lets_trade_pikmin · 1099 points · Posted at 00:19:04 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

What's the smartest question I could ask in this situation?

It's that one.

Pure genius

perfectclear · 283 points · Posted at 03:32:24 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"whats the second smartest question I could ask?" would probably yield "that one," and "Is there a way out of this recursion?" a resounding "yes"

lets_trade_pikmin · 90 points · Posted at 03:35:49 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"What's the smartest question I could ask that isn't about a smart question to ask?"

[deleted] · 85 points · Posted at 05:18:15 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"What's the smartest question to ask that I haven't asked yet?"

_-Eagle-_ · 107 points · Posted at 06:24:43 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

"What's the smartest question I could ask that will get me out of the loop of asking what the next smartest question I could ask is?"

^{^Nice} ^{^username} ^{^bro.}

RedRoostur · 32 points · Posted at 21:35:17 on April 27, 2016 · (Permalink)

Guys, he just wanted to say nice username, but knew he would need a comment first

lets_trade_pikmin · 7 points · Posted at 06:22:24 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Answer: "what's the 30th smartest question that I could ask"

morpheousmarty · 5 points · Posted at 23:09:56 on January 26, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm thinking the question to ask after hearing, "you're going to hell and there's no way out" is "what's the best possible thing I can do in my situation?"

rockham · 5 points · Posted at 06:26:31 on January 27, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think that's the second best question in any situation

REBOG · 1 points · Posted at 20:30:35 on June 10, 2016 · (Permalink)

That one

TitaniumDragon · 131 points · Posted at 04:16:20 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I've actually seen this before in a very nerdy joke.

An angel came down for a meeting of the American Philosophical Association. Greeting the assembled philosophers, the angel offered to answer a single question for them. Immediately the philosophers set to arguing about what they should ask. So the angel said, “Alright, you figure out what you want to ask. I’ll come back tomorrow.” And he left the philosophers to deliberate.

Some of the philosophers favored asking conjunctive questions, but others argued persuasively that the angel probably wouldn’t count this as a single question. One philosopher wanted to ask “What is the best question to ask?” in the hope that some day another angel might make a similar offer, at which point they could then ask the best question. But this suggestion was rejected by those who feared that no such opportunity would arise and did not want to waste their only question.

Finally, the philosophers agreed on the following question: “What is the ordered pair whose first member is the best question to ask, and whose second member is the answer to that question?”

Satisfied with their decision, the philosophers awaited the angel’s return the next day, whereupon they posed their question. And the angel replied: “It is the ordered pair whose first member is the question you just asked, and whose second member is the answer I am now giving.” And then he disappeared.

lets_trade_pikmin · 57 points · Posted at 04:26:49 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I like it but isn't that a conjunctive question? If that isn't a problem, they could've just asked every question they wanted by posing it as an ordered set.

Koiq · 9 points · Posted at 20:45:57 on February 13, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah but the joke just says that some of the philosophers were worried that the angel wouldn't answer a conjunctive question, not that the angel wouldn't.

Turns out they ended up asking a conjunctive question in the end, and it turns out that the angel will answer them.

lets_trade_pikmin · 12 points · Posted at 20:50:48 on February 13, 2016 · (Permalink)

And it turns out that all of the philosophers were too stupid to realize that, since they were asking a conjunctive question, they might as well have asked every question that they were curious about?

Koiq · 5 points · Posted at 21:15:31 on February 13, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yep.

fibonacci011235 · 9 points · Posted at 04:15:44 on June 30, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's not a very good joke then, is it? I feel like the philosophers should be smart enough to know what a conjunctive question is.

Koiq · 3 points · Posted at 06:00:49 on June 30, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hello from the past ole reddit time traveler

fibonacci011235 · 1 points · Posted at 15:27:54 on June 30, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hello!

UNIScienceGuy · 2 points · Posted at 18:37:18 on June 30, 2016 · (Permalink)

Me too!

PM_Me_Humble_Bundles · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:18 on July 3, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is the first time I've browsed the very top of r/all! I feel so special!

UNIScienceGuy · 1 points · Posted at 09:42:17 on July 3, 2016 · (Permalink)

The top posts are the only reason I am still on Reddit. Soooo much juicy content.

fibonacci011235 · 6 points · Posted at 03:56:46 on June 30, 2016 · (Permalink)

That doesn't make sense though. Why would it be the best question to ask if it has an uninformative answer? That makes it objectively not the best question to ask.

TitaniumDragon · 3 points · Posted at 05:24:05 on June 30, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's a paradox. What could be better than the answer to the best question to ask?

fibonacci011235 · 2 points · Posted at 15:29:43 on June 30, 2016 · (Permalink)

What could be better than the answer to the best question to ask?

I agree. Nothing could be better. But still, that doesn't support the fact that the question they asked was the best question.

EnadZT · 3 points · Posted at 19:05:55 on June 25, 2016 · (Permalink)

That went way over my head.

OldEcho · 2 points · Posted at 14:54:49 on January 26, 2016 · (Permalink)

The thing is, I recently had this sort of thing come up (don't even ask why) and that's not really the smartest/most helpful. Because the smartest question would be one in which you ask that question and get an actual useful answer. So if you have three questions, the first question should be that question, the second should be whatever you were answered with and the third can be about how many pools of piss you filled.

Nerdn1 · 2 points · Posted at 01:56:39 on June 28, 2016 · (Permalink)

What about: "Is there a way for me to avoid hell at THIS point?"

Remember he only asked if there was a way to get out of hell once he's there.

burtmaklin1 · 6588 points · Posted at 21:45:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

First off, I'm going to assume that the guy in purgatory is about 25-30 years old.

An olympic sized pool has a volume of 2.5 million liters.

0.8% of that is 20,000 liters.

Average daily urination is between .8 and 2 liters, but since "Santa Claus" implies that his urination is on the higher end, we'll take 2 liters.

This means that he has been alive for roughly 10,000 days, or 27.397 years. Everything seems to check out, carry on.

Edit: spelling

kalitarios · 707 points · Posted at 22:46:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

What about infants and children? Are they peeing at the same rate or are you basing it on an average adult? Shouldn't it be on a curve?

burtmaklin1 · 1103 points · Posted at 23:26:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Good point; I looked up other stats on urine volume during developmental stages and took the highest value for each age and found the following:

Year one: 182.22 L

Year 2-3: 438 L total

Year 4-5: 511 L total

Year 6-8: 1095 L total

Year 9-14: 3066 L total

This means that for the first 14 years he only produced 5,292 L of urine whereas in my original calculation he would have peed 10,220 L, leaving us a deficit of 4928 L. It would take him another 6.75 years to make up for the pee he did not pee during childhood, so under these estimations he'd actually have to be 34.148 years old.

However, his average production based on these stats does not increase to 2 L per day gradually and assumes that he would automatically start peeing .6L more per day once he turned 15 which is unrealistic, so in reality these stats lead to a larger pee deficit than is realistic

MilkBeforeCereal · 218 points · Posted at 23:51:58 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

so under these estimations he'd actually have to be 34.148 years old.

This doesn't prove you wrong at all. It just stretches your original assumption of the mans age being 25-30. It's not far fetched to say that the man is older than 30.

However, his average production based on these stats does not increase to 2 L per day gradually and assumes that he would automatically start peeing .6L more per day once he turned 15 which is unrealistic, so in reality these stats lead to a larger pee deficit than is realistic

It's also not far fetched to say that the man's pee rate doesn't increase to something near 2 liters a day once he turns 15. Looking at the data you've provided, the rate of pee has a near exponential increase as age increases in our early years.

.49L/d 1 year

.6L/d 2-3 year

.7L/d 4-5 year

1L/d 6-8 year

1.4L/d 9-14 year

Adding a 2L/d rate of pee for ages 15+ actually fits with the current trend of the data.

Based on these stats, I'd say that santa claus has given a pretty accurate estimate of how much that man has peed in his life.

Thetschopp · 130 points · Posted at 01:27:35 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I now know more about pee than I ever dreamed pissible.

EDIT: i meant to write possible. phone did not autocorrect. What the fuck is happening.

Shit_Ill_Repost · 3 points · Posted at 10:34:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Urine for a treat then because heres some more pee facts. King George the 3rd peed blue and red tinged pee.

Source

ChromeFluxx · 4 points · Posted at 06:40:13 on July 8, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thanks for subscribing to Daily Pee Facts! You will now receive daily fun facts about PEE! >o<

Jonster123 · 2 points · Posted at 13:59:59 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

something beautiful

projectdano · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'd say it's likely he drank a lot of alcohol during his years that would bring the average up and his age down.

thorle · 2 points · Posted at 05:58:31 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

You also have to consider his partying habits. If he were to start partying much after he is allowed to drink alcohol, his pee rate would increase on weekends, especially if he were drinking mainly beer.

swoosh_ · 1 points · Posted at 02:14:25 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

wow this is a true /r/nocontext

Dehast · 1 points · Posted at 11:19:22 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Santa Claus did say it was an actually huge amount for someone to pee.

PM_ME_HKT_PUFFIES · 1 points · Posted at 12:47:20 on February 9, 2016 · (Permalink)

He could have a Bud light/Australian beer drinking problem, and therefore pee 6L a day....

GrandHunterMan · 359 points · Posted at 23:30:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Pee deficit. Not something I thought I would hear, even on the internet.

daneelr_olivaw · 22 points · Posted at 00:05:52 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

P deficit

dickseverywhere444 · 40 points · Posted at 00:27:53 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

New rapper name.

Science_Ninja · 2 points · Posted at 00:58:34 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

You've been interneting wrong then.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Obviously that's not your fetish

funkyb · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

We can't allow a pee deficit with the Soviet union!

Skele10 · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:47 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Its a magical thing, the enter net.

PirateMud · 1 points · Posted at 09:48:44 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think the only other place I'd have expected to see it would be in The Martian...

infinitepaul · 1 points · Posted at 16:54:58 on February 14, 2016 · (Permalink)

Unless you read it out loud, you still haven't I'd guess.

GrandHunterMan · 1 points · Posted at 21:44:56 on February 14, 2016 · (Permalink)

Late to the party? Anyways, I did say it out loud while I was laughing.

infinitepaul · 2 points · Posted at 22:21:09 on February 14, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yes I was apparently browsing "top this week." Also I was being pedantic, sorry.

BrianWantsTruth · 61 points · Posted at 23:44:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It would take him another 6.75 years to make up for the pee he did not pee during childhood

Thank you for this post.

ILoveLamp9 · 43 points · Posted at 23:38:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

When people who don't know about reddit ask me why I like going on it, I point to posts like these. We have a part-time urine mathematician on our hands. A pee wizard, if you will. Name me another website that can say the same.

giveitago · 3 points · Posted at 02:40:14 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Urinatician

SarcasticGiraffes · 2 points · Posted at 03:27:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

A wizzing wiz.

ThePerfectNinja · 2 points · Posted at 10:14:27 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

4chan. This guy probably has a facebook, so facebook, too.

ObJuan13 · 3 points · Posted at 03:34:03 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

xvideos... They got poop wizards too.

SHEEP_SHAGGER_EIRE · 0 points · Posted at 02:23:52 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

4chan

Trisman · 5 points · Posted at 23:51:12 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You didn't take into consideration the beer:pee factor which will make up for the loss.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 23:40:08 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I find it disturbing that we know the average amount a person will pee in their first year of infancy to five significant figures.

no_no_Brian · 1 points · Posted at 23:37:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think you are really interested in wee, not the maths.

Dusty_Star · 1 points · Posted at 23:53:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe he was diabetic or drank a lot of alcohol on weekends?

expendablethoughts · 1 points · Posted at 23:57:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

But as a rather heavy peeer, wouldn't he have peed more as a child too?

PostHipsterCool · 1 points · Posted at 00:10:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Nailed it.

coinpile · 1 points · Posted at 00:50:20 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well the guy did point out that it was an unusually large amount of urine, so...

whenthelightstops · 1 points · Posted at 00:52:14 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Also remember the guys response, seemed to imply it was a lot more piss than would be normal.

ShrimpSandwich1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:03:13 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Can you factor in those times hes drinking in college and "breaks the seal" and pees like 50 times in one night?

Fawlty_Towers · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:40 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Mmm... calculating the volume of a child's urine. Yep. Definitely on some sort of list now.

xRehab · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:22 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

you're forgetting to double the 2L/day from 18-22 while he was away at school which then slowly starts to taper back off to 2L/day by the time he hits 25.

Dragonheart91 · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

You just need to stop writing it as a series of steps and make a proper function describing pee increase through adolescence. Then you can integrate it and solve.

This is what calculus was invented for man.

bh2005 · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well, maybe you just figured out his cause of death... assuming he really did die and that the end was a joke made by Santa, as he says he does joke on occasion.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:38:56 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Within an order of magnitude, move on folks..

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:35 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

He possibly was on the high high end of stuff and was a super urinater! (it's made up anyways.)

aphillz · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/theydidthemath

monkeyinadress · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:34 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

are you wearing only underwear in a dimly lit basement? seriously, when I see things like this I imagine a room full of frantic researchers all scanning cyberspace and converting litres to gallons and all of them imagining repeatable bladder expansion fatigue scenarios and then I'm thinking...wait a minute! this is all too involved and time consuming for one guy, in tighty whiteys in a basement, to be worrying about.

Iamfrontosa · 1 points · Posted at 12:22:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Why aren't you out there building space ships or something?

bobzilla509 · 1 points · Posted at 23:17:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I turn 31 next week. How much pee have I pissed?

burtmaklin1 · 2 points · Posted at 01:26:30 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

From the day you were born until you turned 15 you peed about 5292 L (I calculated that in another comment).

This means that you have been peeing at a normal rate of 2 L per day for 17 years, or 6205 days. This gives us an additional 12410 L by the age of 31.

In total: 17702 L of pee

Two notes:

1) This assumes that like purgatory cheater, your average urine production was on the higher end and

2) I did not subtract the extra week between now and your birthday because I also did not take into account leap days in the initial calculation, and at this point you have experienced a week of leap years in total

bobzilla509 · 1 points · Posted at 15:20:47 on January 25, 2016 · (Permalink)

Haha! That's great! Thank you good sir!

That's about 354 kegs of piss!

I would give you gold but I have no idea what or why gold is used for on Reddit.

Racistriot · -1 points · Posted at 00:59:59 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Whats the fucking point? Why? Must you do the math? Do we really need it?

fuckitimatwork · 1 points · Posted at 23:30:52 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

aint nobody got time for that

Seakawn · 1 points · Posted at 00:00:25 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is thinking like a scientist. Lots of people generalize statistics and don't account for details like that.

AnalogKid2112 · 1 points · Posted at 08:59:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

And that's how Newton invented calculus.

[deleted] · 1498 points · Posted at 22:17:47 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

[deleted]

7824c5a4 · 275 points · Posted at 22:32:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/theydidthemonstermath

protoctista · 761 points · Posted at 23:20:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/theydidthefuckyou

Natdaprat · 11 points · Posted at 23:31:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wow this is real and doing well.

Holy shit I'm probably perpetuating this shit show...

ThePerfectNinja · 3 points · Posted at 10:16:45 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/whyisthatathing

stonefry · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:11 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/woohoohoo

sch586 · 0 points · Posted at 23:59:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/itwasagraveyardgofuckyourself

pm_me_something_op · 0 points · Posted at 23:58:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/idontknowwhatitscalledmaybeitscalledfuckyou

Gackles · 0 points · Posted at 00:14:42 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Haha wow thats a pretty cool sub! Fuck you though.

Suihaki · 0 points · Posted at 01:46:42 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Automod telling everyone "Fuck You" after everyone posting sold me.

ALittleBirdyToldMe25 · -6 points · Posted at 01:04:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/itwasagraveyardgraph

thairusso · -1 points · Posted at 00:03:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

does this mean i'm... not a virgin anymore?!

Dragon_DLV · -8 points · Posted at 00:04:57 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/itwasagraveyardgraph

bicycle_samurai · -1 points · Posted at 00:37:14 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thank you. You're doing Glob's work.

colinbr96 · 4 points · Posted at 23:34:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I closed that tab so fast after seeing the title.

Happy_Harry · 1 points · Posted at 15:18:22 on February 4, 2016 · (Permalink)

WOW that scared me...

Chewy12 · 2 points · Posted at 23:20:38 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wow it's been 45 minutes and nobody has given you death threats yet, I'm impressed

aliennick4812 · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:41 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I love the "pornhub" tab name at the top

HououinKyouma1 · 1 points · Posted at 05:42:27 on February 12, 2016 · (Permalink)

Can someone explain this joke? Is it meant to say that the math they did was monstrous or something?

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:48:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is there difference?

blahdenfreude · -2 points · Posted at 22:54:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/itwasagraveyardmath

TheCurseOfEvilTim · 1 points · Posted at 23:28:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

They should have gone with graveyard graph.

sheetskees · 1 points · Posted at 23:32:55 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

They did /r/itwasagraveyardgraph

Ira_Glass_Houses · 0 points · Posted at 23:57:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I wish I could give you another upvote.

XxPieIsTastyxX · -2 points · Posted at 00:22:43 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/itwasagraveyardgraph

tculpepper · -2 points · Posted at 23:35:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/themonstermath

DrNavi · -3 points · Posted at 01:34:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/itwasagraveyardgraph

rreighe2 · -1 points · Posted at 23:33:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/itwasAgraveyardfuck

Djeugene · 1 points · Posted at 00:06:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Found Alice Cooper.

dedwards20 · -1 points · Posted at 01:42:41 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/theydidthemonstermash

anaveragenormalguy · 0 points · Posted at 00:51:35 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

RemindMe! 2 days.

zoahporre · 46 points · Posted at 21:46:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

piss math..yay?

Dathouen · 3 points · Posted at 00:34:19 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's because... Urine Math Class.

parkerf14 · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:30 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is almost as good as the dick jerking calculation in Silicon Valley

PM_ME_HKT_PUFFIES · 1 points · Posted at 12:48:01 on February 9, 2016 · (Permalink)

piscine

Wirehed · 1 points · Posted at 22:16:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Isn't Reddit great?!!

InnergySOS · 6 points · Posted at 22:27:15 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

you're my hero

Android_Obesity · 2 points · Posted at 22:33:47 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thank you, my curiosity had almost overtaken my laziness when I saw this. Now I don't have to Google and math.

narcarsiss · 2 points · Posted at 23:26:06 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Forgot to factor in children would not urinate 2L a day

souldeux · 1 points · Posted at 17:03:13 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

A newborn can conjure up to twelve pounds of tar-like poop per hour from the aether, it balances out.

DanTycoon · 2 points · Posted at 00:27:10 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Santa Clause

Santa Clause is the movie with Tim Allen.

Santa Claus is the person who (presumably) has no relation to Tim Allen.

burtmaklin1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thanks mate, it would have been really embarrassing if my top comment was about pee AND had a typo

ThisDerpForSale · 1 points · Posted at 22:46:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thanks, I was really wondering about that.

You_Are_Blank · 1 points · Posted at 22:51:08 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm... I'm amazed they did the math to get that about right.

Winnie_Cat · 1 points · Posted at 23:05:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah but he wouldn't have urinated the same amount throughout his whole life. I have no facts to prove my point but I'm assuming children pee less.

jbulldog · 1 points · Posted at 23:15:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Fuck I kept reading your comment to see if you were going to prove the math wrong

Reality_Facade · 1 points · Posted at 23:20:18 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

What about the weight of his hair?

rreighe2 · 1 points · Posted at 23:34:07 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Phew. Glad we got that one sorted out!

DufftheStuff · 1 points · Posted at 23:50:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Math-5!!

AyeeMcSancho · 1 points · Posted at 23:56:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Where is your brother??

AnthonySlips · 1 points · Posted at 00:10:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That guy was pretty smart for some lame tv show host.

Gargantuan_Dong · 1 points · Posted at 00:14:57 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thank you Burt Maklin FBI!

TEXASmanDOG · 1 points · Posted at 00:18:39 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Bravo!

petehehe · 1 points · Posted at 00:32:44 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

https://youtu.be/G7aV2KLmsHY?t=120

garonfire · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:04 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/theydidthemath

gagnonca · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:41 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

... do you really think they just pulled a number out of their ass?

Thanks for wasting your time though

jonsnowknowsnothing_ · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:56 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/theydidthemath

justinbeatdown · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/theydidthemath

dirtynutsack · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:49 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Burt Maklin on the case!

setfire3 · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

santa cant be wrong

guntbutter · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:27 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm pretty sure I piss a liter 7 times a day with some smaller pees in there too.

luis3798 · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:43 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

So does that mean everything else might possibly be true also...?

StudentMathematician · 1 points · Posted at 02:04:01 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

interesting, what about the hair stat?

Wohowudothat · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:56 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It seemed a little low to me, but overall not too far off. I would have estimated a lot more than that if I hadn't done the math. Guess I need to up my fluid intake...

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:10 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Except he was a liar. More so he was human (yes I know I'm basically repeating myself). So the amount he pee'd in a pool is not what he said.

Sacr1fyce · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:55 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Intriguing statistics, but I feel like nobody is pointing out the fact that the ending makes all these points mute and none of the answers infallible.

nonnarB · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

10,000 days in the pee fire?

Jewels_Vern · 1 points · Posted at 04:42:25 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Nice switch to a more realistic line of reasoning.

I was going to say something more pointed, but there was a red flag warning me not to post such things.

aroused_lobster · 1 points · Posted at 06:08:41 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

EXCEPT how was the guy able to answer the question correctly so quickly?

WhatDoesN00bMean · 1 points · Posted at 12:32:00 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I expected you to also mention that he ran out of time during the Cocoa Puffs answer.

FloppY_ · 1 points · Posted at 14:59:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Santa Claus" implies that his urination is on the higher end, we'll take 2 liters.

I think he just meant that the victim didn't account for just how massive olympic-sized pools are. 0.8% doesn't sound like a lot, but 20,000 liters is certainly a lot of liquid.

drineth · 1 points · Posted at 22:33:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I don't have gold but you deserve some

TheCodexx · 1 points · Posted at 23:48:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Now find out if he's grown 85 pound of hair.

preszaphodbeeblebrox · 1 points · Posted at 21:29:50 on January 27, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maklin, you son of a bitch

devilwarier9 · 1 points · Posted at 23:34:38 on February 9, 2016 · (Permalink)

I 0.8-2 really normal? I drink (and piss) 6-7 liters per day.

last_strip_of_bacon · 1 points · Posted at 05:42:32 on February 11, 2016 · (Permalink)

Tool

pezzshnitsol · 1 points · Posted at 22:02:23 on February 13, 2016 · (Permalink)

I feel like a baby and child wouldn't pee as much. The 2 litre average probably isn't a life time average, its probably a yearly average for an adult. He must have peed less when he was younger and so he's actually older than you say.

Haond · 1 points · Posted at 14:30:55 on February 29, 2016 · (Permalink)

r/theydidthemath

uwsdwfismyname · 1 points · Posted at 16:04:05 on March 2, 2016 · (Permalink)

Why are you posting political crap to a subreddit about a TV show that has nothing to do with politics? It even clearly states in the sidebar no politics. I am going to assume you are just a bad person who want imaginary Internet points at all costs including the devolving of a subreddit for an awesome cartoon.

McD0naldTrump · 1 points · Posted at 22:45:07 on June 9, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's people like you that keep our earth on its axis.

HaveASpoonerism · 1 points · Posted at 22:48:02 on June 25, 2016 · (Permalink)

Nice work Burt Mathlin

Ishnatal · -1 points · Posted at 23:05:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/theydidthemath

Racistriot · -1 points · Posted at 00:43:19 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

STOP. Stop it. Stop explaining.STOP analyzing everything.Stop micro managing. STOOOOOOOP . Its a skit and we KNOW THAT. WE DONT CARE how much he has pissed!!! We dont care that you can math it out. STOP.

burtmaklin1 · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:14 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/theydidthefuckyou

beartheminus · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:28 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Let it all out man. Life is hard when you aren't very smart. It's tough for you, we get it.

Racistriot · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"We"? There are more than one of you? Oh that's right. You speak for other people!! Represent hey?

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:22:37 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

[removed]

beartheminus · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:27 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hahahahaha

Iloldalot · -2 points · Posted at 22:26:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

r/theydidthemath

evanisadesigner · 2561 points · Posted at 18:29:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

These guys are part of Dorm Life! God i miss that show.

Also, the long haired dude is the voice of Sokka on Avatar.

emailboxu · 1268 points · Posted at 21:25:02 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Also, the long haired dude is the voice of Sokka on Avatar.

What, really? Holy shit.

TheRealYellowClaw · 462 points · Posted at 21:41:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

GIANT MUSH MUSH

goddamnitbrian · 295 points · Posted at 22:58:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Drink Cactus Juice®! It'll quench ya! Nothing's quenchier! It's the quenchiest!

Munchen-Out · 88 points · Posted at 23:31:13 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ba sing se approves this message.

HelloGoodbye63 · 24 points · Posted at 01:01:41 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

You have been maid moderator of /r/LakeLaogai

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:57:29 on February 7, 2016 · (Permalink)

Try to get the quote right

ToastyMcG · 258 points · Posted at 21:59:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's even better when you realize Zuko is Rufio from Hook.

bai_ren · 327 points · Posted at 23:01:13 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

And Fire Lord Ozai? Yeah, that's Luke Skywalker.

That series had a lot of talented voice actors.

lets_trade_pikmin · 141 points · Posted at 23:22:10 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

And Iroh was the voice actor of Aku, but everyone already knows that

Thousandtree · 130 points · Posted at 00:36:25 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

And Katara was voiced by Egg. I mean Ann.

RoseFeather · 44 points · Posted at 01:30:01 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Her?

pauliopop · 12 points · Posted at 01:30:12 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

HER!?

dalr3th1n · 6 points · Posted at 01:47:37 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Really? Her?

GiverOfTheKarma · 6 points · Posted at 02:02:27 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is she funny or something?

[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 05:18:52 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hey check out who's on that hog in the rear-view mirror!

Kgoodies · 3 points · Posted at 08:51:05 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

She's also BI-FURIOUS!

Odowla · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:45 on January 27, 2016 · (Permalink)

It is funny that this is the only one I didn't know.

NSA_Checking_In · 50 points · Posted at 23:47:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ok I understand Rufio, but Mark Hamill deserves some recognition. He's done so many video games and cartoons.

DavidRandom · 2 points · Posted at 02:30:58 on April 14, 2016 · (Permalink)

Have you ever looked at Mark Hamill's IMDB page? At this point I just assume that he voices all characters on any given show.

[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 22:46:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Absolutionis · 6 points · Posted at 22:52:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I really didn't believe you until I looked it up. Holyshit.

mookydooky · 5 points · Posted at 23:19:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

and jake long, the american dragon

Raebandz · 2 points · Posted at 23:17:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

And Mark Hamill is Fire Lord Ozai!

[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 20:31:29 on February 3, 2016 · (Permalink)

Rufio is the guy running to be the presidential nominee of the Republican party in the USA, right?

Roboticide · 6 points · Posted at 23:05:13 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Watch" it again with just the audio and it's great picturing Sokka giving the answers.

Namelessgoldfish · 4 points · Posted at 23:24:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

holy shit now that he mentions it, he does sound like him. Cant belive i didnt notice.

theQissilent · 1 points · Posted at 23:29:15 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I love that guy!

roboroach3 · 1 points · Posted at 23:42:13 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

OMG he is?

Also, what is that?

ThePoorNeedChange · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:42 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

SURPRISE ATTAAAACK!!!

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:26 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeh, I didn't think his hair was long either.

g0atmeal · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

15 seconds.

Okay, uhh... is Wang Fire really Sokka?

octnoir · 1 points · Posted at 13:47:25 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Aaaaand Karalynn Dunton is a 5sf guest star.

But I'm more a fan of Sokka.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

pembunuhUpahan · 221 points · Posted at 18:54:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's Jack Desena. He looks quite good looking in here

ScroopDoops · 94 points · Posted at 19:59:38 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

More like Jack DeStupid

(this is a very deep cut All That reboot reference)

whutchamacallit · 8 points · Posted at 22:03:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

very deep cut All That reboot reference

didn't expect to read that today...

Stillhopefull · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thank you for that.

KYL0C0 · 4 points · Posted at 22:13:13 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wait, THAT'S Jack from All That?!

pembunuhUpahan · 1 points · Posted at 14:27:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I mean to say that in "That's Jack Desena!!!??" I was really surprised and I still stand by my original statement, he's really good looking still

DrobUWP · -2 points · Posted at 23:01:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

...wait a second. You're telling me that's not actually Demetri Martin with long hair and stubble?

SGoogs1780 · 60 points · Posted at 21:18:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Also he was on All That!

DDRDiesel · -4 points · Posted at 21:29:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Shh, we don't talk about that part of the show

[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 22:14:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

[deleted]

[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 00:17:09 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Was All That! part of Teen Nick or was that before Teen Nick was a thing? I remember loving that show when I was younger

PM_ME_YOUR_STOCKINS · 3 points · Posted at 01:29:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It was on SNICK

schuman · 67 points · Posted at 21:03:10 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I am surprised this is so far down. That show is a gold mine. Probably one of my top 5. I am so excited to see these 2 actors after so long!!

intend · 7 points · Posted at 22:45:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Fun fact: The woman who played Courtney went on to a recurring cameo in the final season of The Office and also became a member of the band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. Probably.

schuman · 1 points · Posted at 00:46:53 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I noticed the office but I really hope the magnetic zero part is true

mki401 · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:15 on February 11, 2016 · (Permalink)

It is

oldbean · 1 points · Posted at 22:45:10 on April 7, 2016 · (Permalink)

Most corporate band of all time. They were birthed in a board room!

intend · 1 points · Posted at 23:45:21 on April 7, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hm?

Also, dude, this post is two months old. You win an award for... something. Some kind of award.

oldbean · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:36 on April 8, 2016 · (Permalink)

Lol thanks! Call me fashionably late :p

Basically I'm just aping this review which I found hilarious. No, I'm not at risk of having any original thoughts.

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13852-up-from-below/

roomnoises · 4 points · Posted at 22:43:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

5-south floorever!

Sprechensiedeustch · 1 points · Posted at 00:46:21 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It brings back such nostalgic memories of my freshman year everytime I watch it. My friend is actually the step brother of the girl who played britney (britanny?)

schuman · 1 points · Posted at 00:47:52 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

She is so fucking hot it doesnt even make sense

attofpeople · 2 points · Posted at 23:14:23 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

She was, and she still is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbMtJQCwjy8

schuman · 1 points · Posted at 00:47:26 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"You're a nobody."

