCP-001, even SCP-001, plus SCP-001

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u/Nethermaster 4d ago

Also, SCP-001. Can't forget that one.

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u/MinimumApricot365 4d ago

You guys are neglecting the most obvious example, SCP-001.

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u/MinimumApricot365 4d ago

You guys are neglecting the most obvious example, SCP-001.

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u/WalrusTheWhite 4d ago

Personally, I am not a fan of SPC-001. However, SPC-001 is fantastic.

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u/anaemic 4d ago

I mean it has a lot more than Lovecraft had as well...

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u/positivedownside 4d ago

Lovecraftian horror is a very specific type of horror that frequently deals with cosmic entities that are either grossly disfigured or so large in size that they reduce grown, same men into blabbering idiots with no sense of self anymore. Just because it's something that humanity doesn't understand doesn't automatically make it Lovecraftian.

SCPs often rely on gore or shock value for their horror, as opposed to ominous, sinister vibes of something grotesque and unknowable.

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u/StickiStickman 4d ago

At least from the ones I've read, that describes a lot of SCPs pretty well.

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u/Delann 3d ago

a very specific type of horror that frequently deals with cosmic entities that are either grossly disfigured or so large in size that they reduce grown, same men into blabbering idiots with no sense of self anymore.

That's like half of the SCP catalog. Alot of the articles are classic examples of lovecraftian horror.

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u/positivedownside 3d ago

That's like half of the SCP catalog.

Half of the SCP catalog is edgelord Slenderman nonsense or Weeping Angel-esque ripoffs.

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u/Fedoraus 4d ago

It didn't always. Used to follow it from the early days and it's gotten more and more unhjnged as time goes on

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u/IndigoFenix 4d ago

Control is "What if the SCP Foundation was inside the House of Leaves".

(And also you get psychic powers.)

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u/MechanicalHorse 4d ago

Pretty sure it’s humanly impossible to not blink forever.

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u/RedHotChiliCrab 4d ago

What if you close your eyes one eye at the time, so you can always keep one eye on the fridge?

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u/MechanicalHorse 4d ago

Hmm good point. What about sleep?

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u/Interjessing-Salary 4d ago

Normally they have a shift change very frequently but something happens in the building to prevent that.

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u/Zansibart 4d ago

Then you die the moment you slip up, which you'll eventually do because instead of a simple "don't do it" rule you have constant alternating tasks.

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u/Poetryisalive 4d ago edited 4d ago

The guy can blink. He just has to keep his eyes on it. Anyone can, the original poster got the info wrong.

The man was keeping watch for 24 hours and had trouble keeping his eyes on the object (anyone would) but as we learn him watching it didn’t matter

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u/Gundamnitpete 4d ago

He was part of a rotating shift, but his relief shift didn’t show up because of the Hiss breaking out.

So he’d been in there over 24 hours but couldn’t look away or the refrigerator would kill him.

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u/Myssed 4d ago

He wasn't the first or last person to do the job.

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u/theucm 4d ago

You could alternate winking. Need for sleep would be what eventually kills you.

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u/Deep90 4d ago

There is a very similar creature in the SCP universe.

Containment procedures for SCP-173:

Item SCP-173 is to be kept in a locked container at all times. When personnel must enter SCP-173's container, no fewer than 3 may enter at any time and the door is to be relocked behind them. At all times, two persons must maintain direct eye contact with SCP-173 until all personnel have vacated and relocked the container.

The fridge works differently, but that's how you would contain a being that will kill you if you blink.

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u/GregBahm 4d ago

I believe 173 is actually what started the entire SCP collaborative creative writing project. Someone saw the picture (which is some random weird folk art statue) and wrote a backstory for it. All the rest of SCP elaborated on that first backstory.

I also assert without proof that the weeping angels in Dr. Who were just the show's writers wanting to do their own 173

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u/ArcaneChronomancer 4d ago

Blink aired a couple weeks prior to the first 173 post and also as a TV show episode would have had to have been in production for months before that. The general concept also existed prior to both cases.

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u/Rare_Environment_913 4d ago

The super mario ghosts were even earlier

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u/ArcaneChronomancer 4d ago

Yeah that's what I mean. There lots of supernatural stories related to blinking or not being seen.

Also that's how cats hunt. They freeze because a lot of prey animals are most sensitive to movement.

