I feel like this is also a commentary on the complaints about the wiki being full of SCPs that don't meant everyone's individual expectations. It feels like a message to accept the wiki for everything it is, good and bad, and move on from the entries you don't like without obsessing over & ranting about them. It feels like a warning about the anger and dissatisfaction that feeding those emotions can bring. Or maybe I'm just reading something else into it
The author's mother died earlier this year, so this story is sort of a wat to cope with that. Many meanings can be drawn from it, I suppose. To comment on your main point, while I agree that people should move on from SCPs they don't like, this is one of the "thousands" scps. They are contest winners and are usually a really big addition the the wider scp lore. This one doesn't feel like that, so I feel criticism around it would be fair.
Since I discovered SCP's i find that it's best feature is the lack of cannon and how diverse it is. Wouldn't change a thing. Btw "meet me in the stars" is my favourite,just to connect,just once even, meant so much. Chokes me right up just thinking about it.😭😭😭 Powerful, maybe it's cos my dad passed away B4 I was able to talk properly.
@@thomaspau211 maybe, do they still make stories about the damn creatures instead of projecting the author's life ? I remember when the articles were about the anomalies instead of "This is Your Life" 🤮
I am a PhD in Japanese literature and I have to say, this is exactly how I've been feeling recently being struck with some professional failures and a pretty bad depression. Listening to this really helped me today :)
hashtag first world problems. If you don't find your wealth and fame satisfying, then give them to someone who's sleeping under a bridge, that person will appreciate what you apparently don't.
@@quicksilvertongue3248 #Generalising a person you have never seen before by reading a less than 40 words comment they wrote an a random UA-cam video.
@@MidoriNatsume And why not? The problem I'm describing isn't unique to them, it's a textbook example of something that thousands of vocal complainers on social media are constantly chanting to each other like a mantra, talking about how hard their lives are and how bad it makes them feel, while literal human beings literally actually starve to literal death on the streets of the city that their apartments and offices float far above. I feel absolutely justified in calling out such BS whenever I hear it.
@@TheoEvian Well you have enough wealth to obtain a PhD, which I sure as hell never could; maybe you had to go into debt to pay for all that college, but at least you're considered a good credit risk by the loan officers, and that already puts you in like the top 10% of humanity right there. Fame, okay sure, that doesn't mean what it used to in the Internet age. So maybe your situation is worse than I'm imagining, but I'd bet good money that it's better than you feel as though it is, because you've probably never experienced the REAL suffering that is a daily reality to thousands of people in your city that are basically invisible to you. I'm not trying to be combative here, really. But people who are doing well, and benefiting from an engine of progress that consumes human suffering as its fuel, should at LEAST have the decency not to whine about how hard they have it.
Aw I love this one. The moment Lague was doing his best to NOT ask, exasperated, the literal spaghetti western if it ate people was so funny. But it also hit hard. I think we all need a Wally in our lives
This story hits close to home. I feel much of my life library would read very similar to the Director. Giving up and feeling there’s no hope or reason to pursue anything because you’ll never be good enough to actually make something of yourself through those projects or actions. Any and all accomplishments are just flukes or luck, but still never good enough.
Hit me the same way. Living your life while moving the goalposts of success ever further away is awful. You start to feel like Sisyphus but you keep making the boulder bigger.
SCP-1000: A sapient species that predates us and built their own civilizations, which has massive implications, turning the silly concept of [Bigfoot] into a tragic and haunting one SCP-2000: A facility which is able to rebuild human civilization, a [Deus Ex Machina] for the Foundation SCP-3000: A giant eel, who could be [Ananteshesha], which is responsible for most of the amnestics SCP-4000: A place filled with faes, which have a history with the Foundation itself and a [Taboo] which the organization commited SCP-5000: A cruesome alternate reality, where the Foundation began willingly to exterminate humanity and a mystery of [Why?] SCP-6000: A way connected to [The Serpent, the Moose, and the Wanderer's Library], which grows and grows, covering the entire earth and the nature of stories SCP-7000: A man, his life and his bad luck, he who stabilize the cycle of luck, [The Loser] upholding the veil despite the odds SCP-8000: A *S E A L*
I’m still waiting on the cross testing of SCP-7000 on SCP-181. How hard is it to put together an ethnical test on the two with little disasters and death? Just have them play a friendly game of chance like poker or blackjack. Or heck just have SCP-7000 or 181 flip a coin
I've been in a depressive state for the last two months and ignoring everyone who's tried to reach out to me. The main driver has been that I feel like I'm not living up to my own expectations or doing what I feel like I should be capable of. I'm by everyone I've talked with's standards successful, but to me I'm still nowhere near good enough. This is the first video of yours I've cried watching. I'm going to comment and let the author know about it and reflect more on what I'm going to do. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Wikidot doesn't let me make an account for some reason. Reading the comments on the article I see many other people voiced a similar sentiment, so hopefully the author is already aware of how meaningful this is to a lot of people. If they happen to read the comments here, I hope they hear that this is helping motivate me and understand myself in a really hard time, and that they did an amazing job writing this. Couldn't have come at a better time for me.
Hey there, I struggle with the same feelings, especially that bit of not being able to fulfill what I should be capable of. The guilt and frustration really does feel crushing, and a lot of times I questioned why people would ever care for me and want me in their lives, which is why I'd ignore people reaching out to me. I hope things get better for you, and I'm happy writing like this exists because it gives people like us hope and strength. Take care!