WhomDidWhatTooWho · 27 points · Posted at 21:38:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I wonder if we could get updates on where all those actors ended up... I know the blonde friend played dwights potential farm wife in the last few episodes of the office...

darthwookius · 2 points · Posted at 23:38:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think she's also a member of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes IIRC.

Casual_Deviant · 2 points · Posted at 23:48:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

She was also in Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes!

BobC813 · 17 points · Posted at 22:55:18 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

My friend Sam is 50

insouciant_imp · 6 points · Posted at 00:26:36 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

50!!

pangalaticgargler · 6 points · Posted at 22:12:55 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I recognized Shane, did not realize that was Mike though.

meg10222 · 6 points · Posted at 22:25:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Dorm Life! I've wondered about what these guys were up to now.

cocobandicoot · 3 points · Posted at 22:01:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I went to community college, and never had he opportunity to live in the dorms (like at a four year university).

After watching that show, I feel like I missed out. Then, again, everyone says that once they'd done it, they'd never do it again.

Still, Dorm Life was awesome. I wish there had been an actual conclusion to the series.

roomnoises · 6 points · Posted at 22:44:54 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Then, again, everyone says that once they'd done it, they'd never do it again.

What? I would totally do it again. Being 18 and living in close proximity with other 18 year olds, all 'on our own' for the first time was ridiculous and amazing.

Cazargar · 3 points · Posted at 23:14:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Probly!

Trippze · 3 points · Posted at 22:22:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

and All That!

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 21:56:47 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Now that you mention it, I can hear it.

Oh dang.

MashMeister · 2 points · Posted at 22:15:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Jack Desena was originally from All That. If you don't know that show then educate yourself you uncultured swine :)

Ppleater · 2 points · Posted at 22:54:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I had no freaking idea, but now that I know I can totally hear it. He's a pretty good actor.

Stimonk · 2 points · Posted at 23:48:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

So this is what Kevin Rose did after digg

hansmosh · 1 points · Posted at 21:40:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Also, the UCLA juggler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p58xei0nPyU

billions_of_stars · 1 points · Posted at 22:22:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

This was a very similar to a really old SNL skit and I can't find the goddamn video but I did find this:

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/86/86qheaven.phtml

xXxWeed_Wizard420xXx · 1 points · Posted at 22:36:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Holy shit, are you serious?! Didn't even notice

vaporeon46 · 1 points · Posted at 23:46:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

ooohhh yeaaahhh that's why they look so familiar. Good times back in the day watching Dorm Life while living in a dorm.

s0kka_style · 1 points · Posted at 23:48:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I knew I recognized that voice

Poncyhair · 1 points · Posted at 00:16:55 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Bangarang

Edit: Wrong character

violettheory · 1 points · Posted at 01:10:56 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I KNEW he looked familiar! He was on All That for a while too, right? Jack Desena or something? I always thought he was super cute.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:21 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

My friend Sam is 50

wellimatwork · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:09 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Dorm Life is one of the only consistently funny and endearing independent web comedies that has been ever produced.

g0atmeal · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:03 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Was not expecting to find an Avatar thread here. (stretches scrolling finger)

chesh05 · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:57 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Also, the long haired dude is the voice of Sokka on Avatar.

Oh that's pretty cool.

Btw, who is Sokka? I don't remember that character from Avatar. Or pretty much any other character from that movie.

sanjosethroaway · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:13 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is the male RA in Dorm Life also Trey in Broad City? This is killing me after rewatching the first episode.

l_anana · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:51 on January 29, 2016 · (Permalink)

Dorm Life was the best!

s3b_ · -6 points · Posted at 20:09:18 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

Did you know that some people got so depressed after watching Avatar, that they started an Avatar colony in Pensacola because real life wasn't good enough anymore? I didn't, too!

/edit: Oops, wrong Avatar. Nevermind!

Dracomister7 · 11 points · Posted at 20:29:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wrong Avatar

s3b_ · 5 points · Posted at 20:45:52 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ooooohhh. Okay. http://i.imgur.com/fnkfoxZ.gif

eduardog3000 · 2 points · Posted at 20:40:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

/u/evanisadesigner is talking about Avatar: The Last Airbender, not the James Cameron film.

s3b_ · 3 points · Posted at 20:46:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Oh, sorry. http://i.imgur.com/fnkfoxZ.gif

garythecoconut · 2 points · Posted at 20:36:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

sooo close, but just that far...

I actually started a subreddit called /r/PandoraIsReal. But it didn't seem to take off at all.

blobblet · 1 points · Posted at 21:19:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

don't worry about it, still interesting info.

klitz11 · 7349 points · Posted at 18:35:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Genuinely didn't see the ending coming, and before the reveal I was actually getting that feeling of profound anxiety you get when you watch/read good sci-fi. Great concept, great video.

GoodHunter · 2915 points · Posted at 21:26:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

We also gotta thank OP for not fucking ruining it in the title

Northumberlo · 951 points · Posted at 22:13:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Girl finds out guy cheated on her through elaborate afterlife hoax. Find out how!"

I imagine this is how it will be reposted.

weewolf · 261 points · Posted at 01:17:55 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Too long, that's more like a buzzfeed title. You need to think more like 'Funny prank gem'.

Arborgold · 125 points · Posted at 10:46:52 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Or the classic: 'wait for it'

mpjby · 7 points · Posted at 08:48:09 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Quoting the punchline is a classic.

JayK1 · 3 points · Posted at 22:43:31 on January 26, 2016 · (Permalink)

gem

Wow, remember when everything was a "gem"? I haven't thought about gem in years. That was a crazy phase we went through.

lavex21 · 1 points · Posted at 14:44:18 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

last i checked buzzfeed videos no longer have titles like those

Do_Ya_Like_Dags_ · 137 points · Posted at 01:10:20 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

AFTERLIFE PRANK (GONE SEXUAL)(GONE WILD)(GONE BACKWARDS)(GONE WRONG)(GONE RIGHT)(GONE GAY)

tocard2 · 5 points · Posted at 02:46:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

KISSING GIRLS (KISSING PRANK) GONE SEXY (BLAZED)

Ocelotpoop · 2 points · Posted at 12:50:37 on January 30, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah I like degs

Scopedheadshot2 · 0 points · Posted at 16:30:02 on May 19, 2016 · (Permalink)

😭😭😭 You wont believe how it end😭😭😭 on soflos Facebook

Do_Ya_Like_Dags_ · 2 points · Posted at 20:30:36 on May 19, 2016 · (Permalink)

Good job responding to a four month old post.

Digging_For_Ostrich · 60 points · Posted at 21:38:08 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

But also not thank the top commenter (or anyone who up voted him) for saying there is an unexpected ending.

[deleted] · 246 points · Posted at 21:48:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Why would you read the comments before watching the video though?

EMJohnson97 · 173 points · Posted at 23:02:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

[deleted]

What is this?

runningoutofwords · 35 points · Posted at 23:18:06 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I mean, that's why we're here...

Right, guys?

[deleted] · 33 points · Posted at 23:27:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yes, that's correct...

^...

^{^{^{^...right?}}}

tjspeed · 5 points · Posted at 00:05:36 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Of course. Thats obviously the only reason we're here.

.........

........ Right?

lichorat · -1 points · Posted at 00:14:54 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

https://twitter.com/camilaskoala/status/690311259875627009

So we can agree yes.

somekid66 · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:05 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Tf was that

lichorat · 1 points · Posted at 05:34:03 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It was a twitter message saying yes, so we don't have to rely on reddit.

Fresh_C · 2 points · Posted at 01:16:30 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I know I'm here specifically to tell /u/EMJohnson97 what he should think.

BTW he should be thinking about toaster ovens are the best way to reheat pizza.

rreighe2 · 2 points · Posted at 23:35:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

No that's articles and tech/science videos!

SuperFLEB · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

There's a video?

FireHazard11 · 1 points · Posted at 22:07:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

So I can judge whether it's worth wasting the time and data on an actual video before I see it.

DJValen7ine · 1 points · Posted at 14:20:48 on July 17, 2016 · (Permalink)

For real?!

YouAreInAComaWakeUp · -6 points · Posted at 21:54:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I clicked the comments to see if it was worth watching or NSFW since it's fairly new and sometimes doesn't get flagged until it's been up a while.

aakksshhaayy · 13 points · Posted at 22:06:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

So your fault

YouAreInAComaWakeUp · -11 points · Posted at 22:19:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I didn't like having that there's a twist ending ruined for me.

RupturedFyre · 10 points · Posted at 22:21:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Then don't click on the comments before watching the video.

YouAreInAComaWakeUp · -9 points · Posted at 22:24:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

But I want to make sure it's SFW.

RupturedFyre · 9 points · Posted at 22:27:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's got over 6000 upvotes, if it was NSFW it would be probably be marked by now. You knew there would be people talking about the video in the comments and you chose to take the risk of reading them, don't blame other people for your mistake.

YouAreInAComaWakeUp · -2 points · Posted at 22:41:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

You're blowing this out of proportion. I was just answering why somebody would click before watching. I knew the risk going in. And it was 2 hours old when I first watched it.

Digging_For_Ostrich · 0 points · Posted at 21:57:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Personally I don't know, but a lot of people do for a variety of reasons.

CheeseGratingDicks · 8 points · Posted at 23:50:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

No, fuck those people for skipping the video for the comments. That's the wrong order.

ThePlanBPill · 3 points · Posted at 00:39:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah fuck those people, I only do it for articles. Who reads articles?

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:00:20 on May 5, 2016 · (Permalink)

Nah, I read the comment first and when I saw the video I thought the twist was that he was going to hell. The actual twist completely took me by surprise

roflbbq · 0 points · Posted at 21:46:02 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thanks reddit for not fucking this up

hax0rmax · 2 points · Posted at 00:30:37 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

like this video's title.

put your finger over the title if you haven't seen the guy shooting a gun in the house.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:43 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Fuck op that's some click bait shit.

flx-cvz · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:49 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thanks for not being a bundle of sticks and fucking up the title, /u/tahoejuggler.

We appreciate it.

IM_S0_HIGH_RIGHT_N0W · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:30 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I thought that they did and was annoyed. But OP tricked us. Good job, OP.

madhaxor · 0 points · Posted at 00:41:31 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

had he written 'Pervatory' I probably wouldn't have noticed anyway

SharpKitsune · 1648 points · Posted at 18:48:52 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I never really understood that feeling. I read a lot and whenever I really start enjoying a book, I feel slightly anxious, and maybe even a little sad. Is it common?

klitz11 · 1186 points · Posted at 18:52:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It is for me. What I was specifically referring to in my earlier comment was that almost existential anxiety that good speculative fiction creates: When you start really thinking about your own place in the universe in a new way for the first time.

[deleted] · 440 points · Posted at 20:28:12 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Poo-tee-weet

[deleted] · 172 points · Posted at 21:17:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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krebstar_2000 · 32 points · Posted at 21:26:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Goodbye Blue Mondays!

sanfrancisco69er · 5 points · Posted at 21:56:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The most obvious Vonnegut references!

krebstar_2000 · 8 points · Posted at 21:59:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/26/8b/db/268bdbd08f944b683cb344098b1d0ee7.jpg

sanfrancisco69er · 1 points · Posted at 22:01:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I have a tattoo of that lol

DJ_Ruby_Rhod · 1 points · Posted at 22:29:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You must have made a special connection with those 8 people who have gotten it

sanfrancisco69er · 2 points · Posted at 22:31:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

lol what are you saying? I dont know if you mean a lot of people or not many people have gotten it. I've met like one other person with it.

DJ_Ruby_Rhod · 1 points · Posted at 22:39:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It was a poorly executed joke that probably no one gets it and asks why you have an asterisk tattoo.

sanfrancisco69er · 1 points · Posted at 22:44:55 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

ohh, that was actually my bad I thought you meant others who got it as a tat. but yeah, youre right, a few people have appreciated it but mostly no one gets it and I just say it's from a book. I worked in a hospital and I met his nephew and had to take his blood and I showed him. that was pretty cool.

Skrattybones · 1 points · Posted at 22:48:56 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is it.. is it a butthole? Like a cats butthole? Like a really elaborate one.

sanfrancisco69er · 2 points · Posted at 22:52:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

its a human butthole

poodles_and_oodles · 1 points · Posted at 22:53:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

Ah you met him? That would be so surreal for me. He's probably my favorite author. Him or Mark Twain.
Edit: I read your post again and realized you in fact met his nephew. My Bad.

sanfrancisco69er · 1 points · Posted at 22:57:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

nooo, I wish. I met his nephew

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:50:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I know someone who got that tattoo too

OxBakersTriumph · 4 points · Posted at 21:48:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Everything was beautiful, and nothing hurt.

BritishAristocracy · 5 points · Posted at 22:53:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Here is my drawing of an asshole

pipsdontsqueak · 1 points · Posted at 21:59:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

AND Ruby Tuesday!

JoeInTheBean · 2 points · Posted at 02:44:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Holy shit. I've almost finished this on audible; it's been a fantastic story. Can anyone recommend any of his other books?

fishbowtie · 2 points · Posted at 14:39:40 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Breakfast of Champions, Cat's Cradle, Sirens of Titan (personal fav)

JoeInTheBean · 1 points · Posted at 15:50:55 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thanks!

Dick_scrote · 1 points · Posted at 21:45:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Billy Pilgrim is completely, totally unprepared for war, with his poor physique, lack of gear, and messed-up shoes."

Icuras_II · 50 points · Posted at 21:39:45 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I hated reading this book, but it's become one of my favorites over time because of how much I think about it. The portion where they talk about the 4th dimension and how the aliens view life really stood out to me and makes hard parts in life a lot easier knowing that down the wormwhole road I am happy and finished the goal I am currently working towards.

goddamnitbrian · 12 points · Posted at 23:02:07 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well that got my interest. What's the name of the book?

Icuras_II · 16 points · Posted at 23:04:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Slaughterhouse Five

DiogenesTheHound · 5 points · Posted at 00:12:42 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. About a WW2 soldier that becomes unstuck in time.

_TheCredibleHulk_ · 3 points · Posted at 02:49:21 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Or does he??

LongLiveThe_King · 10 points · Posted at 22:02:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Why didn't you like reading it?

I picked it up one day on a whim and couldn't put it down until I finished it.

the_Phloop · 3 points · Posted at 06:26:30 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Some people really do not like sci-fi, or non-linear narratives, or just plain fiction.

Source: worked in a bookshop for six years. People just fucking loved telling me what they hated about my favourite books.

GtEnko · 3 points · Posted at 23:07:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's really interesting that you had an aversion to it, because I think one of the most amazing things about Slaughterhouse-Five is how easy it is to get drawn into. I couldn't put it down. Other books take me a few tries, and often times I'll read them over a long period of time.

DufftheStuff · 1 points · Posted at 23:55:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

i actually didnt really enjoy slaughterhouse 5, but i think thats cause I'm more into sci-fi and thriller books... who knows

GtEnko · 2 points · Posted at 00:04:37 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

While there are certainly elements of sci-fi in Slaughterhouse-Five, it's definitely not the main theme of the book. You should check out Sirens of Titan. That's Vonnegut's venture into pure Sci-Fi.

improbablewobble · 2 points · Posted at 00:56:40 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I wouldn't call it an aversion, and I was drawn in and couldn't put it down, but it definitely made me feel uncomfortable. But I think that's just something that happens with good art. It's supposed to make you think outside your comfort zone. I'm always a little depressed after reading Vonnegut, and I'm not entirely sure why.

felatedbirthday · 1 points · Posted at 23:50:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

What book?

Deadfool42 · 58 points · Posted at 20:48:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm just happy to see a Vonnegut reference. Can sleep easily now.

black_spring · 6 points · Posted at 21:55:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

they must be in your karass.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:49:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Sounds more like a granfalloon to me. Just liking the same author makes you a part of a karass?

black_spring · 1 points · Posted at 00:55:06 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

You've got me there; clearly a more devout Bokonist.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:53 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's cool, come here and put your feet on my feet.

Tufflaw · 3 points · Posted at 02:34:30 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut. Go take a flying fuck at the moooooooooon

ErnestScaredStupid · 2 points · Posted at 00:39:41 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

How about a little ice-nine in your drink tonight?

MDef255 · 2 points · Posted at 22:33:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Boo-tee-sweat

GtEnko · 2 points · Posted at 23:08:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

“It is so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again. Everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds. And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like "Poo-tee-weet?”

plying_your_emotions · 2 points · Posted at 01:49:45 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

For my well read ballers

wildmetacirclejerk · 1 points · Posted at 00:15:00 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

i dont understand

klitz11 · 1 points · Posted at 16:51:16 on February 16, 2016 · (Permalink)

Bought and read Slaughterhouse-5 based on your comment. Thanks!

eatcrayons · 1 points · Posted at 00:23:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

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somekindofchocolate · 44 points · Posted at 20:59:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Do you have any recommendations for more things that will give me this feeling?

jhchawk · 97 points · Posted at 21:15:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

As mentioned above, H.P. Lovecraft created the "cosmic horror" genre which looks at how the human mind copes with vast, incomprehensible concepts.

Personally, I would recommend the type of stark, speculative science fiction in books like Rendezvous with Rama (Arthur C. Clarke) or Gateway (Frederick Pohl). Both have sequels if you like what you read.

Uriel1339 · 52 points · Posted at 21:21:38 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Your group rolled a 1. Cthulhu in Power Armor appears.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d7bafoAVEwM/Tej7DUftl2I/AAAAAAAAAck/Ajn2vCIJVXs/s1600/CthulhuPowerArmor.jpg

Thanks HP Lovecraft

FountainsOfFluids · 30 points · Posted at 21:35:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Oh, geez. I can imagine a sadistic GM who would force you to roleplay a roof collapse in a dungeon. No hope for survival, just how fast do you die and how much do you suffer and struggle.

Kreth · 54 points · Posted at 21:52:15 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Oh you rolled a 12 while searching, you found a pocket of air where you can survive for many hours

maynardftw · 15 points · Posted at 00:08:42 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Is that... is that good?"

"That is up to you."

sirblastalot · 3 points · Posted at 12:41:00 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Cool. Teleport spell.

Phage0070 · 4 points · Posted at 14:42:11 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Board game time!

Players work cooperatively by assuming the role of various organs in a person with metastatic cancer. Each player in turn draws cards which indicate heath crises that affect one or more organs/players, with failure reducing the function of organs in stages. Each player/organ must balance fulfilling their own function with supporting others; the kidneys might support the function of the liver, but if it weakens its hand too much to survive itself then reduced kidney function can drag down the liver with it.

At the end of each round the players must vote on the chemotherapy level for the next round, which blunts the impact of the cancer cards while directly burdening organ function. This reduces the cancer load of all organs by a set amount (the cancer load progressively increases the impact of crisis cards) but also forces draws from a separate more severe deck of "chemo cards".

If an organ fails completely then it may qualify for transplant with a better chance the higher the function of other organs (if one organ is being battered in a round while others are fine, it may be best to let it fail and transplant to replace it rather than sacrificing resources and function of all the others to prop it up). If an organ isn't replaced in a round then play can continue until next round to try again, but with additional draws of poor health effects while awaiting transplant. However more than one organ failing at one time indicates death.

Play either ends with the patient's death from multiple organ failure, or success by forcing the cancer into remission.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 21:57:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

AAAAAAAAAAck

yup

TheVicSageQuestion · 14 points · Posted at 21:27:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

What's a good starting point with Lovecraft?

suavelizard · 32 points · Posted at 21:33:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

This is my favourite! It was also Lovecraft's favorite: The Colour out of space But also The Dunwich Horror and The Call of Cthulhu

wrgrant · 19 points · Posted at 21:48:12 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

At the Mountains of Madness. I have a friend who every year at Christmas reads A Christmas Tale, and then to counter it, reads this H.P. Lovecraft book :P

yuuzhanvonged · 2 points · Posted at 22:31:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

First of all that is an amazing idea. secondly, don't read the best one first, that's just crazy. read the dreamcycle, dreams in the witches house, color out of space or call of cthulhu. Only read the dunwich horror or the shadow over innsmouth after reading at least one story.

slartbarg · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:25 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

This this this this. At the Mountains of Madness is THE PERFECT Lovecraft starter story. After that, I recommend Call of Cthulhu

Iwasseriousface · 3 points · Posted at 21:46:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thank you!!!!

[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 23:01:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

A color out of space is probably my favorite one, and the one with the best movie adaptation

Bowlslaw · 2 points · Posted at 23:04:02 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Colour scares the shit outta me.

suavelizard · 2 points · Posted at 23:26:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

It certainly was the one that gave me the jitters. I grew up in an area like the one described in the story so it was a but too real. You might also like The whisperer in darkness similar vibe from the isolation of the character.

ManagersSpecial · 1 points · Posted at 00:34:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

ReneDiscard · 3 points · Posted at 21:45:18 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The Lovecraft subreddit is actually pretty awesome if you ever want to check that out.

wildmetacirclejerk · 1 points · Posted at 00:16:04 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

link?

ReneDiscard · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:27 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/Lovecraft

the_lamentors_three · 2 points · Posted at 21:36:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The Call of Cthulhu is the most popular one, but I really like At the Mountains of Madness which details an antarctic expeditions discovery of things that should not be found.

Zahij · 2 points · Posted at 21:40:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Rats in the Walls, and The Music of Erich Zann are my personal favorites.

Hazy_Lights · 1 points · Posted at 21:59:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

A collection of all of his short stories and novellas. None are all that lengthy, they were originally published in horror pulp fiction for like a monthly or weekly publication.

SomeToph · 1 points · Posted at 23:48:45 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I bought a collection called Necronomicon: The Best Weird Tales of H.P. Love craft on Amazon. It was a good walk through of his "greatest" works. I'm a fan of Dreams in the Witch House and Pickman's Model personally.

iShouldBeWorkingLol · 0 points · Posted at 22:03:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The middle of anything, so you're completely overwhelmed and in awe of whatever the hell is going on.

Then again, you'll have the same feeling if you read from the beginning of anything, too.

ChocolateSizzle · 4 points · Posted at 21:36:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I was just about to recommend Rama. It's a very tense, anxiety-ridden read

Kahzgul · 2 points · Posted at 21:47:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'll add Alestair Reynolds to this list. His work is like sci-fi horror noir.

In a more fantasy vein, Chine Mieville will keep you up at night.

monetized_account · 1 points · Posted at 21:41:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Agreed. An excellent - usually hard - science fiction short story does a lot more for me than a horror story, and I read both. Maybe I'm desensitised to Lovecraft now though, but back in the day it was a lot of fun.

dane_the_great · 1 points · Posted at 21:43:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

love rendezvous with rama!!! that book did give me that feeling, good call. very lovecraftian.

Clowdy1 · 1 points · Posted at 21:59:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Glad to see Clarke mentioned, I think lots of his books and stories give that feeling, Childhood's End is another.

big_cheddars · 1 points · Posted at 22:07:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Gateway is excellent. Truly excellent.

ManagersSpecial · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:34 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

jkesmth · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I read Rama a while ago and loved it, there's a sequel?!

jhchawk · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:20 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

There are 4, I've only read the first.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous_with_Rama#Books_in_the_series

Chrisbishyo · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:41 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Do you have any idea where to locate some form of Lovecraft's deathbed journal?? I have been looking hard for it.

lax20attack · 68 points · Posted at 21:36:08 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

For short stories, Isaac Asimov is great. A lot of his works can be found for free online. The Last Question is a good place to start.

LongLiveThe_King · 3 points · Posted at 22:03:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Here you can listen to him read it. It's fantastic.

stubmaster · 2 points · Posted at 23:08:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Foundation. Yeah the short stories but that book forces a cosmic perspective while maintaining a familiar anthropological feel. Like it feels like history told from the future. Neat.

EnderBaggins · 1 points · Posted at 22:43:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ray Bradbury shorts are great for this too. Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! is a good example of this particular feeling.

EphemeralStyle · 1 points · Posted at 21:52:38 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

SO GOOD. But you have to make sure you don't spoil yourself with the ending!

ManagersSpecial · 0 points · Posted at 00:34:49 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

CrystlBluePersuasion · 12 points · Posted at 21:09:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The works of HP Lovecraft would do it, any similar cosmic horror would be unsettling no doubt but he's the original master.

[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 22:13:56 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

An absolutely ace movie called 'Coherence' that came out in 2014. Its about a group of friends who get together for a dinner party while a comet is passing over the earth. The last time this comet passed by earth things got weird. Then things get weird.

Don't watch a trailer, don't read anything more. Just go in blind and I guarantee it'll mess with your head and give you a little existential dread at the end.

klitz11 · 4 points · Posted at 21:26:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

In addition to those mentioned by others, I found the original Ender's Game Series (EG, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind) did it for me. The Egg by Andy Weir if you've never read it. Slaughterhouse-Five by Vonnegut. *Edited to add: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Yes it's much more lighthearted than some of the others mentioned in this thread, but that could make it a little easier to get into if you have a particularly strong reaction to this type of emotion. Just a fantastic series in general.

stubmaster · 2 points · Posted at 23:03:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Fuck ya hitchhikers. The more casual tone makes it feel much more imminent and real, like internal dialog, than the others.

wishyouwerebeer · 2 points · Posted at 21:43:00 on February 9, 2016 · (Permalink)

currently reading xenocide!

timstmGetsFit · 11 points · Posted at 21:20:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The Dark Tower series fucked with me quite a bit in this way. (Same with other related King novels.) The series is hella lengthy, which is a plus for me since I did audiobooks and drive alot. But the series is fantastic, I'm not 100% sure if the feelings these guys are describing here quite match what I'm talking about, but regardless its a damn good fantasy.

not_mantiteo · 2 points · Posted at 22:19:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ugh I enjoyed and yet hated the ending.

[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 21:24:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think everyone will get this feeling at least once in their life, when you're just getting into fiction and read something that you've never considered before. The Mist, also by King, messed a bit with me. I remember reading the ending, and by not being conventional it blew my mind.

timstmGetsFit · 2 points · Posted at 21:27:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's on my list :) Im listening to the unabridged version of The Stand right now, and probably gonna go for Insomnia, then Salem's Lot, then The Mist.

Berdiiie · 1 points · Posted at 21:34:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The Jaunt did it for me. "It's longer than you think."

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:10:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I really gotta read more of his short stories.

culb77 · 1 points · Posted at 21:37:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

King is the original Everyone Can Die author. All his characters are fair game. And his endings are about half conventional and half not so much. His short stories, in particular, usually end with a twist.

Micp · 1 points · Posted at 21:59:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

His short stories were always my favorite writings of his. Given the cosmic horror thing we're talking about i would definitely recommend the one called "N.". Another great one is 1408. A film was made based on it, but it didn't do the short story justice.

Xandari11 · 1 points · Posted at 22:06:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Are you sure you're not confusing the book with the movie? I thought the book ended very conventially. The movie however... holy shit.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:05:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

[Spoilers ahead]

I read it after watching the movie, IIRC. The movie didn't really mess with me, it just bothered me. The mist was cleared by flamethrowers or what? The tragic way it all came together just felt contrived.

I read The Mist as a teenager, not having read a lot of horror. The idea of them just going on from motel to motel, with godzilla like creatures walking about outside (they drive by enormous footprints in the epilogue) and never being able to go outside freaked me out. The movie ended more conventionally to me, a lot of horror movies end with the survivors being found or the apocalypse being overturned, and to me that tragic twist just felt contrived. (I mean, it's literally 30 seconds before the military shows up)

tarrasque · 1 points · Posted at 22:21:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm on book V (Wolves of the Calla) and am just at the part where the old man is revealed to be Callahan from Salem's Lot.

King is fantastic.

owleyes23 · 2 points · Posted at 00:18:05 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The very last line of that book sent shivers down me. I was in shock because I never saw it coming. I have read that series more times than I can count.

Ka is a wheel. May it do ya fine!

youloveben · -1 points · Posted at 21:44:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yes, the Dark Tower Trilogy! But... just read to book three, then walk away from it all. Your own imaginimated conclusions will be way better than the last four books, I promise.

Those first three, though? Simply amazing reads, especially while listening to any Ennio Morricone instrumentals.

God damn lobstrosities...

tarrasque · 4 points · Posted at 22:23:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Why do you say to stop? I liked 4 and am liking 5... And people generally praise the whole septet...

Come_Clarity11 · 2 points · Posted at 23:45:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It gets a little wacky I suppose. My own suspension of disbelief was lifted when i got to about book 6 I think, which is hard to describe.

tarrasque · 2 points · Posted at 23:51:42 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I will consider myself duly warned. :)

But let's be honest, there's no way I won't finish the story.

Come_Clarity11 · 2 points · Posted at 23:56:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Oh you should absolutely finish it. One of my favorite series of all time!

youloveben · 2 points · Posted at 06:03:59 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Might as well, right? I just wish he had written all of them back in the day, instead of waiting and picking up on it years later. His style changed, but I felt like so did the whole story, in this case. Great writer, as you know. If you haven't already, check out his older short stories. Night Shift is a killer compilation.

youloveben · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's a pretty good way of putting it, though. He didn't seem to try and suspend your sense of disbelief as much as the first three. It's like he "had to finish this somehow".

youloveben · 2 points · Posted at 05:58:06 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe I'm just a little jaded but I took a long hiatus between reading the first three and then the fourth book. Quite a few years passed before I picked up Wizard and Glass. And sure... it wasn't outright bad, it just started to feel like King was losing that Did-a-chick, dum-a-chum weirdness of the original three. By the fifth book, I was convinced King was playing a joke on the storyline. By the sixth book I seriously lost faith in this "new" storyline. I won't share my thoughts about the seventh book. All trains come to their end of the line. But seriously, the first three I could read time and again. IIRC he said in an interview that he struggled for years with revisiting, let alone finishing the series...

tarrasque · 2 points · Posted at 15:28:34 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

You're right about the style change. The last couple of books have definitely lost their strangeness and taken on a more mysterious quality in its place. Hard to put into words, but I have felt the change in style myself.

ChickenPotDicks · 6 points · Posted at 21:25:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Read Some Vonnegut, start with sirens of titan, that'll will for sure do it

buckclifford · 1 points · Posted at 21:59:02 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

My favorite from Vonnegut

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:37:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Breakfast of Champions!

Gullex · 1 points · Posted at 22:09:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You know, I kept hearing everyone rave about Vonnegut for years. Decided to give him a try. Read Cat's Cradle. Meh. It was okay. Read Slaughterhouse Five. Eh, so-so.

I know it's an unpopular opinion here, but Vonnegut just doesn't do it for me.

