I don’t think it’s particularly interested in them, I think it’s just trying to store lots of varietys of objects so they can have some of everything when the universe ends
It reminds of of a certain time and space traveling godlike being who at one point had a great interest in fez's, fish sticks and custard, and most importantly bow ties.
It could be a museum and they are trying to dress the displays or I don't know it might be it's hobby people still collect post stamps, rocks, and whatever you can think. Maybe he just needs some human shoes to finish his footwear collection
>the heat death of the universe >Describes a completley different theory of universal end. I often forget that these stories are written by normal people.
@@Fedico7000 The universe is expanding, and the rate it has been expanding has been accelerating, and as far as we can tell it’s been doing this since before the beginning of time. Assuming this process continues till the end of time, it implies how the universe will end The reason stars stay together in galaxies is because the force of gravity overpowers the force causing the universe to expand. However because the rate of expansion is forever accelerating, and gravity’s stength is fixed, the force expanding the universe will eventually overpower gravity: Over a period of billions of years: constellations will drift from their galaxies, then stars will drift from their constellations, then planets will drift form their stars, then moons will drift from their planets Eventually the very forces holding molecules together will decay into cells, those cells will decay into atoms, those atoms will decay into quarks and so on. Everything that ever was, will be rendered particles in a fine mist hopelessly accelerating away from each other into nothingness. At this point the chemical reactions required to form heat are now physically impossible: The entire universe, and everything left in has reached absolutely 0 degrees. The temperature will never rise again, ensuring nothing will ever exist as we know it ever again. This is the end of the universe: sometimes called “the big freeze” and is the most likely of 3 possible deaths
Heat death: the universe cools down, every star that will be formed dies from natural causes and all that's left is black holes and iron spheres which once were the last stars, later on these will also decay and nothing will be there to indicate the passage of time as the universe reaches max-entropy and thermodynamic equilibrium. I think the exploring lad was thinking about the big rip or big rip + heat death
"It was mostly nothing, but there were some interesting parts" Like spotted turtles, an indestructible lizard, green wellington boots, NERF guns, and this group of entities that were like us, but smaller.
Jar factory : This has been the best deal in the history of trade deal, maybe ever SCP Foundation appeared Jar Factory : This has been the worst deal in the history of trade deal, maybe ever
See I actually really love this bc I'm studying to be a librarian/archivist right now, and one of the things I'm most interested in is preservation of cultural artifacts. So the idea that some alien race would be trying to preserve things from our world and future generations of these beings (or maybe others who knows) being able to study them and try to understand what earth and humans were like makes me really happy.
I find that the theme of "the end of the universe" tends to have quite a few hints and references to the idea that our world, and the universe, are cyclical. Sure, this one may end, but another will come after, things like that. It's in Norse and Aztec mythology, too, as each believed they existed in one cycle of a cosmic process. I like it when themes stick around for thousands of years. It shows that our ancestors looked at the stars and had thoughts similar to ours.
"It was mostly nothing. But there were some interesting parts" this exudes "Earth- Mostly Harmless" (yeah, this SCP is damn similar to Hitchiker's Guide when it comes down to it)
I live with a lot of illnesses and I find your voice very soothing and comforting. When I am in a hospital bed or at home I switch on a vid during tough times and I feel so much better. Thank you
I think humanity self-terminated in order to somehow reduce entropy for the rest of our universe, which is why it lasted much longer than the archivists expected. Anyway, I sure hope that none of them archive my internet search history for the rest of eternity.
Or it could be that a powerful entity or deity that the foundation failed to contain or thwart manage to destroy civilization on Earth or wiped out humanity entirely. But I find it fascinating and comforting of the idea of entities that preserve humanities existence and their creations long after our time for a inter-universal museum. It shows that there are entities that DO have passive and noble intentions for humanity, whether it be to protect it or to make sure it’s not forgotten.
@@uvbe and you don't know how absurdly wrong you are... Did you know what is the most complex in the know universe? I give you a hint: start with "H" and finished with "UMAN BEINGS".
@@efxnews4776 Emphasis on the *known* part of known universe. There is no doubt a civilization that is a thousand times more advanced than us, and we just haven't observed them yet.
maybe it's implying that human technology (with the help of anomalous research maybe?) would unavoidably reach a stage where our domain in the universe is so vast and our machines are of such enormous scale and power, that the "fuel burning" would rapidly accelerate rise in entropy. *Humanity simply choose not to*
Always appreciate how you post these right when I want something to think about before bed. You have some great content buddy, hope you keep up the content :)
At first the concept of the end of the universe was sad to me, but then I realized that that’s a concept not worth being sad over and this becomes a very happy concept. A collection of sprites that travel the universe and preserve everything they can do that when it all ends it doesn’t ALL end. The concept that something will live on is good to me. Maybe they’ll keep some willing humans just to stick along for the ride, and at the end of everything the sprites will sit in their museum with the last people, quietly watching the void outside that used to be the universe before going back to the exhibits and celebrating the fact we ever lived at all.