I was looking at the site about an hour before this video and thought about how each series is themed, so I decided to check out what the 8th theme was when I saw "the seal of approval", I was fully expecting some epic tale about the 05's doing things they shouldn't or something I never thought I'd ever be jumpscared by a seal but here we are
I'll be nitpicky here and say that the themes only apply to contests, so if the theme for 8kcon was "Fantasy", all participating articles would need to have Fantasy as the lead/primary theme. Once the contest is over authors are allowed to write which ever SCPs they want.
@@bakonzetaim1090it is because many of the good scps that lose the contest, still turn into scps with other numbers. So a lot of the first scps are themed.
Seal that approves you :o ( and gives therapy 😮 ) holy crap I love articles like this, literally novels you would pay for. I do love myself more classic scp articles but stuff like this always makes my day. Thank you for reading this Exploring Series.
I love when there are friendly talking entities which wouldn’t usually talk (like a seal, bus, or nudibranch). It’s nice having an entity that’s just Here to Help
The Draconic rules of HIPPA is probably just a typo, but I love the idea that in the SCP universe there was a literal dragon behind the drafting of that horrifically bass-ackward law.
@@zama422 I know what it means, it's still grammatically weird in this context. The word that should have been used is "draconian", which means "like a dragon" rather than "of a dragon". And stop telling people to look things up; dictionaries deal in the definitive, but it's the connotative which determines actual meaning.
@@scmontgomery it's difficult to come up with exact details on the fly, but for years I've been stumbling across various scenarios in which the obvious correct thing to do in the situation is HIPPA prohibited in ways that are of no benefit to the patient whom HIPPA supposedly protects. It's a very typical example of a bad law that's put in place solely to benefit the bureaucracy that administrates it, making life difficult for literally everyone else. It's bad law and ought to be stricken completely from the books, but we never like to do that around here.
An SCP about a wormy, talking, floating seal? Can easily bet that's just a decoy, and the real subject is something else quite mundane and yet very much strangely relatable. 14:20: Almost sounds like Benson from Regular Show. Almost. Instead of being "the next Jack Kirby/Stan Lee", why not become an up-and-coming Bruce Timm, Glen Murakami, or James Tucker? 26:48: Bill's more of a yellow cyclops triangle in one Theraprism. Still, appreciate how the Seal acknowledges "tonal disparity". 29:40: Heh. Even with the Seal revealing their name, they sure kept their ambiguity and air of mystery. If only the Mass Effect Reapers were this successful. That green, anti-Darwin SCP got got by incredulity. And I thought Anakin Skywalker had big esteem issues. This guy goes way beyond. I like this Spaghetti Jones and his steed. 40:32: Did not expect this brick joke to 32:43. Why do the glowing orbs on the Seal's library somewhat remind me of CLANNAD? Come to think of it, the ending feels like CLANNAD all over again, with some Dickensian Christmas Carol, complete with bookends.
52:00 it was at this exact moment that I had an idea, and I’m curious to see if the story wraps up this way… what if the AI-operated machine did find the world-ending threat: its own creator? So it stepped in and did its job, making contact with and stopping him before he performed the fatal action?
I really like that idea, but the machine’s job isn’t to stop anomalies, it’s just to find them. Actually now that I’m thinking about it, the seal didn’t really stop him, it helped him realize he could make that change himself. Which is what the machine is supposed to do! I might go with your reading of it, I think that’s sweet :)
I find a lot of this story (mostly the non-anomolous parts) to be highly relatable, and I can't help but wonder how much of this is chronic depression and gifted kid syndrome, and how much is a unique personal issue or trauma. I also find the talking seal very relatable, but mine is named Howard instead of Wallace, and he wears a cowboy hat on most days.
I really liked this one. It was a good pick to cover. Not that every SCP should be like this, but its nice to see a happy ending once in awhile. It managed to be fun, amusing, gripping, and heartwarming. I think SCP 8000 fits nicely in the beneficial list of SCPs too
To be honest, the first time I read SCP-8000, I wasn't impressed. A super-long flying seal who pulls a "Ghost of Christmas Past" felt too zany and unconnected to anything in-universe or out-of-universe (except maybe PLague's SCP-001 proposal). But hearing it read out loud, I am growing to appreciate more. ❤
OOF. This one hits like a howitzer to the gut for me. Can’t help but relate to Lague a lot here, always had high standards for myself in anything I cared enough to put my mind to. Plus right now i’m in the midst of a big artblock, pretty similar state emotionally to the one Lague finds himself in. This has given me food for thought. Thanks weird interdimensional flying seal Wally
I read this one a while back in school on the school issued laptop and the ending would have made my eyes watery if it wasn't like the third period in the morning, it's a lengthy read but worth it in my opinion if you liked the narration ❤
Man I didn't expect to tear up because of an SCP article. They're usually dark and hopeless but this is a wholesome one redeeming someone which I wasn't prepared for.
hey man i just wanted to pop over to youtube and mention that while i don't watch these videos much anymore, i DO fall asleep to them on spotify. thank you for making these videos, thank you for putting them on spotify, and thank you for the incredible content in general. ok back to spotify it's beftime
Finally, our seal lord has been covered by the God of exploring himself! PlaguePJP and everyone who worked on that article genuinely did a spectacular job, and it definitely deserved to win the SCP 8kcon contest!
