Exploring the SCP Foundation: SCP-5000 - Why?

[@TheExploringSeries]

For those looking for a more complete explanation after watching the video, yossipossi put together a great declassification of scp-5000: www.reddit.com/r/SCPDeclassified/comments/f83ylx/scp5000_why/

[@staberas]

hey, numen is a latin word not greek, edit: derp i was listening it so i heard it as numen not pneuma

[@Deery3911]

You've both done amazing with this

[@nyarlat8455]

I disagree with his assessment a bit. He says that because the entity causes people to feel pain, it also causes other bad effects, which leads to him concluding the entity is malicious. But from what we see of the foundation post-"cure", they seem to lack general care or emotion, so I don't feel its a leap in logic to say the entity causes this (as in positive emotion) as well. So I don't think the final "the foundation losing is the bad ending" is really justified. I know this isn't the best place to post this, but I just wanted to throw my hat into the ring.

[@shadow_psych7069]

Great video! I read the declass and it was fantastic, I honestly don't think I could've deduced as much as he did if you gave me a whole week. Lol I think I prefer an idea brought up in the replies to the declass that "IT" may be empathy itself because in my opinion the declass doesn't adequately explain why O5-1 and SCP-682 find "IT" disgusting, specifically disgusting. What if I told you empathy is not really a human trait? I think the foundation might say "if that's what you told me, I'd say that's disgusting." Lol :P

[@f.p.2010]

@@nyarlat8455 well since we don't know the entity's ulterior goal, we can't be sure if it was good or bad

[@lemon-limesoda1701]

"the church of the broken god managed to get the internet back online" mad lads

[@lamb_link]

Absolute based legends, those broken god lads. Almost as good as the mechanicus, almost.

[@moistmaidenlover5565]

Lamb you heretech

[@Rendr]

BROTHER

[@SilverMontegiu]

CotBG, despite being religous fanatics, are generally nice guys

[@kreimer1702]

@@SilverMontegiu They are technological relgious fanatics so it would be so like them to do that.

[@mr.tatortot6469]

CoTBG: *Turns the internet back on* Foundation: *Floods it with memes*

[@michaelkintzlinger2266]

The foundation was inside of us all along

[@thecoolcario9048]

Embrace the memes -Monsoon MGRR

[@SCP-001DatabaseAdministrator]

*Release the agent* Ice age baby exists *World Ends*

[@equi31]

@@michaelkintzlinger2266 maybe the real foundation was the friends we made along the way

[@weferin]

Breadsticc

[@leomcdonnell2553]

SCP foundation: turns evil GOC, Chaos Insurgency, MC&D, Serpents hand getting ready to fight back: So what are we, some kind of suicide squad?

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

all of the cults: what you dont kill yourselves for power?

[@miniatureben3558]

Actually Serpents hand left the SCP universe through the wanderer's Library

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

@@miniatureben3558 most of them did, but some of them also stayed. They are a very splintered group so they rarely do things as a whole group

[@ericpagel826]

That movie was so God awful... You should be ashamed of yourself for not just quoting it, but quoting it like a 16 year old e-girl

[@brennanperry8001]

@@ericpagel826 bruh, calm down. He's making the reference because it's funny, not because suicide squad was a good movie.

[@jester8832]

It’s almost poetic that the human who saves humanity is the one closest to being a ghost. Unseen and unnoticed by everyone around him. Yes I know this is cliche but for some reason that was what stuck out to me the most.

[@positivityboi1232]

That's what doomed humanity. A single ghost of a man. The Foundation losing was the bad ending, and now that they know to destroy the suit and find out what had affected humanity. They only delayed the inevitable.

[@steveha-ha-harrington8491]

@@positivityboi1232 not quite - if i’m correct, when using both of the SPC’s aforementioned in the video, the universe is restarted, *not* recreated. the reality that follows will not be identical to its predecessor, meaning that the changes could vary from minimal to drastic - i.e., anything from certain people not existing to a certain historical events not happening/happening sooner or later).

[@positivityboi1232]

@@steveha-ha-harrington8491 Ah, I see, thank you for the clarification :)

[@pancakes9648]

@@steveha-ha-harrington8491 If this theory is right, the thing that caused the SCP foundation to attempt to kill humanity was the Scarlet King, that he exists in every human on every reality in some sort of way, probably related to pain. And independently of whether or not the universe reseted or changed, the Scarlet King will still be there.

[@thunderstudent]

“We die in the dark, so you may live in the light.“ Pietro embodied that. He became the SCP foundation, he secured the future, contained the apocalypse, and protected humanity. He was the last true foundation agent of that timeline.

[@thepoetoffall7820]

You know, Pietro’s loss of humanity over his journey strikes me. At first he stops burring the bodies he comes across, then he stops eating and drinking, finally ignoring the death of a child. By the end of his journey, he is just another anomaly walking through a field of anomalies.

[@kaztheterriblecommenter3229]

Autumn Watch damn bro that’s deep....