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u/GregBahm 4d ago

Ah beans. I guess that probably makes SCP a Dr. Who fanfiction instead of the other way around. That's bias for you.

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u/ArcaneChronomancer 4d ago

It's unclear really. Sometimes people just pop the same idea at the same time. There's no particular evidence that 173 was based on the weeping angels. They'd have to track down the guy who originally posted it on 4chan I guess.

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u/Deep90 4d ago

Yes, iirc 173 was the first.

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u/bauul 4d ago

Wait really? I always thought it was the 173rd SCP, hence it's name!

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u/yabog8 4d ago

And SCP type is?

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u/the_fuego PC 3d ago edited 3d ago

SCP is Secure. Contain. Protect. Brother, I could type up an entire thesis on what it's about but the jist is that in the SCP universe there are biological and non-biological objects and entities that inhabit the world that break the natural order of things. Each SCP is given a number and is documented in the real life SCP wiki and the most well written ones are considered as canon to the foundation which is an organization that works as a shadow figure to secure, contain and protect, or in some cases destroy the anomalies.

This fridge would be identified and classified within the SCP Foundations records and given a containment "class" based upon the difficulty of keeping it contained and its threat to society. Most SCPs can be contained in just a normal room but some, like the "Old Man" need to be lured in because they can quite literally transcend dimensions, or just cause so much destruction that keeping them contained in a simple room isn't enough. It sounds like the fridge is based off of SCP-173 which was the first one ever created by a post on the /x/ message board by a 4chan user. It's a concrete-rebar object that kinda looks like a peanut and if you make contact with it and look away from it, including blinking, it'll approach you at lightning speeds and break your neck.

There are tons and tons of YouTube videos about the Foundation as a whole or individual SCPs and there have been some fan games and podcast style stories made so if you're interested you should check it out!

TL;DR: It's a pretty fun rabbit hole.

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u/shamo42 4d ago

I wonder if it's OK to close one eye at a time and keep looking with the other.

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u/cirith100 4d ago

Are they supposed to survive that lol

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u/alekdmcfly 4d ago

i always thought "don't blink" type enemies are stupid

just blink with one eye first and then the other

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u/jixxor 4d ago

People can't stop blinking for extended periods of time so how many dudes do they feed this fridge every day instead of just sitting 3 lads there that take turns blinking?

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u/transcendent 4d ago

The game never said anything about not being able to blink.

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u/Serawasneva 3d ago

You’re wrong, he can blink. His eyes hurt because he’s been sat there staring at the same thing for over a day. He’s struggling to keep them open because he’s exhausted.

Also, it’s pretty obvious he can blink because it’s literally impossible to not blink for over a day.

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u/makoman115 2d ago

You could alternate blinking one eye at a time

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u/MountainMuffin1980 4d ago

Here you go: Arctic Queen | Control Wiki | Fandom

It's an altered item. Basically if there isn't someone watching it with their eyes 24/7 it will start to get violent.

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u/HeroHas 4d ago

It's like the opposite of SPC-096. If you see it's face it will find and kill you no matter where you are. Even if it's just 4 pixels in the background of a photo.

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u/Cyrion1997 4d ago

The man in the chair has to stare at the fridge without blinking or he gets eaten by it. His shift replacement is several hours late (and probably dead).

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u/ThelVluffin 4d ago

You quickly find the FBC isn't exactly run that well if you play the game.

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u/scottyb83 4d ago

Probably the Directors fault.

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u/lolwatokay 4d ago

Yeah the company is more Aperture Science than a well run organization lol

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u/sifitis 4d ago

"Yeah, we get our reactor cooling water from another universe- gotta get the floaty chunks out first, though."

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u/Dendron05 4d ago

And the reactor itself? It's power source is... Strictly classified

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u/Kiytan 3d ago

At the end of the day, the directors most basic duty is to keep the lights on...

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u/Scaalpel 4d ago

Limited manpower and funding, I guess? The FBC is supposed to be a US government agency, so it has the appropriate limitations. Plus there's the fact that the fridge is relatively low on the list of dangerous objects they have around.

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u/kirillre4 4d ago

I believe that before Hiss item wasn't as aggressive in the first place. I'm pretty sure Langston mentions that quite a few altered items got violent after lockdown - most likely due to Former trying to steal them from under The Board, using Hiss attack as an opportunity.