I got a 31 on the act (apparently equivalent to ~1400 on the sat) a few years ago in high school. I never studied for it but I think all it takes for the majority of people to get a super high score is studying. You want to know as much as possible so you have the time to think about every problem and discover nuances that try to trick your comprehension senses. Take a LOT of time on practice problems, eat/sleep well for days before the test, and be super methodical each question
@@derp.p I’ve been practicing for month but I just can’t improve that much. My reading speed is slow and it takes even longer for me to be able to comprehend what I’ve read. Lot of time I need to read passages or math question 2 or more times even to be able to understand it.
I wonder how many realized the researcher involved is the same guy over 001 Proposal: The Ones that got Away? Poor guy, ever since having to deal with that proposal he can’t seem to catch a break. And yet I still cannot help but laugh remembering the file on ‘The Ones that got Away’ namely the researcher trying to put a file on it together and his trip to meet the O5 council
Edit: realized Wally didn’t say he wouldn’t lie, he said he’d be honest with Lag (or however it’s spelt) if Lag was honest with Wally. So obviously the real issue is Lag isn’t even being honest with himself. “if Wally said he wouldn’t lie. Then says he doesn’t have a name, then latter says his name has always been Wallace. Did he lie, or did he rewrite the observable universes into one where he’s called Wally so this conversation can move forward?”
Wow...I never thought a SCP reading would ever hit me with the feels, until today. And, of all times, while I'm at my cubical making 3D models for the company I work for. It was pretty hard to try and hold back the tears, but I was able to pull it off. I've dealt with similar feelings of burnout and depression before, especially in college 2-3 years ago, and I still sort of struggle with the same feelings, albeit not as bad as it was back then. Even though I was overflowing with ideas, I lacked the motivation to depict them in any form. I nearly failed. But, I somehow managed to pull through. Today the depression isn't really present, but the lack of motivation to portray ideas in drawings or anything still lingers. I hope one day I can get over this hurdle because I miss being able to express my creative ideas at their fullest and I fear that it could impact my job negatively one day. Anyway, I felt like this story connected with me at some sort of personal level. I haven't felt the way I feel right now, as I'm typing this, in what seems like a long time. I didn't think anyone who was dealing with similar feelings would be able to portray or explain it in a way that's not just in a few words, but this story proved me wrong in every way. Whoever the author for this SCP is, you have my deepest gratitude. I really should listen to this again when I'm not at work and I should probably stop typing this out since the feels are starting to come back. Again, to the author of the article, thank you. One more thing, I heard about an incident that happened in the author's family. So, to the author, you have my condolences.
So many of us go through life seeking validation but often look for that validation in others but more often than not its really just us being unable to accept ourselves as we are We are our own worst critics and our own highest standard
It is essentially part of the "Integration Program" series, a collection of SCPs that are rather wholesome or beneficial in which the foundation potentially uses them for good.
Hes tried to branch out, but according to him, the lack of views for all the effort he puts into other sorts of exploring videos, such as Warhammer 40k, is really discouraging.
I’d recently finished rewatching The Ones That Got Away, so I was a bit disappointed that the same Dr Lague that accepted his shortcomings in that story would so quickly devolve into a spiral of literal self-destruction. That said, the story makes sense, esp from a metatextual perspective, so I’m glad that he got a happy ending.
I feel that scp 5000 was a sort of turning point for the x000 scps where the entries started to really resemble tales more than articles. I always personslly found the scps like 2000 and 3000 intresting on how they explained sort of fundemental functions of the foundation, or how 1000 and 4000 made great additions to the universe which other authors to itterate on. I just find it a shame that we don't see those types of x000 articles anymore
Because there are other articles and Canons that do that. You still have SCPs like that, they didn't go anywhere. They are just too simple for x000 which is okay.
@@EspeonMistress00I don't see a good reason though why more simple x000 articles like 1000 or 4000 are effectively gone from the x000 competetion pool. They were much more flexibe for authors to utilize to create new articles unlike 5000 and 6000 which are essentially tales and thus cannot be itterated upon by other authors to the same degree as older x000 articles.
Ha, thanks for reminding me about spaghettificating mehrunes dagon. So nice to have an immortal punching bag now and then. Well immortal up to a point as usual. For those who never did it any scripted force applied to a body with no ragdoll skeleton gets wacky real quick. How you ragdoll a god is just basic godhood and paying attention.
This one hurt a lot more than I thought it would. Expertly written, because it hits the “Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria demon” that most ADHDers commonly have (myself included.)
❤ Okkkkaayyyyyyy… why does this make me feel suuuuuuuper called out? 😂😭 like… shit… 💩 I have everything I could want and I’ve achieved a lot in life… yet I compare myself with friends who are researchers or businessmen or other folks who somehow measure as “better” than what I achieved so far in life… but I wouldn’t be happy doing other things… I have a job that makes me feel fulfilled, in which I help people… like, what do I have to be depressed about???
Anyone else miss the older "Log/File" SCPs that werent just long winded Tales? Testing log after log thatd lead to an external file or add on that has deeper lore and explanations? Personnel getting changed out mid experiment due to death, abuse or any other reason. These are great too and theres gems here n there but i guess i just miss the old story telling
@Mirp-vc9sp it's not about the length, it's the format and way it's told that's the issue for me. Everything after Series 5 have basically all just been Tales
@@lestachio801 i don't agree with you on the last part, what you're looking for does exist on the wiki, scp-8043 may be something matching what you're describing, you could also ask others and I'm sure you'd get a few more.