"Summary of Universe #139331920100933: It was mostly nothing. But there were some interesting parts." Yeah, I know. Other universes like Warhammer's or JoJo's are probably more interesting than ours. Also, I know it's a bit much to ask, but can you please do more videos on other canons, maybe Bellerverse or Resurrection?
Well, I can just put any universe there, because in the SCP Foundation, there are infinite universes, timelines, dimensions, realities, and all that stuff. Plus, I like Warhammer 40K and JJBA.
I think the craziest thing is that for them, the SCP universe, this thing that's as close to being eldritch as you can get it. Is for them, "mostly nothing with something interesting here and there" Makes you wonder what for them would be an "incredible universe" or something along those lines
this was really cool i had no idea about this one, one interesting fact about your channel is that from time to time you find out about these hidden gems in the lore (i'm sure i will be reading this)
I really wish you would do a video on SCP-105, and also on the Resurrection Hub that 105 is closely tied to. It'd make for interesting content, I think. (Unless that's already been made, in which case oops?)
I infact have a great sense of comfort from the fact that, long after we self terminate. And our planet crumbles to dust, our sun burns out. And our universe ceases. That there are still infact spotted turtles...
I have a sneaking suspicion the writer is a Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy fan, in which the description of Earth in an encyclopedia is only the words "Mostly harmless."
I've been trying to read the Series V entries, and whilst there are some that are quite good, there are also plenty that are pretty bad, filled with spelling mistakes and poor reasoning. But in the discussion pages, nobody seems to be very critical. Comparing this to the past, where most SCPs were at minimum written with very good formal-report style language, and the discussions are filled with people explaining logically why things don't make sense. Also it seems like the Foundation acts incredibly out of character compared to older SCPs; one is about how the Foundation "perpetuates" income inequality. On the one hand, it is apparently based upon sayings that are common in eastern European nations, which is cool. On the other, it doesn't make sense as an anomalous entity; if the SCP affects literally the entire world and always has, there is no reason to contain it because it is not anomalous. And in fact the outcome (the Foundation protecting the economies of North Ameria and Western Europe to the intentional detriment of everywhere else) doesn't fit in with the idea of containment; they are abusing the SCP for their benefit, which we are told in MANY SCPs is wrong. There is no real justification in place for why the Foundation is doing this, other than to prevent "jettatores" from entering good places. That is despite having 05 permission collapsables. Equally the article is way too long, too fart-sniffing, has stupid e-pamphlets (which is not a problem when only having one, but it has three, for each level of access WITHIN THE FOUNDATION) You would imagine somebody to do a deep dive in the discussions page for something like that, and there really isn't. Someone does discuss in some detail, but everyone thinks this was entirely within the bounds of the Foundation's ordinary ethical framework. My point is not about the specific SCP though. It is the overall quality. I only just got interested in SCP last month, and I've read them mostly in numerical order. The quality is really good, but then suddenly seems to drop off a cliff when you hit the late 3000s and nearly turned me off all of SCP by the 4000s.
Wulfhere Cyning my advice is ignore the order. It all comes down to head cannon but imho it is better to avoid grandiose themes that keep the foundation ambiguous and open to interpretation. Ultimately though the best part of head canon is you can reject parts of things if you feel it doesn't fit. Personal pet peeve of mine though is when REDACTED is taken to point of absurdity.
Multiple things: 1. Sign up for an account on the SCP Wiki and write these thoughts into the discussion section of the article in question. 2. This is an inevitable result of the SCP Wikis philosophy of "There is no canon." Over time, the idea that there is no canon has become a justification (excuse?) to write anything in any way, including the Foundation "acting out of character", since that Foundation is just basically an "alternate reality version" from the ones used in earlier SCP entries. 3. The decline in writing quality (both in grammar _and_ substance) is the inevitable result of the SCP Wiki gaining more popularity. Many people who think they have a cool and original idea and (unlike you and to a large extent me) haven't read most SCP entries except for the popular ones, resulting in what essentially boils down to low-quality skips that often feel like or actually are carbon copies of much older and more successful concepts. In addition to that, as in every wiki ever, the quality assurement is done by the community and many of the new members of the SCP community have discovered the SCP Wiki not through word-of-mouth or through a niche blogpost, but through much more accessible means like, for example, RUclips videos. These people in large part have no experience writing for a well sustained and rigidly structured wiki and dive in head first without doing a lot of the required reading on topics like: - basic article writing - article structure (how often have I seen new articles using object classes/containment classes as if they indicated how dangerous something is. spoiler: thats not what those are for!) - using the sandbox wiki and/or IRC chat for feedback and revision work before posting on the proper site - the structure of writing slow-moving horror and/or higher-concept science-fiction - less popular SCP articles to get an idea what already has been done before 4. You can help. As stated above: sign up for the SCP Wiki yourself, not just for that one entry you mentioned. The Wiki can always use more people like you for quality control, especially right now and into the future. And hey, maybe you'll end up writing something good on your own. EDIT: Spell correction. Also a note that @oldred890 makes a fantastic point with the car analogy, much more concise than me :)