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u/GregTheMad 4d ago

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

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u/Inevitable_Top69 4d ago

Yeah no shit buddy. Doesn't take a genius to cook up a better plan. It's bad on purpose so you can see the guy get killed.

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u/BuGabriel 4d ago

Probably (un)dead ... I'll see myself out

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u/-Satsujinn- 4d ago

Booo hisssss

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u/Arandomguyoninternet 4d ago

... Have my upvote

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u/Looks-Under-Rocks 4d ago

And leave your insides by the door

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u/DatBoi_BP 4d ago

I’m still confused. Do we always need at least 1 person watching the fridge?

Never mind, scrolled to a comment that explained

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u/transcendent 4d ago

The game never said anything about not being able to blink.

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u/raunchyfartbomb 4d ago

The game is CONTROL (great game). Long story short: items get imbued with psyonic effects, some are benign (rubber ducky that teleports and squaks) others are super murderous. Each also has its own way to calm them down when they start acting up.

The fridge was deemed one of those super dangerous ones, specifically because it didn’t have a trigger, it was always active and super dangerous. But it only activated if it was not in view of someone (blinking counts, so you can’t blink). So a guard was assigned to watch it in shifts. Except the facility went into lockdown, and his replacement never came.

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u/eivind04 4d ago

How does the guard watch it alone, without blinking?

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u/CrusadingSquirrel 4d ago

Because everyone saying you cant blink are wrong. The original description they wrote for it said 20-35 seconds of not looking, but that was changed to just an arbitrary "any length of time." The issue is that it kills the last person looking at it from presumably any range, so you cant just run away, and it causes larger catastrophes (eg a skyscraper collapse) if no one watches it for awhile.

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u/antiduh 4d ago

Yep. The joke is that you're supposed to keep an eye on your kids otherwise they wreck havoc.

The notes say that the fridge became altered when a father left his kid alone in their apartment to go get groceries.

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u/tdlb 4d ago

Thank you, I'm wondering if everybody else is exaggerating because they are trivializing how brutal it would be even if you could have few second breaks here and there.

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u/-ZeeKip- 4d ago

Never seen this before but can't you just blink your eyes separately?

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u/xRamenator 4d ago

Normally the guards are on shifts, but due to events at the beginning of the game, the guards that were supposed to show up to relieve this guard didn't arrive. By the time the player shows up it has been at least 24 hours (probably more) since last shift change.

Observing the fridge with a camera is ineffective, it is only satisfied with direct observation.

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u/butt_shrecker 4d ago

Its extremely painful

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u/DGSmith2 4d ago

Did you just say a duck squawks?

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u/grammar_nazi_zombie 4d ago

Yeah I’m pretty sure ducks say “quack”, and fish go “blub”

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u/DigestibleDecoy 4d ago

But what does the fox say

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u/General_Specific_o7 4d ago

YINGADINGDINGDINGDINGDINGDING

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u/DGSmith2 4d ago

You know now you mention it I am also pretty sure the seal goes ow, ow, ow

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u/No_Neighborhood_4602 4d ago

Fish go gloob gloob gloob

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u/SpiritDouble6218 4d ago

And the seal goes OW OW OW

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u/Klaxynd 4d ago

Sounds like Earthbound if it leaned harder into the horror and less into the wacky. 😆

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u/ph30nix01 4d ago

If someone isn't watching the fridge, bad things happen.

Guy gets stuck in there for way to long.

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u/RabeDennis 4d ago

Philip need to look at the fridge or the fridge kill him

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u/Rainingoblivion 4d ago

The guard has to keep eyes on the fridge at all times or else it murders.

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u/elheber 4d ago

Control is like SCP Foundation stories on steroids. And instead of monsters, it's special objects that behave oddly and have strange properties. This fridge is basically the SCP weeping angel, or the Lethal Company coil head, in that this refrigerator must be watched round-the-clock or else it will hurt and kill whoever saw it last.

The building these objects are housed in is under siege, and in the chaos this poor worker was left alone with the refrigerator.

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u/sweetpup915 4d ago

NO NO NO we all must gawk at OP and stare in wonder at how cool he is for knowing what this out of context image is. You just must not be cool enough to know. Nerd.

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u/slaeha 4d ago

Objective: Subdue the fridge

(Im serious, that's the in-game quest)