Freed_lab_rat · 1 points · Posted at 22:39:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I don't mean for this to sound dickish, but I think your imagination might be a tad anemic. I found his depiction of the firebombing of Dresden in Slaughterhouse Five fucking harrowing. And just the concept of Ice Nine was nightmare fuel for me. As in, I actually had nightmares about Ice Nine-triggered apocalypses. I'll never get tired of reading or re-reading his books.

Gullex · 1 points · Posted at 22:42:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I read Cormack McCarthy's vivid descriptions of the post-apocalyptic world in The Road and I can see tiny tendrils of ash, hear cold blowing wind, feel the biting cold and oppressive gray. That's writing that speaks to me and opens up my imagination. Vonnegut just doesn't trigger that in me for some reason.

MMantis · 2 points · Posted at 21:42:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The Hyperion Cantos series. I absolutely loved them, but they gave me extreme anxiety!

Bboyczy · 2 points · Posted at 23:56:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

My favorite sci-fi book series of all time is the Rama series by Arthur C Clark and Gentry Lee.

Nothing else has given me that particular sense of mystery and anxiety before.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:39:10 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1541874/

celluloidandroid · 1 points · Posted at 21:44:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Black Mirror series on Netflix. Hour long episodes that are like individual short stories full of this stuff.

MatthewGill · 1 points · Posted at 21:45:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

If you want a non book recommendation bloodborne for PS4 is a great game with this theme. If you don't have a PS4 try to find a blind through on YouTube. It's very Lovecraftian.

theBesh · 1 points · Posted at 21:47:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

A short story that comes to mind for me personally is Divided by Infinity by Robert Charles Wilson.

It explores the theory of quantum suicide and immortality. It's a bit of a read, but I'd recommend it.

MrButtermancer · 1 points · Posted at 21:47:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

If you like fantasy, The Name of the Wind was almost uncomfortably amazing from beginning to end. Massive fantastic world deep different lore beautiful characters and writing. It's immersive.

northshore12 · 1 points · Posted at 21:48:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

This'll do it for you

PalousePirate · 1 points · Posted at 21:50:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Arthur C Clarke - Childhood's End. Just do it.

Aceous · 1 points · Posted at 21:53:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Dune.

peenoid · 1 points · Posted at 21:54:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

This (2 book) series really messed with my head:

http://www.amazon.com/Forge-God-2-Book/dp/B00VZIEHJG

The first one is really just setup for the second one, which was one of the most harrowing literary experiences in my life. I was almost relieved when I finished the second book because it gave me such anxiety, but at the same time it made me intensely question and consider things I'd never thought about before. The execution isn't perfect everywhere, but it's really pretty remarkable.

hiandbye7 · 1 points · Posted at 22:00:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

H.G.Wells' The Time Machine. Especially the last few chapters.

UTubeCommentRefugee · 1 points · Posted at 22:19:15 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

In regards to creating a sense of existentialism, I highly recommend the stories of Lovecraft and Kafka as previously mentioned, as well as the work of Albert Camus.

coldglue · 1 points · Posted at 22:25:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Isaac Asimov short stories are very profound. I also get this from Philip K. Dick books. Great pretense with speculative universes that create relatable dilemmas.

Doppelganger13 · 1 points · Posted at 22:32:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

BlindSight by Peter Watts. I'm about halfway through and it's pretty awesome.

AmISupidOrWhat · 1 points · Posted at 22:36:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

If you want some very hard sci-fi i recommend the revelation space series by alastair reynolds. also, for some quality cyberpunk, read Neuromancer by William Gibson, and for some more classic dystopian scifi, read Do Androids dream of electric sheep by Philip K Dick

stubmaster · 1 points · Posted at 23:12:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Catch 22 will fuck with your head, but its got some solid humor. One flew over the cuckoos nest will make you question sanity. Its also just great writing. Not pretentious or antiquated at all imo

oD323 · 1 points · Posted at 23:17:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Two really short stories that gave me that feeling.

Pretty much must-reads if you haven't yet.

http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html

http://multivax.com/last_question.html

DarthWarder · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

If we're talking media... Babylon5.

aalexcamirandd · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The Truman Show

shawndaddy · 1 points · Posted at 07:20:03 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g (Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot)

MrJohz · 1 points · Posted at 15:44:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Battlestar Galactica. I had a bit of a shitty summer last year and decided to start it. Turns out questioning your own place in the universe, whilst in the grip of some incredibly tense action, whilst also dealing with RL issues is a great way to give yourself an incredible amount of stress... :P

In all seriousness, I would highly recommend it. I got a few episodes in before I decided that continuing the tension would be a bad idea, but I enjoyed every minute of it.

ServeChilled · 65 points · Posted at 19:19:47 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Shit I've always had this feeling but never knew it had a word that so perfectly described it.

_v2 · 118 points · Posted at 20:17:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

HP Lovecraft is known for popularizing a genre of fiction called cosmic horror which touches a lot upon that feeling of alienation and existential anxiety. Definitely recommend.

hairyforehead · 34 points · Posted at 21:25:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Kafka.

Volsunga · 9 points · Posted at 21:35:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's a different kind of existentialism.

IBeAPotato · 15 points · Posted at 21:51:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The giant bug kind?

nyckidd · 6 points · Posted at 00:47:40 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The Castle was the worst with this for me. I couldn't even finish it because it was too anxiety provoking to see K. constantly make decisions that seem okay at the time, and then turn out to be terribly wrong. Also the way in which things are never as they seem, distances are always longer than you think, and there's just something of a dreamlike haze around everything in the book. The Trial is the same, but I was able to finish it because its somewhat more engaging and funny than The Castle is. Kafka is really in a league of his own when it comes to this stuff.

TheHandyman1 · 7 points · Posted at 21:52:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That stuff gets too weird, or maybe I just read it when I was too young. Guy turns into a beetle or whatever and is stuck as a beatle and everyone is like what beetle? Dude just disappeared. That's what I remember anyway been awhile.

Frakshaw · 5 points · Posted at 22:37:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

No I think his family actually knew he turned into a beetle. Though they basicall disowned him as a family member. And then he died because of an apple.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 21:43:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Which book do you recommend by him?

Josef--K · 10 points · Posted at 21:50:06 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The Trial.

scrantonic1ty · 4 points · Posted at 21:53:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

An intensely uncomfortable and frustrating experience, that book. Still really good.

Josef--K · 1 points · Posted at 12:48:56 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

There is a GREAT movie adaptation by Orson Welles. The leading actor is very good http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057427/

nyckidd · 4 points · Posted at 00:48:19 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm sure you've been lurking with that username for years, just waiting for the right moment, and it finally came.

naimina · 1 points · Posted at 11:58:09 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I saw that as a musical. It was.. interesting.

Josef--K · 1 points · Posted at 12:47:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I guess especially the moment when he's at work, opens the closet, and find two of his investigators being whipped.

williamiamiam · 1 points · Posted at 13:06:02 on January 29, 2016 · (Permalink)

Nice username. But I'd actually say people should read his short stories first.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:52:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

If you just want to try a short story to see if you like it, try A Report to an Academy.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:37:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

that is not what kafkaesque means

TreborMAI · 14 points · Posted at 21:24:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

What is the word?

ServeChilled · 7 points · Posted at 21:47:42 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Existential anxiety, actually it's two words it turns out my bad :p

RedZaturn · 2 points · Posted at 22:02:19 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is that the same thing as frission?

TreborMAI · 6 points · Posted at 22:22:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Frisson* is more like a sudden feeling of euphoria or fear, so I don't think it's quite the same as anxiety brought on by existential contemplation.

Roscoe_King · 44 points · Posted at 21:53:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

A-B B B BIRD BIRD BIRD! THE BIRD IS THE WORD!

Rather_Unfortunate · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I can't believe you've done this.

Dreadweave · 0 points · Posted at 22:57:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Take your upvote and get out

anymooseposter · 0 points · Posted at 23:55:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Haven't you heard?

emdave · 0 points · Posted at 02:15:43 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Existential Anxiety. Two words really, I guess.

Reddit_Bork · 5 points · Posted at 20:22:55 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Oh, I tend to think of it as getting invested in the characters in the story and knowing something bad is coming up. Maybe we read different books.

klitz11 · 2 points · Posted at 20:48:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I've encountered that too - different books, different feelings. I remember the first time I read The Egg having to think for a while about the Universe. That's the same existential feeling I got with this video.

However, I am currently reading The Remains of the Day and it is much more a case of concern about the information I am learning about the characters. Different anxiety, more like what I think you're referencing.

Micp · 1 points · Posted at 22:17:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

If that's what you like you should definitely read some Isaak Asimov as well. The Last Question is probably the go to short story by him, but i definitely recommend Nightfall, The Dead Past, and How It Happened as well.

Duntchy · 1 points · Posted at 21:24:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Always meant to read The Egg but just never did. Thanks for reminding me of it. Written by the guy who wrote The Martian. Neat.

Roflstrike · 4 points · Posted at 21:36:54 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The Greatest thing video that Neil Degrasse Tyson commentates always makes me feel the same way!

dsgm1984 · 2 points · Posted at 21:50:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Happened with Children of men and also reading the Fundation trilogy...

Hazy_Lights · 2 points · Posted at 21:56:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You'd love H.P. Lovecraft

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:40:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

And this is exactly why I will always love sci-fi horrors. Because sometimes, the implication of it all is enough to make your hair stand on end. Because sometimes, we don't need eyes to see.

TurianosaurWrex · 2 points · Posted at 22:44:12 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Got any book suggestions that'll create that effect? I want me some deep thinking about the meaning of life.

Gpzjrpm · 2 points · Posted at 23:07:10 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I had that when i watched Interstellar. Yes the film had it's weaknesses but how they showed the relativiy of time really blew my mind. I mean i knew that concept but seeing it in a film with the music and all was really great.

A_kind_guy · 2 points · Posted at 23:21:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Fucking love that feeling. I mean, I kind of hate it as well, but I know when I get it that I'm reading/watching something awesome.

SaltyRunback · 3 points · Posted at 21:55:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Funny, this video reminded me of The Egg by Andy Weir and I got that anxious excitement when reading it.

moonflower · 1 points · Posted at 21:32:45 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Meanwhile, all I kept thinking was ''This must be longer than a minute now''

i_pk_pjers_i · 1 points · Posted at 21:33:52 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think that, and realizing that everything is pointless in the end, and your life isn't as good as the sci-fi you are watching/reading.

xlptu · 1 points · Posted at 21:35:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

What? There are people who don't think about this every day?

JITTERdUdE · 1 points · Posted at 21:47:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ah yes, that feeling. That happened to me at the end of 8th grade when my brother made me panic over the existence of God. Caused a number of existential panics to hit me throughout 9th-10th grade, but by 11th grade I was kind of numbed to it (still sort of am as a 12th grader). Though I still get that uncomfortable feeling time to time when watching a movie or reading a book.

PalousePirate · 1 points · Posted at 21:49:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I had this feeling recently reading Childhood's End - highly recommend it!

NoGi_Only · 1 points · Posted at 22:34:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

any good sci-fi suggestions? read all of dune, enders games, and GoT if that counts as sci-fi?

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:49:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I have that feeling a lot. Just kind of all the time, in the back of my mind. Is that normal too?

klitz11 · 1 points · Posted at 22:52:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Sure it is. Normal is different for everybody, but I bet a lot of us have that feeling quite often.

Xubat · 1 points · Posted at 23:13:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I do this almost everyday, it's why I have heightened anxiety a lot.

Ashanmaril · 1 points · Posted at 23:16:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

When he mentioned him and his soulmate were back-to-back in booths at a restaurant once but never turned around or talked...

Too real.

Bd0g360 · 1 points · Posted at 23:43:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

your own place in the universe

I've really been struggling with this lately. The universe is so fucking massive, and even though we tell ourselves that our lives matter, nothing we do really has a profound effect on anything in the end. Tbh its making me kind of depressed.

klitz11 · 1 points · Posted at 00:43:15 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I go through episodes of caring a lot and caring a little about this. I hope that you don't get too depressed about it. Have you read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

DIX_ · 1 points · Posted at 23:45:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is that similar to an anxiety or fear of the inevitability of death? I've been giving that kind of stuff a lot of thought lately and it's making me feel awful, but I don't even think reading or rationalizing it is going to improve how I feel.

klitz11 · 1 points · Posted at 00:38:53 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think that's a part of it, especially for some of the specific works that have been mentioned in this thread. I hope you don't get too stuck in a rut feeling awful - there's a side to the feeling that can be tough to deal with, but there's an element of wonderment at the same time if you can get to that feeling of serenity.

KonigSteve · 1 points · Posted at 00:01:43 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think of it as more of a " kind of sad feeling that I'll never get to experience the sci-fi futures that we read about in love so much"

Tylensus · 1 points · Posted at 00:08:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The Last Question by Isaac Asimov delivers this feeling in spades. If you're too lazy to read it there's a really good reading of it on YouTube.

EscapedTheMatrix · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:36 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Michael Crichton books always give me this feeling

wookjameson · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:36 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

no more apparent in my entire life than it was when playing Bioshock Infinite...

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:50 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is that the same sort of anxiousness I feel when I'm laying in bed about to sleep and my life seems to blurr straight to the point where I die and I realize I'm going to cease to exist and there's nothing I can do to stop it from happening?

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:14:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Careful, the one thing we cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion

[deleted] · 179 points · Posted at 19:37:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

There was an entire group of people that became legitimately depressed after watching the movie Avatar in theaters. They called it Avatar Blues or something. A few of these folks actually planned to start an Avatar colony in Pensacola because real life wasn't good enough anymore.

Seriously.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/11/avatar.movie.blues/

PM_ME_U_SMILING · 85 points · Posted at 21:17:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Get it. Blues. They're blue.

I'm colourblind and depressed.

Pentosin · 5 points · Posted at 23:16:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

So... if you are colorblind, do you get the greens instead?

sixtyshilling · 2 points · Posted at 05:27:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

But red-green color blindness is the most common type of color blindness...

It's more like they'd be yellow with envy.

Pentosin · 2 points · Posted at 10:22:01 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Alright. :)
As you probably can tell, im not colorblind, and havent done my research either.

sixtyshilling · 2 points · Posted at 10:46:19 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I caught you red(?)-handed.

SweetNeo85 · 1 points · Posted at 00:52:31 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'd say brownish gold.

foxh8er · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:56 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I feel like a fucking idiot

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:25:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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PM_ME_U_SMILING · 5 points · Posted at 22:51:42 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Haha, on a similar note, I wore a lilac/purple shirt to a wedding because my mum insisted it was blue.

I knew nothing about it 'til my drunken auntie shouted across the room "Joe, you look fab in purple."

I went very red. (I mean, I think I did.)

OneRFeris · 105 points · Posted at 20:07:52 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I HAD THIS!

I went to disney world right after, and it was terrible.

rebirf · 11 points · Posted at 23:31:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah I remember the first time I left my Disney vacation. I was looking at the exit gate and real life came rushing back. Probably one of the worst feelings I've ever had.

OneRFeris · 18 points · Posted at 23:42:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

To clarify, I went to Disney land after seeing Avatar, and was too depressed about Earth to enjoy it.

warpus · 1 points · Posted at 15:30:35 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

My head just hurt after a movie because my the 3D made my contacts dry and gave me headaches. I went to my bathroom and squirted large amounts of contact solution in my face afterwards, and it was awesome. I forgot about the movie after that.

Humanityprofanity · 72 points · Posted at 21:43:58 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I experienced that too. I distinctly remember leaving the cinema and the sky was grey, the rain was grey, the car park was grey, and my wife looked all pasty. I remember thinking how shite reality was. I'm fine now though.

bootycream · 76 points · Posted at 23:23:02 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Try LSD sometime.

[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 23:52:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The nice part about psychedelics is that it sort of reinvigorates my passion for the wonders of the natural world instead of making me depressed to "go back" to it.

The_Music · 3 points · Posted at 01:22:53 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hallucinogens are super fun, but they kick your ass. It's like an insane roller coaster.

"Man that was fucking cool but I am totally ready to not be on this anymore."

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:12 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

For real. I only do them 2-3 times a year. Maybe I'm weird, but I have a respect for the mushroom and after I take a trip and get my lesson from them, I gotta take 4-6 months to unpack everything that happened during the trip.

The_Music · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:20 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

Exactly. I have a bud who wants to trip like every other weekend. He doesn't get it when I tell him "I just can't mentally do that."

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:14:55 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

I've never been able to wrap my head around that mentality. I don't know if they're getting anything out of it or just enjoy getting their shit fucked straight up constantly. But then again, I'm a pussy and I feel like I need a three day weekend to watch a Daren Aronofsky film.

str8slash12 · 2 points · Posted at 00:48:22 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I don't have any friends or connections to get any drugs whatsoever.

Cultvred · 2 points · Posted at 02:53:32 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's really easy to order online

emdave · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:26 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

LPT - your results may vary....

Humanityprofanity · 1 points · Posted at 00:54:05 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

If you can get me it, I'll try it

Keegan320 · 1 points · Posted at 18:57:23 on February 19, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/DarkNetMarketsNoobs

It's pretty easy online if you do your research

JoeInTheBean · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:36 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

experiencing LSD was a formative moment in my life. It was that profound.

I_Makes_tuff · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:16 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It usually is.

Drecifer · 0 points · Posted at 00:02:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

bootycream is right

SharpKitsune · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:53 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wonder if people will feel this way whenever Avatar 2 comes out...And if they get a better story too it might affect even more!

[deleted] · 51 points · Posted at 21:26:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I got pretty depressed after I finished Undertale. The characters felt so real, it was like leaving behind actual friends.

somadIcanteven · 17 points · Posted at 21:53:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think that's a testament to the time put into making the game. It's a goofy, sometimes downright silly environment that still manages to conjure up very strong, and very real emotions.

LetMeHearAStory · 4 points · Posted at 00:41:33 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

God damnit I really have to play this game don't I?

somadIcanteven · 3 points · Posted at 02:12:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's not for everyone, but ... yes.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:39:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Depends what you're into. If you play games for their gameplay, it's a weird mixture of a bullet hell game and a JRPG with long stretches of walking around "solving puzzles." Lame. But it's so much more if you like a good story and compelling characters.

LetMeHearAStory · 4 points · Posted at 22:23:37 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I play a bit of everything, and am a sucker for story and character development. I'll pick it up this weekend :)

KDLGates · 3 points · Posted at 23:52:25 on January 26, 2016 · (Permalink)

MINOR SPOILER

Part of the reason I wanted to play Undertale was to see the multiple outcomes, having read that the game is significantly different on different paths (I have a thing for branching storytelling).

My first playthru of Undertale I spared everyone and continued on to get the strict "good" ending. At the end of this ending, a certain character warns you that the only way it can go wrong now is by you, the player, continuing to play.

If you load up the game another time they have a very sad talk with you about how things can only be worse with a new savefile.

I left the game and have yet to reopen it.

zerocoal · 2 points · Posted at 22:00:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm playing through genocidal my first time.

Saw bits and pieces of a pacifist playthrough but never developed an attachment to the characters. I guess I should go get attached to them first so that it hurts me to kill them.

Togarda · 2 points · Posted at 10:33:22 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Finish genocide (you are sure you're playing genocide right? You need to kill every random encounter in a zone before fighting that zone's boss) and then play pacifist/true pacifist (you'll get the neutral ending first but just reload and do the true pacifist stuff afterwards).

Pay very close attention to the True pacifist outro.

zerocoal · 1 points · Posted at 20:05:32 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I dont know about true genocide, but I'm murdering the hell out of everything that comes at me.

Togarda · 1 points · Posted at 21:23:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Does "but no one came" mean anything to you? If not you are on a neutral run and I advise you to play full genocide afterwards followed by true pacifist for optimal enjoyment ;)

zerocoal · 1 points · Posted at 23:09:11 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Not even a little bit. I'm guessing thats something that pops up instead of a random encounter.

Togarda · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:22 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

Then you are playing the neutral route, but that's okay! Just be aware that you won't get the genocide bosses/ending.

Misaniovent · 2 points · Posted at 01:36:21 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Then you should go back and replay it. And then kill all of the characters. Then you won't be leaving anyone behind.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:38:28 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm currently playing it, I did some depressing things which I believe I could have avoided (I believe early in the game where you find your house) and I haven't touched it in days, it hits spots that I both hate and like being tingled.

Oshojabe · 2 points · Posted at 03:13:19 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Having parasocial relationships with fictional characters is the worst. At least with parasocial relationships with real people you might actually meet them.

Iwasseriousface · 3 points · Posted at 21:47:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is that like the feeling you get the first time you send Dogmeat back to Vault 101? Or maybe it's just because I have 3 dogs...

paidinteeth · 2 points · Posted at 21:42:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Your comment gave me that "you're about to cry" feeling after reading it.

NathanJMc · 3 points · Posted at 22:05:18 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wait, is there anymore information on that "avatar colony" in Pensacola?

Whiskey-Tango-Hotel · 2 points · Posted at 21:45:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

I had this after completing both KH games and FFXII.

Every time I would leave an area in KH2 I would get this unsettling feeling of longing, as if I wanted to continue my journey but... also stay and experience more of the world, see it develop, split myself in two and leave one half on each world. I remember in KH specifically sitting in front of the screen, weeping. It was a happy ending but it was over... the adventure was finished, nothing more left to do and the worst was that KH2 removed to explore the function to explore the world. Which was the worst and best thing since when you reach the penultimate level there's this sense of loss, once you leave that's it, there's no return.

Another variation that devastates me is memory wipe, especially after travelling somewhere grand. I remember once passively having Disney on an there was this episode of Kim possible about time travel and when she returned to present a mass memory wipe occured. I didn't care about the show but I was utterly devastated. Hence you can imagine my reaction to the ending of Corpse Party or the notebook.

Although the memory wipe sounds different it's the same feeling to me, except for missing physical places you mis the experiences. I hate the pain. It actually manifests physically in me, so difficult to bare and yet you wish it never ended; never forgot.

Edit: also after completing KH2 I watched 10+ Disney movies in order to feel a little more in touch with the universe.

JonSnowWhitePower · 2 points · Posted at 22:08:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The last airbender gave me depression.

raoulduke · 2 points · Posted at 00:52:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Do people not realize how unbelievably, mind-blowingly beautiful our own planet is? Seriously, there's stuff out there in nature you wouldn't believe and it's totally accessible for anyone who has the smallest amount of expendable income. Take a week off work, pack up all your shit and go to Bako National Park in Malaysia. Seriously. Do it right now. You will not regret it. Welcome to planet Earth.

[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 20:30:10 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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MY_SHIT_IS_PERFECT · 73 points · Posted at 20:44:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Sure but that's besides the point. The world was beautiful, vivid, charismatic & realized in full 3D. There's a reason why it was the highest grossing film of all time. I'm not saying post-Avatar depression makes a ton of sense, but it's nothing to do with the script writing.

OrD0g · 19 points · Posted at 21:36:37 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

this will happen to a lot of people when holodecks become real

RusteeeShackleford · 2 points · Posted at 22:05:38 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

One of my biggest regrets was not seeing avatar in imax 3D.

meno123 · 4 points · Posted at 01:49:54 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The first time I saw avatar, it was in IMAX 3D. I was sitting near the front, so the screen covered my entire field of vision. Unlike most 3D movie experiences, the movie wasn't in front of me. It was around me (I vividly remember the floating jellyfish blossom things being literally moving behind me). I have never been so immersed in a movie before. The plot was by no means original but, never really having seen pocahontas (couldn't stand the animation) or dances with wolves, it was good and it was new to me. What that culminated in was my mind treating the movie the same way it treats a dream, completely real and disregarding any plot holes or logical fallacies as you often do in dreams. That shit was magic. Despite not participating in the story (obviously), I was right there with them the whole way. For those 3 hours, that shit was my life. When the movie ended, just as often happens when you wake up from an amazing dream, a wave of depression hit me that lasted for a couple of days.

11/10 I honestly can't imagine ever having a better movie watching experience short of interactive holo decks becoming a thing. My condolences on missing out.

vonmonologue · 1 points · Posted at 21:14:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I wonder if it's anything like Jerusalem Syndrome or Paris Syndrome

xlptu · 2 points · Posted at 21:37:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Nah

industrialwaste · 1 points · Posted at 22:20:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

People affected like this shouldn't ever try mushrooms

_wutdafucc · 2 points · Posted at 23:37:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Or get into VR if it ever takes off.

YouBetterDuck · 1 points · Posted at 21:20:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

What is your opinion on the latest Star Wars? What movies do you recommend?

vimescarrot · 1 points · Posted at 21:37:37 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Depends what you're watching it for.

adamsmith93 · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

No.

Mozu · -8 points · Posted at 21:19:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That movie sucked.

So edgy

[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 21:25:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

How's that edgy about that as an opinion? It arguably wasn't a very good film by storyline or narrative standards. Sure it looks pretty, but honestly that's not all I look for in a film. Good CGI isn't even in the top ten list of things I look for in a film.

Mozu · -1 points · Posted at 21:27:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm not sure how you can argue the top grossing film of all time (until recently with star wars I believe) is a movie that sucked.

UltraKillex · 6 points · Posted at 21:32:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the 12th highest grossing film of all time. That movie sucks giant dick.

Vaztes · 2 points · Posted at 22:04:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Depends on how you veiw it. It's in no way a masterpiece, but i'm sure its a fun 2 hours of just mindless cool shit.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:28:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"do you think a piece of shit feels popular because it is surrounded by flies?" It's a fallacy to believe that popularity is what makes a good film.

Sir_T_Bullocks · 2 points · Posted at 21:36:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah, for that matter, look at furious 7. Tonnes of money. Even I saw it. It's a terrible terrible movie.

LOLrusty · 2 points · Posted at 21:32:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

When will you people realise such a small amount of people are actually trying to be edgy. It's so annoying when opinions and comments are just waved off as, "oh look at you so edgy", no I'm just stating an opinion I have on a situation.

iprefertau · 1 points · Posted at 21:24:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

they obviously mean the last air bender movie

yzlautum · -7 points · Posted at 21:13:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That movie sucked.

lol

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:24:19 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

One of my close friends committed suicide in a Walmart parking lot a few months after seeing Avatar. He said he did all he needed to do in this life, and hoped he would wake back up on Pandora.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:05 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Isn't that like a common feeling for most people after experiencing a very good movie/anime, like I've had this effect after watching many other movies and a few animes, but it was very strong with avatar. There was this feeling like "Real life will never be even close to this good, everything I'll ever do won't come close to it, maybe if I kill myself there could be more after death that is as good" but sense I consider myself a mentally healthy person that though just passed through and I never took it even remotely seriously or thought about it again, just re watched the movie, few days passed, and I told myself "it's just a fucking movie" and felt a bit embarrassed those thoughts ware even in my head.

Rhawk187 · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:40 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Paris Syndrome

adamsmith93 · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's so fucking weird!

This happened to me. I didn't know how to describe the feeling, the closest thing I could relate it to, was feeling like I had just been dumped by a long term girlfriend. Oh man. I watched Avatar 7 times in theatres. I've never watched any other movie more than twice.

Rather_Unfortunate · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:30 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Woah, I didn't realised it was actually documented. I kind of thought it was just me.

CloudWolf40 · 1 points · Posted at 15:37:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

On the one hand i feel bad because it probably stems from some real world issue or problem but on the other hand i dont know how someone can actually appreciate that terribly written world

LiquidSilk78 · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:42 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well hell! TIL

Altoids79765 · 0 points · Posted at 21:15:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I love Pensicola

hillstaffer23 · 142 points · Posted at 20:08:02 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

Dude I get that feeling while watching Black Mirror. Such a great show, and if you haven't seen the new episode they recently released an hour long episode with John Hamm that is fantastic

Deadfool42 · 35 points · Posted at 20:50:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Black Mirror is brilliant. Every episode. Anything made by Charlie Brooker will instantly have my vote!

hillstaffer23 · 13 points · Posted at 21:08:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I loved every episode, but some were better than others obviously. White Bear was by far my favorite, the episode did an amazing job of making the scenario seem possible if not plausible.

Icuras_II · 3 points · Posted at 21:41:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Such a good episode. You almost feel like her, "wait, is this a joke!? What's going on!?"

hillstaffer23 · 5 points · Posted at 21:45:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You mean the scene where they bring her out on the chair in front of the audience? Oh my god, so crazy. And then at the end how it shows her doing it several times, and she has different reactions each time... So crazy to think about, and they make it seem like it could really happen

Icuras_II · 3 points · Posted at 21:47:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yep! spoiler alert btw.

hillstaffer23 · -1 points · Posted at 21:48:42 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think anyone reading this far down the comments has probably seen the episode haha

TehStuzz · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:11 on February 16, 2016 · (Permalink)

I haven't...

SuperFLEB · 1 points · Posted at 23:16:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I did find it a bit of an oddity, too, just from a presentation standpoint, that they packed most of the reveal into the credits.

Deadfool42 · 1 points · Posted at 16:55:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

White Bear was kinda terrifying, the twist was sensational.

flexiverse · 2 points · Posted at 04:25:27 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

You should explore other British sci fi, utopia, misfits, tripped....

Deadfool42 · 1 points · Posted at 16:54:10 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm actually from England so I saw all of these when they were first aired! Utopia is possibly one of the best TV series I've seen, I was so gutted when they cancelled it after season 2. And now there is a US remake in the works... Why, I'll never know.

flexiverse · 2 points · Posted at 16:58:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

You have good taste my friend ! The Americans were a bit nutty to remake utopia, the director wanted a massive film level budget so it stalled thank god!

Deadfool42 · 1 points · Posted at 12:58:19 on January 24, 2016 · (Permalink)

I am interested to see what happens with it, I love David Fincher and most of his work and also I heard Gillian Flynn was doing the screenplay, and Gone Girl is one of the best books I've read.

TheRufmeisterGeneral · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:06 on February 19, 2016 · (Permalink)

You probably haven't seen "A Touch Of Cloth" though. Brilliant, yet completely opposite genre than Black Mirror.

The trailer doesn't do it justice. Instead, this gives you a better idea of what it is: random scene.

Deadfool42 · 2 points · Posted at 12:34:37 on February 20, 2016 · (Permalink)

I have seen it actually! So many gags.

spockosbrain · 48 points · Posted at 21:12:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I wonder if anyone else has the feeling I had about Black Mirror? I LOVED Black Mirror when it first came out. I was the first person I knew who saw it when it came out and was desperate to talk to someone else about it. I was suggesting people watch it just so I could talk to someone else. I was so blown away I wanted to know if was just me. It seriously got me thinking about how spot on some of the scenarios were. It freaked me out. So much so that I didn't WANT to watch the new season, even after I heard they were great.

Later when it hit Netflix season two I put it in my queue, but I didn't really want to "go there" again. I finally removed it because I felt uncomfortable everytime I scrolled past it.