@@DeafLord18 Yeah, I guess that's the only response I can have. Also, you're absolutely right about over-redaction, although that seems to be a long-standing problem. Half the time the redacted content is contextually nothing that would need redacting in an internal report (meaning that the author just couldn't be arsed to populate their story with fine details; also known as world building). The rest of the time it would make sense to redact, but so much of the article is redacted that you would expect an 05 clearance to fill in the details, yet there isn't. Also, what about this one? I know my complaints are maybe pedantic, but even here there are nonsensical redactions. SCP-4626 Incident Report 4626-1. Okay, Incident exact date, redacted. researcher name, redacted. No. of people overcome by SCP's effects? Not redacted. One death and three individuals escaping into heavy containment? Not redacted. Which SCP was released? Redacted What redacted SCP did to three individuals on cam? Redact. Redacted-SCP caused how many other SCPs to breach? Redacted. Additional SCPs included a Keter? Not redacted. Exact time? Not redacted. Site number? Not redacted. Names of the Teams involved in securing the multi-breach situation? Not redacted. Number of Foundation personnel dead in incident? Redacted. Okay so, some of the redactions make sense. But if we can be told how many succumbed to the effects of SCP 4626, and the number who were killed or escaped into heavy containment, why can't we know how many personnel died in the incident total? Why can't we know which SCP was released? Even if that is worth redacting, why is the number of SCPs which breached containment redacted? If all info about other SCPs is redacted, why do we get to know which teams were sent to the site? Why do we get to know which site it was, if that site holds an SCP that needs to be redacted from all low-level articles? I know that these things aren't extremely important, and the redactions aren't nearly as egregious as in some articles. But this shows a lack of thought; "if I were in charge of redacting information on classified materials for a shadowy organisation, what would I logically need to redact?" Instead a lot of the time it seems like the author is redacting because they are lazy, OR solely because they feel like an SCP report needs redactions in it. In neither case is it right; redaction needs to be logical. And again, this isn't even a particularly bad example of redacting. It is the norm. Which sucks.
@@oldred890 and @nunyabiznasty, thank you for your thoughts. I hadn't even considered survivorship bias, which I really should have. As I said, I've only been reading for a month, so I am not fully "up" on how the wiki evolves, only in how it comes across in the snapshot I have reading everything now. I probably ought to have looked into that before complaining! I would love to write SCP articles. My concern is that I am not good enough; I don't want to be one of the people who jumps in and writes something bad. Equally, whilst there is no canon I still feel there ought to be some standard of quality and form, and I simply don't think myself as yet qualified in either. But I will definitely sign up and hop into the discussions pages. Thank you for your responses.
Extra dimensional beings wouldn’t necessarily be able to follow time in same way we do or even be able to distinguish similar universes in the same extra dimensional locality. In other words, don’t think too much about it and your head won’t hurt
Also the age of the universe being 12.5 billion is just our best guess; that we can make with the tools we have. There is a chance, no matter how small, we are wrong. Also, being they are extra dimensional beings, maybe different universes have different ages. Its why when it comes to fiction, it pays to be open minded.
@@sgt.krakatoa1093 The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind 2 days ago "It was mostly nothing. But there was some interesting parts." Story of my life.
The report on our Universe from SPC-3201's archive always reminds me of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It sounds and is written just like the Guide Entries for unexceptional things like Earth.
Foundation: A turtle, a shape, a jar..DOES ANYONE ELSE PUT SOMETHING BESIDES THESE IN THE BUCKET? Alien 1:Haha classic us Foundation: Fantastic..this is a huge waste of our time Alien 2: YOU did not read mine Foundation: Does it say you want the bucket Alien 2: Yes
tbf if everything and everyone the very universe is gone at the end of everything a couple documents shoes and turtles existing beyond is sorta comforting
I think I'm not allowed to suggest or something but ima give it a try. I REALLY REALLY think you should do a video on SCP 4989 : "The Siege of Site-89" I think it's a very good read and pretty confusing as it leaves me with questions which I'm pretty sure that I have to dig for but it would be really great if you did do an exploration of 4989 as there is so many things such as The Sha and a wall full of bodies (which I don't even know what they mean by That) Also shape shifters YAY. But hope you read this
Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them - George Elliot if we must die is it not better tat there is some proof we ever existed than to be forgotten and long after we are extinct some new species arrives on earth and walks upon our graves unaware that we were ever here that ones a quote from me
Is it even possible for the SCP universe to experience heat death? What with all the things in it that do shit with no regards to energy requirements or conservation of energy.
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"It was mostly nothing. But there was some interesting parts."
Story of my life.
👍
How the fuck you here 2days ago got notified 15 minutes ago about this video
@@MACE_HINDU he posted it before midnight so youtube went durrrrrrrr
also this is the dank comment i mentioned lmao
@@MACE_HINDU its SCP
“What do you want from our species? technology? Art? Music?”