[@rodeanalfanteforcadela7645]

Dude 🤯

[@toddv3877]

Slowly over time he becomes soulless????!!!???! Just an inference/theory to add on.

[@ziongamer6905]

It makes sense but I felt so bad for him

[@evervirescent]

oh my god

[@project22-ab88]

SCP foundation: *starts destroying humanity* Chaos insurgency: Are we the good guys now?

[@blacklisted2069]

Yep

[@project22-ab88]

@Super Great716 Hell yea

[@sovietunion7643]

Chaos insurgency is literally just anti-foundation, so yes, in this case they would be the good guys

[@qw3535]

Well the Insurgency isnt "bad" they are bad though the lens of the foundation who the insurgency is sworn against and we read most tales and articles from the point of view of scp scientists, agents and other employees so of course they would try and frame the insurgency as the bad guys when they are no worse that the foundation GOC or CotBG

[@project22-ab88]

@@qw3535 But from a world perspective, the SCP foundation and its allies always viewed the CI as a hostile force. Now that the SCP foundation is the main enemy, they may start to see the CI as a somewhat of a good force.

[@Jyappino1010]

The Church Of the Broken God: **Brings back The Internet** Everyone: *_MEMES 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO_*

[@sovietunion7643]

*memeitc kill agent boogaloo

[@w.tempesta1871]

LOL

[@hinzlim9166]

@@w.tempesta1871 I think hes died

[@DOGOO44]

Ah a fellow hermit

[@emerald5055]

Did you come here from hermit craft?

[@toaster9922]

“There is a hole in the floor with an answer waiting in it” I feel stupid that only now I realize it’s referring to the ending of the SCP

[@jmanjmanjmanjman7914]

Wdym the end of the scp? Sounds kinda familiar.

[@NightInstincts27]

@@jmanjmanjmanjman7914 when he went into SCP-529 chamber, there was a hole in the floor where he had to jump and throw the briefcase into 529, then Pietro died. His death is the "Answer" waiting in the bottom of the hole.

[@Riley-t6j]

​@@NightInstincts27 bruh what

[@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062]

@@Riley-t6j He is the dude in the suit rom the beginning. Its all like an Ouroboros Cycle.

[@SuperGamerNinja1]

I can only imagine what must've been going through 682's mind at the time. "So, let me get this straight: you're releasing me from containment.." "Yes." "And allowing me to destroy anything I so wish.." "Yes." "And you're doing the same with all other creatures in foundation custody?" "Yes." "..I am not sure how to feel about this.."

[@CrimsonCQB]

*Also 682* _"I hated all living things before it was even cool... fucking normies..."_

[@yeather_6562]

Honestly I think 682 likes the game, being hunted. Even if he cannot be killed he likes the thrill of possibly becoming mortal, he likes being the prey. To die.

[@sci_pain3409]

release even 999?

[@SuperGamerNinja1]

@@sci_pain3409 Nah. 999 is put in a cute lil safehouse where it watches barney and eats m&ms for as long as their m&m stock lasts. They're trying to kill humanity after all and 999 is too precious to destroy.

[@itol2398]

@@SuperGamerNinja1 I'll sorry to say it, but they said they terminated all humanoid and humanoid-sympathetic SCPs...

[@MrGenomac]

the plague doctor silently sipping tea...thinking to himself. if only i had that damned cure

[@alexspirit3458]

I'm surprised they didn't mention him. He's always talking about being the cure towards Humanity, he'd fit in the SCP perfectly.

[@dfsdhjk4780]

@@alexspirit3458 He was probably included in that extermination of all human-like scps mentioned near the beginning Edit: 15:05

[@aspen3737]

dfsdhjk that’s sad

[@lowkeyarki7091]

He's probably the reason for the walking corpses the main character saw.

[@benjaminizquierdo4700]

dfsdhjk if human sympathetic scps were terminated, that means they killed scp 999!:(((

[@nikorasu9895]

Never ask a man his salary Never ask a woman her age and Never ask a scp fan: Why?

[@Jacob-qc7sy]

Why?

[@FunkyStuff96]

Cringe

[@coreymerrill3257]

@@Jacob-qc7sy mind your own business thats why! Lol

[@Aphid121]

Why the hell not? PLAYING WORLD OF WARSHIPS-

[@abid5087]

Also never ask an SCP fan what happened to Site 13

[@budja1501]

“SCP-682, the Hard-to-Destroy Reptile, is simply _released._ ” This is fucking hysterical, and I love it. The sheer reverence 682 gets (and deserves)

[@bigplosion]

682 gives off glyphid dreadnought levels of fear for some reason

[@GooMoo-Yippee]

​@@bigplosionRock and Stone Brothers ✊

[@lonestarwolfentertainment7184]

I wonder how the Foundation in this timeline would’ve reacted if the GOC managed to somehow kill 682…

[@1LLog1K]

He's the only OG scip that can't be ignored

[@mikeyjohnson5888]

It was one of the first SCPs after all

[@sugarkane1571]

The foundation: due to personal reasons y’all will be passing away

[@yeethan7352]

732 likes and not a single reply .. Did I just ruin something?