I feel like I have to be in a certain state of mind to watch the show so it won't reconfigure my brain. If "language is a virus" I don't want to be infected again.

I rarely have these feelings. It goes to just how powerful these shows were for me. They are like a scary episode of The Outer Limits or The Twilight Zone set in the future.

After watching certain things, you can't ever look at the world the same way again.

hillstaffer23 · 22 points · Posted at 21:22:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Then I will warn you about watching the new long episode they released haha it's still fucking with me. But that's why I love the show and Sci Fi in general. It gets you to think about things in new and novel ways. Expands the mind...

Trufa_ · 8 points · Posted at 21:56:06 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The white Christmas one? Damn that's an awesome episode.

SPOILERS AHEAD!!

In a way that episode is pretty similar to this video isn't it? The concept of the box to get something out of someone... Amazing episode, gets you thinking...

SamNash · 3 points · Posted at 23:59:42 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

God that is spot on. We've come full circle.

Scholles · 1 points · Posted at 00:52:06 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Then I will warn you about watching the new long episode they released

It was released in 2014!

ucanttaketheskyfrome · 9 points · Posted at 21:22:19 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yes! This happened to me. Black Mirror gave me too many feels, and it was amazing, but I don't want to watch it anymore.

Wadefromwork · 4 points · Posted at 21:33:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I felt the same way but have had a different reaction to it. I honestly can't get enough of it. It just makes you really dig down and think about all the fucked up bullshit going on in the world. Each episode really dives into one of those individual problems and puts it in such an abstract but digestible way that it makes you head spin. It funny how something so obviously broken isn't seen until it put blatantly in front of you. Its amazing, I'm so glad Netflix renewed it for 12 more episodes.

Reytho · 2 points · Posted at 23:10:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'll probably watch every forthcoming episode, because the ideas are so interesting, but the ending of the last one (I wish it...) was too nihilistic to contemplate. I sense that Brooker is simply cynical, and I need more light.

theobromus · 3 points · Posted at 21:22:56 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I actually kind of feel that way. I thought about watching the new episode, but then I just couldn't bring myself to do it. It just seems to likely that it will be a brilliant but terrifying vision of the future. I'll probably see it eventually but I'll have to be in a special mood (basically able to go outside and think happy thoughts afterwards)

celluloidandroid · 2 points · Posted at 21:47:56 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Man...this episode might rank up there at the top in feeling those dreadful feelings afterwards. Really got to me for some reason.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:05:42 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's excellent. It will really dig at an empathetic feeling you might not have ever considered.

klitz11 · 3 points · Posted at 21:29:15 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I totally understand what you're saying. I remember not only the plots of the episodes, but the feelings they first elicited - and they were pretty strong.

LikeALincolnLog42 · 2 points · Posted at 04:21:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Black Mirror is supremely not exactly uplifting.

TheJollyLlama875 · 2 points · Posted at 05:31:57 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

90% of /r/NetflixBestOf agrees with you.

Phailadork · 2 points · Posted at 12:19:55 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I binged watched all 6 episodes and the 1hr+ special in one day. Good show, excited for the new season.

Iwasseriousface · 1 points · Posted at 21:49:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is the effect similar to having bouts of mindfuck after watching Fight Club, or Donnie Darko?

Itsatemporaryname · 1 points · Posted at 00:28:40 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Check the outer limits too

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:36 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm 50/50 if I should watch it, can you say something to convince me, do you think it did something that connected particularly with you ? and what ware your expectations when starting it ?

flexiverse · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:53 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

You'd be dead if your lived in the UK. Black mirror is actually a British science fiction show. We live on that stuff. We can't survive without it. You want to watch other similar shows from the uk. Like utopia, And a new one just started tripped.

MDMA_Evangelist · 20 points · Posted at 21:24:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Switching to my alt for this one. "White Christmas" gave me my first-ever sober panic attack / PTSD flashback. Had a really bad acid trip a while back and that episode pushed all of the right buttons. The last few seconds made me totally detach from reality for 10 seconds or so and it took an hour or more for the adrenaline rush to wear off.

I'd also recently started taking Wellbutrin and I understand that alone can cause panic attacks in some people, so it's very possible that was a contributing factor. I saw my doctor and got off of it the next day. Without any medication at all, I think the episode would have at least made me profoundly uncomfortable.

hillstaffer23 · 7 points · Posted at 21:33:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I watched it with my girlfriend, and at the point where he kept throwing the radio on the ground, we both looked at each other completely wide-eyed. Like, "Oh my god can you even imagine..." That is some seriously scary shit to think about. 1000 years every minute... with the same song playing over and over and over... dude

SomeBug · 3 points · Posted at 00:00:16 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

On a lighter note, the whole skipping through time with a flick of finger thing gave me an amazing dream where I could fly, control time and was invulnerable. It was pretty awesome. But then I woke up, went to the bathroom, went back to sleep and spent another dream trying to make my powers work with no success.

MDMA_Evangelist · 5 points · Posted at 22:19:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yes, that was the moment that did it for me. The big source of anxiety from the acid trip is the feeling that maybe I've never really escaped that loop at all and that it's all going to cycle right back in and no matter how many times I climb back out to consciousness and the 'real world' it's all going to dissolve again and I'll be right back where I started.

That moment with the repeated throwing of the radio introduced a new idea - that my eternal loop was someone punishing me and the TV show was their sadistic way of revealing that fact to me, over and over again. I leaped up in panic and staggered out of the room and was 100% expecting to be in the house where I'd had the bad trip.

That moment of absolute certainty that the loop was real - every time it happened - is the most poisonous thought I've ever had. If I could do an "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and expunge that memory, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

I don't fear oblivion anymore, though. I still fear death - fear it even more, in fact - because I'm not convinced that it will bring oblivion, but I'm very certain that there are things much worse than non-existence.

hillstaffer23 · 1 points · Posted at 14:12:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Dude I would suggest that you look into DMT. It helped me immensely with anxiety and completely took away any fear of death that I may have had. I'm still afraid of the process of dying, but I am not afraid of death in the slightest. I would go into what the trip is like, but it's way too long for a little post like this haha check out DMT: The Spirit Molecule, movie if you want to see more

MDMA_Evangelist · 2 points · Posted at 15:58:49 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I actually have zero interest in exploring more psychedelics at this point. I can't justify the risk. I've had minor panic attacks caused by simply smoking a little too much weed - and not huge quantities, just one bowl. Even MDMA has done it. Nitrous, too. I'd rather be sober the rest of my life than risk another 20 minutes stuck in that hell.

hillstaffer23 · 1 points · Posted at 16:11:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Dude the reason I smoke weed is for the panic attacks haha You do realize that literally 0 people in the history of mankind have died from smoking weed right? Haha its pretty conceited to think you'll be the first guy to have a heart attack from it. Also, on the DMT front, look into it. I have never heard one person ever say that they had a bad trip on DMT. It's not like any other hallucinogen. When you "break through" on DMT you are literally not you anymore, you're in a different dimension. I'm the first guy to say drugs aren't for everyone, and practice moderation. But I think if everyone did DMT our world would be a much friendlier and happier place. The message I got from my DMT trip was that the most important thing in life is Love and that all the other emotions we experience are there to help us understand how special Love is.

OldEcho · 1 points · Posted at 14:49:55 on January 26, 2016 · (Permalink)

Some people get super paranoid smoking weed, and it can exacerbate or cause schizophrenia.

It won't kill you (unless you're being a moron and driving stoned) but it may well fuck you over. Granted that's fairly rare, but it sounds like this guy is affected.

MDMA_Evangelist · 1 points · Posted at 04:35:27 on January 27, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think you misunderstand me. I'm not suggesting there's any danger of physical harm from weed. My doctor (my real doctor, not the shady weed doctor who writes the referrals) gave his blessing when I got my card because he agreed it was safer than the Ambien he was prescribing me.

The problem is that I had a breakthrough experience where I was not me anymore. First on a combination of nitrous and mushrooms. I was the entire universe and there was no time and for 20 seconds or so that was all that was. It happened again, maybe the worst time, when someone gave me a bump of Ketamine while I was coming down from an acid trip. That was 20 minutes of absolute hell.

I had another minor episode with 25I-NBOMe and once with a mis-measured dose of MDMA, but the more recent major one was from a single tab of acid that must have been a whole lot more potent than advertised. I don't know how long that horror lasted - my friends gave me Xanax and put me in a quiet room with people to watch me and eventually the trip turned good, but even when I wasn't trapped in a perpetual looping hell I was totally checked out, no rational thought. I nearly sent a friend to the hospital, accidentally ripped out her facial piercing, smashed into a mirror and cut myself, ripped things off of walls, hurt at least three other people (my friends have only confirmed the bits I remember and haven't volunteered much about what I did), and was basically out of my mind for at least 5 hours. Keep in mind that I was already reasonably experienced, with dozens of trips under my belt and plenty of practice at managing bad trips. This was not a case of a noob having a little paranoia.

What I have now is PTSD, plain and simple. Getting anywhere close to that ego death state gives me a surge of adrenaline, but the adrenaline is part of the traumatic memory and it turns into a feedback loop.

That well is poisoned for me, at least for now. I got plenty of good out of psychedelics (and even more from MDMA, as you might guess by my username) but if every trip had a 90% chance of being as good as my best trip ever and only a 10% chance of being that looping hell again, I still wouldn't risk it.

pmeaney · 3 points · Posted at 23:00:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I can definitely emphasize with you there, the end of White Christmas definitely made me think of a bad acid trip.

jethro_skull · 2 points · Posted at 00:34:22 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm on Wellbutrin too and have recently started having the worst panic attacks I've ever had. It sucks, because aside from those, it's great... I'm not depressed at all anymore and can even focus on schoolwork for the first time in years :(

Doggy_doo · 5 points · Posted at 21:37:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Jesus christ that episode was good. It makes you think about so much stuff. About what it'd be like to be locked in a machine like that. Or is it really that bad as it's technically not a real human. On the other hand it's a perfect copy of a human's mind. What would our society be like if we could just block people out. What would it feel like if you were blocked by every person in the planet.

thatoneguy889 · 3 points · Posted at 21:37:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Are you talking about White Chistmas? Because it was recently added to Netflix, but that episode is more than a year old.

hillstaffer23 · 1 points · Posted at 21:41:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yes, I did not realize it was released a year ago. I'm pretty much only on Netflix or HBO Go

Chickentaxi · 2 points · Posted at 21:40:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The pig fucking episode really made me reluctant to watch.

hillstaffer23 · 3 points · Posted at 21:43:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I get that, but the show is amazing. I bet even that episode made you think a lot. There is just so much stuff shoved into every episode that you are left thinking about them for weeks

oldmatey · 4 points · Posted at 22:14:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Dumbest move by the smartest show to lead with that piece of shit. The rest is incredible though.

Chickentaxi · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:54 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Oh I still watched it. That episode just made me wonder if I should.

an_obscene_username · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

it is? i might give it another chance, because holy shit first episode was just funny how stupid it was.

oldmatey · 1 points · Posted at 07:28:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Do it, it's all good apart from that one. Although you could argue that episode is impressive now for its rough prophecy

an_obscene_username · 1 points · Posted at 19:26:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

rough prophecy? did I miss something?

oldmatey · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:25 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/shortcuts/2015/sep/21/pigs-prime-minister-black-mirror-ashcroft-allegation-charlie-brooker

an_obscene_username · 1 points · Posted at 05:25:33 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

heh, how about that. lol

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:11 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wait there was a new episode? Or is this the Christmas episode they aired in 2014, and then reaired in 2015, but for some reason everyone called it new?

an_obscene_username · -1 points · Posted at 00:47:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)*

I didn't watch anything past the 1st episode. After he actually fucks a pig I just laughed. It's ridiculous.

Scholles · 1 points · Posted at 00:53:56 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I love Black Mirror, but the first episode is just terrible. It's a pity that they started so weak.

puppistabber · 33 points · Posted at 21:07:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

For me that feeling, I think, stems from knowing that the book will eventually end. When a book is really good and you're truly enjoying each moment you read, you will naturally desire to prolong these types of moments. Having a definitive end in sight while having these feelings can be sad.

bigo0723 · 6 points · Posted at 21:26:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I have this feelings with RPGs, it's like, I'm going to invest a lot of time into these characters and then the game is going to end. It's probably the reason why I don't play RPGs too often.

SharpKitsune · 2 points · Posted at 02:03:25 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I would say give some more modern RPGs a try, some of them have multiple endings and game-changing choices, which can add to replayabilty!

bigo0723 · 2 points · Posted at 03:01:53 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Going through Undertale, Earthbound, either Chrono Trigger or Cross (which ever is the first one), and Persona 3 and then after that Persona 4. Also thinking about going through Final Fantasy 4 and going upwards. It's just that feeling you get when you get closer to the end of an RPG that really gets to me, Undertale is like emotional hell for me.

SharpKitsune · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:55 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Undertale is an amazing example!...Just please, stay with the good ending.

bigo0723 · 2 points · Posted at 03:16:34 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I can't bring myself to kill any of the characters, I played the demo before the game and accidentally killed you-know-who thinking that's way to beat it. Immediately bought the game and got past that part swearing I wouldn't kill a single character.

Cassaroll168 · 3 points · Posted at 22:35:58 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is how I felt reading the game of thrones series. I went a little insane after I was done reading fan theories and trying to glean more from the released books. Then I read them all again. Then I realized I would just be obsessed with that universe until the new books came out and I stopped everything cold turkey.

I felt the same way leaving the dark knight. It's like "damn, I'll never get to experience this for the first time again. And while I was experiencing it for the first time, I didn't know it would mean so much to me and didn't savor it."

redditvlli · 64 points · Posted at 19:34:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

I got that feeling to a lesser extent from watching this short film from the internet's infancy when I was younger.

https://youtu.be/TAdYsT5wQDw?list=PL_faA32mtAQ711vF93fqvu-mmw3AkLkpB&t=69

paidinteeth · 4 points · Posted at 21:55:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I just finished Part 1... HOOKED

UnderlyingTissues · 4 points · Posted at 22:01:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Nice! Thanks for sharing.

dark-fiction · 14 points · Posted at 20:53:19 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That was excellent. Nice twist.

GSun103 · 6 points · Posted at 23:14:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thanks, now I'm expecting a twist.

higgs_bosoms · 3 points · Posted at 23:43:55 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

what twist?

friedzombie456 · 3 points · Posted at 21:40:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thank you for recommending that. If I could afford gold I would give you some

TreborMAI · 3 points · Posted at 22:18:13 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thanks for that!

caleel · 3 points · Posted at 22:52:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Just finished all three parts someone needs to combine them all.

KnowKnee · -1 points · Posted at 00:00:33 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Someone needs to make a full length movie - with an ending!

doodlebug001 · 3 points · Posted at 01:56:54 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Why drag this out into an entire movie? It was amazing at only that length. Filler is bad!

KnowKnee · 1 points · Posted at 23:59:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thanks so much for posting that!

ephemeral-person · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:36 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wow, holy damn. Thanks for that link!

Trivale · 12 points · Posted at 21:14:38 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm pretty sure that it's because you really like what you're experiencing, but you know it's going to end at some point. The story will be over, and you won't get to learn anything more about the people, their roles in their world, their lives. You know that after that last page, you're going to want more, and it's not going to be there.

giveer · 9 points · Posted at 21:12:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Occasionally that anxiety from projecting future problems is so strong I have to stop reading/watching because I'm just not in a place for roller coaster emotions. As you may be able to tell, it also makes regular life rather crippling from time to time.

crushedbycookie · 2 points · Posted at 21:27:56 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I tend to just keep going and get crippled.

floatablepie · 5 points · Posted at 21:45:19 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Might be like me: whenever I get sucked into a book or TV show or whatever, I reaaallly don't want it to end. Sometimes I even stop a few episodes short because I somehow prefer to leave some still left sometimes so it didn't really ever end.

SharpKitsune · 2 points · Posted at 02:05:39 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

You just described what I feel for one tv show and anime I refuse to end... :'(

Medicmellie · 4 points · Posted at 21:46:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I once wound up in the hospital because I drank too much because of Harry Potter depression. This really happened.

AskeGW · 1 points · Posted at 23:19:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Harry Potter depression? Was this a widespread phenomenon?

Medicmellie · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:53 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm not sure. I just used to get really really sad every time I finished a Harry Potter book.

Fuckingfolly · 5 points · Posted at 21:54:12 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ever read enders game?

SharpKitsune · 3 points · Posted at 22:39:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah... :(

Fuckingfolly · 2 points · Posted at 05:10:04 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

There came a point in that book, the first time I read it in 5th grade or something, where I suddenly FELT that it would end, and I'd return to a world that wasn't that one. You always know thats going to happen, it's a book, but ever since then I've felt little waves of that sadness. when I truly love a book, and I come to the point in the novel where I can feel it slipping away, wrapping up and spinning into a cresendo, in the back of my mind I feel sad, kind of like I'm losing something precious.

emaciated_pecan · 3 points · Posted at 22:08:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yes because you know that book will end and no other book will fulfill the same purpose it served. But that being said, there are still unique gems to enjoy in every book

CoolGuySean · 3 points · Posted at 22:14:47 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Very common. The things that get my brain working also bring on a bunch of emotions I didn't ask for, but even the sadness can feel kinda good for some reason. Emotions are weird.

SharpKitsune · 2 points · Posted at 22:51:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Makes me feel a little embarrassed that I'm so emotional over this stuff. Heh. :P

Nappy-I · 2 points · Posted at 21:13:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think so, yea.

broncoz33 · 2 points · Posted at 21:43:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

maybe even a little sad

I feel this when I have completed something that I really really enjoyed. When I finished the last (audio)book of Wheel of Time I cried and finished my car ride in silence.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:17:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I get anxious before I finish a good book because I don't want to start over and have to go through the build up of another good book or series.

The wheel of time series almost killed me when I was a chapter away from finishing it

masthema · 2 points · Posted at 23:28:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Can you please give me a few examples? I really enjoy that feeling and I would love to find a new book that does this. The last one, for me, was Worm by Wildbow and Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut.

SharpKitsune · 1 points · Posted at 23:49:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Might depend on one's interests and favorites in book genres. Currently feeling some of that anxiety/sadness as I'm reading Ready Player One. Might be the same for you, maybe not. Hope you find what you're looking for.

181Cade · 2 points · Posted at 23:40:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

I had it really bad when I watched Boyhood. I really loved that film, but it made me really want to be 11 or so again and ride my bike in the suburbs.

..I mean I'm only 18, but I never did that sort of stuff so it hit pretty hard. Is that what you mean?

Also Almost Famous was another one.

expendablethoughts · 2 points · Posted at 23:55:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hope you don't read too much Lovecraft mate, that shit gets to you.

clancy6969 · 2 points · Posted at 00:04:04 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's the feeling the book will end soon and maybe you will never read one you like as much.

Victuz · 2 points · Posted at 00:14:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It is essentially an existential crisis induced by good (in your eyes) fiction. I'd say it is pretty normal. I get it when I get into really good fiction, or when I'm asked a profound question of some sort.

DarthWarder · 2 points · Posted at 00:32:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's pretty common, but you usually have to go out of your way to get those feelings, because they don't come without the investment of time and paying attention and, well, being invested in the story.

You should watch Babylon5, it's like the Wire in space. It has really bad 90s CGI but it's like a serious, better grounded startrek.

Doctor_Murderstein · 2 points · Posted at 00:39:05 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yes. It means it's really captured your attention and you've let yourself become invested in the story. It's a good thing.

dog_in_the_vent · 2 points · Posted at 00:54:05 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I get that feeling when I realize that I'm enjoying a book and know that the book will end eventually.

Shit's weak.

SharpKitsune · 2 points · Posted at 02:04:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

A lot of people saying that in this thread. Shame, but through it all, I'm realizing that there are so many great series out there, that when one ends, another begins!

FrozenJester · 2 points · Posted at 01:54:00 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm right there with you, except I have a tendency to then put down the book and never read it again.

xtremechaos · 2 points · Posted at 01:54:35 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is what Steven kings Under the Dome did for me. Not the fucking awful tv show.

The pulse was also another one of his dread-laden tales.

hit_le_rally · 2 points · Posted at 03:02:45 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is the word you're thinking of "frisson"?

ocular__patdown · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:07 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

No. Go get checked before you develop a full blown case of emotions.

SuaveSilverSurfer · 2 points · Posted at 17:30:44 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is it common?? Lmao bro. There are seven billion people alive right now. Trillions came before us. Don't worry about what is common.

ursusoso · 1 points · Posted at 00:40:59 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah, it's called being Catholic.

gadorp · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:44 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is it common?

When Jonah is flying to San Lorenzo, towards the end of Cat's Cradle, and he notices Newt and Angela Hoenikker are on the plane.

CaptainBlagbird · 172 points · Posted at 21:52:07 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You shoud read The egg by Andy Weir (aka the guy that wrote The Martian).

Lereas · 98 points · Posted at 22:27:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I have no idea why I never knew that was the same author.

bigo0723 · 81 points · Posted at 23:17:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I remember reading that, and then a couple months or weeks later I saw him on a Reddit AMA. He talked about how surprised everyone's reactions were to The Egg because he wrote it in such a short amount of time without any real though. He then talked about how he was disappointed that no one paid any attention to his online book that he spent months on called 'The Martian.' I remember going to his website afterwards and clicking on the first chapter, reading some of it, got confused and putting it away and thinking he only wrote one good thing and was a one hit wonder . . .

I saw the movie in theaters, bought the book (I should've read it online when it was free) and it took me a while after watching the first few trailers to realize that it was the same guy who wrote The Egg and that I actually had the opportunity to be one of the few people to read The Martian while it was free and online. Genuinely pisses me off that I missed that experience.

CaptainBlagbird · 10 points · Posted at 05:56:49 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

While The Martian was on his page for free it kinda was a work-in-progress (especially in the beginning), he got feedback and changed some stuff. Maybe you saw it at a time when it had some confusing stuff in it.

Later he put it on amazon for the minimum allowed price because some people found it easier to just click a button for downloading onto a kindle. He didn't know it was selling really well until it was in the top 10 or something. Then a publisher found it and got him on board and in the same week Hollywood came too.

bigo0723 · 4 points · Posted at 06:00:30 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

No wonder, I was looking at the book and while I was reading it it felt like the intro was different from the one I skimmed.

throwawayeue · 3 points · Posted at 01:06:11 on April 29, 2016 · (Permalink)

Weird.. Last time the egg was mentioned I remember this exact same comment

bigo0723 · 2 points · Posted at 02:10:21 on April 29, 2016 · (Permalink)

I've posted before a similar comment like the one I posted about The Egg before. You may have read two different comments by me about The Egg!

Also this post is three months old, maybe you've seen this comment before when it was first posted and refound this again.

throwawayeue · 2 points · Posted at 03:09:30 on April 29, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wait what. Wasn't this just on the front page...

bigo0723 · 2 points · Posted at 03:21:58 on April 29, 2016 · (Permalink)

This comment and post were made three months ago.

VixDzn · 1 points · Posted at 08:51:01 on May 2, 2016 · (Permalink)

Like... Today? Dafuq

throwawayeue · 2 points · Posted at 13:50:34 on May 2, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think I had my reddit app on top of the month and went to r/videos. Maybe you too?

VixDzn · 1 points · Posted at 14:11:00 on May 2, 2016 · (Permalink)

that must be it haha

Paddy_Tanninger · 1 points · Posted at 23:18:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah man, you can tell by the way the name is the same.

Hawthornehears · 2 points · Posted at 01:44:52 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's pretty neat!

randdomusername · 1 points · Posted at 01:08:04 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah that's always a clue

I_Speak_For_The_Ents · 10 points · Posted at 00:16:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

No fucking way its by the same author as the Martian... I read that short story years ago and had no idea...

grundelgrump · 3 points · Posted at 05:05:16 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Me too. It's because I saw it on 4chan as a copypasta that didn't credit anybody. I didn't realize it was the same guy until after I read the Martian.

SpendsKarmaOnHookers · 4 points · Posted at 23:56:19 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Woah

Meezymeek · 1 points · Posted at 23:17:55 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Woah. Thank you for this. If only I had more upvotes to give.

justhadtosaythis · 6 points · Posted at 00:46:20 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

If you liked this short story I recommend you read The last question by Isaac Asimov (takes 15 minutes).

Meezymeek · 3 points · Posted at 01:02:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Sweet I'll check it out when I get home! Thank you!

justhadtosaythis · 3 points · Posted at 01:05:05 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

No worries man, if you're hungry for even more I recommend Rendezvous with Rama and (especially) Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke as well :)

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:50:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

First time I have ever read this. To say my mind is blown would be an understatement.

ristlin · 36 points · Posted at 21:16:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I suspended my disbelief and was betrayed.

orlanderlv · -5 points · Posted at 21:48:45 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's really to "suspend belief" so the non-believable is believable.

jetalone · 1 points · Posted at 22:21:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Half full/half empty.

The common phrase is "suspension of disbelief"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief

Siiimo · 1 points · Posted at 10:02:33 on May 25, 2016 · (Permalink)

Suspend in this context, is to stop. So your immediate reaction to fiction is to not believe it, as in dis-belief. When we read fiction we have to suspend our disbelief so that we can immerse ourselves in fictional worlds and believe them.

nowittycomments · 83 points · Posted at 20:36:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You see the movie Ex-Machina? I felt that way at the end of that.

Neshgaddal · 7 points · Posted at 23:05:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Awesome film. First i hated the ending, then i was conflicted about it, now i kind of like it. That will probably change when i rewatch it the first time. I'm kind of a hardcore techno-optimist, so whenever new or future technology is questioned, i get a bit defensive, because i have to reevaluate my beliefs.

Hestia_sama · 2 points · Posted at 00:01:00 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

My questions about that movie: Wasn't Ava battery-powered? How would she have lasted long enough to get back to civilization? Does she plug in to a standard outlet?

Doom-Slayer · 2 points · Posted at 00:28:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well the way she charges is via the induction plate in her room, and she cuts the power by overcharging.

Not much of a leap that she could find something to charge herself with in the real world. We have induction chargers now, albeit smaller ones, and it wouldnt be hard for her to learn to make one.

faceplanted · 2 points · Posted at 00:57:44 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Seems like it would have made more sense to not give her enough battery capacity to get more than a few feet out of the room and just constantly power her wirelessly, but then I suppose the plot wouldn't have been possible, in the same way The Martian had to have unrealistic wind on Mars, otherwise there would have been no reason for Watney to be stuck and not everyone else as well.

flexiverse · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:56 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

All British sci fi has this, you should also Check out other uk sci fi, utopia, misfits, tripped etc..

mpbarry46 · 1 points · Posted at 17:23:29 on June 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

yesss. I did too

Redrum714 · -8 points · Posted at 21:28:37 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That ending was kinda obvious.

OvidPerl · 19 points · Posted at 21:50:15 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

No, the ending was not obvious. This happens to many films: people are truly wondering about the ending and then they guess (by contrast, most people knew Sarah Connor would live in Terminator 1, though they didn't know how). For films where the main plot point of the ending is open, when people guess, if they guess right, some of them would say "it was obvious," but that implies predictability, something not the case for Ex Machina.

By contrast ... SPOILER ALERT: What if the AI's decided instead to revere intelligence and help us? Or what if they wanted to just co-exist with us, peacefully? Or what if Ava was a remote-controlled 'droid and Caleb was the AI? Or what if Nathan ... well, you get the point. There were many, many plausible endings for that movie.

plki76 · 1 points · Posted at 23:50:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Those aren't really fair examples since two of those other endings were contraindicated by the film itself, whereas the ending that did occur was not.

Certainly given the events of the film and the behavior of the humans towards the AI peaceful co-existence and revering human intelligence were heavily contraindicated. Caleb being an AI was specifically and purposefully dismissed as an ending when he cut into himself.

Redrum714 · 0 points · Posted at 21:57:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Okay, maybe not obvious per say. But it's hard to say you didn't see the classic plot around AI in Sci-Fi coming (Create AI, AI kills creator, AI escapes).

Canigetahellyea · 4 points · Posted at 22:16:06 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I honestly didn't know who was the evil one. I switched a couple of times between Ava and the creator. I didn't trust anyone.

xenago · 2 points · Posted at 22:13:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah, it might not have been guaranteed but I bet if you polled people before the movie, like 70% would go with that plot.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:40:18 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I thought she really loved him to proof Nathan wrong.

grumpy_hedgehog · 0 points · Posted at 00:12:45 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Meh... Didn't much care for it.

[deleted] · -12 points · Posted at 21:20:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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samtheman578 · 3 points · Posted at 21:28:08 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Husbands, good song.

Really though? I thought it was pretty enjoyable.

JammieDodgers · 1 points · Posted at 21:45:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I thought it was good.

AdonalFoyle · 14 points · Posted at 21:42:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

it was like an episode of Black Mirror

Sal_Ammoniac · 16 points · Posted at 20:28:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

So THAT's why I can't do sci-fi on any level - books or movies. Nor Sir, No Thanks.

Anxiety. Whoah.

[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 21:37:10 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wait, really? You get so anxious when consuming science fiction that you literally can't continue? That's so strange to me.

I love science fiction. It's actually all I've been reading (well, that and fiction) for the last couple years. The worlds, technologies, world views, people - it's all fascinating to me.

Can you explain what happens to you a little more in depth? This has me genuinely curious.

Sal_Ammoniac · 4 points · Posted at 22:25:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Honestly, the last sci-fi book I read was something by Kurt Vonnegut when I was in my mid teens. Those days I read everything I could get my hands on, but sci-fi was/is something I just could not take. I read that book a little ways, and had to quit. I haven't tried since. It made me physically hurt.

Same thing if I watch sci-fi movies. I just can't do it. Something about it just makes me ill.

Maybe I just can't tolerate anxiety?

FlipToTheFuture · 2 points · Posted at 22:36:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Any kind of sci-fi? Science fiction is a big spectrum, from cheap comedy and romance to dark gritty and horror.

Sal_Ammoniac · 1 points · Posted at 04:56:42 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Typically and foremost anything to do with space, utopias and dystopias, and futuristic style. I don't watch ANY kind of horror, either, sci-fi or not.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 23:26:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I just don't understand why science fiction would cause such acute anxiety. What is it about the genre that gives you problems?

How do you handle anxiety in everyday life? Does it make you shut down? Never get social anxiety? What about before giving a big presentation or something?