The title of this one is a pretty on-the-nose pun, but like so many good SCP articles it's more about the story being told: the story that if you feel like you've done nothing of substance with your life, you can still make a change and improve yourself, change for the better, even if you feel like you're never good enough to find success.
i was just watching the video as normal but when the he said your good enough i started to cry for no reason erm idk why just had to say it to remember it
like this piece a lot, and while I did have a few issues with it initially, I believe this deserves its recognition regardless, and I give my deepest condolences to the author themselves too. Now, on to my thoughts: I love this as a narrative experience, and its commentary hits close to home for me. Like some, I find myself relating to Lague a lot as my strive for perfectionism (professionalism too) has always been my own hubris and being a workaholic doesn't help too. EX: (If I want to work on a book in my free-time I will hyperfocus on “perfecting” it until it's molded into a masterpiece even if it takes all day and all night in the process). I have had quite a few peaks in my life too and due to those great accomplishments, I have steeped into a great and spiraling burnout that has taken a toll on my life as a result and it's led to a long depression. I know I can't achieve such things again like I want to as I have too many good ideas to choose from, like looking at an endless canvas. I lost all of my friends as a result and I pushed everyone away from me. I'm all alone now besides my supplies and failures to reflect on. I do not wish such a burden and suffering to fall upon anyone. I'm doing everything I can to make a difference and to recover from it but If you're reading this then thank you it means a lot to me. This took me all night to write so I'm sorry if this is too long so do forgive me and to leave on a high-note I want to thank the Exploring Series for being with us for all these years. It's been fun to listen to. I've been reading the SCP mythos since 2014. I've seen a lot of awesome works since then and now there is an 8000th slot? It's impressive how time flies by and of course there will always be more in the future too. I might even write in my own pieces of work on the website but we'll see until then!
Scp 10,000 gotta be named “John Containment” and be a meta textual commentary on how the scp community has evolved
Well, need one SCP-9001 first
@@ricardohoang8452
the internet
You should start writing it. It's your idea
@@ricardohoang8452I'll be fighting for the 9999 slot.
I imagine the long line empty line meme with Raddagher being the only one who wants 9320.
I love John containment when he said “scp” and then he scp’d all over the place
I don't care what anybody else thinks, Spaghetti Jones is the best character in this universe and I love him
Don't forget Ricky Tony
Spaghetti Jones called me a sow of a man then lopped a chunk of my flesh off and cooked it like a steak
The flying spaghetti monster would be proud lol
*Looks at that first picture* Oh boy, we’re in for something whacked aren’t we?
Ngl, the thumbnail-title-combo made me click this
Those were the exact words I said when I read the article.
Those were the exact words I said when I read the article.
Your new here. Enjoy
Bit different to the ol heresy aye
I feel like this is also a commentary on the complaints about the wiki being full of SCPs that don't meant everyone's individual expectations. It feels like a message to accept the wiki for everything it is, good and bad, and move on from the entries you don't like without obsessing over & ranting about them. It feels like a warning about the anger and dissatisfaction that feeding those emotions can bring.
Or maybe I'm just reading something else into it
The author's mother died earlier this year, so this story is sort of a wat to cope with that. Many meanings can be drawn from it, I suppose.
To comment on your main point, while I agree that people should move on from SCPs they don't like, this is one of the "thousands" scps. They are contest winners and are usually a really big addition the the wider scp lore. This one doesn't feel like that, so I feel criticism around it would be fair.
Since I discovered SCP's i find that it's best feature is the lack of cannon and how diverse it is. Wouldn't change a thing. Btw "meet me in the stars" is my favourite,just to connect,just once even, meant so much. Chokes me right up just thinking about it.😭😭😭
Powerful, maybe it's cos my dad passed away B4 I was able to talk properly.
Maybe RPC should've won instead
@@EddiePGRPlayer420 The Racist?
@@thomaspau211 maybe, do they still make stories about the damn creatures instead of projecting the author's life ? I remember when the articles were about the anomalies instead of "This is Your Life" 🤮
This gets my seal of approval.
... Ugh
...Dad?
Wheres the milk?
Beat me to it!
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I am a PhD in Japanese literature and I have to say, this is exactly how I've been feeling recently being struck with some professional failures and a pretty bad depression. Listening to this really helped me today :)
hashtag first world problems. If you don't find your wealth and fame satisfying, then give them to someone who's sleeping under a bridge, that person will appreciate what you apparently don't.
@@quicksilvertongue3248 Mate, I won't go into details but I wish I had the wealth and fame you are implying I have.
@@quicksilvertongue3248 #Generalising a person you have never seen before by reading a less than 40 words comment they wrote an a random UA-cam video.
@@MidoriNatsume And why not? The problem I'm describing isn't unique to them, it's a textbook example of something that thousands of vocal complainers on social media are constantly chanting to each other like a mantra, talking about how hard their lives are and how bad it makes them feel, while literal human beings literally actually starve to literal death on the streets of the city that their apartments and offices float far above. I feel absolutely justified in calling out such BS whenever I hear it.