[@finallychangedmyname3614]

@@yeethan7352 yep, you did. We were supposed to comment when it reaches 911 likes

[@yeethan7352]

@@finallychangedmyname3614 shucks

[@hope-_-xxx7993]

Do blinkers gibe you the 300 vibes with that one exacutaner

[@starling1742]

GUYS THE LOG SAID THIS IS HAPPENING IN 2020 WHICH MAKES SENSE

[@CamMackay96]

"realising it was a stray cat" Awh that's cute! "which his dad then kicked to death." Oh.

[@WikterRor2807]

Yup... That's fucked up

[@masterzoroark6664]

Fuck

[@h.plovecraft7141]

When Dr. Bright doesn’t know what’s going on, shit is real.

[@rohiasplayz]

mhm

[@fencserx9423]

And shit is bad

[@ovenoven9788]

fax

[@maybejackbright1581]

True True

[@jakeogden2072]

I saw this had 665 likes and had to be the one to make it 666 regardless of what it said I clicked without even reading

[@moeshmoe8494]

“What could corrupt an organization so completely, that they would betray everything they once stood for?” Disney: “First time?”

[@lloydthehedgehogirving6049]

_All_ Corporations, Industries, NGOs, Governments: *First Time?*

[@sorcierenoire8651]

WHO: first time?

[@johnnyfives5416]

Religion: first time?

[@MindMonkey6957]

@@johnnyfives5416 oh shit. I can already see the angry comments lol

[@johnnyfives5416]

@@MindMonkey6957 ikr especially from evangelical Christians, Zionist Christians, and wahhabist muslims.

[@Sunnyboy-ob4xz]

God damn, the SCP universe is a lot more freaking terrifying when the Fundation goes evil

[@Tacklepig]

Implying they went evil here. Picture this: The "IT" they discovered in the psychospace is some sort of (anti?)memetic parasite with very obviously evil intentions (maybe causing negative effects over multiple parallel universes if left unchecked). Human empathy is one of the mechanisms this being uses to protect itself. What the foundation did here was just an efficient way of containing this being after they "cured" themselves of the parasite, thus also eradicating their empathy.

[@patrickmccurry1563]

*more evil.

[@MonoReaper]

@@Tacklepig Well we dont know for all we know it could just be when they discoverd the "holy spirits/soul of what makes humans humans" that in itself triggered something. Aka the implication is that if they would have never triggered the bee hive for something they should have never known in the first place. Everything would be fine. Then again the "IT" surived by guideing our ghost to reset the timeline.

[@mavrickhunt9218]

@@Tacklepig that's not a bad theory.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

There are no good guys. Just different points of view. That said the foundation definitely has never been good guys. They are the guys who do what they think they have to to keep "abnormalities" in check. Except when you really think about the implications of the scp universe what is considered normal is in fact abnormal. So the foundation are just a bunch of short sighted psychopaths.

[@nerdybard3762]

This sounds like an incredible setting for an apocalypse game.

[@phantom2615]

Agreed. Reminds me of weirdmagedon from gravity falls

[@mace5525]

Sophie oh yeah! That’s insane I forgot all about that!

[@ksam2000]

I agree

[@brennanperry8001]

Personally, I feel this would work better as a movie. Like unless it's a walking sim like death stranding, I don't see much gameplay potential. Also, I think that the description of an army of teddy bears alone would be a great moment of horror, and comedic relief.

[@ethanpanganiban4937]

Or movie

[@PANCAKECRAB1]

Endgame is the greatest crossover SCP 5000: Hold my [REDACTED]

[@jackiedim7028]

SCP - 1730: *Giorno's theme plays*

[@basilschuman7159]

@@jackiedim7028 The Ouroboros Cycle: *MEGALOVANIA PLAYS*

[@assassinduke1]

@@basilschuman7159 that is one hell of a read. Loved every single page

[@samuelrodriguez9801]

Site-13 anyone? O'Death?

[@johnkaltine9788]

Hold my #1 site manager mug

[@amilate3753]

*Cults causing chaos* SCP foundation: keep doing it Cults: We’ll I’m not doing it now 😠

[@BetterCaulipowerSall-vq9yn]

"Only *we* should be allowed to destroy the world"

[@owacs_ender]

"SCP-682 is simply released." *Well there's your first problem.*

[@demonkingsparda]

I like to imagine the guy who let him out was just like “there you go kid, have fun!” And 682 is just like “I’m not complaining but wtf”

[@gavinmerasty8369]

682: I will kill them all Foundation: Yes 682: AND I WILL- Wait what Foundation: Do it 682: why? Foundation: we just want you too 682: Y'all fucked up

[@tiredcoffee9801]

SCP-682: I would like to kill all of humanity Foundation: Ok, please do. SCP-682: Yeah, I’m gonn- wait what. Foundation: Yes, please kill all of humanity. SCP-682: I thought you liked life. Foundation: No, we do not, please go kill. SCP-682: *Well now I am not doing it.*

[@moment-zj5qt]

Foundation- Kill everyone 682- Well now I am not doing it

[@antoniodunbar1643]

@@demonkingsparda bruh yea I can see that whole scene play out kml

[@noneofyourbusiness9428]

I like how Dr. Bright is now trying to throw himself into an alternate dimension hole for shits because what else is he gonna do

[@kingxeno4794]

Wel he cant die so what else can he do

[@forkrolls]

I doubt its still for shits and giggles for him at that point. Maybe he just want an escape

[@bapabs]

I doubt its for shits and giggles, Id imagine at that point he wants to get out of that nightmare.