I'm just having a hard time figuring this out lol. Also, I'm going to take a couple hours and make a list of sole sci-fi that you might like and I'll send it to you. Is made it a mission to convert you to enjoying science fiction haha.

faceplanted · 2 points · Posted at 01:22:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I also get serious anxiety reading certain SciFi, I don't get anxiety in daily life, I tend to find the potential of a lot of science fiction technologies and settings to be so incomprehensibly dangerous and beyond my even understanding that it's scary to me, an example is the idea of space stations as a setting, just so much could go so incredibly wrong in ways that I might never even think of, and cause kinds of suffering that almost no human has ever gone through before that I just shut down trying to think of them all, or technologies that alter perception or effect your senses so that what you think is happening is completely separate from the real world but the consequences would still affect you, or alternate dimensions where anything can exist, the potential is too much for me.

If you want me to tell you the reason why I find the potential for dangers beyond my understanding so scary, I don't know, but I would guess that it stems from my upbringing as a Christian, the one thing that always scared me about the world as I understood it in childhood was my understanding of Hell and the concept of infinity in relation to it, the fact that nothing I could possibly imagine would be any more than an infinitesimally inconsequential in relation to Hell, and not only that, but even the worst things coming from the most twisted imaginations in the world trying their hardest to disturb me and cause me distress was just as infinitesimal as my own ideas in that proportion scared me beyond belief, I developed quite a serious complex and compulsively told the truth and tried my best to follow every Christian rule I was given for quite a while as this was all coming to me. I left the faith years back, and have since moved on quite a lot, but speculation on things beyond our understanding as a species bring back that anxiety that things could be so much worse for me than I could possibly imagine.

You can probably imagine what reading Lovecraft did to me a few years later.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:36 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm not the person you were talking to but here's my reason.

The thing is, the anxiety doesn't come from fear of something bad happening to me, it comes from not understanding existence, eternity, and the universe in any meaningful way. What gets me is the fear that I can't and will never understand them. It's not just a worry, it's likely a fact. SciFi speculates on these things that are so beyond human reach, and that's why it can make me anxious. Other genres like fantasy and such don't feel as potentially close to reality, so I don't get that longing (that turns into fear) for them to right and to finally understand more about the universe. There is something very very unsettling about knowing we are a speck in an ocean we can't even figure out a way to explore much of. It's sad, lonely, and downright terrifying.

SciFi doesn't scare me too much unless I'm dealing with an existential crisis at the time, in which case I can absolutely not stand to read it without feeling ill. Regardless, nearly all of it gives me this strong, eerie feeling that I can't really describe well. I've actually come to like the genre because of that feeling, but only when I'm able to deal with it.

I know it's weird and I probably did a bad job of explaining it, but I find it very interesting to know that other people encounter similar trouble.

Sal_Ammoniac · 2 points · Posted at 04:44:36 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Big presentations? I don't think I could ever do one. I was lucky that while in school (HS) we only had to do one in all the years, and it was a group presentation. Needless to say, I totally blew my part, it was a mess.

Generally, I don't like large groups of people, and I avoid places with lots of people as much as I can. I don't get out and socialize as a general rule.

I haven't seen practically any Sci-fi movies (because, LOL!), but I have seen bits and pieces of movies such as Total Recall, Terminator 2 and Mad Max (2), and I just go to another room because the effect they have on me is like a nausea. Who wants to watch a movie being nauseated the whole time? Ugh. Maybe the setup in them strips everything safe and familiar away, and only leaves fear and uncertainty, hence the overwhelming anxiety? I don't know.

At school we had to read (of course) Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World. They made me very uncomfortable (the whole point of the genre?), but I was able to read them.

Now, would I go and read them again? No, I would not - and for me it's more like a norm that if I really like a book I will read it again years later, to see what new things I can find in them that my own life experiences bring out.

timetospeakY · 1 points · Posted at 23:33:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Reading these examples I was thinking, "Thanks for letting me know what never to watch/read.

omegote · 3 points · Posted at 21:26:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Good sci-fi like... what? I'm looking for a good movie to watch tonight.

fvertk · 3 points · Posted at 21:44:56 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's because there's no way that dude would know the answers to so many personal questions. Like the bird poop one. So it set you up knowing the dude was omniscient, and then, oh, it's just a normal dude! Way funny though.

Itroll4love · 2 points · Posted at 21:24:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

perfect for /r/unexpected

joshuaoha · 2 points · Posted at 21:42:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm surprised how original, and entertaining that was.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:27:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Should check out Limbo starring H. Jon Benjamin.

klitz11 · 1 points · Posted at 22:27:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Will do, thanks!

DonRobo · 1 points · Posted at 23:38:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I don't get it. Spoiler

l0calher0 · 2 points · Posted at 23:11:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I just got the heaviest feeling of that, that I've had in a while from a the first episode of a SyFy show called Childhood's end. It's based on an Arthur C Clarke novel. I heard it's not as good as the novel, but so far it's pretty interesting.

forgotmythingymajig · 2 points · Posted at 23:41:58 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

well they cheated with the camerawork. Any normal person would be able to tell if they were in a 5x5 box made of paper in the daytime with a breeze blowing on it

"who are you and why am i in this box?" really should have been the first thing said

and they also cheated by making the dude know more than he should, like someone else said

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 21:18:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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bradhitsbass · 3 points · Posted at 21:37:56 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Dig the haiku

MrCobs · 1 points · Posted at 21:24:45 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Do you have any good book recommendations?

captaincupcake234 · 1 points · Posted at 22:03:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

This oddly reminded me of a similar short movie where a man reconnects with his old ex-girlfriend...but she got a sex change and is a man now. They start hanging out a lot, see that their old love is starting to rekindle, and then finally sleep together. But there is a twist at the end! I can't seem to find it.

sedd13 · 1 points · Posted at 22:04:13 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Would you mind pointing a few reads my way? I'm in a book drought and wanna go on some existential trip.

klitz11 · 1 points · Posted at 22:05:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Scan the rest of the thread, there have been a lot of recommendations. Vonnegut and Lovecraft seem like reliable bets to start with.

AliensOfLondon · 1 points · Posted at 22:10:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah that was actually really really good. I thought I was gonna bail in 15 seconds but I'm glad I stayed for the Whole thing.

Princethor · 1 points · Posted at 22:19:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That alone ruined the ending for me :(

DonRobo · 1 points · Posted at 23:17:06 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I need more things to give me that feeling.

Black Mirror, The Egg and Ex Machina was already mentioned. I'd like to add Her and A.I. to that list. Any more suggestions?

WumboPoe · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The game The Talos Principle gives me the same feeling. I would recommend it!

SDSKamikaze · 1 points · Posted at 23:51:12 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It isn't just SciFi you get that from.

Edit: I've just noticed your comment below. Not only SciFi is speculative, any literature can be and most good literature is. Heart of Darkness is about as good a book as you'll find, it makes you reflective but isn't science fiction.

sirin3 · 1 points · Posted at 23:57:54 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The twist is: He actually died and is now in hell. A hell where everyone knows that he cheated on his gf

M-S-S · 1 points · Posted at 00:01:33 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Part of that reason is that the dialogue goes very quick and allows little time for processing. Great way to mask a horrid plot or storyline.

Narwahl_Whisperer · 1 points · Posted at 00:08:54 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It was directed by M knight shamalayn

snap_wilson · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah, I was really into it. Disappointed at having the rug pulled.

karltee · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I feel like I watched an episode of Black Mirror but as a short.

chuckdiesel86 · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I initially thought that is what would happen, but I believed what was happening in the scene pretty quickly. They got me good with this one, when you see it coming and they still convince you it isn't.

loridee · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:40 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I had that feeling too. I also get it when I watch Game of Thrones. To the point where I've taken a break from watching it. For some reason that show causes this feeling the most of any show I have watched.

gray_rain · 1 points · Posted at 06:43:05 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

My anxiety is always very simple and straight forward...never profound. :(

tnarref · 1 points · Posted at 10:43:50 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

aah what I call the Contact effect (for the first 75% of the film)

DUELETHERNETbro · 1 points · Posted at 14:32:41 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think you may have overstepped using profound but ya I got some anxiety to.

nightfan · 1 points · Posted at 21:57:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You know what got me? When they talked about his soul mate, and how they never met, but they came really close. I know it's a funny video, but damn... still thinking about it.

volt1up · 0 points · Posted at 22:34:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I was actually getting that feeling of profound anxiety you get when you watch/read good sci-fi.

wtf?

showmm · 1328 points · Posted at 19:02:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Be sure to turn around when you are in an Angus Steak House.

Great little skit, really enjoyed the twist.

Scout_022 · 356 points · Posted at 23:04:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

and cheers to OP for not spoiling it in the title.

DownvotesForAdmins · 161 points · Posted at 23:26:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

op came out of hiding for the first time in two years to post this on two subs and then immediately disappeared into obscurity

his name is /u/tahoejuggler!

🎙️ tahoejuggler · 298 points · Posted at 23:29:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm here! Just been watching. Smiling ear to ear right now!

mynaras · 60 points · Posted at 02:03:04 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Dammit OP, we're supposed to hate you, but you were actually kinda cool.

🎙️ tahoejuggler · 85 points · Posted at 02:04:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

haha, now I'm up in my head. I don't want to ruin this good thing we've got going!

Jigglybuff · 13 points · Posted at 02:04:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

And you juggle? Come join us in /r/juggling!

🎙️ tahoejuggler · 21 points · Posted at 02:08:13 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I found a new home! This is awesome!

ghengilhar · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Congrats OP, that was genuinely entertaining and unexpected too!

🎙️ tahoejuggler · 3 points · Posted at 03:04:15 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Glad you enjoyed it! What a ride today has been.

justarandomcollegeki · 8 points · Posted at 23:19:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yea the moment the twist hit is the hardest I've laughed in a few days at least, definitely glad it wasn't spoiled

centran · 2 points · Posted at 04:10:14 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

well that's why we have reposts! keep a look out in 2.3 weeks. good thing you saw it now so you aren't spoiled then.

ihahp · 3 points · Posted at 03:37:10 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

If you liked that, you might like this

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:39:49 on April 12, 2016 · (Permalink)

The hell did i just watch?

JeffersonFull · 3 points · Posted at 06:52:19 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Tip for the future: Saying there is a twist is almost as much of a spoiler as revealing the twist itself. Don't say there's a twist.

showmm · 2 points · Posted at 08:15:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Tip for the future: Don't read through the comments until you've watched the video.

JeffersonFull · 0 points · Posted at 08:21:06 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I did watch the video first, so I wasn't spoiled. But I do know some people read comments before watching, myself included. And it's less about the comments thread, more about talking about twists anywhere. In conversation, in "spoiler-free" discussions, etc.

1SweetChuck · 1 points · Posted at 07:31:19 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

See. I thought it was good right up until the twist. The twist was just disappointing to me.

showmm · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:35 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I know what you mean, it was good without that, but it finished it up neatly. Where could it go without that ending? A full-length movie?

Paradox2063 · 2 points · Posted at 17:58:09 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

So, did you ever make that Chocolate-Mashed Potato Cake with Ganache you said you would?

showmm · 2 points · Posted at 19:14:44 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

You know, I was just thinking of that this week. I haven't forgotten, just got busy. Thanks for the gentle reminder, I'll try and get it done within the month.

Paradox2063 · 2 points · Posted at 21:47:08 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

Neat, I hope to see it on the front page.

showmm · 1 points · Posted at 10:41:05 on February 4, 2016 · (Permalink)

I doubt it'll make the front page, but here it is! https://www.reddit.com/r/casualiama/comments/444r32/i_baked_a_chocolate_potato_cake_ama/

guerochuleta · 1 points · Posted at 13:59:25 on February 2, 2016 · (Permalink)

In Mexico city Angus is the name of a steakhouse where the waitresses are also escorts, good times.

jessebased · 2844 points · Posted at 19:06:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

that jfk answer sounds so believable

TheMrNashville · 1196 points · Posted at 20:00:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It probably is. That theory comes from an investigation an independent detective did using actual ballistics from the crime scene. There is a documentary called "JFK: The Smoking Gun" on Netflix that details the entire theory.

Umgar · 943 points · Posted at 21:30:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The specific scenario detailed in the documentary and book is that a secret service agent driving behind the president's limo accidentally discharged his AR-15 when his vehicle lurched forward in response to Oswald's two shots; and that this shot hit President Kennedy in the head, killing him instantly. Secret Service then covered it up to protect their name and the agent responsible since it was after all, an accident cause by Lee Harvey Oswald.

The theory is based mostly on speculation though. There isn't a lot of hard evidence to support it and despite what the documentary asserts, ballistics tests do not rule out a Carcano rifle round fragmenting and doing the type of catastrphic damage that Kennedy's head sustained. In fact, ballistics tests against real skulls have shown that Carcano rounds can in fact tumble and splinter causing exactly the type of fatal wound that killed Kennedy. There's a good write up here if anyone is interested.

halpinator · 1293 points · Posted at 22:03:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'd feel like such a goof if I accidently shot the president in the head.

Sunderious · 1997 points · Posted at 22:14:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Wow, I did like... The exact opposite of my job."

BaIobam · 941 points · Posted at 22:23:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wow, I did like... The exact opposite of my job

i immediately read that in archer's voice

Inferzo · 210 points · Posted at 22:42:19 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It would actually be something that could happen in an archer episode too.

BaIobam · 74 points · Posted at 22:43:42 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

i actually googled it before replying to see if it was infact in an episode and they were quoting it

Just_A_Dank_Bro · 1 points · Posted at 23:39:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Check Google images. Shit gets pretty random.

EnderVoiden · 1 points · Posted at 23:57:47 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I was already going to use "Dammit Sterling!" As a response until I saw the comments below it.

GinjaNinja-NZ · 3 points · Posted at 23:13:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

What the fuck cyril!?

The-Mathematician · 1 points · Posted at 06:01:12 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah, Cyril does literally shoot someone in the head that they were interegating.

El_Suavador · 2 points · Posted at 02:05:30 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Have we already forgotten the multiple times it happened to Brett? Nobody remembers Brett.

I-Downloaded-a-Car · 2 points · Posted at 00:17:33 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I just started watching Archer. Such a great show. Wildly inappropriate cartoons like Archer and Southpark are the best

EveLydon · 2 points · Posted at 09:58:29 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

Did you watch Rick & Morty already or do I have to slap you?

I-Downloaded-a-Car · 2 points · Posted at 18:32:07 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

Plz slap. I'm going to start soon

EveLydon · 2 points · Posted at 20:14:31 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

DO IT! Here is some stuff:

Steve

Roy

Pawn Shop

Oh and also this.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:31:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

i also read it in H. J. Benjamin's voice

farbthebearjew- · 1 points · Posted at 23:52:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thwarting an assassination attempt on the pope.

PAM: Aw crap, he's already dead.

ARCHER: No he's not, he's just old. That's how Woodhouse looks when he's asleep.

PAM: I'm gonna get a mirror.

ARCHER: Right until he wakes and sees me staring at him with night-vision goggles and literally pisses himself. Hey, does Woodhouse seem unhappy to you, or -- what the hell're you doing?!

PAM: Gonna see if his breath fogs it up.

ARCHER: Put the stupid mirror back, he's not- Dead. Wow, you did like... The exact opposite of your job.

PAM: I killed the pope! Jesus Christ I'm going to hell I'm going to hell I'm going to hell I'm-

ARCHER: Pam.

PAM: Yes?

ARCHER: Get off the pope.

LakesideHerbology · 1 points · Posted at 23:59:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I didn't realize I had until you said it.

bisilfishil · 1 points · Posted at 00:10:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Really? I read it in the voice of Bob from Bob's Burgers.

PurpleHippo587 · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:44 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Oh. Thank you so much for reminding me. I started the first season months ago, and I've finally got a day off. Archer marathon it is!

leftovas · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

John C. Reilly for me.

tsenaku · 1 points · Posted at 09:43:45 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

holy shit I did too.

floortroll · 1 points · Posted at 16:15:59 on February 12, 2016 · (Permalink)

Dude, I did the exact same thing

captainmagictrousers · 173 points · Posted at 22:28:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It would be like getting a job as a cook at a diner, and somebody comes in to order a burger and fries, but instead of cooking them a burger and fries, you accidentally shoot the president in the head.

CayenneGT · 11 points · Posted at 23:44:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Omg that reminded me of Aziz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjytlay-hBU

420dankmemes1337 · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:27 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

What's the full version of this?

[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 00:10:00 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Actually, that's exactly how Bobby Kennedy died.

LordGhoul · 2 points · Posted at 00:17:22 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I thought you were gonna say you accidentally cook and fry your customer

cant_stump_da_trump · 3 points · Posted at 22:24:42 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

your comment made me cry from how hard i laughed.

SunriseSurprise · 3 points · Posted at 22:38:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Ooo...I wonder if they'll let me keep my job. Or this gun."

pikodegayo · 2 points · Posted at 00:10:15 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Caaaarrlll...

zerodb · 1 points · Posted at 23:04:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Do you want conspiracy theories?

Because that's how you get conspiracy theories.

REDfohawk · 1 points · Posted at 00:23:09 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Or did he? *X-Files theme intensifies"

THE_INTERNET_EMPEROR · 1 points · Posted at 00:36:41 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"You are our all time not best employee! Here's your medal made out of chewed bubble gum, we'll put it in the box with the rest of your stuff. NOW GET THE HELL OUT!"

TastyBrainMeats · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:11 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is why trigger discipline is a thing.

Sliderrific · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:50 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

http://imgur.com/lKvgfEK

qwertyroffle · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:12 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Someone please gild the comment above mine. Alas, I am too poor. :(

stonefry · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:32 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's like if I were a ketchup salesman and I came into your house and ate your hamburger.

GreenBrain · 1 points · Posted at 15:55:13 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's funny. If I do the exact opposite of my job I end up on this website commenting on things.

lazylearner · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:09 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

lolz

just... lolz.

Thank you for this.

jdlsharkman · 1 points · Posted at 00:48:07 on April 8, 2016 · (Permalink)

I upvoted you to 1776. I feel like that's important, for some reason.

frozzone · 1 points · Posted at 11:09:56 on July 19, 2016 · (Permalink)

I've never done something so wrong

fupa16 · 65 points · Posted at 22:14:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I would probably confess on my deathbed.

Brutalitarian · 87 points · Posted at 22:17:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'd take that shit to the grave.

Clawless · 60 points · Posted at 22:33:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

And miss out on such a solid Citizen Kane moment? No way, I wish I had some kind of big mic drop reveal that I could pull out at the last minute.

GSun103 · 3 points · Posted at 23:17:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Just make one up. No one will know.

Spambop · 9 points · Posted at 00:21:36 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"It was his sled! It was his sled, from when he was a kid. There, that saved you two long, boobless hours."

ms4 · 5 points · Posted at 23:32:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Back..... and to the left... aaaaghghghhhhhhhhh."

KuntaStillSingle · 3 points · Posted at 04:08:37 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Do you remember that time you looked in the fridge and someone had taken a bite of your sandwhich?"

Oh god don't worry reall-

"Shhshshh no I have to say it. I uh, I-"

Oh grampa I l-

"Shh I- I-"

Grandpa I knew don't worry plea-

----------------------------beep--------------------------

Lordrandall · 2 points · Posted at 23:45:38 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Pres-blood...

BainshieDaCaster · 2 points · Posted at 00:06:37 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Dota is better than lol.......dies

hjwoolwine · 1 points · Posted at 23:30:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Rosebud

Underwater_Grilling · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:14 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I brag about my big stuff right away. I have lots of self pride for my accomplishments

LazyOrCollege · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:03 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well you're not on your death bed yet

THE_INTERNET_EMPEROR · 1 points · Posted at 00:39:22 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)*

"I'm the reason why kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch, it was all me... all... *cough along... Austin."*

ahumblesloth · 3 points · Posted at 23:21:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"...And that's how I accidentally shot President Kennedy. Good bye, I love y-"

"Sir! There's been a miracle! You're cured!"

itsSawyer · 2 points · Posted at 22:45:58 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'd imagine that would be against some rule - they might "accidentally" shoot your kids

shiroishii731 · 2 points · Posted at 00:27:25 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Then they IM a reverse aging serum that keeps you alive forever, and they throw you in the super duper secret prison where the prisoners beg to go to Guantanamo bay.

Blick · 2 points · Posted at 03:20:43 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Billy, you were always my favorite. Leslie, I liked your first husband better. Scruffles, our old terrier, didn't run away. He was hit by a car, and I buried him by the swing set. One last thing...

I shot Kennedy."

"Dad?"

"Billy, you were always my favorite..."

Dad_Jokes_Incoming · 2 points · Posted at 03:22:05 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Why does it take longer to get from 2nd to 3rd base, than it does to get from 1st to 2nd base? Because there's a Shortstop in between!

Whadios · 51 points · Posted at 22:16:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Can you imagine the work nickname you'd get after something like that? Would make it tough to come to work each day.

pizzasoup · 151 points · Posted at 22:59:13 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Hey, everyone, check out Bullseye over here"

Msyu_ · 46 points · Posted at 22:52:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Nice job, Fumbles.

King_Of_Geese · 7 points · Posted at 22:50:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hey Garrat-atatatatat.

Gorrrn · 8 points · Posted at 22:58:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Hey, look! It's President-Shooter!"

"Guys :("

roflzzzzinator · 4 points · Posted at 22:52:08 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hey it's JFKiller!.. that sucked..

JJYossarian · 3 points · Posted at 23:11:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hey, at least you tried!

AllMyFriendsSellCrak · 1 points · Posted at 23:43:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah. Yeah it did.

Actionable_Mango · 2 points · Posted at 01:10:55 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Kingslayer

stonefry · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

JF Killah

OnlyRadioheadLyrics · 5 points · Posted at 22:16:08 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Pranked ya!

spm2011 · 2 points · Posted at 22:27:52 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

ITS JUST A PRANK BRO!

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:59:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

TIFU when.....

Rekhyt · 1 points · Posted at 22:16:19 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You done goof'd!

jbkrule · 1 points · Posted at 22:21:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

When you say goof I imagine Steve Urkel going "oops, did I do that?"

cuddernaut · 1 points · Posted at 22:23:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

SS Agent 1: Oh, man, I shot JFK in the face! SS Agent 2: What!? Why the fuck'd you do that?!

FRINGEclass · 1 points · Posted at 22:25:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/TIFU material

downtowneil · 1 points · Posted at 22:50:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Whoops-a-daisy!! Did I do that?!"

Paddy_Tanninger · 1 points · Posted at 23:20:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Boy would my face be red!

DennisThaMenace · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:19 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yup and JFK's! And probably Jackie's too!

Hi_mom1 · 1 points · Posted at 23:39:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

When I read your wording '...like such a goof...' all I could think about was ¯_(ツ)_/¯ --- and I'm still laughing.

Has it been long enough that someone could write a short movie with Mr. Bean or somebody like that as the Secret Service Agent

Mirrormn · 1 points · Posted at 23:49:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah, that would be quite a gaff.

veul · 1 points · Posted at 00:03:28 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Watch the Ridiculous 6, Luke Wilson messed up and got Lincoln killed.

wildmetacirclejerk · 1 points · Posted at 00:18:24 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

you silly goof

Fuzzyninjaful · 1 points · Posted at 01:03:24 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It would be the greatest TIFU of all time.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:09:43 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ooh I just shot him I'm the back of the head I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnWwhErjhUI&t=2m46s

Easilycrazyhat · 1 points · Posted at 02:04:39 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Oh you

Nimbokwezer · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:43 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Billy, I'm gonna be honest with ya. Ya goofed up bad. Real bad. Give me your gun and badge. Don't tell anyone.

KuntaStillSingle · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:16 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's like being the guy who thinks he can handle Fuze on a hostage round.

Wholemeal · 1 points · Posted at 06:35:15 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

You should play fallout 4, left clicking to skip dialogue and also being the shoot button. It's awesome.

-5m · 1 points · Posted at 09:10:49 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"whoopsie"

rumpleforeskin1 · 1 points · Posted at 10:24:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I just imagine that guy being in the car and accidentally shooting the president in the head and being like "tch awwww man... welp, what can you do?" And then just shrugs it off

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:28:10 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Makes you wonder if any Secret Service agents committed suicide or at least fell into a deep depression and left the service shortly after Kennedy's death.

Beiber_hole-69 · 1 points · Posted at 14:32:31 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Whoopsie!

CivEZ · 1 points · Posted at 15:19:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Awww shit, I shot JFK in the Face..."
"WHY THE FUCK DID YOU DO THAT!?!"

AlmightyB · 1 points · Posted at 12:50:23 on February 15, 2016 · (Permalink)

Curb your enthusiasm music plays

doublechucklehaha · 7 points · Posted at 22:45:58 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The problem I have with that is why would a secret service agent have his rifle aimed anywhere directed near the POTUS? His job is to point his scope literally anywhere else.

Goliathus123 · 6 points · Posted at 04:19:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The whole story is extremely hard to believe. Some how a Secret Service agent was so unqualified with an assault rifle that he let off a negligent discharge while aiming at a friendly?

Secret Service agents don't just sign up, then stand next to the president, it takes nearly a decade of experience and training. That guy is so incompetent that after 10 years he can't figure out basic gun safety, but is still allowed not only in the Secret Service but on a protective detail of the POTUS.

That's totally believable....

scuba7183 · 5 points · Posted at 17:57:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

IIRC, the AR15 was a recent addition to the Secret Service, and the agents were out at a bar until 5 am

BillyBBone · 1 points · Posted at 00:32:50 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It was his first day on the job... Oups!

baconlover24 · 2 points · Posted at 02:26:14 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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Goliathus123 · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:04 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It takes a minimum of 8 years to reach the point where you do field work in the Secret Service.

baconlover24 · 0 points · Posted at 17:48:30 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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baconlover24 · 3 points · Posted at 02:25:26 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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Goliathus123 · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:26 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

How does a 5.56 split someone's head apart like a watermelon?

baconlover24 · 0 points · Posted at 17:43:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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ChornWork2 · 2 points · Posted at 23:38:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hard to believe that the real story wouldn't have come out by now -- lots of folks would have known about that.

Trustworthy12 · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:41 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thank you for one of the few educational comments on Reddit.

oneultralamewhiteboy · 1 points · Posted at 22:06:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Are you Bill Hicks?

Paddy_Tanninger · 1 points · Posted at 00:02:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I don't see how that angle would work out at all with the video though...like it really seems to be a shot that came from President's right and maybe even slightly ahead of him too.

JayStar1213 · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:10 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's interesting, but it's quite a stretch.

innociv · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:11 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

There isn't a lot of hard evidence to support it and despite what the documentary asserts, ballistics tests do not rule out a Carcano rifle round fragmenting and doing the type of catastrphic damage that Kennedy's head sustained.

What about the part where they recovered 3 shells, but the one shell was weathered, with the end pinched, that was just used to keep out dirt?

That seems like hard evidence supporting it to me, even discounting the whole witnesses smelling gunsmoke and other things. It seems to me that Lee Harvey only fired 2 shots himself.

I still have trouble understanding how the other two bullets bounced off many bones and only deformed, not fragmented, but the one that hit his head fragments on the thin skull, even when you say that a ballistic tests don't rule that out. I guess the idea is that it tumbledand hit his head sideways? But even then, those are heavy bullets that tend to bend instead of fragment. Dunno.

TheNotoriousKAT · 1 points · Posted at 06:02:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

There's a book about it as well.

yaosio · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:54 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Also there would have been a flash on the film and there wasn't.

SorostituteRN · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:46 on January 26, 2016 · (Permalink)

sounds like vince accidentally shooting the guy in the backseat of the car in pulp fiction

luger718 · 26 points · Posted at 21:34:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

and there goes the next two hours of my life

z64dan · 93 points · Posted at 21:20:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Can you show me in the video where the Secret Service Agent shot Kennedy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqk3sdfXFkc (warning: NSFL)

blacknwhitelitebrite · 55 points · Posted at 21:39:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

Something's wrong with that footage because the car behind JFK's just disappears so you can't really see anything.

Watch from 1:00 - 1:10

Edit: Whatever the reason, it doesn't really matter. The footage was linked in order for someone to point out where the secret service agent shot JFK, which is impossible due to the fact that you can't even see him, regardless of whether or not this theory is true.

Ataraxist · 66 points · Posted at 22:11:10 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Its an image stabalization, they took the video and transposed it into a composite image of the background's non-moving objects. This allows us to have a solid frame of reference while the subject matter might be shaky. check out /r/ImageStabilization

Hence, disappearing cars...

G0RG0TR0N · 14 points · Posted at 22:12:58 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

There's nothing 'wrong' with the footage...IIRC that video stitches together the Zapruder film and other citizen's videos from that day over an image of the entire grounds (probably taken from the citizen videos just before the motorcade came through)...the following car isn't shown at that point because there weren't any cameras being pointed at the following car at that point in time.

blacknwhitelitebrite · 6 points · Posted at 22:15:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Alright well it doesn't really matter why it's that way. The point is that it's useless for trying to see whether or not the secret service agent shot JFK.

SuaveRico · 27 points · Posted at 21:52:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The way it's showed has a lot of problems cuz IT'S FUCKING CUT!!!!

[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 22:11:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's stabilized so there are parts of the shot that get cut out.

z64dan · 4 points · Posted at 21:46:07 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

....

treapor · 1 points · Posted at 10:03:10 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

What you do see though is the car with Kennedy slowing down right before/at the same time as he is shot in the head. Adding to the theory of the secret service firing by mistake

ScrewAttackThis · 1 points · Posted at 00:55:56 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

There's nothing wrong with it. It's a recreation from multiple sources.

Sanityzzz · 0 points · Posted at 02:18:32 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Why is this upvoted?

roguepawn · 8 points · Posted at 21:50:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It seems unlikely given that everyone very quickly reacted once JFK was actually shot. Before that it seemed very casual. The first shot would have caused them all to duck, then the SS agent would have shot him.

I'm not believing this.

InZomnia365 · 5 points · Posted at 22:23:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I believe the first shot hits him at about 12 seconds? Then the shot to the head about 6 seconds later.

geoman2k · 5 points · Posted at 03:14:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

After watching this, I'm definitely calling bullshit. How has no one noticed the grey sign on the left side of the road with the youtube URL on it!?! First of all, Youtube didn't even exist in 1963. Secondly, it's in Comic Sans font, which wasn't invented until the 90's!

Wake up, sheeple!

Abandoned_karma · 2 points · Posted at 06:10:54 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Let's say Oswald did shoot him twice.

