Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-8000 - The Seal of Approval

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[@philleotardo7016]

Scp 10,000 gotta be named “John Containment” and be a meta textual commentary on how the scp community has evolved

[@ricardohoang8452]

Well, need one SCP-9001 first

[@spiritupgrades]

​@@ricardohoang8452 the internet

[@glorbog]

You should start writing it. It's your idea

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

​@@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.

[@dr.booper_4303]

I love John containment when he said “scp” and then he scp’d all over the place

[@Fulgrim2]

*Looks at that first picture* Oh boy, we’re in for something whacked aren’t we?

[@anticlaassic]

Ngl, the thumbnail-title-combo made me click this

[@alkristopher]

Those were the exact words I said when I read the article.

[@alkristopher]

Those were the exact words I said when I read the article.

[@dodgyxd4772]

Your new here. Enjoy

[@thezebrathatgrunts96]

Bit different to the ol heresy aye

[@LEE-pp3qu]

I don't care what anybody else thinks, Spaghetti Jones is the best character in this universe and I love him

[@whiterosesalchemist]

Don't forget Ricky Tony

[@sunny3545]

Spaghetti Jones called me a sow of a man then lopped a chunk of my flesh off and cooked it like a steak

[@pyriel6870]

The flying spaghetti monster would be proud lol

[@nobody-qv9cn]

He's so great, I love him so much

[@Astra-1]

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

[@TheoEvian]

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 :)

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

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.

[@TheoEvian]

@@quicksilvertongue3248 Mate, I won't go into details but I wish I had the wealth and fame you are implying I have.

[@MidoriNatsume]

​@@quicksilvertongue3248 #Generalising a person you have never seen before by reading a less than 40 words comment they wrote an a random KZbin video.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

@@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.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

@@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.

[@WolfCry791]

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

[@droxer673]

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.

[@EDee20NINE]

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]

@EddiePGRPlayer420 The Racist?

[@thomaspau211]

@EddiePGRPlayer420 I don't know I heard they were bigots. Also what is wrong with writing reflecting personal lives?

[@epileptix8954]

​@@thomaspau211 There's nothing wrong with it. Only dipshits who gatekeep writing say things like what this other person is. There are literally thousands of articles, and it's foolish to expect the SCP universe would be as thriving as it is now if every single article was just some scary monster, or weird object. Like the op posted for this comment thread, people should learn to move on from what they don't like, and find stuff they do like. There's plenty of it, they just aren't seeking it out. They want the special numbers to be the ones they like, because they don't actually read through the wiki.

[@XDivi]

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.

[@WolfBoy-om6dw]

I don't feel exactly the same as the Director, but self-hatred is a bitch.

[@felixrowan646]

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.

[@derigel9783]

What did you do?

[@KoboldAdvocate]

Hey, don't ever forget this: The journey is the goal. The destination is where you stop.

[@catosicarius3262]

We are going to need full write-ups on that toaster and the pasta cowboy

[@Mazaroth]

This gets my seal of approval.

[@glorbog]

... Ugh

[@Morberis]

...Dad?

[@LocalLawnChair]

Wheres the milk?

[@charliemacchia970]

Beat me to it!

[@Kronangaurd]

Ha hahaha Haha hahahahaha Ha Ha Ha.

[@Tatihn]

I remember reading 8000 for the first time and thinking it needed the main man’s coverage, happy to finally see it!

[@kiri374]

just as I was about to give up on sleeping my saviour posts a video

[@ded2920]

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.

[@demothiguillermo2059]

This could be a movie

[@maxcarnage1975]

All hail the seal. (Quickly hides his club)

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

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.

[@scmontgomery]

What about "HIPPA" are you criticizing in particular

[@zama422]

Look up the definition of draconic.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

@@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.

[@quicksilvertongue3248]

@@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.

[@scmontgomery]

@@quicksilvertongue3248 Okay, I know you think it's a bad law but you still haven't explained anything

[@snorkable]

“It’s right through here, and it’s cozy.”

[@therongjr]

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. ❤

[@DubNation2016]

I think anything this guy reads just makes it 1000x better. I wish he could read me all of my literature.

[@AH-64EApacheGuardianHelicopter]

When I read 8000 for the first time i cried, the story feels incredibly personal and i love it

[@khanetia]

I lost it at the Elmo one 😂

[@bakonzetaim]

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!

[@VideogameFrames]

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

[@hi-ougidemonfang]

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?”

[@VultureSkins]

This is a neat observation :)

[@IndigoWhiskey]

If everything you say becomes real anyway is it even possible to lie?