[@eliczek6142]

Well that's the only logical thing to do. Because at that point of time, it would be better to live in another dimension so he could always find a new wearer for the amulet. Even with low ods the dimension could be even worse then the first one, but anyway he would find a way to find a better one because he's Dr.Bright.

[@theeinertia4106]

tbh idk how bright survived since the amulet makes dr bright a humanoid and a humanoid sympathetic scp edit: oh fuck nvm i now know why he wants to throw the amulet in the hole

[@thegreatBarbossa]

If you think about it, due to these events being fully logged and accessible to the foundation, if they were to repeat, the foundation could use the logs to wipe out everyone even more efficiently.

[@Dream146]

sounds like they didn't need much help with that

[@Group5555_]

Or it stops them investigating the psycho space meaning non of this would happen in the first place

[@RyoKasai25]

Ain't tthat grimdark. By saving the world he's dooming it in the future.

[@dariuskohler251]

I guess after Discovering the entries, O5 council would never approve any further test on the human subconsciousness. And also massproducing those suits would be a good idea

[@Group5555_]

@@dariuskohler251 imagine putting blinkers in those suits

[@spongeintheshoe]

One theory I've heard is that pain, the ability of humans to feel bad because bad things are happening, is the result of an anomalous entity burrowing its way into the minds of all humans. The Foundation was horrified by it, and developed a means to cure themselves from its influence (which only affected Dr. Bright's current vessel, not Dr. Bright himself) before trying to eliminate it by eliminating all infected by it. The voice from the radio is how the thing talks, and the stretched-out person was a physical manifestation of it.

[@lenny415]

What if that is what 049 is talking about

[@Huyle18]

05 discovered an enitiy in the human psychospace that gave humanity the ability to feel pain. They also found out why this entity did that and what it has in store for humanity. It was so horrific that 05 decided to spare every person living by offing them now so they dont suffer by the entity.

[@ellugerdelacruz2555]

I doubt that. Through the many clues pointed out in the video and the story, the Foundation evidently became "corrupted" because what they thought it saw in the Psychospace was something they couldn't comprehend that connected Humanity as a whole on a subconscious level. Perhaps they saw they glimpsed the very essence of Human Will itself, which was something they weren't supposed to see, and doing so caused some kind of "Logical/Spiritual Glitch" and thus the Foundation Staff became Inhuman and embodied the villainous drive of Owlman from Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths and Valentine from Kingsman: a hypocritical quest to "save" Humanity by killing it. What's the point of "saving" Humanity when everything about "saving" it has been ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE AND INHUMAN...? Also, I have every reason to belive that the Horizon Anomaly was SCP-343.

[@RelativelyBest]

@@Huyle18 It can't be that mundane, though. Simply being told about it second hand causes people to kill themselves or go crazy pretty much immediately. So, whatever they discovered is an anomalous infohazard, just one inherent to the human subconscious. People usually don't just believe horrible truths right away or completely alter their attitude towards humanity in a heartbeat, that's not how the mind works.

[@Huyle18]

@@RelativelyBest I think you are confused on some of the story. the email sent is a spell to protect people from this entity. Lots of the staff did learn the truth about said entity and decided to die rather than fall to the entity.

[@maximusthedude8305]

I love the new X000 entry, I think it definitely deserved the win here. To me the saddest part of this scp is the section about UnLondon. In the UnLondon article there is a museum that has displays about humanity being destroyed by various scps known to the foundation. It would seem that the city was built to protect London from an event exactly like the one taking place, and yet the foundation destroys it with a single modern weapon, and it was all for nothing...

[@irvinnazifizak3467]

The foundation forgot about Undublin P.s Unlondon is not supposed to be the only place in earth underground. During the day breaks event ( scp 001, duh ) unlondon were also destroyed, but several foundation personnel that live there were directed by Unlondon itself to a long canal that brought them to Undublin.

[@seamusfinnegan1164]

@@irvinnazifizak3467 New Ireland shall repopulate the earth.

[@magnuscoles5010]

@@seamusfinnegan1164 A world full of soulless gengers? oh fuck no

[@Enri_M_Louvre]

I just made the link of why unlondon’s bobbies hate the scp foundation

[@seamusfinnegan1164]

@@magnuscoles5010 that is awful mate, gingers are just a part of the irish population now all of it you madman.

[@cicero_21]

One thing is clear: this isn’t an alternate universe, it’s the same universe within a reset timeline...