“...i like turtles.”
wattrocks naw dude get me them vases
I like twuduls
I like......train
They came for our memes.
@@กิตติภพสุขเจริญ-ฑ3ฝ *Bwoooooooooom*
“I want the spottted turtle”
~intelligent inter dimensional being
Apparently very rare.
I like Turtles 🐢
Give me the the turtle
We're kinda like that, watching cat videos on the internet.
I keep plastic turtles in my pocket.
05 council member: thank you for coming
Entity: are you kidding? I'd go anywhere to see a turtle.
The idea of a dimension crossing godlike entity made of light being interested in turtles and shoes is hilarious to me
Well turtles are pretty cool
I wonder if an ant understands why someone would put out food that will kill its entire society
I don’t think it’s particularly interested in them, I think it’s just trying to store lots of varietys of objects so they can have some of everything when the universe ends
It reminds of of a certain time and space traveling godlike being who at one point had a great interest in fez's, fish sticks and custard, and most importantly bow ties.
It could be a museum and they are trying to dress the displays or I don't know it might be it's hobby people still collect post stamps, rocks, and whatever you can think. Maybe he just needs some human shoes to finish his footwear collection
“I desire the green wellies”
-interdimensional being
Foundation: "What are you?"
SCP-3201 Instance: "We're you, but [REDACTED]."
So they are basically like [DATA EXPUNGED] but without the [REDACTED]?
No, they're more like [REDACTED] than [DATA LOST]...
Bright, stop redacting everything. Its not productive and on the list of things you cant do.
@@number3766 lol dont be such a [REDACTED] -Dr. Bright
@@brocoliobama Yeet
>the heat death of the universe
>Describes a completley different theory of universal end.
I often forget that these stories are written by normal people.
Let’s take the enlightened centrist view and ask: why not both?
But actually, why not?
Elaborate?
@@Fedico7000
The universe is expanding, and the rate it has been expanding has been accelerating, and as far as we can tell it’s been doing this since before the beginning of time. Assuming this process continues till the end of time, it implies how the universe will end
The reason stars stay together in galaxies is because the force of gravity overpowers the force causing the universe to expand. However because the rate of expansion is forever accelerating, and gravity’s stength is fixed, the force expanding the universe will eventually overpower gravity:
Over a period of billions of years: constellations will drift from their galaxies, then stars will drift from their constellations, then planets will drift form their stars, then moons will drift from their planets
Eventually the very forces holding molecules together will decay into cells, those cells will decay into atoms, those atoms will decay into quarks and so on. Everything that ever was, will be rendered particles in a fine mist hopelessly accelerating away from each other into nothingness.
At this point the chemical reactions required to form heat are now physically impossible: The entire universe, and everything left in has reached absolutely 0 degrees. The temperature will never rise again, ensuring nothing will ever exist as we know it ever again. This is the end of the universe: sometimes called “the big freeze” and is the most likely of 3 possible deaths
Heat death: the universe cools down, every star that will be formed dies from natural causes and all that's left is black holes and iron spheres which once were the last stars, later on these will also decay and nothing will be there to indicate the passage of time as the universe reaches max-entropy and thermodynamic equilibrium.
I think the exploring lad was thinking about the big rip or big rip + heat death
Clearly, that is a usage of the word 'Normal' I have been unfamiliar with...
They're player characters performing procedurally generated fetch quests.
_I almost got the 100 spotted turtles_
"It was mostly nothing, but there were some interesting parts"
Like spotted turtles, an indestructible lizard, green wellington boots, NERF guns, and this group of entities that were like us, but smaller.
Like the revised Hitchhiker's Guide...Earth, mostly harmless.
Yep
DILLIGAF cool
Better than just "harmless "
"The concept of death is typically unavoidable"
*Laughs in Dr.Bright*
Screams in end of death
@@rowdeemunkee Whimpers in 2718
@@e.eriksson8191 thats a new one to me brb....oh that one, yea that ones aweful
how 'bout 2935
I mean, Dr. Bright can die, he just has the ability to come back in a different body
*Universe dies*
"You're safe with me little turtle"
We will all die. Nothing is important.
Spotted turtle: Hold my beer.
"Based on the current value of gold, that's around $78 million"
Me: BREH
"The foundation later confiscated it"
Me: breh
bruh?
Yeh they ain't shit for that
@@Sword2D *breh*
*walks awkwardly* I counted $70 Million.
Why would you assume it was the Foundation? The Chinese government probably took it all.
Jar factory : This has been the best deal in the history of trade deal, maybe ever
SCP Foundation appeared
Jar Factory : This has been the worst deal in the history of trade deal, maybe ever
These guys literally come to our universe to catch pokemon and farm rare items.
We're Ultra Space to them
Hey, don't blame them. I would do the same thing!
can you blame them lol
Seems about right. I need to catch myself that damn Feebas.