@@TheoEvian Well you have enough wealth to obtain a PhD, which I sure as hell never could; maybe you had to go into debt to pay for all that college, but at least you're considered a good credit risk by the loan officers, and that already puts you in like the top 10% of humanity right there. Fame, okay sure, that doesn't mean what it used to in the Internet age. So maybe your situation is worse than I'm imagining, but I'd bet good money that it's better than you feel as though it is, because you've probably never experienced the REAL suffering that is a daily reality to thousands of people in your city that are basically invisible to you. I'm not trying to be combative here, really. But people who are doing well, and benefiting from an engine of progress that consumes human suffering as its fuel, should at LEAST have the decency not to whine about how hard they have it.
I've always made the seal of approval joke by drawing little seals on stuff that you'd think you'd need approval for, this is funny lol
Seals are so cute.
[TEMPORALANOMALYDETECTED descrepancy value 20H]
PlaguePJP’s seal related articles made me love them more
They attack penguins, sexually...
@@maximedaunis8292 ?! Never heard of that, you're sure not confusing them with dolphins.
@@Nekomancer69 Dolphins too but with humans
Aw I love this one. The moment Lague was doing his best to NOT ask, exasperated, the literal spaghetti western if it ate people was so funny. But it also hit hard. I think we all need a Wally in our lives
This story hits close to home. I feel much of my life library would read very similar to the Director. Giving up and feeling there’s no hope or reason to pursue anything because you’ll never be good enough to actually make something of yourself through those projects or actions. Any and all accomplishments are just flukes or luck, but still never good enough.
I don't feel exactly the same as the Director, but self-hatred is a bitch.
Hit me the same way. Living your life while moving the goalposts of success ever further away is awful. You start to feel like Sisyphus but you keep making the boulder bigger.
What did you do?
Hey, don't ever forget this: The journey is the goal. The destination is where you stop.
SCP-1000: A sapient species that predates us and built their own civilizations, which has massive implications, turning the silly concept of [Bigfoot] into a tragic and haunting one
SCP-2000: A facility which is able to rebuild human civilization, a [Deus Ex Machina] for the Foundation
SCP-3000: A giant eel, who could be [Ananteshesha], which is responsible for most of the amnestics
SCP-4000: A place filled with faes, which have a history with the Foundation itself and a [Taboo] which the organization commited
SCP-5000: A cruesome alternate reality, where the Foundation began willingly to exterminate humanity and a mystery of [Why?]
SCP-6000: A way connected to [The Serpent, the Moose, and the Wanderer's Library], which grows and grows, covering the entire earth and the nature of stories
SCP-7000: A man, his life and his bad luck, he who stabilize the cycle of luck, [The Loser] upholding the veil despite the odds
SCP-8000: A *S E A L*
Yeah, you can spot where it clearly went downhill
How so? It just seems like concepts just got a little more ambitious. You can’t tell me 7000 isn’t great, either.
I’m still waiting on the cross testing of SCP-7000 on SCP-181. How hard is it to put together an ethnical test on the two with little disasters and death? Just have them play a friendly game of chance like poker or blackjack. Or heck just have SCP-7000 or 181 flip a coin
@@ashleighstratmann7783i remember this was happend in some where
@@Melvinshermen please tell me where when you find it.
Start of video: Haha funny long boi
End of video: I need to reevaluate my life and make sure I’m not neglecting myself and those I care most about
We are going to need full write-ups on that toaster and the pasta cowboy
I remember reading 8000 for the first time and thinking it needed the main man’s coverage, happy to finally see it!
This is definitely the wildest adaptation of A Christmas Carol that I've ever encountered.
I've been in a depressive state for the last two months and ignoring everyone who's tried to reach out to me. The main driver has been that I feel like I'm not living up to my own expectations or doing what I feel like I should be capable of. I'm by everyone I've talked with's standards successful, but to me I'm still nowhere near good enough.
This is the first video of yours I've cried watching. I'm going to comment and let the author know about it and reflect more on what I'm going to do. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Wikidot doesn't let me make an account for some reason. Reading the comments on the article I see many other people voiced a similar sentiment, so hopefully the author is already aware of how meaningful this is to a lot of people. If they happen to read the comments here, I hope they hear that this is helping motivate me and understand myself in a really hard time, and that they did an amazing job writing this. Couldn't have come at a better time for me.
Hey there, I struggle with the same feelings, especially that bit of not being able to fulfill what I should be capable of. The guilt and frustration really does feel crushing, and a lot of times I questioned why people would ever care for me and want me in their lives, which is why I'd ignore people reaching out to me. I hope things get better for you, and I'm happy writing like this exists because it gives people like us hope and strength. Take care!
A note: It's mentioned in SCP-5595 (which is also written by PlaguePJP) that Dr. Coix's name is pronounced like "koi".
Then spell it that way and we won't have a problem, will we?
A note: 5595 pronounces it "cocks"
just as I was about to give up on sleeping my saviour posts a video
I was looking at the site about an hour before this video and thought about how each series is themed, so I decided to check out what the 8th theme was
when I saw "the seal of approval", I was fully expecting some epic tale about the 05's doing things they shouldn't or something
I never thought I'd ever be jumpscared by a seal but here we are
I'll be nitpicky here and say that the themes only apply to contests, so if the theme for 8kcon was "Fantasy", all participating articles would need to have Fantasy as the lead/primary theme.
Once the contest is over authors are allowed to write which ever SCPs they want.