[@yoopergamer1871]

Great reset?

[@yagirlblakiee]

IS THAT A JOE JOE REFERENCE!1!1!?

[@abookenthusiast378]

@@yagirlblakiee ‘HahA JojO aM sO qUirkEy

[@taiteraide]

@@yagirlblakiee no

[@talhahtaco2035]

Is that an undertale reference?

[@boonyd4161]

"Outside of OUR control..." Is somehow more terrifying than almost any scp I can think up of.

[@ShaneFlett]

It’s that moment a girls leg is bitten by a zombie and the fathers choice is to save the girl and use the cure on her instead of saving the whole world from zombism. It’s the human spirit and soul. The choices we make. Nah just kidding, I just wanted to use that example

[@hadriandwyer2191]

Pretty sure surprise CBT is a hell of a lot more terrifying

[@vapordragon2232]

Hadrian Dwyer CBT was the circumstance

[@Georgefloydthesneedster]

@@vapordragon2232 Whats CBT again?

[@Funnyanimalperson]

The reason why is called A Scarlet King

[@andrewf.9930]

I seriously love this SCP. there’s so much philosophical and existential depth here, and it explores so much in such a tangled & mysterious web. I’m going to turn this into a TV series one day, I know it.

[@johncarl5505]

I still dont get it. It seems like a typical humans are evil story.

[@weasle2904]

@@johncarl5505 Not really, it implies a lot about the human soul and the human unconscious that is very thought-provoking and is written in a very unique and mysterious way that builds on itself and alludes throughout the story to the ending. It implies something that on its own is so revolting to anyone who is exposed to the unequivocal truth all simultaneously agree that it would be better off killing all living human beings than to allow that intrinsic part of what makes up humanity to carry on. Pain, suffering, agony, despair, sadism, vanity, morality, faith. This is part of the human soul, and from a purely objective point of view, which the Foundation was able to achieve by ridding themselves of their own souls, is "disgusting" and deserves to be destroyed. And that's just talking about the meaning of the story, the world building and settings is awesome and sets a very dystopian and increasing hopeless feeling.

[@ellugerdelacruz2555]

@@weasle2904 Through the many clues pointed out in the video and the story, the Foundation evidently became "corrupted" because what they thought it saw in the Psychospace was something they couldn't comprehend that connected Humanity as a whole on a subconscious level. Perhaps they saw they glimpsed the very essence of Human Will itself, which was something they weren't supposed to see, and doing so caused some kind of "Logical/Spiritual Glitch" and thus the Foundation Staff became Inhuman and embodied the villainous drive of Owlman from Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths and Valentine from Kingsman: a hypocritical quest to "save" Humanity by killing it. What's the point of "saving" Humanity when everything about "saving" it has been ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE AND INHUMAN...? Truly the epic story of Pietro Wilson is one of the best that the SCP Community has come up with.❤

[@large-turkey]

​@@johncarl5505it isn't just: 'fuck humanity, let's go start an omncide against our own race', the story of 5000: Why? is incredibly deep. It follows the story of an SCP that lives inside every single human, which feeds on their emotions. If you read into the story, you would realize there is a whole lot more going on

[@RJS2003]

​@@johncarl5505I understand, not everyone gets nuance.

[@timothycoupland5832]

“I reject my humanity, Jojo!” -the Foundation

[@coobk]

the stone mask would honestly make a good scp

[@far0145]

@@coobk SCP - 1886: The Stone Mask SCP-1886-1: Vampire

[@gustavogodoy9626]

055 and 579 are Made in Heaven

[@coobk]

@@far0145 funny idea of taking the year jojo plays in... but youre 2 years off and those numbers were given long ago

[@far0145]

@@coobk :(

[@robthesaboteur]

Foundation: yeah we’re gonna kill everyone now Every Bad organization in the SCP Universe: haha no thanks

[@atomicbuttocks]

Chaos insurgents: hey I've seen this one before Foundation: what do you mean this is totally new

[@drunknpyroo5-279]

SCP Foundation: OH! I GET IT NOW! Who wants to team up? Every bad person on Universe: Sorry guys your too late we are already doin good

[@sorcierenoire8651]

Questionable Organizations: We were bad but now we good.

[@drunknpyroo5-279]

All the bad guys: well maybe I don’t wanna be the bad guy anymore

[@selvin-8105]

Foundation: Aight, so we are on board to kill everyone, and we are releasing every SCP there is. The Bad Guys: Yo wtf, thats sick bro. I don't wanna be good, but someone's gotta stop you jfc.

[@Abyssno1dad]

SCP foundation: maybe I don’t want to be the -good- guy anymore

[@mrboatface4023]

welp, according to the author the SCP Foundation loosing is the bad ending.

[@XeroFailGames]

They lived long enough to see themselves become the badguys

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

They discovered something that was never meant to be known and ended up dooming everyone because they forgot that sometimes..ignorance is bliss.