@Fca Fanati space Venezuelans
See I actually really love this bc I'm studying to be a librarian/archivist right now, and one of the things I'm most interested in is preservation of cultural artifacts. So the idea that some alien race would be trying to preserve things from our world and future generations of these beings (or maybe others who knows) being able to study them and try to understand what earth and humans were like makes me really happy.
Really it was a museum, i don't think they really feel the need to understand us but to view our stuff, like the document or the dodecahedrons
I find that the theme of "the end of the universe" tends to have quite a few hints and references to the idea that our world, and the universe, are cyclical. Sure, this one may end, but another will come after, things like that. It's in Norse and Aztec mythology, too, as each believed they existed in one cycle of a cosmic process.
I like it when themes stick around for thousands of years. It shows that our ancestors looked at the stars and had thoughts similar to ours.
Heck, I knew they had the same sort of thoughts that I do the first time I saw a mace...
"It was mostly nothing. But there were some interesting parts" this exudes "Earth- Mostly Harmless"
(yeah, this SCP is damn similar to Hitchiker's Guide when it comes down to it)
Alien merchants to the end of the universe...
Well, that escalated quickly.
SPACE JEWS
*Hand wringing intensifies* oi earthyim
The ordo xeno wants a word with you ...
@@phosphoros9107 Oi vey!
I live with a lot of illnesses and I find your voice very soothing and comforting. When I am in a hospital bed or at home I switch on a vid during tough times and I feel so much better. Thank you
"Thanks for all for all the shapes!"
So long and thanks for all the turtles
I think humanity self-terminated in order to somehow reduce entropy for the rest of our universe, which is why it lasted much longer than the archivists expected.
Anyway, I sure hope that none of them archive my internet search history for the rest of eternity.
Or it could be that a powerful entity or deity that the foundation failed to contain or thwart manage to destroy civilization on Earth or wiped out humanity entirely. But I find it fascinating and comforting of the idea of entities that preserve humanities existence and their creations long after our time for a inter-universal museum. It shows that there are entities that DO have passive and noble intentions for humanity, whether it be to protect it or to make sure it’s not forgotten.
I don't think you know how absurdly insignificant we are in the universe. We don't matter. At all.
@@uvbe and you don't know how absurdly wrong you are...
Did you know what is the most complex in the know universe?
I give you a hint: start with "H" and finished with "UMAN BEINGS".
@@efxnews4776 Emphasis on the *known* part of known universe. There is no doubt a civilization that is a thousand times more advanced than us, and we just haven't observed them yet.
maybe it's implying that human technology (with the help of anomalous research maybe?) would unavoidably reach a stage where our domain in the universe is so vast and our machines are of such enormous scale and power, that the "fuel burning" would rapidly accelerate rise in entropy. *Humanity simply choose not to*
I imagine the true form of these beings to be the pumpkin guy.
“Bring me the spotted turtle.”
“No! I don’t want that.”
The title is such a mood though.
Always appreciate how you post these right when I want something to think about before bed. You have some great content buddy, hope you keep up the content :)
Weak ass time zone bitch
@@justas423 well that wasnt very cash money of you.
Nobody:
Glowing ball: GIVE ME THE PLANT
At first the concept of the end of the universe was sad to me, but then I realized that that’s a concept not worth being sad over and this becomes a very happy concept. A collection of sprites that travel the universe and preserve everything they can do that when it all ends it doesn’t ALL end. The concept that something will live on is good to me. Maybe they’ll keep some willing humans just to stick along for the ride, and at the end of everything the sprites will sit in their museum with the last people, quietly watching the void outside that used to be the universe before going back to the exhibits and celebrating the fact we ever lived at all.
At 4:03 on the right side,the clouds look kind of like a giant rooster.
Jeremy Barrett I now cannot unsee that
Same
Even the interdimensional beings aren't interested in me :(
"Summary of Universe #139331920100933: It was mostly nothing. But there were some interesting parts."
Yeah, I know. Other universes like Warhammer's or JoJo's are probably more interesting than ours.
Also, I know it's a bit much to ask, but can you please do more videos on other canons, maybe Bellerverse or Resurrection?
Davey Mikystache I wanna see the exhibit with the Stand Arrow
Well, I can just put any universe there, because in the SCP Foundation, there are infinite universes, timelines, dimensions, realities, and all that stuff.
Plus, I like Warhammer 40K and JJBA.
Apotheosis would be my pick
That's a pretty good one, too! And, as deeply ashamed as I am to admit it, I kind of enjoyed some of the lolFoundation tales.
Apotheosis isn’t really lolfoundation. I’m talking about the one where all of humanity becomes magical.
So what do you think of our universe? "The low entropy turtles are awesome. The rest is a real crap chute."
They are like Trayzen the infinute only less eqyptian
"I prefer Honoured Guest"
Hey, at least they make "fair" trades
As someone who struggles a lot with the thought of no longer existing, this is strangely comforting
I think the craziest thing is that for them, the SCP universe, this thing that's as close to being eldritch as you can get it.