Would Kennedy's head have been thrown backward like it was?

queen_of_the_spammed · 4 points · Posted at 23:01:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Pretty clear to me that something was going on BEFORE the hit that splattered his brains. At least 2 seconds, from just a frame or two before the car comes past the sign. IMO he was hit twice.

z64dan · 15 points · Posted at 23:13:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

He was hit twice, it's pretty common knowledge. Oswald fired three times, and hit him twice (in addition, one of the bullets went through him, and struck the man directly in front of him).

as President Kennedy waved to the crowds on his right with his right arm upraised on the side of the limo, a shot entered his upper back, penetrated his neck, slightly damaged a spinal vertebra and the top of his right lung, and exited his throat nearly centerline just beneath his larynx, nicking the left side of his suit tie knot. He raised his elbows and clenched his fists in front of his face and neck, then leaned forward and left. Mrs. Kennedy, facing him, then put her arms around him in concern.

According to the Warren Commission, a second shot struck the President at Zapruder film frame 313. The Commission made no conclusion as to whether this was the second or third bullet fired. The presidential limousine was then passing in front of the John Neely Bryan north pergola concrete structure. Each body concluded that the second shot to hit the president entered the rear of his head (the House Select Committee placed the entry wound four inches higher than the Warren Commission placed it) and, passing in fragments through his head, created a large, "roughly ovular" [sic] hole on the rear, right side.

This is a good summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_F._Kennedy

ScrewAttackThis · 5 points · Posted at 00:59:25 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's because that's exactly what happened. He was shot twice. The first bullet is at the center of the single-bullet/magic-bullet theory. It caused a total of 7 entry and exit wounds.

JayStar1213 · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:26 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Doesn't even show a car ahead.

zgrove · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:37 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That video look like it's showing more, but it's really just the original shaky video transposed on to a static background. There was a whole parade going on, not just 1 car

f0rbes1 · 1 points · Posted at 15:20:06 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

damn looks to me like the driver shot him

[deleted] · -3 points · Posted at 21:58:06 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

He was dead before he was shot in the head. He had already left when he slumped over after being shot in the chest.

neveroddoreven · 10 points · Posted at 22:23:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Being shot in the chest doesn't kill you instantly.

cptpedantic · 3 points · Posted at 03:58:10 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

i'd imagine taking one to the aorta would pretty damned fast.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:29:06 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

No one said anything about being killed instantly except you. He grabbed his chest, he was clearly panicking, and then he slumped over. Watch him in the video.

Forever_Awkward · 1 points · Posted at 22:18:15 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

How do ya know that?

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:19:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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[deleted] · 226 points · Posted at 20:24:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well the theory is that it was an accidental shot from the secret service agent (meant to be at Oswald, accidentally hit JFK), not an assassination, so............

[deleted] · 51 points · Posted at 20:45:08 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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thatcockneythug · 94 points · Posted at 20:55:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It sounds improbable maybe, but not absurd. Shit, I remember the first time I read the official explanation. You know, the "magic bullet" theory. That sounded about as unlikely to me as this scenario. People make mistakes, even secret service agents.

PM_ME_UR_ANKLES · 60 points · Posted at 21:10:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thats because people got their opinions of the Magic Bullet from the movie JFK which wasnt grounded in fact. The theory of the Magic Bullet is that the two were sitting in the car in a completely orderly fashion like this. We have the Zapruder film though, and can see that that wasn't how they were sitting. Here's a better picture. Does the trajectory seem as magical now?

WhatTheFlux1 · 18 points · Posted at 21:22:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Why is the angle of entry/exit through JFK so different in the two different models, which one is more accurate?

PM_ME_UR_ANKLES · 27 points · Posted at 21:26:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The second one I posted is more accurate but if I remember correctly JFK was turned slightly to the right as well and not facing forward; the exit wound was closer to his left shoulder. Neither picture is 100%, just pointing out the obvious ridiculousness of the magic bullet theory. That argument is based on things that just arent true and can be proven.

LilBabyTyTy · 1 points · Posted at 21:57:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Both JFK and the Governor were turned slightly, but the seats in the Cadillac they were sitting in also had a slight difference in both height and positioning left to right.

Plus the theory proposed in the JFK smoking gun documentary is actually the most reasonable I've heard. A 5.56 round does some nasty shit to human flesh and bone, and knowing that and Murphy's law, it's entirely possible.

GSun103 · 1 points · Posted at 23:22:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Murphy's law is an epigram, it's doesn't hold any factual basis in reality.

BGYeti · 1 points · Posted at 21:25:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah, science is magical.

sirbruce · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:12 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

My problem with the "magic bullet" isn't the trajectory, but that the supposed "stretcher bullet" isn't nearly deformed enough to have caused all the injuries in question. So why would they plant a bullet if there wasn't something to cover up?

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:22:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's pretty absurd too. Do you know what the odds would be that one stray bullet fired from a secret service agent would just happen to hit the president in the head?

Astronomically low, certainly not high enough to legitimately consider it, even if not technically impossible.

Fugdish · 3 points · Posted at 22:00:12 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It does explain the CIA cover up though.

Bob_Droll · 13 points · Posted at 20:58:54 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think it's more along the lines of JFK was shot by Oswald, and the secret service guy turned around and accidentally shot JFK again. So JFK would have been shot twice (hence the "magic bullet" that seemed to have multiple trajectories).

foreverstudent · 8 points · Posted at 21:18:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It seemed to if you assume that Governor Wallace was seated at the same height and directly in front of JFK. He was on a jump-seat so he was lower and a little to the side.

Dadalot · 7 points · Posted at 22:04:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Governor Connally

foreverstudent · 2 points · Posted at 22:23:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

My bad, thanks

blacknwhitelitebrite · 0 points · Posted at 00:42:59 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Too bad it wasn't Wallace...

exploitativity · 9 points · Posted at 21:11:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Now I feel like you're just trying to save face because your original comment was totally pointless by being contrarian towards the actual theory.

[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 20:59:08 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I mean, you're totally fine to disagree with it if you think it sounds unlikely. It certainly is a strange turn of events.

But you should at least disagree with the actual theory and not one you made up yourself. No one is claiming that a secret service agent attempted to assassinate JFK, so your original post is meaningless.

Trequetrum · 2 points · Posted at 21:19:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I love how anything goes with conspiracy theories no matter how crazy as long as it isn't "the official story".

It's like you looked up the definition of conspiracy theory and then were surprised by it! :P

blacknwhitelitebrite · 2 points · Posted at 21:26:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

Well, it is grounded in some truth. Like the fact that the entrance wound to his head was smaller than a 6.5mm bullet, but fit perfectly for a 5.56 (the type of ammo used in an AR15). Also, the bullets used in Oswald's gun don't generally explode upon impact as does the 5.56mm. If a 6.5mm bullet was used for the fatal shot, it should have gone clean through. Then again, I got all of this from the Netflix documentary so it could all just be bullshit.

w00t4me · 2 points · Posted at 22:22:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

On a related note, the bullet that hit Reagan in the chest ricocheted off the armored door on his Limo. If the limo was not armored it would have simply passed through the door. Although that story has no negligence on the Secret Service's behalf,

AFK_Tornado · 8 points · Posted at 21:04:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

If this were true and proven, I doubt the government would let anyone know.

1) It's not a clean narrative.

2) Gun-control activists would use it ad nauseam to illustrate how badly even the best trained gunmen in the world can fuck up. Even if you support gun control, you'd probably get tired of hearing about it.

MarsellusWallace12 · 25 points · Posted at 21:18:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I doubt their main worry was what gun control people would think at the time it happened, that wouldn't even be a second thought.

It more (if the conspiracy was true) would be "OUR OWN SECRET SERVICE AGENT KILLED THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES."

nkl432790fdewql4321e · 2 points · Posted at 21:36:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's not a conspiracy theory. It's just a theory. There is no conspiracy involved in said theory.

FCalleja · 1 points · Posted at 22:03:58 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Isn't hiding what happened a conspiracy? The conspiracy may not have been there BEFORE the assassination attempt, but the theory claims the secret service hid the facts to save face... that would take a pretty big conspiracy to pull off.

I3ombastic · 1 points · Posted at 21:59:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I mean, of all the conspiracy theories I've heard, this one is the least crazy and most plausible sounding.

d0m1n4t0r · 0 points · Posted at 21:30:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

And I love how you believe everything and anything you're told as the official story :)

z64dan · -1 points · Posted at 21:14:58 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

relevant xkcd

xkcd_transcriber · 1 points · Posted at 21:15:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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Title: Semicontrolled Demolition

Title-text: I believe the truth always lies halfway between the most extreme claims.

Comic Explanation

Stats: This comic has been referenced 89 times, representing 0.0921% of referenced xkcds.

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cantusethemain · 1 points · Posted at 21:31:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Seems exceedingly unlikely that someone aiming at the upper floors of a building down the street would hit the guy in the back seat of a car directly behind...but what do I know.

blacknwhitelitebrite · 1 points · Posted at 00:47:40 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Obviously if this theory is true the SS agent shot JFK couldn't have been aiming at the book depository at the time his gun went off. The theory suggests he pulled the gun out of the back seat, cocked it, then when he was about to aim up it went off.

Awesomekip · 1 points · Posted at 21:02:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

But it was back, and to the left.

Back, and to the left.

BigPapaSnickers · 7 points · Posted at 21:29:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

For Reference

Awesomekip · 1 points · Posted at 21:35:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That is one magic loogie

briguy182182 · 1 points · Posted at 21:41:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

For Reference Reference

Goullet · -1 points · Posted at 21:34:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I seriously doubt anyone would think they could hit someone from that distance with a hand gun. Let alone a secret service member.

boxoffice1 · 17 points · Posted at 20:56:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Are you implying that the Secret Service has assassinated people? I think I'd like you to explain that a little bit. I mean the CIA? Sure. The Secret Service? It's hard to see how assassinations would enter their scope

antihexe · -3 points · Posted at 21:03:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The U.S. Secret Service has two distinct areas of responsibility:

Financial Crimes, covering missions such as prevention and investigation of counterfeit U.S. currency, U.S. treasury securities, and investigation of major fraud.

Protection, which entails ensuring the safety of current and former national leaders and their families, such as the President, past Presidents, Vice Presidents, presidential candidates, visiting heads of state, and foreign embassies.

So, money and powerful people. Both places where assassinations would be alluring. Means, motive, and opportunity. Just need the motive. It's easy to see why people would wonder.

[deleted] · 25 points · Posted at 21:24:12 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's... not evidence of the secret service assassinating anyone ever. If you're going to make claims like that you have to have evidence for it. You can't just say "You've gotta wonder!" and move on.

antihexe · -1 points · Posted at 23:09:56 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I never said it was evidence.

[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 21:40:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

So, money and powerful people. Both places where assassinations would be alluring. Means, motive, and opportunity.

A lot of assumptions there with no real evidence. Your argument is completely pointless.

antihexe · 0 points · Posted at 23:09:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I don't think you understand what I was said.

roflbbq · 2 points · Posted at 21:50:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The FBI also covers Financial crimes and protection. Are you saying the FBI also assassinates people?

antihexe · 0 points · Posted at 23:09:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Of course not. I'm not saying the secret service does either.

[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 21:44:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 21:54:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well, yeah. That's expected of the CIA. The Secret Service is like, half bodyguard and half money-cop.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:14:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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Long_Drive · 2 points · Posted at 22:17:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Whoops, my bad. Disregard that. Yeah the secret service doesn't assassinate people.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:43:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Based on what?

[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 21:26:15 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

polonium....

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:10:25 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ask anyone who was actually involved in the investigation, or was a part of the Secret Service that day, and they'll tell you it was just Lee Harvey Oswald, shooting from the school book depository.

Edit* Also, anyone with that much weapons training would almost never be holding a rifle, or gun of any kind, with their finger on the trigger. Especially not while directly behind the president, and surrounded by thousands of people.

BCSinReverse · 0 points · Posted at 00:42:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well of course anyone that was part of the Secret Service would be involved in the cover up. And it was after Oswald already fired a couple of shots, that is why he would have had his finger on his trigger then.

JayStar1213 · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:57 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It probably is.

I'm sure.

MoonMonsoon · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:12 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I thought the ballistics proved that the bullet came from behind because the front of his head exploding is consistent with the exit wound of being shot in the back of the head with a rifle

johnkeng · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:04 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

TIFU

OwenDeedy · 1 points · Posted at 22:01:15 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I've read a lot about it, and this is the theory I usually accept. I don't think it was a conspiracy, just a dumb accident. I do believe that Oswald was the only one looking to kill JFK.

Bill James does a good summary of this theory in his book Popular Crime.

slapded · -1 points · Posted at 22:11:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Um.. no

Shorvok · 62 points · Posted at 21:31:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I can't believe after watching the assassination video that something short of a high powered rifle shot him. His head explodes.

[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 22:57:58 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

To be fair most bullets will cause at least the exit portion of your head to explode. At least taking into account that back then service pistols for a lot of those guys were .38 specials or .45s.

teachbirds2fly · 7 points · Posted at 23:35:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's been a while since I watched the doc but the agents where they think the bullet came from were carrying rifles or automatic weapons...interestingly the day after the secret service stopped those weapons being carried on protection duty.

superatheist95 · 2 points · Posted at 12:30:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think that kinda answers it.

honeybadger331 · 11 points · Posted at 22:22:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

A part of the theory is that the secret service agent was using hollow point rounds

Shorvok · 3 points · Posted at 22:31:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Does the theory bring up what their service weapon was at the time?

ScriptLoL · 4 points · Posted at 23:57:15 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I believe they had pistols and AR-15-type rifles. One theory says that one of the SS with a rifle accidentally discharged a round into JFK's head while trying to retaliate.

honeybadger331 · 1 points · Posted at 00:49:59 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

yes, ill try to find it

superatheist95 · 1 points · Posted at 12:29:16 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Doesnt have to be hollow, it just has to tumble or fragment.

innociv · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

... have you seen an AR-15 shoot things? It makes cinderblocks explode. Go look up a video.

For-The-Swarm · 2 points · Posted at 15:28:13 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Just a quick heads up, a co2 powered BB gun and .22 will also make a cinder block explode. Standard 5.56 and .223 rounds will not make anything explode unless they were hollow point.

I have no inclination to either side of the JFK story, just wanted to clear that up.

Source: have fired nearly 100,000 rounds of ammo in the last decade.

zgrove · 1 points · Posted at 05:04:43 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Lee Harvey Oswald apparently had a 6mm rifle. That's just a little bigger than a .22 that an ar15 would use, and a lot smaller than a 9mm handgun which is pretty standard. I don't know what kind of equipment the secret service was Rollin with though

Ragmetil · 0 points · Posted at 03:32:32 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Shotgun pistol?

raysurc · 29 points · Posted at 21:43:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I couldn't understand what he said. Can someone transcribe?

Cuco1981 · 92 points · Posted at 21:50:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

Secret service agent in front of JFK turns around to shoot Oswald but shoots JFK in the head instead.

Not what he actually said, but it's the meaning I got out of it.

im_not_afraid · 6 points · Posted at 01:45:31 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

OBJECTION. If you look at the drawings and pictures made during autopsy, the bullet clearly travelled from back to front. The secret service agent was in the wrong position. If he shot JFK the bullet would have travelled front to back.

Oshojabe · 6 points · Posted at 03:24:19 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Right but that is what the guy in the video said. The actual theory he's drawing inspiration from doesn't have the problem that the video added to it.

Glorious_Bustard · 29 points · Posted at 22:18:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Basically it was Marvin getting shot by Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction, but in two different cars. An accident in the heat of the moment. May be Oswald's bullet clipped his head but the agent's pistol bullet goes in through the front and blows a chunk out.

TiberiCorneli · 3 points · Posted at 21:53:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

My favorite is still the Connally theory.

Glorious_Bustard · 2 points · Posted at 22:23:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That theory plus the accident involving the ss agent sounds like a plausible story.

ser_dunk_the_lunk · 2 points · Posted at 00:32:15 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Uh, dude. Don't call them the SS. That's weird.

[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 00:57:13 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)*

Ve haf zukzeded in our mizzion of refenge. Report to der fuhrer immediatly.

Autocoprophage · 1 points · Posted at 23:59:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I still think Samuel Kickin killed JFK.

Homeschooled316 · 8 points · Posted at 23:31:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

My favorite was "What's the smartest question I could ask in this situation?"

"That one."

"GAH."

Woodshadow · 1 points · Posted at 21:55:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

your comment is asking to open a can of worms your inbox just isn't ready for.

Hi_mom1 · 1 points · Posted at 23:36:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Came here looking for a discussion about the JFK bit...very intriguing.

Badfiish · 1 points · Posted at 12:16:47 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Its one of the way bigger theories, watch a doc on it, there's some wild shit in there

[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 23:03:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

WHY WAS OSWALD AT THE SOVIET EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY BEFORE THE ASSASSINATION?????

LazyCon · -1 points · Posted at 23:05:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

In a Behold a Pale Horse is shown pretty convincingly that the driver shot JFK. I don't know if it was on accident but it really does appear that way in the footage and explains why Jackie O was trying to get out of the car.

GISP · 2658 points · Posted at 18:14:47 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Oh, thats good :)

underthedock · 1592 points · Posted at 18:52:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

fun, quick, and i didn't see that twist coming. Thats a solid sketch

Chillaxbro · 429 points · Posted at 19:30:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

solid /r/unexpected material

RockLoi · 401 points · Posted at 20:26:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Unfortunately like most stuff in /r/unexpected it'd lose its potency if it was actually posted there...

Yauld · 98 points · Posted at 20:45:45 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

not exactly, I can barely guess any /r/unexpected posts before they happen

RockLoi · 281 points · Posted at 20:49:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

But you know something unexpected is about to happen so you don't buy in to the initial premise.

PaterBinks · 9 points · Posted at 21:28:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You should never browse /r/unexpected. The best way to enjoy /r/unexpected is to not realise you are looking at a submission when you are scrolling through your front page posts. That way you aren't expecting something unexpected to happen, you just think it's /r/gifs or something.

RockLoi · 5 points · Posted at 21:32:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I don't browse it but I find it hard to miss the subreddit when I read a title. It's right there in your peripheral...

PaterBinks · 3 points · Posted at 21:35:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I tend to just zone out and move my mouse over things, I have some extension that opens images or gifs by just mousing over, I barely even read titles sometimes. But yeah, sometimes I realise it's /r/unexpected, but sometimes I don't.

RockLoi · 1 points · Posted at 21:38:02 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I used to use Hoverzoom but it frequently got in the way so disabled it. I suppose I didn't notice the sub as much when I used it now that I think about it.

PaterBinks · 1 points · Posted at 21:40:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I remember hearing there was some problem with hoverzoom so I switched to imagus. But yeah, it still gets in the way some times, haha, have to make sure I don't leave my mouse over an image when I leave it at rest.

RockLoi · 1 points · Posted at 21:44:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

My main issue is certain websites it really plays up on, and when an image is large on reddit I can't click the title since the zoomed picture obscures it. I've heard imagus is a decent alternative will have to give it a go.

PaterBinks · 1 points · Posted at 22:02:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Haha, yeah that used to piss me off. It's just too useful though, so It doesn't bother me enough to get rid of it.

FireHazard11 · 1 points · Posted at 22:08:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Just like /r/SubredditSimulator and /r/nottheonion.

Yauld · 49 points · Posted at 20:59:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

but you dont know what will happen, that's the fun part.

RandomName01 · 174 points · Posted at 21:17:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's even better when you don't know there's a twist at all.

ApprenticeTheNoob · 106 points · Posted at 21:35:10 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Post something to /r/unexpected, but make sure it doesn't have a twist.
People expect a twist.
????
Profit!

DragonGuardian · 93 points · Posted at 21:56:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Get banned :p

[deleted] · 58 points · Posted at 21:58:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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stonefry · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:42 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Pretty sure their time was wasted whether they saw something unexpected or not.

ElectroBoof · 1 points · Posted at 22:11:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

This joke is done to death

DownvotesForAdmins · 1 points · Posted at 23:27:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

it wasnt even really funny when it was a joke on south park like 20 years ago

fiftyseven · 1 points · Posted at 22:22:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/ununexpected

WatNxt · 1 points · Posted at 22:23:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Done before

Scottismyname · 1 points · Posted at 22:48:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The twist is that there is no twist. Mind. Blown.

dgraham1908 · 1 points · Posted at 22:54:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Surely that is some meta-twist in of itself?

Waguann · 9 points · Posted at 22:27:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's like when people say "I won't spoil the movie, but there's a really good twist in it..." Fuck you man that is a spoiler!

Seakawn · 4 points · Posted at 00:07:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

How dull can you be to not realize that knowing there's a twist is literally the definition of a spoiler. People like that aggravate me, especially when you call them out for that and receive the following:

"But you don't know what the twist is!"

"Uhh, well, mayybbe there's not a twist! And I'm giving it a twist by making you think there is one!"

"Don't worry it's really good because it isn't predictable!"

Or even worse, the people who don't give a fuck and straight up elaborate on the twist by saying it is predictable and that's why they didn't like it.

Buzbyblue · 1 points · Posted at 00:36:43 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The best is to spoil something that is the most absolute base premise of the movie and watch people get aggravated.

"Wasn't it crazy how the it was the grandparents house the kids were at in the Visit?"

"Omg kylo ren's black face thing is actually a mask, his real face is under it, that blew me away" And such

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:45:15 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I hate it when people recommend me movies and then say: "You'll love the twist at the end!"

n_s_y · -1 points · Posted at 21:36:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

There's always a twist in comedy.

Sinonyx1 · 3 points · Posted at 21:24:10 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

i just read the title then click the link, open comments if i care enough... is it really that common to look at the sub something is in before you watch it?

RockLoi · 1 points · Posted at 21:30:13 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I mean the subreddit is right under the title so I find it hard to miss unless I'm actively avoiding it.

It also provides context if I'm on the fence about a post (is this food or shittyfoodporn?)

CoachPlatitude · 1 points · Posted at 21:26:56 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

One initial premise, please.

RockLoi · 1 points · Posted at 21:33:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

What?

CoachPlatitude · 1 points · Posted at 21:35:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ok you're referencing a Lil Jon video, but which one? That premise is too broad and overplayed to come up with something original.

RockLoi · 1 points · Posted at 21:41:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe I'm just tired but the only thing I understand about your comments is your Lil Jon joke.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:28:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Not if you see it on your front page

ssweens113 · 1 points · Posted at 21:54:02 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well that's why you have to subscribe so it just shows up on your front page mixed in with all other posts from different subreddits.

Obviously if you only browse /r/unexpected then you're expecting the unexpected which, if a post went exactly as expected, well then that'd be quite unexpected.

RockLoi · 1 points · Posted at 21:58:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm getting this comment a lot. I don't ever browse /r/Unexpected I just see the subreddit when I'm reading the titles of posts; I'd have to be avoiding it.

ssweens113 · 1 points · Posted at 22:09:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah I see what you mean. I generally look at both the title of the post and what subreddit it's in before actually clicking on it.

dizzi800 · 1 points · Posted at 23:46:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Often times I'll have somethng on unexpected on my front page - and I don't pay attention so it could be unexpected, gifs, aww, or even WTF

Mr_Wolfgang_Beard · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:06 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Nah I think I'd be thinking "The twist is that he's going to hell... Yup called it! This subreddit is always so predictable... Oh damn that was good!" This would work there

BrownNote · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Do you... not watch M. Night Shamalamadingdong movies then?

sonofaresiii · 0 points · Posted at 23:38:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's like saying "No spoilers, but the twist in that movie is so awesome!"

fuck you man that's a spoiler

Whiskey-Tango-Hotel · 1 points · Posted at 21:53:38 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

There sould be /r/fiftyfifty version of /r/unexpected

Chemical_Castration · 1 points · Posted at 21:58:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You must be great at magic shows.

Yauld · 1 points · Posted at 22:10:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

i mean youre free to look at the top posts and guess what is gonna happen.

Patrik333 · 1 points · Posted at 22:48:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I read your comment as "I can barely guess the content of an /r/unexpected post before it is posted".

That's true.

SuaveRico · 2 points · Posted at 21:45:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yup

Scarbane · 1 points · Posted at 21:17:13 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Title: "Never saw that one coming!"

Zedyy · 1 points · Posted at 21:24:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Theres an add-on that changes "/r/unexpected" to "/r/videos" on your frontpage.

adityapstar · 1 points · Posted at 21:44:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

How often do you read what subreddit a post is in before clicking?

RockLoi · 1 points · Posted at 21:47:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Unless I'm actively avoiding it or have all images expanded in RES I see it when I read the title. It's right there...

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:33:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Someone should make a sub called /r/maybeunexpected where its like a 50/50 shot of something unexpected happening.

XDreadedmikeX · 1 points · Posted at 23:10:18 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I hate when my shit loses potency.

Holy_crap_its_me · 1 points · Posted at 00:13:56 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

When I'm scrolling through the front page, I never see what subreddit it's from, so the stuff from /r/unexpected always gets me.

JealotGaming · 1 points · Posted at 10:39:28 on January 27, 2016 · (Permalink)

Instead of browsing /r/unexpected by itself, instead make a multireddit of gif centered subreddits and browse that way.

[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 19:11:42 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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ChesterHiggenbothum · 1 points · Posted at 20:08:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I agree. It was perfect.

stickysubwayfloor · 0 points · Posted at 20:33:07 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

5/7=perfect?

[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 20:49:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

http://imgur.com/gallery/6xkzh

somadIcanteven · 1 points · Posted at 21:20:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I can keep a straight face throughout most of that, but the "So...a week?" gets me every time.

ScaryBilbo · 1 points · Posted at 21:34:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Brendan is going to murder Robert one day.

Keapexx · 1 points · Posted at 22:18:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

but how can he live if theyres no sound in space

fucking lol'd

lahimatoa · 0 points · Posted at 21:19:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Did... did someone create an imgur album highlighting how they are a dick to their Facebook friends?

dustinjt · 1 points · Posted at 21:23:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's fake. But I wish it was real, because I want both of these people in my facebook feed.

BGYeti · 1 points · Posted at 21:24:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Its fake so no

lundbecs · 1 points · Posted at 21:28:12 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is the abridged version. And its only a single "friend". A one-way feud.

tentoace · 7 points · Posted at 20:35:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Shh bby is okay

newbie12q · 2 points · Posted at 21:18:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I see what you did there!

Watafool · 1 points · Posted at 21:21:07 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

New reddit meme?

Deadfool42 · -2 points · Posted at 20:46:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Perfect score for a proud supporter of DONALD TRUMP.

mykarmadoesntmatter · 1 points · Posted at 21:35:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I say a middle of the road 4/10

PMmeYourNoodz · 2 points · Posted at 20:32:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

and it even has an ending! take that, monty python.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:33:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Solid sketch, right there.

Nik_Tesla · 1 points · Posted at 22:05:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

One of the best things about it is that it knows when to stop. I've seen way too many sketches that drag on for several minutes without adding anything. The other thing it has that 95% of SNL skits don't have, is an ending. Those lazy people just fade out 5 minutes after the joke has been run into the ground.

MegaAlex · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'd like to watch it again for the first time.

seanbyram · 1 points · Posted at 19:20:43 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Fun... smacksmacksmack Quick... smacksmacksmack What a twist... smacksmacksmack That's a ten... smacksmacksmack^{smack^{smack^{smack^{smack^{smack^{smack^{smack^{smack^{smack^{smack^smack}}}}}}}}}}

[deleted] · 53 points · Posted at 20:33:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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Long-Ball-Larry · 5 points · Posted at 23:49:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wow! I loved Dorm Life. I knew I recognized these guys.

jppie7 · 1 points · Posted at 06:45:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I just binged watched the entire show. That was good

dirtymindfilthyways · 3 points · Posted at 22:22:42 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Chris & Jack are awesome! They won the audience award at No Budget Film Festival

zo0galo0ger · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:39 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

And also good because OP didn't ruin it with the title.

n0_relation · 1897 points · Posted at 19:38:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Here is an upvote OP for not fucking up the title and ruining it for the rest of us. Thank you. http://imgur.com/gallery/kmQeK

LaverniusTucker · 616 points · Posted at 20:56:19 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Guy in Purgatory Asks Questions About Life, You Won't Believe the Twist Ending!!!"

TheKrs1 · 188 points · Posted at 21:14:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Girlfriends hate him.

CokeFryChezbrgr · 59 points · Posted at 23:02:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

AFTERLIFE QUESTION PRANK!! CAUGHT CHEATING!! (GONE WRONG!! GONE SEXUAL!!) PURGATORY PRANK GOES WRONG AND CHEATING!!

InfantStomper · 5 points · Posted at 00:24:15 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

IN THE HOOD!! (COPS CALLED!!)!

Janoz · 1 points · Posted at 12:19:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yea but did it go wrong though? Kinda fuzzy on that part still.

EntityDamage · 5 points · Posted at 21:51:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I waited for it without being told to wait for it!

Zuggible · 4 points · Posted at 00:00:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Or the reddit equivalent, "wait for it..."

Paddy_Tanninger · 1 points · Posted at 00:04:49 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

No it'd be more like "guy stages a purgatory prank to get a confession!"

Azurity · 1 points · Posted at 01:02:30 on January 27, 2016 · (Permalink)

http://im.ezgif.com/tmp/ezgif-1141921421.gif

RandomName01 · 1 points · Posted at 21:23:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"10 Reasons You'll Click On This Link, Number 5 Will Shock You"

Grimleawesome · 54 points · Posted at 21:11:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Guy gets BUSTED!!" #rekt #justaprankbro

Husker_Nation_93 · 3 points · Posted at 22:44:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's a social experiment bro! Chill!

shiroishii731 · 1 points · Posted at 00:32:09 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

#inthehood #gonesexual

-Pelvis- · 1 points · Posted at 23:06:23 on April 17, 2016 · (Permalink)*

I did a search in /r/highqualitygifs (here's the link).

I found a higher quality version of this gif, in case you'd like to save it for later. :)

nuffsaiddoe · 340 points · Posted at 19:54:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

reminds me of this clip from robot chicken

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ53kstD-14

lahimatoa · 36 points · Posted at 21:22:06 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Good ol' wall made of poop bricks. Robot Chicken is the best.

nuffsaiddoe · 2 points · Posted at 21:24:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

2.1 miles seems pretty far for someone under 30

edit 33 years thanks bro

wolffangz11 · 3 points · Posted at 21:38:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

11,972 days is almost 33 years.

iushciuweiush · 3 points · Posted at 23:10:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yea just a tad far. Assuming he expelled one standard brick worth of shit a day (which is still grossly exaggerated), the wall would only be 374 feet long.