[@davidmartin5483]

@@undeadprinceofchaos3731 that being sayed what if it was no coincidence? What if we where meant to find out at some point about this? And that this outcome is the original plan for us?

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

David Martin Either that or the foundation jumped to the conclusion that the entity was a threat and had to be destroyed.

[@Ok-uw6ts]

The amount of brain power it must’ve took to make this masterpiece.

[@squattingheads]

It’s a pretty simple idea and makes heavy use of the unknown „mystery box“. Not really genius

[@apache64delta]

@@squattingheads There are plenty of intricate, underlying details that allude to much more than just "hehe we kill you guys now," the question of "why?" goes beyond "killing humanity"

[@sidhanttomar1407]

squattingheads Did you even understand the SCP? Its not some vague mystery box, its a entity using humanity's psychospace as its incubator. Probably a pattern screamer or one if its kind, maybe even the Raspberry. You really shouldn't dismiss things like that without understanding anything mate.

[@sidhanttomar1407]

gustav jacobsson yeah on point. the entity that ate its own universe and got stuck on flypaper

[@TheeCaptainobvious]

I believe there's something in the human unconscious (maybe something anti memedic in nature) that was so terrible when the scp foundation was 'freed' they realised what they had done and were terrified. this is why the GOC agents were screaming when they found out and why the foundation was trying to kill everyone for what they did

[@blueraven1014]

I need this to be, A: a open world game B: a movie C: a comic

[@theYoungNastyMan]

D: all of the above

[@helphowdoichangepictwoyear9446]

@@theYoungNastyMan E:everything

[@shrek3249]

All of it

[@lostbutfreesoul]

Great place for a Table Top Role Playing Game as well.

[@yoshidip3736]

Aidan Munson a b

[@satriosukarji1777]

"SCP 682 is simply released." I don't know why but this was so damn funny to me.

[@usernamepersonperson4376]

All other SCPs have deep explanations on to why they were released and what distraction the were causing, but for 682 they just said “released”

[@brianbrush5107]

He of course returned to his homeland, Florida

[@wolvo5441]

No step on snek, snek step on you disgusting human

[@smonk7621]

@@brianbrush5107 there he is but a standard alligator.

[@UltraDraco777]

I'd say it's cause of how in-depth his profile is: a ton of experiments, information, interactions with other anomalies, ballistics tests, etc. explaining why he's so dangerous/malevolent/invincible/inevitable. Don't need to get creative with using it. He'll kill as he pleases, & outlast anything, outliving any human survivors. Statistically, if he wont die & remains out earth, he'll eventually eradicate humanity or at least be around for it. His whole thing is he doesnt die.

[@willieschick7315]

I feel like someone who just discovered Pokémon or Anime, I have literally thousands of these videos to watch.

[@benakinnusi2518]

same lmao

[@lamariolevy]

I remember when I was like you. Now I have to wait for new ones to come out. This is my 4th time rewatching this video lol

[@userh8323]

Saaaaame

[@jerodc9857]

Same infographics got me started

[@benakinnusi2518]

Jerod C yup me too

[@carlosrodriguez7642]

Someone may have said this somewhere ( I'm not really sure). But just in case it hasn't, I'll say it now. While I was looking at Scp 5000 in the wiki, I noticed that each table of anomalies that the Foundation have been using against humanity that Pietro was keeping track of were all grouped together in the series they were introduced in. In the first table that Pietro comprises, he only includes series 1 Scps. In the second table, Only series 2 Scps were included. This ended with series 5 being in the last table of course.

[@gc6096]

Wow :0

[@Nobody-zl3kk]

Gotta admit, that's neat... However the selection for every SCP other than for series 1 feels rather strange, I get 2 of them were thematic to the narrative however like 2 or 3 felt just out of place (Pokemon and Quakers... I mean c'mon the foundation can throw harder punches than that!)

[@RJS2003]

​@@Nobody-zl3kk If anything that's just really telling of the ridiculously far lengths the Foundation was willing to go to in order to ensure the maximum number of deaths. No matter how bizarre on its face or seemingly ineffective an SCP was at doing this at least _somebody_ was dying. They were willing to try anything and everything. And hey, with catalogues upon catalogues of all kinds of deadly anomalies as gargantuan as the Foundation's the authors might as well have fun with it. Embellishments are worth it just for fact that now I know a goddamn Pokémon Go SCP exists, and here I was thinking it stopped at Among Us!

[@tdragonz2405]

"You finally found the pestilance! Took you long enough." - SCP 049

[@1_Limbo]

fUCK

[@Cadriul]

:| i never thought about it from that angle holy shit.

[@daringspino3446]

The sadder part is that SCP 049 is probably terminated by the Foundation.

[@seantaggart7382]

049: Now you under stand *Prepares to wipe humanity*

[@seantaggart7382]

@罗钧义 which i think 343 was like *ENOUGH!*

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

I like how they just let 682 out. 682 was just chillin one day and all of a sudden his containment opens up. He probably thought it was a trick and the foundation was gonna send 999 again, but no just good ol fashion freedoms and amuck running. Good times.