@@bakonzetaim1090 👍wouldn't really call that a nitpick, thank you for telling me
@@bakonzetaim1090it is because many of the good scps that lose the contest, still turn into scps with other numbers. So a lot of the first scps are themed.
SCP-8000 is an awesome character study, and I'm glad you're finally covering it.
Seal that approves you :o
( and gives therapy 😮 )
holy crap I love articles like this, literally novels you would pay for.
I do love myself more classic scp articles but stuff like this always makes my day.
Thank you for reading this Exploring Series.
This could be a movie
I love when there are friendly talking entities which wouldn’t usually talk (like a seal, bus, or nudibranch). It’s nice having an entity that’s just Here to Help
The Draconic rules of HIPPA is probably just a typo, but I love the idea that in the SCP universe there was a literal dragon behind the drafting of that horrifically bass-ackward law.
What about "HIPPA" are you criticizing in particular
Look up the definition of draconic.
@@zama422 I know what it means, it's still grammatically weird in this context. The word that should have been used is "draconian", which means "like a dragon" rather than "of a dragon". And stop telling people to look things up; dictionaries deal in the definitive, but it's the connotative which determines actual meaning.
@@scmontgomery it's difficult to come up with exact details on the fly, but for years I've been stumbling across various scenarios in which the obvious correct thing to do in the situation is HIPPA prohibited in ways that are of no benefit to the patient whom HIPPA supposedly protects. It's a very typical example of a bad law that's put in place solely to benefit the bureaucracy that administrates it, making life difficult for literally everyone else. It's bad law and ought to be stricken completely from the books, but we never like to do that around here.
@@quicksilvertongue3248 Okay, I know you think it's a bad law but you still haven't explained anything
All hail the seal.
(Quickly hides his club)
An SCP about a wormy, talking, floating seal? Can easily bet that's just a decoy, and the real subject is something else quite mundane and yet very much strangely relatable.
14:20: Almost sounds like Benson from Regular Show. Almost.
Instead of being "the next Jack Kirby/Stan Lee", why not become an up-and-coming Bruce Timm, Glen Murakami, or James Tucker?
26:48: Bill's more of a yellow cyclops triangle in one Theraprism. Still, appreciate how the Seal acknowledges "tonal disparity".
29:40: Heh. Even with the Seal revealing their name, they sure kept their ambiguity and air of mystery. If only the Mass Effect Reapers were this successful.
That green, anti-Darwin SCP got got by incredulity.
And I thought Anakin Skywalker had big esteem issues. This guy goes way beyond.
I like this Spaghetti Jones and his steed.
40:32: Did not expect this brick joke to 32:43.
Why do the glowing orbs on the Seal's library somewhat remind me of CLANNAD? Come to think of it, the ending feels like CLANNAD all over again, with some Dickensian Christmas Carol, complete with bookends.
“It’s right through here, and it’s cozy.”
52:00 it was at this exact moment that I had an idea, and I’m curious to see if the story wraps up this way… what if the AI-operated machine did find the world-ending threat: its own creator? So it stepped in and did its job, making contact with and stopping him before he performed the fatal action?
I really like that idea, but the machine’s job isn’t to stop anomalies, it’s just to find them. Actually now that I’m thinking about it, the seal didn’t really stop him, it helped him realize he could make that change himself. Which is what the machine is supposed to do! I might go with your reading of it, I think that’s sweet :)
I find a lot of this story (mostly the non-anomolous parts) to be highly relatable, and I can't help but wonder how much of this is chronic depression and gifted kid syndrome, and how much is a unique personal issue or trauma.
I also find the talking seal very relatable, but mine is named Howard instead of Wallace, and he wears a cowboy hat on most days.
Can't wait for Cimmerian's video on this one, when he finally posts again.
Love that the author picked a Seal as an easter egg for Cimmerian's fans.
When I read 8000 for the first time i cried, the story feels incredibly personal and i love it
I really liked this one. It was a good pick to cover. Not that every SCP should be like this, but its nice to see a happy ending once in awhile.
It managed to be fun, amusing, gripping, and heartwarming. I think SCP 8000 fits nicely in the beneficial list of SCPs too
It's good to see a friendly anomaly sometimes
To be honest, the first time I read SCP-8000, I wasn't impressed. A super-long flying seal who pulls a "Ghost of Christmas Past" felt too zany and unconnected to anything in-universe or out-of-universe (except maybe PLague's SCP-001 proposal). But hearing it read out loud, I am growing to appreciate more. ❤
I think anything this guy reads just makes it 1000x better. I wish he could read me all of my literature.
OOF. This one hits like a howitzer to the gut for me. Can’t help but relate to Lague a lot here, always had high standards for myself in anything I cared enough to put my mind to. Plus right now i’m in the midst of a big artblock, pretty similar state emotionally to the one Lague finds himself in. This has given me food for thought. Thanks weird interdimensional flying seal Wally
I read this one a while back in school on the school issued laptop and the ending would have made my eyes watery if it wasn't like the third period in the morning, it's a lengthy read but worth it in my opinion if you liked the narration ❤
Man I didn't expect to tear up because of an SCP article. They're usually dark and hopeless but this is a wholesome one redeeming someone which I wasn't prepared for.
hey man i just wanted to pop over to youtube and mention that while i don't watch these videos much anymore, i DO fall asleep to them on spotify. thank you for making these videos, thank you for putting them on spotify, and thank you for the incredible content in general. ok back to spotify it's beftime
Finally, our seal lord has been covered by the God of exploring himself! PlaguePJP and everyone who worked on that article genuinely did a spectacular job, and it definitely deserved to win the SCP 8kcon contest!