[@creativeevil1369]

Comment

[@SyntheticHuman01]

"Whacky-do-dads must we code for ketier, right?

[@joker14n]

Sometimes a “feel good” scp is just what I need. I can file this next to Avalon..thank you !

[@kiriuxeosa8716]

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

[@vladtheimpaler9577]

"Oh. Seal, as in the animal. Sort of." Admit that was your firs thought after seeing the thumbnail.

[@Drogonist117]

The Christmas Carol: SCP Edition

[@derangedcrouton1864]

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

[@najnajnajnaj4840]

The title and the thumbnail caught me offguard

[@UGNAvalon]

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.

[@BoT-ss8nb]

Much appreciated, Can't wait for Mondays.

[@lucianh9465]

i have never been more excited to learn about an scp

[@jjlucas115]

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.

[@Butterlord737]

Yes thank you mang, our fate is sealed

[@jakefrommars64]

Omg! I seriously needed this, things have been rough and this article helped me see a new perspective! Thank you! ❤

[@Blorckits]

It's about damn time.

[@isaacbenrubi9613]

SEAL OF APPROVAL IS BEST SEAL

[@Godyeater]

2:00 in the morning? Too bad, I’m staying awake.

[@JDFRANK91]

I KNEW he would do this scp it's the highest rated in series 9

[@justaamateur6533]

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

[@thelaughingrouge]

I couldn't agree more.

[@brandonbeliveau-vanover152]

This is so so accurate

[@EspeonMistress00]

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.

[@justaamateur6533]

​@@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.

[@brandonbeliveau-vanover152]

@@justaamateur6533 7000 is an example that this is still possible. What foundational thing it introduced is rather niche compared to the source of amnestics or the reset machine, but I’ve seen a lot of great uses of the bad luck sink as a plot device/comic relief/“a wizard did it” hand wave explaining how a small group of humans with guns pulled something world ending off without dying.

[@bh1125]

Thanks, keep up the great work, we all really appreciate you 😊

[@MrJodrick]

I've had an idea for an SCP for months now, but i have no idea how it needs to be formatted and submitted

[@colorchangingring]

why am i crying

[@mathieuleader8601]

the Seal of Approval feels like an emotional personification from the animated series Big Mouth

[@Noahloveless1]

"He wanted to be the next Jack Kirby or Stan Lee, but knew that to be impossible." Eric July would like to dispute that.

[@WintergreenLagoon]

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!

[@LeathanArt]

No but actually it is 3am

[@jamesnorman9160]

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.

[@leahcole8672]

I love this one so much, i think bedtime scp did a reading of it and i was honestly so excited for you to cover it too!!!

[@AND-od5jt]

0:44 Most likely explaination: They believed it before, but only after winning had the courage to say so (becoming the laughing stock neverthless). Love your exploring series -- are you contemplating the 1 Mio Special already? If not -- go for it ;)

[@godisfake78]

I really love this channel.

[@joesgetndown]

16:37 it just clicked what “Seal of Approval” meant in this context lol

[@ashleyj.williams4105]

I LOVED THIS STORY!!! This one spoke to me in a way few others have. Well done.

[@Linkarcus]

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

[@feller6766]

Lague should also try 3D Modelling. For even more psychological damage

[@ShinyGalarianZigzagoon]

Good thing I checked my subscriptions before bed, just saw you posted this 3 minutes ago

[@Avengerk-ph7pv]

Great video. Glad you like doing scp videos, I started watching for the Warhammer 40k stuff and you posted your first scp video then. Now you are my favorite scp guy. You don’t do silly stuff like change your voice too often. And I like the collaborations you do. Hopefully another Q&A soon.

[@booonesjackson]

Thank you so much for choosing this one to read.

[@Didymus20X6]

"Sapient gumball machine." Why isn't he in outer space forced to watch stupid movies with a cheesehead?

[@centurosproductions8827]

And then he gave everyone Christmas off!

[@Melonist]

last time i was this early, SCP was a 4chan trend

[@moleyroley3263]

I Need to buy more paper clips

[@masterzoroark6664]

Basically this is a story of someone who partially didn't "drink the humble juice' in time and never concidered going past being the ideas person. It's the mix well known to many who do anything, be it artistic, cullinary, craft, coding- the disapointment that something didn't come out as you hoped, as you wanted, as you wished, one that in some causes severe discouragment. It's a feeling that it's better to teach people not to drown into- as it stops you from doing anything in life. Overconfidence in your own abilities is bad, yes, but stopping doing something just because you failed once is equaly as bad. In addition there's also a hint of of seeking only validation in what you do- the validation showered from others, rather from yourself. Being pat on the back and akownegled is a confidence boost and feels good, but boiling everything down to gathering validation from people arround you will make your life missearable

[@Nudhul]

guy just needed a dragon to slay

[@DubNation2016]

I think some people get nobel prize syndrome but they just peak in highschool then come back to you with a pyramid scheme.