[@notaprinny]

Combine115 “Freedom to kill all of you worthless pieces of garbage? If you insist.” At this point SCP-682 proceeded to start with members of the foundation in that site and then moved on killing indiscriminately around the world.

[@Edanite]

It would be such a power move if he stepped out and just lay down in the sun for a few decades. Why should it make the meat happy? When they're dead it can just kill everything else.

[@215ILLicit]

Lrr_Of_Omikron I’m sure they killed 999 since he was supposed to battle 001. Scarlet king.

[@asg0r0]

Reminder that this SCP is set in 2020, and... yeah.

[@graphicshold20]

OH SSSHHHIIIT

[@hotdogwatersipper6511]

June is coming soon oh no

[@demonicnevs9206]

Bruh dont

[@harpseal9234]

Trips me out .

[@luminagames3814]

Covid is just the first stage of them wiping us out

[@involuntaryanalysis]

"There will be no further communication." is perhaps the MOST chilling way of ending that message.

[@voidthebot237]

O-5 Council: *Sees a video of someone kicking a puppy* Also O-5 Council: Thats it, thats enough of humanity! RELEASE 682! WHE ARE GONNA MAKE WW2 LOOK LIKE A NERF WAR

[@deyvidneshev5862]

No comments? Gotta fix that :D

[@Shini1453]

You aree gode mane

[@caelin4174]

Just gonna put this comment here uwu

[@stevendelong5259]

so this is wat u made world war 2 look like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2bCimeuodZpnpo

[@voidthebot237]

When did thid get 400 likes? Shit its at 1k now, holy shit...

[@doctordomino5073]

SCP Foundation: *Turns Evil* Everyone Else: *_Off to the Infinite Ikea_*

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

I'd rather head to the library before it got detatched

[@-_-2305]

Wouldn't they just send nukes into the Ikea or just destroy the building?

[@Ayprr]

@@-_-2305 destroying the building does nothing to the infinite IKEA since its basically another dimmison

[@500offical]

Not gonna lie. I'd prefer that over 5000's reality.

[@jokeralfeeen]

lol but they didnt turn evil the good ending is actually humanity dying

[@starxolotl]

“All human-sympathsizing SCPs we’re terminated.” That means they killed 999- Evil people-

[@Vileplume87]

FlavorV FlavorV HOW DARE THEY

[@AViewCado69420]

Fuck it hell will be raised, I'm gonna start a revolution

[@bubbles1044]

Actually it's *most* human-sympathizing SCPs, but it is very likely 999 was terminated.

[@xNephilimxXx]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@watchykun2685]

How tho

[@maniacalcoast2742]

“Discovered something rather startling in the human psycho space. This means that they found something intrinsically present in the unconscious minds of every human”... they found HORNY

[@WandaThePanda]

So they bonked as hard as they could

[@mariomaster4568]

They found the sonic community, and they were very afraid of the art.

[@theodorebear6714]

*DISGUSTING* Lol

[@a-lonely-dunedain]

does that mean we asexuals are safe from this scenario?

[@Huyle18]

It is discovered this being in the human physcospace gave humanity the ability to feel pain.

[@M0mazosMissy]

Church of the broken god: **Manages to get the internet back online** The foundation: oh no

[@dreska255]

I'm dying

[@HartlyLion]

Bruh both of your comments make the perfect combination! 😂😂🤣

[@bobbuilderman9734]

wouldn't the foundation be happy about that? the would more pull a coolaid man "OH YEAH:)"

[@M0mazosMissy]

@@bobbuilderman9734 Someone didn't understood the joke

[@daviddavid-mi5qw]

Pulpo someone is being a dick

[@doctorsleep869]

People: Why? Foundation: Why not!!!

[@patrickmccurry1563]

Foundation: I don't know. Let's throw thousands of D Class and innocent random passers by into its mouth to find out what could more easily be discovered using rational means.

[@Shadow-km2no]

It's not about why! It's about why not?! Why am I the billionaire CEO of Aperture? Why dont we go ahead and invent a safety door that wont hit you on the butt on the way out, BECAUSE YOU ARE FIRED! Not you test subject, you're doing fine

[@benlyman115]

@@Shadow-km2no General Misquoti

[@nathanielwinston8084]

Doctor Sleep the foundation is two faced I ask my self why is this happening

[@doctorsleep869]

@@nathanielwinston8084The foundation could have killed everyone in seconds but they decided to slowly kill everyone by releasing all SCPS,so they are pretty fucked up.

[@501ststormtrooper9]

When Bright doesn’t know what’s going on: *Panic*

[@danterodriguez03]

When bright is scared of whats going on**

[@Cooky_McGee]

At the disco

[@Twelth]

I think you meant *PANIK*

[@federalcasemaker]

Nah he fights for the right of the human sympathetic SCPs

[@fasmir5688]

To quote what dr bright is not allowed to do: if dr bright has to ask its above his clearance level. If its above brights clearance level... *run*

[@angelantayhua3096]

Imagine if the story ended with “Are we cool yet?”