FCalleja · 1 points · Posted at 22:08:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You poop EVERY DAY, I thought it would be longer, to be honest.

nuffsaiddoe · 5 points · Posted at 22:26:37 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

miles are 5280 ft to make a wall 6 ft high with the 11972 days that dude had would take a pretty big butthole

iushciuweiush · 3 points · Posted at 23:06:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

A standard brick is 3" tall by 9" long so a 6' tall, 2.1 mile long wall would be 24 bricks high and 14,747 bricks long for a total of 353,929 bricks. He would have had to shit over 29 bricks worth of poop every single day for his entire life for that statistic to have been true.

FCalleja · 3 points · Posted at 23:14:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's a calculation worthy of /r/theydidthemath if I ever saw one.

oposssom · 75 points · Posted at 20:54:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

who is voicing the guy? its killing me

NINJA EDIT: IS IT ELIJAH WOOD???

xroarxx · 67 points · Posted at 20:56:45 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The dude reading the book is Elijah Wood, god is Seth Green I think.

edit : http://robotchicken.wikia.com/wiki/The_Book_of_Your_Life

cbung · 1 points · Posted at 22:25:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

So according to that video about the comedian chick stealing jokes... Chris & Jack are shameless thieves!!! ^{^right?}

madd74 · 0 points · Posted at 01:19:26 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I remember this episode. Does it make me old? :/

Regalager86 · 436 points · Posted at 19:41:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Pretty good, and I usually hate everything.

calvinthecalvin · 128 points · Posted at 21:44:00 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

There's a difference between having refined taste and being a cynic just in case you're wondering.

Natdaprat · 7 points · Posted at 23:40:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

No because I'm special.

damnthesenames · 2 points · Posted at 21:26:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I like you, and I usually hate everyone.

Seakawn · 2 points · Posted at 00:14:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Misanthropes usually have naive reasons for their misanthropy. They usually just try to rationalize why they don't like people with shallow reasoning and are stubborn to appreciate people by proactively ignoring everything that makes liking others, enjoying company, etc, a great and positive experience.

In fact, I'd like to know a good, intellectual, coherent reason for misanthropy. I'd intuit one doesn't exist, but maybe I'm wrong.

Rather_Unfortunate · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:35 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

A bit tangential, but okay. It's a moderately interesting topic.

One must also consider the mental health side. Misanthropy often goes hand-in-hand with depression and other mental disorders, as well as being a notorious characteristic of puberty, which can have a drastic effect on mental health in general. It might not be the misanthrope's fault that they feel that way.

BrewedLord · -1 points · Posted at 02:39:57 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

To save energy... It doesn't take much to just ignore shit... but to actually appreciate it? You need serotonin and dopamine and all that shit to be happy...

JonasDeM · 1 points · Posted at 22:18:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

pretty good comment, and I usually despise every comment.

YouWantMySourD · 1 points · Posted at 04:47:00 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Earl Sweatshirt has an album titled "I don't like shit, I don't go outside" It might fit with your personality.

Regalager86 · 1 points · Posted at 17:49:34 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I identify with Green Day's "The Grouch" at this point.

[deleted] · 59 points · Posted at 19:05:37 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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spgusc · 9 points · Posted at 21:43:12 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Watch Dorm Life. Maybe the best web series ever.

BrobaFett · 1063 points · Posted at 19:47:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Cool video. But how the fuck would the Purgatory Master know it was bird poop before the guy finished his story?

My hypothesis (and I'll try to do this without spoiling): What the purgatory master said on 1:49 of the video is, in fact, true and what happens on 2:44 is EXACTLY the start of the eternity promised to him.

RockLoi · 651 points · Posted at 20:28:18 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Or they spoke to his girlfriend and found out stuff he's likely to ask about.

SirCarlo · 207 points · Posted at 20:37:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Jesus how likely would he A) have told his girlfriend such an obscure story and B) why would she remember that as something to ask? Great sketch anyhow.

RockLoi · 394 points · Posted at 20:44:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

He's given a one-time opportunity of one minute to ask any question ever and he spends time asking this; seems to me it's something that isn't that obscure.

RandomName01 · 98 points · Posted at 21:20:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Good point. It seemed like it was something that had been bothering him for a long time, so he'd probably have told her at one point.

Sirnacane · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Or they asked him a bunch of stuff when he was drugged to see what he was most likely to ask in a minute if he thought he was dead.

Or it was a lucky coincidence because no matter what the guy's response was, he would be correct.

OmnomoBoreos · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:03 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"I'm serious Danielle, it was totally bird poop!"

82Caff · 12 points · Posted at 22:08:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's also less likely, in the rush, that he'll spend time questioning it, especially after accepting that he's in purgatory. We expect rules to be different when we leave our world for the next.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:37:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Probably talks about it to every new person in his life.

dont-YOLO-ragequit · 1 points · Posted at 23:51:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Or at this point he knows he has his trust and his question a becoming too trivial so he just answers before he's done because in both ways he's not going to contest it.

Even the way he's asking it sounds like those miss Cleo shows where people fill the blanks for the mind reader.

pmYourFears · 60 points · Posted at 21:33:08 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The longer you are with someone, the fewer stories you have left to tell them.

You inevitably get to some pretty obscure stuff.

Paddy_Tanninger · 4 points · Posted at 00:05:57 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Fuck today I even told my wife how my day at work was.

jeskersz · 1 points · Posted at 07:27:47 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I've been with my girlfriend for over 10 years and she still doesn't know, I'd say, like 90% of my life in the years before I met her.

tatertot255 · 23 points · Posted at 21:55:58 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Just imagine if this was a light- hearted video to make people laugh?

I'll head back to /r/conspiracy now

memeship · 4 points · Posted at 22:01:54 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

She could be listening with a direct line to an earpiece in the guy's ear.

tghGaz · 5 points · Posted at 21:33:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe he went on and on about it to his GF so when they asked her what things he would want closure on that was one of the things she immediately thought of.

michaelKlumpy · 1 points · Posted at 22:01:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

you act like all of this was real. Let the sketch have tiny holes in its plot, would ya?

BigBangBrosTheory · 1 points · Posted at 22:23:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Because its a comedy sketch and it was a funny question. Thats how. you guys seem to forget this wasn't pretending to be a real show.

UndeadBread · 1 points · Posted at 23:37:30 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ask my wife and I suspect she'll say "Very fucking likely."

[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 20:39:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It could also be that this is not real?

RockLoi · 73 points · Posted at 20:41:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Most entertainment isn't real but people still expect it to be internally consistent.

2daMooon · 3 points · Posted at 21:55:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Holy shit... I finally understand why my friends hate it when I don't like a movie because it isn't internally consistent.

I mean, what you just said is just so trivial to me. Who cares if a 3 minute comedy sketch is internally consistent?

And that must be how they feel about it when I say it about a movie. Granted the orders of magnitude are way off, because who care about internal consistency in a 3 minute sketch, but the idea is the same. Thanks.

RockLoi · 2 points · Posted at 22:02:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I personally don't care if this video is internally consistent. I also usually don't care whether most movies are internally consistent (unless that is an important part of the movie). I think it can be pretty anal to take issue with that.

Just when people use perceived inconsistency as a criticism I think it's reasonable to offer an explanation if there is one.

TheCarrzilico · -2 points · Posted at 21:53:56 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Some people will try to find anything that isn't explicitly stated in the premise of a four minute video and try to use it to not enjoy what is, a pretty clever and funny gag. All they have to do is to literally think outside of the box and see that there is probably an answer out there somewhere that works and that explaining that answer within the confines of a four minute video would effectively ruin the comedy.

Because those people are jerks.

AlphaHeart · 1 points · Posted at 22:14:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

okay, ya'll should know that I read these two comments and I got instant deja vu. I'm scared.

BrobaFett · 0 points · Posted at 20:43:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That would explain it, but it seems like such an odd bit of trivia for a girlfriend to know.

TheCarrzilico · 59 points · Posted at 21:50:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That guy tells the bird poop story every time he gets too shit faced. He's told it to everybody over and over again. The show does a little research, talks to some of his buddies and they say that he's probably going to bring up the bird poop story.

BrobaFett · 1 points · Posted at 21:50:54 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Best answer so far.

hoochyuchy · 74 points · Posted at 21:26:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thats... actually a interesting philosophical discussion. That hell isn't fire and brimstone, but instead just continuing your normal life but you constantly fuck up. Am... Am I dead?

[deleted] · 27 points · Posted at 22:00:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think it's a decently well trodden area of philosophy, the idea that we have no way of knowing if this is the best possible reality or the worst. Who knows, it's possible that being human in this reality is the worst possible way to live, out of all the possible ways to live.

Also, Abed.

Seakawn · 2 points · Posted at 00:18:31 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's also pretty moot to consider other than for philosophical reasons. Because it truly doesn't matter if this literally was the worst reality for you and you knew that--the best thing you can do in whatever reality you have is to try and make the most of it.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:20:06 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Not true, if we know this is a shitty existence, and we know a better existence waits, it'd be entirely rational to do everything in our power to expedite the shitty existence and get right onto the better existence.

Oshojabe · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:10 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I always thought it would be interesting if someone who believed in Heaven and Hell tried blowing up the world to expedite the Apocalypse.

[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:43:30 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I've always thought that a true Christian would be a mass murderer of babies directly after baptism.

PhonyUsername · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

And then 'life is what you make it' plays.

KingGorilla · 1 points · Posted at 07:59:47 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

well if you're happy it's probably not hell.

[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 21:56:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

There's something in popular culture I want to point you towards, but I would totally spoil the ending because of the context of this conversation. I don't know what to do :/

F0xtr0tUnif0rm · 1 points · Posted at 22:04:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is this the ending to Lost?

celluloidandroid · 1 points · Posted at 21:50:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

whoah

columbus8myhw · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:09 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yes, but it's unrelated to your theory.

KingGorilla · 1 points · Posted at 08:01:22 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I feel like whatever mere mortals have done in their lives with their heavily flawed brains doesn't deserve an infinite existence with the worst pain imaginable. That's just vengeance, a rather petty concept for something more advance than we are.

[deleted] · 225 points · Posted at 20:49:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

Maybe he actually was in purgatory and his version of hell is finding out the show is a hoax and his worst nightmare is his girlfriend finding out about the cheating.

EDIT: I get it. I misread the comment above me and thought it was talking about him being in a living hell instead of literally hell.

BrobaFett · 145 points · Posted at 21:15:37 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yes...

That is exactly what I'm implying.

[deleted] · 76 points · Posted at 21:24:19 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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BrobaFett · 4 points · Posted at 21:28:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's exactly what I said :)

Edit.... oh god... No...

AM I DEAD?

veriix · 16 points · Posted at 22:44:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I don't think you're understanding, what the purgatory master said on 1:49 of the video is, in fact, true and what happens on 2:44 is EXACTLY the start of the eternity promised to him.

Pwn5t4r13 · 3 points · Posted at 07:28:20 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I don't think any of you have got it quite right. I think he was really in purgatory during the interview and then Hell was actually an eternity of his girlfriend yelling at him.

DarkTriadBAMN · 1 points · Posted at 15:25:29 on February 19, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm a happy person. Existential-solipsism for life!

classic__schmosby · 3 points · Posted at 21:30:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah, but what if the end of the video is hell.

BrobaFett · 1 points · Posted at 21:41:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

WHAT THE Fffff- NO, NO... no

[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 21:17:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I see that now. I must have misread your comment. Maybe I thought you were talking about him just having a shitty life from then on and not literally being in hell.

tatertot255 · 2 points · Posted at 21:56:52 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think the creators of the video weren't really expecting anyone to analyze their video that deep.

Snookerman · 1 points · Posted at 21:22:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe what the purgatory master said on 1:49 of the video is, in fact, true and what happens on 2:44 is EXACTLY the start of the eternity promised to him.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:01:24 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It doesn't matter.

XkF21WNJ · 5 points · Posted at 20:55:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The time 1:49 also lines up reasonably well with the end of his minute.

In fact it's already more than 50 seconds after the guy says '50 seconds', but let's not sweat the details.

ananke2989 · 1 points · Posted at 17:42:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I thought he said 15 seconds

skyshadow42 · 1 points · Posted at 21:47:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

But how the fuck would the Purgatory Master know it was bird poop before the guy finished his story?

It's always bird poop.

Intrepid00 · 1 points · Posted at 21:56:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The guy is clearly the devil. He told him yes that he should have gone to law school.

serg303 · 1 points · Posted at 22:00:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

His hell is the reality he is now in.

AN_IMPERFECT_SQUARE · 1 points · Posted at 23:56:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

aaand that's how you get fan theories.

yimyames · 1 points · Posted at 00:09:34 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

and I'll try to do this without spoiling

I think if someone's in the comment section, they can expect spoilers.

wildmetacirclejerk · 1 points · Posted at 00:18:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

ooooooh

David_bowman_starman · 1 points · Posted at 00:27:56 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's not real

kryonik · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:31 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

What if he had never been to a Black Angus steakhouse?

wallawalla22 · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:53 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's the real twist. He's actually in hell, his punishment is being on a shitty reality confession tv show for the rest of his life.

CopyX · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:19 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

When he's drugged up and loopy they ask him some embarassing questions and hope they get right.

timthetollman · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

He lied.

Infinix · 1 points · Posted at 05:25:09 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I feel like that's actually more plausible than him being on a show to catch him cheating. What would happen if he just didn't admit to cheating within the 60 seconds? It's way too much of a long shot to build an entire show around.

7BriesFor7Brothers · 0 points · Posted at 21:27:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Deep theory.

[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 21:49:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

He probably interviewed his girlfreind beforehand for little bits of trivia he could use to make the act convincing.

[deleted] · 413 points · Posted at 18:39:41 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That ending was perfection! I tend to judge comedy videos like this by how funny/unexpected the punchline is and damn that came out of nowhere.

ibarabi · 55 points · Posted at 21:48:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I tend to judge them by how many ha(s) I committed. So this caused me to comment a single ha.

icepickjones · 39 points · Posted at 22:03:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I give this video two warm smiles and a head nod.

tantan35 · 19 points · Posted at 22:27:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Are you Perd Hapley?

perdhapleybot · 11 points · Posted at 23:59:45 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I Kind of am

CivEZ · 1 points · Posted at 15:24:00 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Redditor for 1 year? I'll allow it.

juyett · 3 points · Posted at 22:07:47 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'd give this comment a heh on the haha scale.

MagicallyVermicious · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Your comment is a heh-haha for me. Good job.

Pulpedyams · 2 points · Posted at 22:58:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Out of a possible 985 ha(s) this video scored just a measly 1. According to the Ibarabi Ha Commitment Quotient, this video scores just 0.001!

brute_force · 2 points · Posted at 23:31:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

pretty sure you just gave us 2 "ha"s get your shit together /u/ibarabi

poopinginpublic · 2 points · Posted at 02:50:54 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I must be in a good mood cause I cracked up like 6 times

TheMeanGirl · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:09 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Misdirection is one of the core concepts of good comedy.

Demonweed · 45 points · Posted at 20:58:02 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

Apart from the twist, it reminds me of an old SNL sketch. Billy Crystal plays a recently-deceased fellow, and Christopher Guest plays the angel responsible for his orientation. After establishing that the angel has a direct line to God and thus access to the truth about everything, the dead man indulges his curiosity. My favorite exchange was something like this . . .

Dude: What's the most disgusting thing I've ever eaten?

Angel: You don't want to know. [wretches a little] Trust me, you really don't want to know.

Dude: Okay, what's the 67th most disgusting thing I've ever eaten?

Angel: When you were 12 at a family reunion, you went to take a bite out of your hotdog, and just then a bird dropped half the caterpillar it was eating onto . . .

Dude: and I ate it? Uck! How did I not notice?

Angel: You also don't want to ask me what's in hot dogs. Any other questions?

hobnobbinbobthegob · 15 points · Posted at 21:44:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The skit was called "Heaven's Database", and the one I saw starred Dana Carvey and John Larroquette. Here's the transcript.

I had no idea that skit was run multiple times.

Demonweed · 2 points · Posted at 21:51:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I guess it's not really stealing when a sketch show revisits and updates its own material. Thanks for sharing that relevant piece of TV history.

eduardog3000 · 3 points · Posted at 04:03:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

If they did it again reddit would complain that it is terrible.

chewrocka · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah, I saw the Dana Carvey one, it was very similar. the 37th grossest thing he ate was an earwig in vanilla pudding during the superbowl or something like that. I've seen the same concept done more recently too, this isn't a very original idea anymore.

07sullivanr · 83 points · Posted at 20:00:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Just want to say thank you for the solid title... no punch line.

AreYouEffinSorry · 65 points · Posted at 20:04:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That Yelp at the end. Perfection.

arturo_lemus · 1 points · Posted at 07:27:31 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I cant stop laughing at that yell. Also that freeze frame of him with that stupid face killed me

mindkcuf · 1 points · Posted at 15:23:12 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

came here to see this, it was such a good surprise to end an awesome video :D

FeIodineCalciumLly · 207 points · Posted at 18:27:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

was this filmed in the actual purgatory?

[deleted] · 157 points · Posted at 18:43:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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pedropeguipe · 34 points · Posted at 22:16:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

are you lying?

FancyKnight · 20 points · Posted at 23:35:15 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

PmMeYourWhatever · 2 points · Posted at 22:12:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Quite

hypercyberdyne · 24 points · Posted at 19:22:10 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe, maybe not.

sportsziggy · 58 points · Posted at 20:30:13 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe fuck you.

ftgbhs · 2 points · Posted at 22:19:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe it's called fuck you.

FTFY

brianbrianbrian · 6 points · Posted at 00:58:42 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thought they were going for this

ftgbhs · 2 points · Posted at 02:58:54 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think you're right actually.

brianbrianbrian · 2 points · Posted at 03:00:30 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thug Life Kid was a good call though, made me laugh.

ftgbhs · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thanks. I fucking love that video.

justfarmingdownvotes · 1 points · Posted at 22:30:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe sometime

Dodgiestyle · 1 points · Posted at 22:23:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

http://i.imgur.com/aLsHMCE.jpg

kcin · 1095 points · Posted at 18:50:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It begins with a remote shot which is not possible in the paper box. It's cheating.

coldfury18 · 1203 points · Posted at 18:55:10 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well that is what the show is about after all

[deleted] · 745 points · Posted at 21:13:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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AnUglyUmbrella · 379 points · Posted at 21:44:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That actually would make for a terrifying version of "going to hell".

You think you're back in reality but in actuality it's just a fake and realistic version of your previous life except everything begins falling apart. Your girlfriend leaves you, you get publicly humiliated on television and the internet, your car breaks down, you lose an arm in a machine accident, you get fired from your job, etc...

Instead of giving in to the torture, like you might if you knew you were in hell, you'll continually attempt to overcome an impossible challenge and become more and more distraught.

At the end of it all you'll have no choice but to take your own life. Then you "wake up" sitting face-to-face with the Devil, where your torture really begins.

EphemeralStyle · 272 points · Posted at 21:58:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Huh, maybe I just died last year.

AnUglyUmbrella · 99 points · Posted at 22:00:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Sorry about the arm, bro.

maynardftw · 3 points · Posted at 00:11:43 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

... He could always cut the other one off, then...

cookrw1989 · 4 points · Posted at 23:52:52 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe his Mom can help him?

NinjaRobotPilot · 1 points · Posted at 08:07:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm sure his mom could help him out a bit.

neilarmsloth · 3 points · Posted at 22:51:45 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

:( i know the feeling

shabbyshaman · 1 points · Posted at 00:36:53 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

at least your reddit username is pretty cool (-:

RobAmedeo · 57 points · Posted at 21:49:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You could sell that script.

Natdaprat · 5 points · Posted at 23:44:45 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

There was a movie similar called Wristcutters in which hell for suicide is a slightly shittier version of our reality. It was pretty good.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:06:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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RobAmedeo · 6 points · Posted at 22:11:47 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Okay, super serious man.

[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 22:16:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 22:21:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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RobAmedeo · -1 points · Posted at 22:20:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The irony is how unfunny you are. Learn to chill a bit, yeah?

[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 22:22:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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alyosha25 · 2 points · Posted at 23:18:37 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is what you get for trying to insert any intelligence into the goof-off fest that reddit, and the itnernet, has become. Nothing is serious, bro! Just have a laugh and move on!

[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 22:20:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I always thought the worst version of Hell would be you having to re-watch your entire life along with a 500,000 person Twitch audience... and you have to read every stream comment in the unmoderated chat

AnUglyUmbrella · 7 points · Posted at 22:33:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Great idea! Oh, or even worse! In a large opera house or movie theatre where the audience comes and goes, occasionally including actual people from your life. That way you have to sit in the same room while everybody openly judges your every mistake and misstep.

Then they interview the members of your family and your former significant others after the screening.

GiverOfTheKarma · 8 points · Posted at 02:04:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

God, I can't tell if it would be awful or hilarious to see everyone I knew reacting to the first time I masturbated.

On the plus side, though, everyone you've ever hated will have to watch you shit. A lot.

Lupinefiasco · 9 points · Posted at 22:45:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

There's a Twilight Zone episode with a similar, yet much more horrifying, concept.

tinynewtman · 3 points · Posted at 00:11:53 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Even better: have you wake up next to a supportive girlfriend in an apartment complex, in a room you own. Then, everything seems to go wrong faster and worse. Your girlfriend dies to a drunk driver; you are arrested for trumped-up charges that are never forgotten, even after being disproven in court; you're fired from your job for no particular reason; your apartment building is getting demolished and you end up homeless. And while you're stuck in winter, freezing to death... you wake up, next to your supportive wife, with the baby in the crib a couple rooms down the hallway.

Each time, the pile of disasters increases, and the pace becomes more disheartening. It's as if there's a game of Ruinous Jenga with your life, where every restart has more bricks and more daring players pulling them. God may not play dice with the Universe, but the devils take great pleasure in their duties.

With each life, you keep remembering all these disasters that have come upon you, with disbelief always following immediately after. After several thousand runs of the horrific game, though, your hope is worn through. Once that hope is completely gone... the curtains close. You stop. You're moved to be a piece of some other demonic game.

THIS_MSG_IS_A_LIE · 2 points · Posted at 01:00:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

How do we know we aren't in hell already?

ExplosionSanta · 2 points · Posted at 01:52:44 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That is sick, twisted and brilliant. I love your interpretation!

Patata_Frita · 1 points · Posted at 22:04:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe you are actually in hell right now...

SunriseSurprise · 1 points · Posted at 22:39:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Vanilla Sky 2

rockidol · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:28 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Reminds me of this

http://www.grudge-match.com/History/sevendeadlysins.shtml

Read the scenario and then the Response of the Week(tm).

FPMG · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:36 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

TIL: I'm in hell

bbasara007 · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:20 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

And this repeats over and over a la Black mirror white bear

Sirnacane · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:41 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Gives a different meaning to the quote "Living's naturally hell, you gotta work to put a smile on." Because living in literally hell. Damn. Makes the awful mistake I made a few days ago not mean much. If you knew you were in hell none of your mistakes would bother you because no wonder you fucked up, you're in hell. But if you think you're in life it matters.

Oshojabe · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:44 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I always thought quantum immortality would be Hell, if it were true.

Imagine being on your deathbed ready to die, and then you just... don't. Because there is always a slight chance that the various atoms that make up your existence will behave in a way that will keep you alive, there will always be a universe in which you survive no matter how bad your condition gets. Your body might wither around you, parts of your brain might shut down, but enough of you will survive to be conscious. Even as billions of years pass, even as you reach the heat death of the universe, there will be you - a collection of atoms that must always remain aware and conscious because it can't perceive a universe where it is not.

zacree · 1 points · Posted at 05:52:04 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

idk i think that eternal damnation in fiery pits of burning waste and hatred stacks up pretty good against breakin' up with your girl and losing an arm

[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 21:57:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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AnUglyUmbrella · 1 points · Posted at 22:24:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

I have two very different versions of the film in my head right now.

Livin' Hell starring Kevin James as The Sinner and Chris Rock as The Devil

Or, alternatively,

Hell on Earth starring Daniel Day Lewis as The Sinner and Helen Mirren as The Devil

Edit: Either way it goes, the Crackle Original sequel will be Liv in Hell 2: Electric Boogaloo starring Liv Tyler as The Sinner and Steven Tyler as The Devil.

UTubeCommentRefugee · 1 points · Posted at 22:42:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I like it, I also think for the second one Earth on Hell would work.

Scarbane · 69 points · Posted at 21:18:38 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

2deep4me

CreauxTeeRhobat · 0 points · Posted at 22:01:27 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

3spooky5me

Thakgor · 9 points · Posted at 21:33:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thank you. Makes the whole thing make FAR more sense.

Logan_Mac · 1 points · Posted at 21:56:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

So meta

wildmetacirclejerk · 1 points · Posted at 00:21:49 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

i want to believe.

also watch this: https://vimeo.com/116832892

(nsfw) but it has archer

Lndbrghwrstlr · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:24 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Woah

FoxWalk · 155 points · Posted at 19:24:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

They did say he was drugged, maybe he was hallucinating a bit?

DashIsBestPony · 318 points · Posted at 21:20:06 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

From the guy's perceptive, the white is infinite. It's simply a subjective shot, to emphasize where he believes he is. That's good film-making.

Logan_Mac · 42 points · Posted at 21:59:19 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

There also was no light inside the box, even if there was it would barely light the centers of each wall

DashIsBestPony · 85 points · Posted at 22:05:55 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

While you're right, that seems like a nitpick to me. It would be silly for the filmmakers to sacrifice their excellent lighting just to get to such an extreme level of continuity.

[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 23:37:22 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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forgotmythingymajig · 3 points · Posted at 23:48:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

i care. grr

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:57:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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forgotmythingymajig · 1 points · Posted at 23:59:54 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

i could take that guy

leinaD-Backwards · 3 points · Posted at 08:41:49 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Don't worry man, you're right. You never film these things from the perspective of the actual person AND they said he was drugged.

But it's fake so they are just trying to be smhat

yaosio · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:41 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The guy inside would have seen the walls.

leinaD-Backwards · 6 points · Posted at 08:42:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

awww bby u so clever trying to disprove a youtube video that wasn't meant to be taken as real.

They said they drugged him anyway.... Stop trying so hard to ruin things

[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 22:08:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

suspension of disbelief

without it, fiction sucks

ccurley98 · 1 points · Posted at 02:13:37 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well the box doesn't have a ceiling, so there's that.

Grimleawesome · 38 points · Posted at 21:06:45 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The box didn't have a roof part either. Just 4 walls.

Huicho4 · 2 points · Posted at 22:58:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

We're gonna get to the bottom of this, reddit! I know it.

iushciuweiush · 2 points · Posted at 23:13:45 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well they did show him look around but never up so...

felixfelix · 5 points · Posted at 21:45:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

In The Usual Suspects you are shown things as the police interrogator understands them, not how they really were.

The dude could still have been drugged so he believed he was in an infinite emptiness of white.

Adolf-____-Hitler · 84 points · Posted at 19:43:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Plus the host was able to answer question about the victims personal life that he would not have been able to know.
2/7

Menzlo · 78 points · Posted at 19:47:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

How did he know about bird poop.

Vindicoth · 32 points · Posted at 20:59:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

My theory: His "Hell" began at the end of his time limit and his hell is spending his life being caught and embarrassed that he cheated on his girlfriend.

Edit: also other peoples theory i guess.

[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 23:43:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's crazy that there are people coming up with theories to a 3 minute YouTube comedy sketch.

What are you on and where can I get some?

MayonParaiso · 153 points · Posted at 20:06:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

he didnt. he was lying to get him to admit cheating

aznanimality · 91 points · Posted at 20:22:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

He knew the question before the guy finished asking what it was.
Rewatch it.

shikiroin · 34 points · Posted at 20:31:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

If this were a real thing, the "interviewer" would have certainly done his homework in learning as much about the guy's life as possible.

rainydaywomen1235 · 116 points · Posted at 20:57:37 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

done his homework in learning as much about the guys life as possible.

i hardly think anyone, despite any amount of research, would come up with information like he accidentally ate bird poop once

shikiroin · 164 points · Posted at 20:59:18 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is something that he could have easily told his girlfriend about, who would have told the interviewer.

Also, it's a comedy sketch.

rainydaywomen1235 · 4 points · Posted at 21:08:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

if this was a real thing

This is the premise I was using to make my reply and further speculate on the interviewers knowledge that he ate bird poop instead of cereal. I know that it's a comedy sketch

This is something that he could have easily told his girlfriend about, who would have told the interviewer.

When I thought about it, this makes the most sense. It was obviously on his mind frequently enough that he asked it in his purgatory

Sirnacane · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well it wouldn't matter if he knew or not, he could have said it was anything and the guy would have thought he was right. Just a lucky coincidence.

Also, they didn't say what drugs he gave them. Maybe when they drugged him they asked him a lot of questions to see what he would ask them when he got sober.

Spritesgud · -2 points · Posted at 21:28:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's a... sketch.. It's not.. real..? Why are you taking it.... so..... deep...?

rainydaywomen1235 · 4 points · Posted at 21:43:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Will Shatner, you've exposed yourself to me at last

Spritesgud · 1 points · Posted at 21:44:18 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Noooo :(

rainydaywomen1235 · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:34 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

noooooooooooooooo

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:38:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

And if this was a real thing, it'd be very illegal and the producers would probably get some jail time for kidnapping.

shikiroin · 8 points · Posted at 20:44:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well, yes, but that is beside the point.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:48:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yea I know, but it's very possible that they just overlooked some things. I guess it could be covered with the fact that it's implied the girlfriend told him a lot about the guy beforehand.

mankstar · 4 points · Posted at 20:46:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Look up "suspension of disbelief". It's just a comedy sketch.

felixfelix · 2 points · Posted at 21:41:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe they have drugged and interrogated him several times before this. Like Memento meets Groundhog Day meets Inception.

exemplariasuntomni · 7 points · Posted at 20:37:54 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

He interviewed the girlfriend first 6/7

FalloutVault42 · 11 points · Posted at 21:37:54 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Are there any questions that have bothered your boyfriend in the past and he never got an answer to?"
"Well, there is this weird thing where he wonders if he ate bird poop..."

Checks out.

KayEffCee · 1 points · Posted at 20:36:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

"there was another pop that was like, next to it", "it was bird poop"

normal answer lol

BigBangBrosTheory · 1 points · Posted at 22:23:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Its a youtube comedy sketch man. Its not like we are debating on the science of Interstellar.

Agastopia · 1 points · Posted at 21:40:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Why do people on Reddit care so much about shit like this, it was a funny video - get over yourself

PaperlessJournalist · 2 points · Posted at 21:57:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

His girlfriend could have told him questions he would ask. Like prepare the host for that.

Menzlo · 1 points · Posted at 22:48:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Pretty minor detail for her to remember and then include in the things she tells the host

iushciuweiush · 3 points · Posted at 23:16:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Pretty minor detail for her to remember

It was major enough that he used one of his questions on it. He probably told that bird poop story so many times to various people over the years.