Just finished the foodrun
Yes! A SEAL
1520 on SAT would be a dream for me 😭😭
I got a 31 on the act (apparently equivalent to ~1400 on the sat) a few years ago in high school. I never studied for it but I think all it takes for the majority of people to get a super high score is studying. You want to know as much as possible so you have the time to think about every problem and discover nuances that try to trick your comprehension senses. Take a LOT of time on practice problems, eat/sleep well for days before the test, and be super methodical each question
@@derp.p I’ve been practicing for month but I just can’t improve that much. My reading speed is slow and it takes even longer for me to be able to comprehend what I’ve read. Lot of time I need to read passages or math question 2 or more times even to be able to understand it.
I wonder how many realized the researcher involved is the same guy over 001 Proposal: The Ones that got Away?
Poor guy, ever since having to deal with that proposal he can’t seem to catch a break. And yet I still cannot help but laugh remembering the file on ‘The Ones that got Away’ namely the researcher trying to put a file on it together and his trip to meet the O5 council
*Kiss from a rose fades in*
Edit: realized Wally didn’t say he wouldn’t lie, he said he’d be honest with Lag (or however it’s spelt) if Lag was honest with Wally. So obviously the real issue is Lag isn’t even being honest with himself. “if Wally said he wouldn’t lie. Then says he doesn’t have a name, then latter says his name has always been Wallace. Did he lie, or did he rewrite the observable universes into one where he’s called Wally so this conversation can move forward?”
This is a neat observation :)
If everything you say becomes real anyway is it even possible to lie?
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Wow...I never thought a SCP reading would ever hit me with the feels, until today. And, of all times, while I'm at my cubical making 3D models for the company I work for. It was pretty hard to try and hold back the tears, but I was able to pull it off. I've dealt with similar feelings of burnout and depression before, especially in college 2-3 years ago, and I still sort of struggle with the same feelings, albeit not as bad as it was back then. Even though I was overflowing with ideas, I lacked the motivation to depict them in any form. I nearly failed. But, I somehow managed to pull through. Today the depression isn't really present, but the lack of motivation to portray ideas in drawings or anything still lingers. I hope one day I can get over this hurdle because I miss being able to express my creative ideas at their fullest and I fear that it could impact my job negatively one day. Anyway, I felt like this story connected with me at some sort of personal level. I haven't felt the way I feel right now, as I'm typing this, in what seems like a long time. I didn't think anyone who was dealing with similar feelings would be able to portray or explain it in a way that's not just in a few words, but this story proved me wrong in every way. Whoever the author for this SCP is, you have my deepest gratitude. I really should listen to this again when I'm not at work and I should probably stop typing this out since the feels are starting to come back. Again, to the author of the article, thank you.
One more thing, I heard about an incident that happened in the author's family. So, to the author, you have my condolences.
this is probably one of the cooler scps, bro is silly, whimsical, and is probably a reality bender
the seal floats she’s very soft very ✨demure✨
So many of us go through life seeking validation but often look for that validation in others but more often than not its really just us being unable to accept ourselves as we are
We are our own worst critics and our own highest standard
last time i was this early, SCP was a 4chan trend
Weirdest Christmas Carol story of all time
So 8000 is the best and possibly only effective therapist?
It is essentially part of the "Integration Program" series, a collection of SCPs that are rather wholesome or beneficial in which the foundation potentially uses them for good.
Yaaaas! So glad to see TES covering this one❤🧡💛💚💙💜
*MOM GET THE CAMERA*
"Whacky-do-dads must we code for ketier, right?
Sometimes a “feel good” scp is just what I need. I can file this next to Avalon..thank you !
Man, you are committed to this series. I found you with your exploring Elder Scrolls. You've been on SCP for years now it seems.
Hes tried to branch out, but according to him, the lack of views for all the effort he puts into other sorts of exploring videos, such as Warhammer 40k, is really discouraging.
Much appreciated, Can't wait for Mondays.
Never stop making these videos please, i appreciate your content so much, i listen to these readings at the gym and in bed, theyre my comfort videos
Why do i feel like this is a narration of my life. Smh
The title and the thumbnail caught me offguard
i have never been more excited to learn about an scp
I’d recently finished rewatching The Ones That Got Away, so I was a bit disappointed that the same Dr Lague that accepted his shortcomings in that story would so quickly devolve into a spiral of literal self-destruction. That said, the story makes sense, esp from a metatextual perspective, so I’m glad that he got a happy ending.
"Oh. Seal, as in the animal. Sort of."
Admit that was your firs thought after seeing the thumbnail.
*OH BOY! IT'S 3AM!!*
I’m convinced people only watch these videos at 3am
6am here and yes that's even worse. Lol
As much as I like the sci-fi and horror based scp’s, I really love when we get personal character based ones. Really good short one and done.
Yes thank you mang, our fate is sealed
I feel that scp 5000 was a sort of turning point for the x000 scps where the entries started to really resemble tales more than articles. I always personslly found the scps like 2000 and 3000 intresting on how they explained sort of fundemental functions of the foundation, or how 1000 and 4000 made great additions to the universe which other authors to itterate on.