[@alkristopher]

Finally. This was the other 8k entry that I felt had earned the victory (beside 8002, Maslov's Fire). Quite a few of them were very well-made, or entertaining, or so strange and bizarre that I had to upvote (8501, anybody?), but this one cuts deep (though it's somewhat ironic that an SCP about contentment and the value of self-worth should win a contest). I myself entered, and while I got a much lower ranking than even my humblest estimates foresaw (maybe 30 positions lower than I'd hoped), I came back with two more SCP articles that I'm still proud of--and I'm going to write more. I feel that's the essence of the story: that failure is only the end when you say so, that happiness can be found in small victories, and a job finished is often its own reward, regardless of the glory it brings. So, congrats to PlaguePJP for making a hell of a sweet (but not condescendingly so) SCiP. Now we just have to wait for 8500 and the darkly-hilarious 8999.

[@jonathand.t.5051]

8999 reminds me of a slightly more modernized and well written version of a 2000s or 3000s SCP

[@mathieuleader8601]

This seal would be great friends with librarian from the Unseen University from Pratchett's Discworld & Spongebob's snail Gary when he is dreaming.

[@StrykerHighlights]

Sheesh, new upload coming in clutch when I need something to sleep to

[@SingeTheSpiderLady]

can you read SCP-7551? love your content btw!

[@Mason-dj4po]

I've had this profile pic for a decade. So happy to be featured here

[@percy445]

oh fuck yeah

[@WobblesandBean]

What is this, a pinniped version of the G-man?

[@lowqualitycontent3818]

Wonderful

[@IndigoWhiskey]

Oh thank feck such a good boi is our seal. Seriously that Lag was utterly unbearable.

[@viriatrix9874]

5 am. Missed the 4 am timing 🎉

[@saytaylor3603]

your voice is bloody caviar, keep it up

[@carringtoncooper6308]

I present to thee, the 7th seal of approval.

[@ujimasahojo7144]

What about the Presidential Seal?

[@calamaty2007]

I wish I had a friendly therapy long seal

[@gavinwallander4693]

Ah yes, my favorite eldritch entity The all knowing harbor seal

[@brittickdavis8138]

Love you mang

[@dinosaur6756]

Hey, wait a minute. From the looks of that thumbnail pic, that's no seal... that thing's a giant ween!

[@thatguy45177]

29:59 PHILLY PHANATIC MENTIONED, WHAT THE FUCK IS A BAD MASCOT?????

[@buckdharma9844]

Rip Carl. He got the seal of disapproval

[@thesuperdoge2476]

This story is so good, on par with 7999 imo

[@Am_magicman]

Man, do you think you like this scp-object, I don't know how others liked it?

[@danielpfaff1802]

I ask people "do you know and what you say and do?" They say "I don't and I stop caring about it a long time ago" you are what you make of it but it's easier said than done so I fallow someone who knows and they are older than time. P.s. Someone showed us the way along time ago a friend that was killed by hands that didn't know.

[@leandrogamamoraes3471]

Alright, who recorded my therapy sessions and made them into an SCP?

[@brandonpowell7003]

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.

[@maninacan9780]

That did NOT look like a seal when I first glanced at it.

[@cardinaljaylan]

Didn’t you already do this one?

[@AlwaysStayGeeky]

The revenge of Seabird lol

[@wagerobot5231]

😅For Carl's sake, he better not meet this SCP.

[@blairlutz4454]

Another exploring scp drop? Must be time to cut my grass!

[@grantlloyd9131]

do you have a link for the background music ?

[@yttryff6159]

SCP 9000_9999 I can't believe it but we're almost there I can't wait until we get to how is scp 10000_19999 how will the next series after 9000 work

[@mathieuleader8601]

It's A Wonderful Life SCP Style:

[@dominicparra9504]

One of the best SCP stories I've ever heard.

[@roguewrld9936]

Wait, is Gritty an SCP?

[@ysgramornorris2452]

An SCP Carol

[@MidoriNatsume]

My SCP 9000 proposal will be a self insert wearing a black long coat and sunglasses, his power will be Maximum, and his mission is to gun down the concepts of "Subversion" and "Deconstruction".