Is for them, "mostly nothing with something interesting here and there"
Makes you wonder what for them would be an "incredible universe" or something along those lines
this was really cool i had no idea about this one, one interesting fact about your channel is that from time to time you find out about these hidden gems in the lore (i'm sure i will be reading this)
I don't think that the scp foundation is meant for being read in its entirety, I think is far more beneficial for you to pick and choose what you like
I really wish you would do a video on SCP-105, and also on the Resurrection Hub that 105 is closely tied to. It'd make for interesting content, I think.
(Unless that's already been made, in which case oops?)
Yes please. That whole incident involving abels taskforce and iris and the one created after it, is awesome stuff. Hell, the whole res canon is good.
The archivists seem to be ripped from a Douglas Adams book, and I love it
There is an Adjective for that. "Adamsian"
"mostly nothing" and "mostly harmless"
I was reading over theories about how the universe will end this morning, and lo and behold this vid drops. Sometimes I think the cosmos is mocking me
Good to see you mock it right back :). Love the name.
Wow this came out at the perfect time. I use this story time as sleeping aid. Thanks man
MrButtchuckle same man. Just stayed up all night staring at a screen. I desperately need this to sleep.
Buttchuckle. Ha. That's great. Sometimes you fart and sometimes you buttchuckle.
I would have asked it how long it expects it's own universe to last, for it to consider gathering these items as artifacts to be a worthwhile endeavor
it brings me great comfort to know that a few spotted turtles will out last the whole of creation
I infact have a great sense of comfort from the fact that, long after we self terminate. And our planet crumbles to dust, our sun burns out. And our universe ceases. That there are still infact spotted turtles...
I have a sneaking suspicion the writer is a Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy fan, in which the description of Earth in an encyclopedia is only the words "Mostly harmless."
"it was mostly nothing, but there were some interesting parts."
Ah, someone read Douglas Adams.
I've been trying to read the Series V entries, and whilst there are some that are quite good, there are also plenty that are pretty bad, filled with spelling mistakes and poor reasoning. But in the discussion pages, nobody seems to be very critical. Comparing this to the past, where most SCPs were at minimum written with very good formal-report style language, and the discussions are filled with people explaining logically why things don't make sense.
Also it seems like the Foundation acts incredibly out of character compared to older SCPs; one is about how the Foundation "perpetuates" income inequality. On the one hand, it is apparently based upon sayings that are common in eastern European nations, which is cool. On the other, it doesn't make sense as an anomalous entity; if the SCP affects literally the entire world and always has, there is no reason to contain it because it is not anomalous. And in fact the outcome (the Foundation protecting the economies of North Ameria and Western Europe to the intentional detriment of everywhere else) doesn't fit in with the idea of containment; they are abusing the SCP for their benefit, which we are told in MANY SCPs is wrong. There is no real justification in place for why the Foundation is doing this, other than to prevent "jettatores" from entering good places. That is despite having 05 permission collapsables. Equally the article is way too long, too fart-sniffing, has stupid e-pamphlets (which is not a problem when only having one, but it has three, for each level of access WITHIN THE FOUNDATION)
You would imagine somebody to do a deep dive in the discussions page for something like that, and there really isn't. Someone does discuss in some detail, but everyone thinks this was entirely within the bounds of the Foundation's ordinary ethical framework.
My point is not about the specific SCP though. It is the overall quality. I only just got interested in SCP last month, and I've read them mostly in numerical order. The quality is really good, but then suddenly seems to drop off a cliff when you hit the late 3000s and nearly turned me off all of SCP by the 4000s.
Wulfhere Cyning my advice is ignore the order. It all comes down to head cannon but imho it is better to avoid grandiose themes that keep the foundation ambiguous and open to interpretation. Ultimately though the best part of head canon is you can reject parts of things if you feel it doesn't fit.
Personal pet peeve of mine though is when REDACTED is taken to point of absurdity.
Multiple things:
1. Sign up for an account on the SCP Wiki and write these thoughts into the discussion section of the article in question.
2. This is an inevitable result of the SCP Wikis philosophy of "There is no canon." Over time, the idea that there is no canon has become a justification (excuse?) to write anything in any way, including the Foundation "acting out of character", since that Foundation is just basically an "alternate reality version" from the ones used in earlier SCP entries.
3. The decline in writing quality (both in grammar _and_ substance) is the inevitable result of the SCP Wiki gaining more popularity. Many people who think they have a cool and original idea and (unlike you and to a large extent me) haven't read most SCP entries except for the popular ones, resulting in what essentially boils down to low-quality skips that often feel like or actually are carbon copies of much older and more successful concepts. In addition to that, as in every wiki ever, the quality assurement is done by the community and many of the new members of the SCP community have discovered the SCP Wiki not through word-of-mouth or through a niche blogpost, but through much more accessible means like, for example, RUclips videos. These people in large part have no experience writing for a well sustained and rigidly structured wiki and dive in head first without doing a lot of the required reading on topics like:
- basic article writing
- article structure (how often have I seen new articles using object classes/containment classes as if they indicated how dangerous something is. spoiler: thats not what those are for!)