Menzlo · 1 points · Posted at 23:30:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

He also asked how much body hair he'd grown and how much pee he'd peed in pools. He was just asking things as he thought of them.

[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 11:19:23 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hearing piece in ear for personal, and quick witted answers. Is that really that difficult to understand?

drummerandrew · 45 points · Posted at 20:12:05 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

They were working with his girlfriend. When a guy has a girlfriend, he tends to talk to her and sometimes mention facts about his life. If you ever get a girlfriend, try expressing some of your dreams, desires, and even regrets, like thinking you ate bird poop. It's a good way to build a relationship.

secondtoeveryone · 3 points · Posted at 22:38:55 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

My wife told me she ate rabbit poop on our second date.

drummerandrew · 1 points · Posted at 23:59:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Hahaha that's pretty open. Did she think it was some kind of candy? It's oddly perfectly shaped, could seem like a treat or something... ha.

secondtoeveryone · 3 points · Posted at 00:05:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Nah, we had known each other through a mutual friend. Once we both realised we fancied each other, things moved quick. Knowing that kind of stuff about your partner is awesome. In terms of why she did it, her brother told her it was a chocolate. She was 5.

FPMG · 3 points · Posted at 01:50:33 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It took me until this post to understand that she didn't eat rabbit poop on your second date... or maybe she was 5 on your second date?

garythecoconut · 2 points · Posted at 20:39:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

But that is still practically perfect score?

shnoog · 2 points · Posted at 21:52:52 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Picking holes in everything is fun.

demalo · 2 points · Posted at 20:05:38 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

5/7 the host was lying, didn't you catch that?

Nisas · 1 points · Posted at 21:32:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

But he knew that the guy was talking about bird poop before he said bird poop.

demalo · 1 points · Posted at 00:55:10 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I don't know, we didn't necessarily see the entire conversation with that because it seemed to cut in and out between questions. He definitely got more than 1 min of questions.

Wolfy21_ · 1 points · Posted at 20:31:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe he is Santa Claus after all.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:50:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

He couldve interviewed his girlfriend.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:10:42 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

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Adolf-____-Hitler · 1 points · Posted at 06:00:37 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thats the joke..

Hector_Kur · 2 points · Posted at 21:32:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The initial premise is that there is no camera, just like in most movies and TV. In a regular movie if the camera pulls out like that, it's only meant to illustrate the size of something, in this case the area the main character thinks he sees.

We can reasonably assume that for whatever reason the guy was unable to differentiate a white wall inches from his face and white nothingness stretching forever. If you don't buy that, then that's where your contention should be. If you do buy it, then the wide shot was just a view of the character's perception, since before the gag was revealed there was no actual camera as far as what the audience is expected to consider.

zalos · 1 points · Posted at 21:25:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That shot is our point of view as observers of the situation, not the TV shows. It was to trick us for sure, but it was also to give an inside look to his perception.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:05:07 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Oh reddit.

robocox87 · 1 points · Posted at 22:41:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

There's also no ceiling. So...

shmed · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:20 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Maybe the first shot was filmed with a super wide angle camera.

savingprivatebrian15 · 18 points · Posted at 21:03:07 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The concept here is actually something I deeply desire in the back of my mind. I want to be able to ask any question I want and get an exact answer, even if I can only ask a few questions. I would pay an extravagant amount of money for this if it were possible.

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:26 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

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savingprivatebrian15 · 1 points · Posted at 06:16:28 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

Fuck that, I wouldn't be able to narrow down my stupid questions to anything good enough.

monetized_account · 1 points · Posted at 21:44:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Here, try this:

https://www.google.com

Works pretty well - and it's free!

portugapt · 3 points · Posted at 23:31:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=correct+formula+for+primes Would pay my life to give someone this information.
Your turn.

musicman3739 · 57 points · Posted at 20:08:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Sokka?

EpicWolverine · 9 points · Posted at 23:07:52 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wait...holy crap you're right. (Wiki)

musicman3739 · 1 points · Posted at 23:31:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think I'm in that right age group that loved All That and Avatar during my childhood/teen years

insouciant_imp · 2 points · Posted at 00:28:15 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Check out Dorm Life if you haven't seen it

Vennificus · 7 points · Posted at 21:51:55 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I... I can't unhear it

musicman3739 · 6 points · Posted at 22:50:15 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

He voices him

mcantrell5 · 326 points · Posted at 19:25:12 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is how LOST should have ended.

instantwinner · 191 points · Posted at 21:27:23 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Lost ended exactly how it should have.

Iamabioticgod · 126 points · Posted at 21:57:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

we are the 1%

o2lsports · 31 points · Posted at 22:08:37 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'll die on this hill with you, brother.

rdunlap1 · 3 points · Posted at 23:35:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think you mean to say "brotha"

o2lsports · -1 points · Posted at 23:38:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm white.

rdunlap1 · 3 points · Posted at 23:44:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

So was Desmond.

o2lsports · 3 points · Posted at 23:48:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ah right. Whoosh.

doctorbooshka · 51 points · Posted at 21:50:03 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I agree, I hate that people hate the last season. I felt it wrapped up pretty good.

[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 22:06:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

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doctorbooshka · 4 points · Posted at 22:17:02 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The sideways universe stuff got a little too much for me too. I like though how it still left a few things unanswered so we will continue to be lost for decades. Despite the feeling that they made up most of it season by season.

[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 22:19:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

If the sideways universe thing had been integrated into all the previous seasons it might have been easier to swallow, but it just felt like they cooked up some solution for a corner they wrote themselves into.

doctorbooshka · 5 points · Posted at 22:20:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Totally, and they used it way to much in the last two seasons. I wanted more lore from the island.

ggk1 · 3 points · Posted at 00:34:00 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I think we've past the spoiler statute of limitations. How did they end it?

[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 04:02:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The characters all died over the course of the final season and entered an "alternate reality" where they eventually all met up again in some vague afterlife.

Comafly · -1 points · Posted at 02:37:55 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It was all a dream. Like Mario 2.

ggk1 · 0 points · Posted at 03:36:53 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Seriously??? They went the it was all a dream rout? Ridiculous

instantwinner · 4 points · Posted at 14:24:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

They didn't

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:36:16 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I can agree with that.

BigBangBrosTheory · 2 points · Posted at 22:25:56 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I didn't mind the last episode. What bugged me was the wasted half of the show in the "purgatory" world full of Sayid running around murdering people trying to help his family and everything thing else that happened in the world that amounted to nothing.

You're led to believe the nuke from the previous season made an alternate dimension but it ultimately was just time waster in limbo.

Shepherdsfavestore · 2 points · Posted at 22:26:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I hate the "wait so they were dead the whole time??" crowd

no you fucking idiot they weren't did you pay attention at all

doctorbooshka · 1 points · Posted at 22:38:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm totally convinced the island was really Eden.

http://lost.about.com/od/theories/a/gardeneden.htm

m84m · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:01 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Drinking a cup of water makes you Jesus now!

_TheNumbersAreBad_ · 13 points · Posted at 22:16:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm just gonna ride this down with you guys because I love how it ended as well.

ggk1 · 1 points · Posted at 00:34:36 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Translated: "I saw other people getting karma for supporting this idea and wanted some too"

Papatheodorou · 19 points · Posted at 21:53:18 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah I never really got the controversy and how people hated it... It was a great ending that was easy to understand if you followed the show closely.

Shepherdsfavestore · 3 points · Posted at 22:27:19 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I hate the "wait so they were dead the whole time??" crowd

no you fucking idiot they weren't did you pay attention at all

[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 23:05:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I don't think they were dead the whole time (and that's quite obvious, and even explicitly stated, and I'm not sure how people missed that).

However, I do think the original plan was to have the island as purgatory, implying they all died in the crash. Then the Internet figured it out and the writers were forced to re-group.

The purgatory finale was a bit of a wink and nod to that, I think.

FlipToTheFuture · 2 points · Posted at 22:43:57 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The last scene is basically them meeting up in heaven, isn't it? That's a pretty weak ending.

Papatheodorou · 4 points · Posted at 22:53:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Nope, the last scene is them meeting in purgatory before they move on together. They all died at individual points in time. The ones who died on the island died there. The ones who got off the island at the end may have died when they were 80 - nevertheless, they waited for each other, and they moved into the afterlife together. Ben still had work to do, so he didn't leave with them.

It's actually an incredibly powerful ending, provided you pay attention to a show that you cared enough to watch to the end.

FlipToTheFuture · 3 points · Posted at 23:38:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's not quite how I remember it but who knows, that was 5 years ago.

I'm actually re-watching now that it's all on Netflix. It's like running into an old friend.

Papatheodorou · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:59 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Such a great show. Much like Breaking Bad, I wish I could erase my memories of seeing it so I could relive it.

FrostyFoss · 3 points · Posted at 21:59:04 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

It was an easy ending, that's why i hated it. Plus we were told repeatedly they weren't going to go that route.

Logan_Mac · 6 points · Posted at 22:00:32 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

They say the ISLAND wasn't purgatory, the first sight we get of purgatory is season 6

Papatheodorou · 8 points · Posted at 22:12:59 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Everything on the island actually happened. All of the "flash-forwards" in season 6 is purgatory.

kRkthOr · 4 points · Posted at 22:15:07 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

People who whine about the finale miss this point completely.

laddergoat89 · 25 points · Posted at 21:59:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You are 100% right. Enjoy the pile of downvotes you will sadly receive.

Natdaprat · 4 points · Posted at 23:46:02 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Am I missing something? All you guys seem to agree with each other and have many upvotes.

BigBangBrosTheory · -3 points · Posted at 22:24:55 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

you will sadly receive.

Oh no. So sad. Someone has a different opinion than you on what entertains them!

Stop being so dramatic.

laddergoat89 · 0 points · Posted at 22:48:58 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The downvote arrow isn't a disagree button.

BigBangBrosTheory · -1 points · Posted at 23:06:29 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Still shouldn't make you sad just because you get a down vote especially in a discussion about entertainment preferences.

laddergoat89 · 0 points · Posted at 23:33:21 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Neon downvoted for a comment that adds to the conversation is a bad thing. Regardless of the content. It's not a disagree button.

Backflip_into_a_star · 0 points · Posted at 21:54:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

If they were going for terribly then yeah, they got it.

yaosio · 1 points · Posted at 07:02:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The best part is nobody can agree how it ended but they are absolutely sure they know how it ended and everybody else is wrong.

DerpyFish2 · 1 points · Posted at 17:41:49 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

One of us!

mrtiddles · 1 points · Posted at 22:36:42 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Agreed.

Sidenote: I accidentally named my cats and children after Lost characters.

RadRuss · 1 points · Posted at 23:51:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Couldn't agree more, upvotes all around!

Odgnob · -4 points · Posted at 22:04:14 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

EH FUCK IT WE WROTE OURSELVES IN A CORNER HERES SOME LENS FLARE

FrostyFoss · 1 points · Posted at 22:17:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

Basically. I had to laugh when Lindelof flat out said he wouldn't ever reveal the big mystery on his new show The Leftovers but at least he's being honest now, with Lost he was promising shit he couldn't deliver every time he went on a talk show.

"We're never going to tell you what happens to the 2 percent of the population that disappeared. That's kind of what the show is about. Without really frustrating people or pissing them off, it was sort of like, the one question that people want me to answer, I really can't answer in a very satisfying way.

Orierarc · 1 points · Posted at 23:35:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

To be fair, they never revealed it in the novel either. Why it happened isn't really the point of the show nor the book. I don't think he said this because of people complaining about lack of answers in LOST.

Hi_mom1 · 1 points · Posted at 23:49:16 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I got bored in season 6? iirc...never finished it.

Was it worth it?

FlipToTheFuture · 1 points · Posted at 22:51:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

No way, brotha

[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 22:09:25 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Where did the roof of the box go?

j46 · 3 points · Posted at 15:48:06 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

wait, so this video CANT BE REAL!

isntaken · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:20 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

yes.

genzodd · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I was thinking the same thing.

MegaDaddy · 1 points · Posted at 15:29:30 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The guy never thought to look up.

Obie1 · 10 points · Posted at 19:40:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

The timing is so spot on throughout the video. The comedy pulls you in more and more as you watch.

A_and_B_the_C_of_D · 20 points · Posted at 20:57:48 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

That one guy is from dorm life!!!

spgusc · 9 points · Posted at 21:42:08 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

They're both from Dorm Life. I recognized Mike at first, then halfway through I recognized Shane and my mind was blown.

A_and_B_the_C_of_D · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:53 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah took me a bit longer to recognize Shane, he's changed a bit.

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 21:17:28 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's what it is!

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 23:24:34 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

more than 200 episodes and less than 13k subs :(

stuffonfire · 60 points · Posted at 19:35:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thank you for not spoiling the ending in the title, OP. Someone else would have titled it "Guy thinks he's in purgatory but really is in elaborate game show"

j46 · 1 points · Posted at 15:48:45 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

me agree

Dupsie · -10 points · Posted at 21:17:50 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thanks for not spoiling the ending in the title, OP.

Lemme spoil it in the comments! /s

[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 21:37:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Who reads comments before watching the video?

[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 21:54:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

If you hit the comments before watching the video, it's your own fault it gets spoiled.

Lavaswimmer · 12 points · Posted at 21:34:49 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Why would you come to the comments before finishing a story-based sketch like this one?

Dupsie · 1 points · Posted at 19:40:59 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

tfw no one understands ur not bein serious FeelsBadMan

shartsonsheets · 12 points · Posted at 19:23:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

/r/unexpected

oneawesomeguy · 1 points · Posted at 21:40:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Isn't everything in that subreddit kinda expected though?

passwordisisis · 5 points · Posted at 20:23:20 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Somehow that managed to make me anxious about not going to Law school

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:40 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Dude, what?? Oh man, you totally should have gone...

ForwardBound · 1 points · Posted at 21:14:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Rest assured, you made the right choice.

[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 22:10:53 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Ya'll need to watch black mirror.

Dick_Tingler · 1 points · Posted at 00:09:54 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I will, thanks!

[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 00:30:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's really really good, this reminded me of it but I don't want to say more to spoil anything. Just watch it!

elstompy · 2 points · Posted at 02:42:03 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The Christmas one with Jon Hamm, in case you want to go straight to it but y'all really want to watch the others too. The first one ended up being eerily prescient.

Mentioned_Videos · 4 points · Posted at 19:59:09 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

VIDEO	COMMENT
The Book of Your Life Robot Chicken Adult Swim	41 - reminds me of this clip from robot chicken
BOBBY LOVES MANGOS PART I	13 - I got that feeling to a lesser extent from watching this short film from the internet's infancy when I was younger.
Dorm Life Episode 101- Roommates	8 - These guys are hilarious. Both are UCLA grads and did an awesome webseries called 'Dorm Life.', it's on their youtube channel. I think they got picked up by Hulu too.
Fifty Percent Grey	1 - Reminds me of an old-ish animated short film Fifty Percent Grey.
Bamboozled Winner of Tropfest Australia 22 2013	1 - How has no one mentioned this yet? This film is pretty similar to the one above, it's called Bamboozled.
JFK: Back and To The Left	1 - For Reference Reference
IKE INTERVIEWS GOD	1 - Reminds me of a very similar short film, Ike Interviews God
JFK Assassination Zapruder Stabilized Motion Panorama HD plus SloMo - 50th anniversary	1 - Can you show me in the video where the Secret Service Agent shot Kennedy? (warning: NSFL)
The Philosophy of Rick and Morty - 8-Bit Philosophy	1 - This'll do it for you
The Egg	1 - Funny, this video reminded me of The Egg by Andy Weir and I got that anxious excitement when reading it.
Chris Smith UCLA Juggler	1 - Also, the UCLA juggler
Ennio Morricone - The Best Instrumental Hits Vol1	1 - Yes, the Dark Tower Trilogy! But... just read to book three, then walk away from it all. Your own imaginimated conclusions will be way better than the last four books, I promise. Those first three, though? Simply amazing reads, especially while lis...
Seinfeld - The Magic Loogie, Reconstructed	1 - For Reference

does P= NP ?

BarryMcCackiner · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:34 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

For once an internet sketch that was actually funny and well done. Thanks OP, you da man

🎙️ tahoejuggler · 3 points · Posted at 02:07:10 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

So glad you liked it! We had a blast making it. (besides building that damned box)

BarryMcCackiner · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:28 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Haha awesome, OP actually made this, even better. Good work!

🎙️ tahoejuggler · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:39 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Thanks Barry, what a way to kick off our new channel. Really glad you liked it.

RodneysBrotherCheese · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Is that Jack from All That?

InertiaInMyPants · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:58 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

"Will they ever make Half-Life 3?"

StringBoi · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Was not expecting that ending....at all....hahaa

LtPatterson · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:02 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

fucking epic

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:23:19 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

This was good. Felt way longer than a minute.

SmartSoda · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:20 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Am I the only one who got upset because he wasn't asking about the bigger questions?

Durakk · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:16 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

No ceiling on the "room" kinda spoiled it for me.

Sardonnicus · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I'm confused. Is that some kind of TV show or something?

beauty_dior · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:55 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Reddit mostly sucks, but occasionally there's cool stuff like this!

Mr_Unknown · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:06 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That yell at the end slayed me

Dylanica · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:20 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

If I could have any question answered it would be "What are the questions and answers to all of the questions that I would want to ask here."

penisinthepeanutbttr · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:51 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

oh its the dudes from Dorm Life! cool!

imTinyRick_ · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Twat a twist

iSnipedAgain · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:57 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The YouTube channel this was posted to appears to have been going for ages: as In seanky banner. Cool pic nice name. Then they have one video. I was like whoa. This is starting out.

GandolfShitler · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That whole thing was hilarious. But I almost died when he screamed at the end

elegantjihad · 1 points · Posted at 02:54:13 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Reminded me of this animated short.

motherly1000 · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:06 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Just want to say thank you for the solid title... no punch line.

Down4whiteTrash · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:21 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wow, I can totally see this happening to me.

PmMeYourFeels · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:35 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

It was just a prank, Bro!!

cyberterrorist · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:18 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

More Dorm Life please.

blueblankett · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:13 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Now that we have more than a minute, what would be the best questions to ask?

TheGreatestRedditor · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Fucking lost it when I saw the box outside. Perfect!

butters091 · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:29 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That Q and A session was much longer than 1 minute......

H-12apts · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:39 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That's the third reference to "purgatory" today for me:

I just started reading Samuel Beckett's book "Echo's Bones" (Beckett explains why the main character has come back to life by setting the first few pages in purgatory – "Echo's Bones" is a sequel to another book)
In the Netflix kids movie "Peabody & Sherman," a boat takes Peabody and Sherman to the underworld in ancient Egypt (I am a personal assistant to a kid with autism)
This pretty funny video

NWBoomer · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:57 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That was pretty cute.

nikkicocoa7 · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:14 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

HOLY FUCKING SHIT IM TAKING A DEUCE AND IM LAUGHING AND SHITTINF AT THE SAME TIME

EnvidiaProductions · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:18 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is incredible. No words. Absolute genius.

drake_bird · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:50 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Very funny video.

long_live_rattlehead · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That was fucking amazing. I do not regret clicking that link

squis1000 · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

was this filmed in the actual purgatory?

MOCK_OG · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That was fuk'n awesome~!!!!!!!!!

silentscope87 · 1 points · Posted at 04:14:40 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

ahahahahahahah so so so good

rawlay69 · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:09 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is how LOST should have ended.

lushootseed · 1 points · Posted at 04:35:17 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I would pay to watch this show :-)

Dataeater · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Where is the roof of the box?

shockhead · 1 points · Posted at 04:47:47 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wait, DORM LIFE! Holy shit! I never click on videos, but I saw /u/tahoejuggler and knew that was code for Chris Smith. Crazy!

krankkinder12 · 1 points · Posted at 05:30:03 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

This was awesome. Great writing.

Saerain · 1 points · Posted at 05:43:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

So how did he know the bird poop question was coming?

TheNotoriousKAT · 1 points · Posted at 06:01:24 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The secret service agent, George Hickey Jr., TOTALLY killed JFK.

crazyredd88 · 1 points · Posted at 07:14:01 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Was expecting some really depressing ending like the 'paradise purgatory' one. SO happy with what I got.

phadeone · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:34 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Alternate reality Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss.

Sariusmonk · 1 points · Posted at 10:44:23 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The ending scream made it

letsgetblitzed · 1 points · Posted at 10:57:52 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That was great haha

thelastpanini · 1 points · Posted at 12:13:45 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is quite similar to a tropfest film called bamboozled.

alex_york · 1 points · Posted at 12:51:28 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That was great!

chant89 · 1 points · Posted at 13:10:10 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The timing is so spot on throughout the video. The comedy pulls you in more and more as you watch.

SmMoony · 1 points · Posted at 13:39:18 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Can anyone write down what they're saying? I have difficulty in understanding what they're talking of.

sonic7777 · 1 points · Posted at 13:54:46 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I played a wizard in our group for almost a year meeting biweekly. Wizards get access to alot of spells to begin with and during the time that we played I only learned a small handful of spells. It's really exciting to get to copy a new spell into the spell book and if you distribute them out like candy it starts to lose that special feeling. Maybe every 2-3 levels perhaps wouldn't be bad to come across a fun spell or two

theothernameplate · 1 points · Posted at 13:30:35 on May 25, 2016 · (Permalink)

what in the hell are you talking about?

sonic7777 · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:47 on May 26, 2016 · (Permalink)

So this is awkward. There was another question but I answered on a dif post. I'm not exactly sure why it posted to this video. I've never seen this post before. Fun times

HowardQuandt · 1 points · Posted at 14:58:47 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

WHAATTTT, I absolutely loved you guys in Dorm Life!!! I'm a huge, huge fan. It's so cool to see you again, and this video is excellent. Insta-subbed!

wazzel2u · 1 points · Posted at 15:06:21 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That guy looks a lot like Seth Meyers

tidder53 · 1 points · Posted at 15:56:57 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

I thought the same thing. If not for the blonde hair, I was thinking this was a Late Night bit.

zrxd · 1 points · Posted at 15:09:27 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

wrg

OneEyedSara · 1 points · Posted at 15:33:56 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Surprisingly entertaining, well done.

Taco_LimeyJr_NA · 1 points · Posted at 16:03:47 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

this needs to be an actual show

fami28 · 1 points · Posted at 17:48:15 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

He is amazing really

TranceAddicto · 1 points · Posted at 19:09:12 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

That scream at the end is the best kind of scream

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:36:20 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

The JFK part gave me cancer.

naimnotname · 1 points · Posted at 12:35:39 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

Isn't he the lead from Dorm Life?

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:25:24 on January 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

This video was awesome. Congrats to Chris and Jack!

Even this thread about their video is awesome. JFK assassination, Purgatory! Secret Service! Death! Eternal Hell! Banging OP's mom!

GameAddikt · 1 points · Posted at 19:40:57 on January 25, 2016 · (Permalink)

How did he know about the bird poop corn pop?

minerlj · 1 points · Posted at 09:45:20 on January 27, 2016 · (Permalink)

he didn't ask 'what is the meaning of life'

wtf

Wucas · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:56 on January 29, 2016 · (Permalink)

ignore: literallyjustpornpls

Space__Ghost · 1 points · Posted at 22:10:06 on January 31, 2016 · (Permalink)

How did he know the bird poop thing?

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:39 on February 2, 2016 · (Permalink)

They should not have shown the huge room, it's inconsistent with reality of the supposed trick.

H0B0H0B0H0B0 · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:35 on February 5, 2016 · (Permalink)

I came to the comment section expecting arguments depicting whether or not this was real or not and there our conversations about your urine output, what the fuck.

zbone69 · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:27 on February 9, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yeah i guess i cheated on my gf, but at the same time it was emotionless, and i was pretty drunk. Does that count?

klrqn · 1 points · Posted at 23:27:28 on February 11, 2016 · (Permalink)

I went to school with that dude! DORM LIFE!

Louiecat · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:28 on February 17, 2016 · (Permalink)

Note to self: watch later

AnnieLovesStories · 1 points · Posted at 00:22:12 on February 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Very creative concept and I want to see this prank if only 6 feet cubicle made out of white paper works...

Lostcityofatlanta · 1 points · Posted at 12:49:08 on April 23, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is nowhere near as good as these other comments imply.

ivyyir · 1 points · Posted at 09:38:32 on June 7, 2016 · (Permalink)

I wonder if we could get updates on where all those actors ended up... I know the blonde friend played dwights potential farm wife in the last few episodes of the office...

MrSyaoranLi · 1 points · Posted at 17:38:54 on June 12, 2016 · (Permalink)

It took me a second to realise that's Sokka

Gunner_McCormick · 1 points · Posted at 22:59:30 on June 15, 2016 · (Permalink)

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:47:20 on June 25, 2016 · (Permalink)

+/u/User_Simulator prolepatriot

Itsathrowawaybru · 1 points · Posted at 17:05:46 on June 29, 2016 · (Permalink)

r/all

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:21:58 on July 9, 2016 · (Permalink)

It's so amazing I can comment on a post that is on the top posts of /r/all

To reddit users from the future: Privacy is all ._.

GreyHexagon · 1 points · Posted at 16:55:32 on July 10, 2016 · (Permalink)

ITT: people reading into it too much - it's just a comedy sketch for gods sake

mach3turbothefast · 1 points · Posted at 19:04:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Wow, that was great!!

monstaaa · 1 points · Posted at 21:07:36 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

OP is a god for this title. Thank you OP, you're a god for this title.

TheYeags · 1 points · Posted at 21:10:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

moeburn · 1 points · Posted at 21:17:33 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Notice the complete and total lack of any "why" questions.

BUTTHOLE_TALKS_SHIT · 1 points · Posted at 21:29:51 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

How did they get those cameras in side that box without the guy even noticing?

InertiaInMyPants · 1 points · Posted at 00:31:57 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

One of my questions would definitely be: Who killed Teresa Halbach of Wisconsin?

[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:42:34 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

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ThatScottishBesterd · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:00 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Not to mention that the whole thing would have to have been shot with at least two cameras inside that tiny little box that they somehow think the victim never notices.

People are stupid, I guess.

Conradschloss · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:48 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

10/10 would cheat again

[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 22:44:37 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)*

Today I learned that people on reddit don't understand Purgatory.

Purgatory is a cleansing experience that prepares you for Heaven. It is a process that removes the remaining residual effects of sin from your soul to prepare you for Heaven. It "purges" your soul. People that make it to Purgatory do not go to Hell. If you make it to Purgatory, you should be happy.

See, if the guy in the video were raised Catholic, and Saint Nicolas told him that he was in Purgatory but also going to Hell, the guy would've called bullshit immediately and knew it was a ruse.

EDIT: I see that Purgatory isn't mentioned in the video at all. It's "processing". Yeah, Purgatory isn't "processing". I'm great at parties, too.

iamnotafurry · 0 points · Posted at 23:13:39 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You know this is just a funny video right? Not a Catholic education vedio

[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 00:02:24 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Oh, my bad.

SyntheticGod8 · -1 points · Posted at 23:08:11 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Of course, even after you've been there a while and you apply for a spot in Heaven, you're already out because "You want it too bad. Blah, blah, blah, pride." So next time they go around you don't apply at all because maybe they'll notice how much purification you did, but no, everyone who applied gets in because it was done "humbly", whatever that means.

Point is, Purgatory is a bureaucratic nightmare. At least in Hell when you wait in line for 5,000 years while standing in lava you know the booth will be closed when you get there. Here, the booth is always open, it takes a long time to get to, but all you get out of it is a smile, platitudes, and a "try harder next time!"

Source: am in Purgatory

merktler · -1 points · Posted at 23:07:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

That was so fucking retarded. First page? LOL

LordKFC · -3 points · Posted at 22:05:07 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Why is this video on the frontpage? Do you really find this stupid shit funny?

Quick_A_Distraction · 4 points · Posted at 22:14:46 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

No, thousands of us watched it, thought it was stupid and unfunny, then upvoted it.

HARD1NGAL1NG · 3 points · Posted at 22:24:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

you must be a cheery person

7woheaded · 0 points · Posted at 20:00:31 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I really liked the ending, even though it kind of felt like a deus ex machina. Well made and funny!

GandalfSwagOff · 0 points · Posted at 21:12:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

hmmmm...

BloodyIron · 0 points · Posted at 22:09:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Look, I know it's satire, but god damn how to get sued.

Lol awesome premise though!

yhelothere · 0 points · Posted at 23:53:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

white people.

aebelsky · 0 points · Posted at 02:35:08 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Title should be tagged as false

antidamage · 0 points · Posted at 03:21:38 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Was waiting for Santa Claus, was not disappointed.

ULTRAMEGAMOOSE · -4 points · Posted at 22:12:56 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

As someone whose been to the other side, I can confirm that all answers are provided, without asking questions. Kindly note, that ALL transgressions/sins are observed, portrayed, understood, and felt from the receiving person's pov at a very empathetic level.

irerereddit · -1 points · Posted at 22:04:43 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Typical racist hollywood. The film is totally whited out. You should all boycott this movie.

the_dayman · -1 points · Posted at 23:54:40 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Reposted on /r/funny, "Guy on a fake gameshow gets tricked into admitting he cheated on his girlfriend."

sireniastars · 3 points · Posted at 00:02:39 on January 22, 2016 · (Permalink)

Well that gives everything away, though. Where is the fun in that?

Dick-fore · -2 points · Posted at 19:24:35 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

This is basically what Ryan Seacrest did/does on his morning radio show. Has a fake flower service and asks the guy to send it to whomever, and the entire time, the guy's SO is listening in. Pretty fucked if you ask me.

UglyMuffins · -2 points · Posted at 21:39:01 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

one minute

sees 3 minute video

screw you op

Retardoooo · -10 points · Posted at 19:57:44 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

I shut it off after two minutes. TLDW.

Wolfy21_ · 6 points · Posted at 20:35:19 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Its three minutes long.. You couldn't stay for 50 more seconds to hear the punchline? How is 3 minutes too long to watch for a skit..

Retardoooo · -2 points · Posted at 20:45:26 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Whoosh! I guess that one went over your head.

Title said one minute ....

[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 20:56:17 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

You have to make some attempt at a joke for there to be a woosh.

Retardoooo · 0 points · Posted at 22:50:54 on January 21, 2016 · (Permalink)

Yes sir, will do sir.

A guy in purgatory gets the answers to as many questions as he can ask in one minute

THE WHITE ROOM | Chris & Jack

does P= NP ?