I just find it a shame that we don't see those types of x000 articles anymore
I couldn't agree more.
This is so so accurate
@@justaamateur6533 🎯
Because there are other articles and Canons that do that.
You still have SCPs like that, they didn't go anywhere.
They are just too simple for x000 which is okay.
@@EspeonMistress00I don't see a good reason though why more simple x000 articles like 1000 or 4000 are effectively gone from the x000 competetion pool. They were much more flexibe for authors to utilize to create new articles unlike 5000 and 6000 which are essentially tales and thus cannot be itterated upon by other authors to the same degree as older x000 articles.
I lost it at the Elmo one 😂
I like these stories that remind me SCP isn’t all about horror.
Hasn't been like that since over a decade
Why this remind me so much of Falcor and the Neverending Story?
the last time i was this early for TES content, i was playing Oblivion.
Ha, thanks for reminding me about spaghettificating mehrunes dagon.
So nice to have an immortal punching bag now and then.
Well immortal up to a point as usual.
For those who never did it any scripted force applied to a body with no ragdoll skeleton gets wacky real quick. How you ragdoll a god is just basic godhood and paying attention.
Omg! I seriously needed this, things have been rough and this article helped me see a new perspective! Thank you! ❤
I KNEW he would do this scp it's the highest rated in series 9
Thank you for reading this one. I think it helped me, somewhat. I cried a little near the end, and I almost never cry.
i always love stories that seem to be a way for an author to get out of a funk they’re stuck in in their lives.
SEAL OF APPROVAL IS BEST SEAL
Ah, yes. I too remember the last time a seal told me it floated daintily and whimsically.
Thanks, keep up the great work, we all really appreciate you 😊
It's about damn time.
17:50 made me smile because I'm doing linework for a comic while listening to this :)
why am i crying
This is a certified seal approval
Dr Lague is so fucking relatable idk y
I would give everything to meet this seal
As someone born just barely a genius and having to work hard for everything I can relate with lag a lot.
The Christmas Carol: SCP Edition
This one hurt a lot more than I thought it would. Expertly written, because it hits the “Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria demon” that most ADHDers commonly have (myself included.)
Thank you!
No but actually it is 3am
Okay. Now I HAVE to create my own arc. This was so needed. ❤
Okay, this hits a little bit too close to home...
"a photocopier" i love scp so much
Keep up the good work mang
❤ Okkkkaayyyyyyy… why does this make me feel suuuuuuuper called out? 😂😭 like… shit… 💩 I have everything I could want and I’ve achieved a lot in life… yet I compare myself with friends who are researchers or businessmen or other folks who somehow measure as “better” than what I achieved so far in life… but I wouldn’t be happy doing other things… I have a job that makes me feel fulfilled, in which I help people… like, what do I have to be depressed about???
One of the best SCP stories I've ever heard.
Anyone else miss the older "Log/File" SCPs that werent just long winded Tales? Testing log after log thatd lead to an external file or add on that has deeper lore and explanations? Personnel getting changed out mid experiment due to death, abuse or any other reason. These are great too and theres gems here n there but i guess i just miss the old story telling
There's a list on the wiki for short articles
@Mirp-vc9sp it's not about the length, it's the format and way it's told that's the issue for me. Everything after Series 5 have basically all just been Tales
@@lestachio801 i don't agree with you on the last part, what you're looking for does exist on the wiki, scp-8043 may be something matching what you're describing, you could also ask others and I'm sure you'd get a few more.
What a beautifully crafted SCP.
I really love this channel.
The title of this one is a pretty on-the-nose pun, but like so many good SCP articles it's more about the story being told: the story that if you feel like you've done nothing of substance with your life, you can still make a change and improve yourself, change for the better, even if you feel like you're never good enough to find success.
i was just watching the video as normal but when the he said your good enough i started to cry for no reason erm idk why just had to say it to remember it
like this piece a lot, and while I did have a few issues with it initially, I believe this deserves its recognition regardless, and I give my deepest condolences to the author themselves too. Now, on to my thoughts: I love this as a narrative experience, and its commentary hits close to home for me. Like some, I find myself relating to Lague a lot as my strive for perfectionism (professionalism too) has always been my own hubris and being a workaholic doesn't help too. EX: (If I want to work on a book in my free-time I will hyperfocus on “perfecting” it until it's molded into a masterpiece even if it takes all day and all night in the process). I have had quite a few peaks in my life too and due to those great accomplishments, I have steeped into a great and spiraling burnout that has taken a toll on my life as a result and it's led to a long depression. I know I can't achieve such things again like I want to as I have too many good ideas to choose from, like looking at an endless canvas. I lost all of my friends as a result and I pushed everyone away from me. I'm all alone now besides my supplies and failures to reflect on. I do not wish such a burden and suffering to fall upon anyone. I'm doing everything I can to make a difference and to recover from it but If you're reading this then thank you it means a lot to me. This took me all night to write so I'm sorry if this is too long so do forgive me and to leave on a high-note I want to thank the Exploring Series for being with us for all these years. It's been fun to listen to. I've been reading the SCP mythos since 2014. I've seen a lot of awesome works since then and now there is an 8000th slot? It's impressive how time flies by and of course there will always be more in the future too. I might even write in my own pieces of work on the website but we'll see until then!