- using the sandbox wiki and/or IRC chat for feedback and revision work before posting on the proper site
- the structure of writing slow-moving horror and/or higher-concept science-fiction
- less popular SCP articles to get an idea what already has been done before
4. You can help. As stated above: sign up for the SCP Wiki yourself, not just for that one entry you mentioned. The Wiki can always use more people like you for quality control, especially right now and into the future. And hey, maybe you'll end up writing something good on your own.
EDIT: Spell correction. Also a note that @oldred890 makes a fantastic point with the car analogy, much more concise than me :)
@@DeafLord18 Yeah, I guess that's the only response I can have. Also, you're absolutely right about over-redaction, although that seems to be a long-standing problem. Half the time the redacted content is contextually nothing that would need redacting in an internal report (meaning that the author just couldn't be arsed to populate their story with fine details; also known as world building). The rest of the time it would make sense to redact, but so much of the article is redacted that you would expect an 05 clearance to fill in the details, yet there isn't.
Also, what about this one? I know my complaints are maybe pedantic, but even here there are nonsensical redactions. SCP-4626 Incident Report 4626-1. Okay,
Incident exact date, redacted.
researcher name, redacted.
No. of people overcome by SCP's effects? Not redacted.
One death and three individuals escaping into heavy containment? Not redacted.
Which SCP was released? Redacted
What redacted SCP did to three individuals on cam? Redact.
Redacted-SCP caused how many other SCPs to breach? Redacted.
Additional SCPs included a Keter? Not redacted.
Exact time? Not redacted.
Site number? Not redacted.
Names of the Teams involved in securing the multi-breach situation? Not redacted.
Number of Foundation personnel dead in incident? Redacted.
Okay so, some of the redactions make sense. But if we can be told how many succumbed to the effects of SCP 4626, and the number who were killed or escaped into heavy containment, why can't we know how many personnel died in the incident total?
Why can't we know which SCP was released? Even if that is worth redacting, why is the number of SCPs which breached containment redacted?
If all info about other SCPs is redacted, why do we get to know which teams were sent to the site? Why do we get to know which site it was, if that site holds an SCP that needs to be redacted from all low-level articles?
I know that these things aren't extremely important, and the redactions aren't nearly as egregious as in some articles. But this shows a lack of thought; "if I were in charge of redacting information on classified materials for a shadowy organisation, what would I logically need to redact?"
Instead a lot of the time it seems like the author is redacting because they are lazy, OR solely because they feel like an SCP report needs redactions in it. In neither case is it right; redaction needs to be logical.
And again, this isn't even a particularly bad example of redacting. It is the norm. Which sucks.
@@oldred890 and @nunyabiznasty, thank you for your thoughts. I hadn't even considered survivorship bias, which I really should have. As I said, I've only been reading for a month, so I am not fully "up" on how the wiki evolves, only in how it comes across in the snapshot I have reading everything now. I probably ought to have looked into that before complaining!
I would love to write SCP articles. My concern is that I am not good enough; I don't want to be one of the people who jumps in and writes something bad. Equally, whilst there is no canon I still feel there ought to be some standard of quality and form, and I simply don't think myself as yet qualified in either.
But I will definitely sign up and hop into the discussions pages. Thank you for your responses.
@Malum ...isnt 682 the start of that?
These are very thoughtful entities. They don't just want to take your stuff; they'll trade.
Idk man, it brings me great comfort to know that even after the end of our universe some spotted turtles will be preserved
One of my favorite things about this series is the way you say the title at the beginning.
2085... Why does that sound like that one timeline from SCP-2003 where humanity kills itself via wars...
This is one of my favorites so far. It’s so endearing.
The description of this universe reminds me of the description of Earth: "Mostly harmless"
It's nice to think our little ball of wet dirt produced stuff worth keeping
Loved the video
As someone who struggles with the thought of not existing, this is strangely comforting
I believe 3108 would be an interesting SCP to analyze.
I think it’s really nice that extra dimensional entities would take so much time and care to preserve objects from our universe. It’s oddly comforting
Can't believe The Foundation did those factory workers dirty and took all their gold.
You should do the brothers death next
Or he-who-made-light and he-who-made-dark
That Carl Sagan quote fits perfectly here. Thank you.
Also I thought SCP-1032 would give some similar dates, but no, there is nothing there.
It's nice to know that in an empty universe we are part of the some interesting bits.
No one had seemed to call this out but our existence for the short time we've existed in the scp universe extended it existence by 28,000 times.
"Died out 5 trillion years ago"
They wouldn't have existed in this universe, the universe is only 12 and a bit billion years old.
Thank you that bothered me to death.
Sigh, if they came from the future, ?
Extra dimensional beings wouldn’t necessarily be able to follow time in same way we do or even be able to distinguish similar universes in the same extra dimensional locality. In other words, don’t think too much about it and your head won’t hurt
Also the age of the universe being 12.5 billion is just our best guess; that we can make with the tools we have. There is a chance, no matter how small, we are wrong.
Also, being they are extra dimensional beings, maybe different universes have different ages.
Its why when it comes to fiction, it pays to be open minded.
That's just how old the big bang and current form of the universe is. Extra dimensional beings very plausibly could have existed before then.
“Mostly harmless.”
This made me want to rewatch MelodySheep's "Timelapse of the Universe" video again.
:'(
existential dread increases
3 minutes up and already a dank quote in comments. damn son. love the content btw
Wait what was it?
@@sgt.krakatoa1093
The 225677th Fragment of the Man-Emperor of Mankind
2 days ago
"It was mostly nothing. But there was some interesting parts."
Story of my life.
Seeing the notifications for your vids are the only thing that bring me a twinge of happiness for a second
Its kinda existentially pleasant that even when the end comes our traces wont be fully erased thanks to these guys
This is just Vanilla Ice Requiem
Vanilla Ice goes around paralel universes so he can give spotted turtles to Dio
Dont you mean cream requiem?
@@raduvilcu2401
Yeah but still
"It was mostly nothing. But there was some interesting parts."
Literally, since most of space is empty
Nothing like an ol bedtime story at 2 am
"Your going to die"
"We are all going to die"
Is it a bad sign that I find that idea quite comforting?
Wonder if the SCP's would want to find some hentai soon...
Yes i would like uhhh Furries
Thats earth exibit 1: the whole of earth's hentai and porn, which we have a lot of
I think that the museum that 3201 instances were creating could profit from a restaurant. The end of the universe would make on hell of a show.
Thank you for the video! All of you friends are super awesome! Oh, moments in this video are sad.
I watch you instead of doing homework. It's great, but scary at the same time.
7:58
Something can't have been in ANYTHING we know of if it's 5 trillion years old, considering the universe is only 13.9 billion!
When you said they left a description of our universe I thought it was going to say "Mostly harmless", would have been a neat reference
This is one of my favorites.
They are just interdimensional museum archaeologists , documenting existence outside of , time , and space.
The report on our Universe from SPC-3201's archive always reminds me of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It sounds and is written just like the Guide Entries for unexceptional things like Earth.
This is so vague yet so poingiant which i can't seem to spell right. Its fantastic.❤❤
1:18 AND IIIIIIIII WONDERRRR
Well that was depressing but very interesting, and in a way...nice to realize again that there's at least an end even if it's nothing.
If anyone had to survive, I'm comforged that it was some nice spotted turtles.
That end note was a Douglas Adams reference. "Mostly harmless."
Please try to do longer scps, or another lord Blackwood video, I can’t get enough!
Personally I think spotted turtles are an immaculate way to represent out entire civilization, I don’t know anything that could be better
Foundation: A turtle, a shape, a jar..DOES ANYONE ELSE PUT SOMETHING BESIDES THESE IN THE BUCKET?
Alien 1:Haha classic us
Foundation: Fantastic..this is a huge waste of our time
Alien 2: YOU did not read mine
Foundation: Does it say you want the bucket
Alien 2: Yes
tbf if everything and everyone the very universe is gone at the end of everything a couple documents shoes and turtles existing beyond is sorta comforting
I think I'm not allowed to suggest or something but ima give it a try. I REALLY REALLY think you should do a video on SCP 4989 : "The Siege of Site-89" I think it's a very good read and pretty confusing as it leaves me with questions which I'm pretty sure that I have to dig for but it would be really great if you did do an exploration of 4989 as there is so many things such as The Sha and a wall full of bodies (which I don't even know what they mean by That) Also shape shifters YAY. But hope you read this
8:05 I wonder how they would feel about SCP-2925; the crystal ball that violates the 1st law of thermodynamics?
Is anyone else getting a Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy vibe from this?
Mostly nothing, but has some interesting parts
Reminds me of the entry in the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy regarding Earth:
Mostly Harmless
“I’ve seen countless other civilizations, but only went to three, because the rest didn’t have spotted turtles.” You know how cute that is?
Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them - George Elliot if we must die is it not better tat there is some proof we ever existed than to be forgotten and long after we are extinct some new species arrives on earth and walks upon our graves unaware that we were ever here that ones a quote from me
This is indeed THE spot to go to hear someone read out extremely long numbers (16 sextillion? Lets do this...) to the exact digit.
I appreciate the number picked for this
For some reason,him saying these giant numbers make me scared
That's the feeling of utter and complete irrelevancy coming to get you.
11:44
The story of my life.
What's the most interesting thing to happen to you?
My birth. XD
Is it even possible for the SCP universe to experience heat death? What with all the things in it that do shit with no regards to energy requirements or conservation of energy.