[@legamerfish49]

W O A H

[@applepieexplosion4030]

That would actually be a really cool ending. The ultimate art project

[@sw8919]

A R T

[@haydenhernandez8253]

What does that mean?

[@unavela]

@@haydenhernandez8253 it's a group in the scp universe that makes anomalous "art"

[@deederdude27]

*SCP FOUNDATION has sent you a message* Me: oh how sweet of them SCP FOUNDATION: "Yeeah we always thought you were cool so don't show up to anything alive tomorrow"

[@herrdoctor2895]

When you save that one weird looking boi from buncha looking mechanical man and he said "Gather your supplies and guns for 2 January 2020" you know shits bout to go down.

[@koss7148]

Imagine an action-horror game like this, trying to survive hundreds of different scp’s.

[@jack_copperz]

I am already aware of S.C.P. : Containment Breach and Secret Laboratory

[@gilroyscopa]

If you made a game from SCP 5000 I think it would be more like a walking simulator with minor stealth elements because you are not allowed to bump into someone/-thing

[@deepdownfear6101]

Gilroy Scopa sounds like death stranding

[@gilroyscopa]

@@deepdownfear6101 Maybe. I never played it. But SCP would probably be more effed up

[@remire2322]

Scp RPG

[@VenomRex02]

The Foundation: You're free now. SCP-682: *HAPPINESS NOISES*

[@sabribeser2268]

SCP foundation:All humans must die Chaos insurgency,wondertaintment,Joe Schmo,D-9431,Dr bright, your laws dont apply to me

[@chunghung7951]

Sabri Beşer 22 yes all humans day

[@sabribeser2268]

@@chunghung7951 FUCKİNG AUTO CORRECT

[@ls200076]

@@sabribeser2268 day

[@alexz2907]

I love the link between the story of Unlondon and SCP-5000. How they predict the end of the world with monsters decimating humanity, so they decide to move into unlondon. Wonderful.

[@Green_Guy]

This made me think about 2935, the dead world because of one question I asked myself while listening besides "why?": What would be more terrifying: Being alone in a dead world or being a spectator in a world that is in the process of dying? This one got me good in terms of story and the fact that it referenced other SCPs was nice. Watching the end of the world unfold before one's own eyes has been described in so many different stories in so many different ways but it will never cease to get me thinking. Great video and great SCP.

[@Nelo_Wolf]

Or the one with the thought of lily infecting the whole population with that one memory of her

[@deltalord6969]

This comment is a time traveling comment made 1 day before the video was posted

[@Green_Guy]

@@deltalord6969 A non-time-traveling Patreon reporting for duty.

[@roscuro9838]

I once had a dream where I was alone, being chased by shadows that I couldn't see, on some sort of city that I later found out was located on the moon. I found this out, by looking up, and seeing earth and it's crust crumbling and falling apart, spewing the mantle onto the surface. It was one of the most beautiful things I'd ever witnessed.

[@undeadprinceofchaos3731]

Ros curo That might actually make a good tale or possibly an SCP itself

[@publixmn2622]

Dr. Bright , Dr. Gears, Pietro. Those 3's stories can be legendary animation.

[@M0mazosMissy]

Talloran would be like The End of Evangelyon

[@215ILLicit]

PUBLIX MN get them dudes who animate Warhammer to do it. Astartes and Death of hope dudes. Hollywood wouldn’t stay true to the lore/stories.

[@danterodriguez03]

Two people that have no humanity because of their condition and someone invisible to the world. And we are forgetting about clef, he is not even human and everything that can change his mind is neutralize

[@whiny_rascal6898]

I Feel like everytime a scp has three zeroes, it’s always this wierd ass story and concept that gives you existential dread. Edit: Before you comment "Well that's because it's the end of a scp series!" Yes, i know now due to everyone saying this because they couldn't be bothered to check if someone else had already made that comment. Thank you and goodbye.

[@andrewmcreynolds3692]

Idk 2000 was kinda comforting in a way

[@whiny_rascal6898]

*silence liberal*

[@danterodriguez03]

@@andrewmcreynolds3692 comforting? The existence alone of that thing shows how many times we have fucked up so bad that everyone died. Not even the fundation know how many times is been activated, they just know that there is a skeleton as old as the earth in there

[@ohno209]

Well, every 1000 entry kicks off a whole new series. Of course they'll only accept large-scale, deep, well-written entries.

[@whiny_rascal6898]

Yeah alright, that makes sense.

[@apache64delta]

Something about previous GOI's unifying against the foundation is like a silver lining to an already fantastic tale.

[@theboysathobocreek7574]

Someone should make a movie on petro’s story called 5000

[@russiandoggo4336]

Or just call it 2020 lol

[@antekknapek4635]

Or something catchy like The ending

[@bobbydigital715]

Get started on it, I think that's a great, fun idea

[@xxmustard_boixx]

Yeah they should

[@anotherwowman]

@@russiandoggo4336 Amazing title mate.😂

[@cakefacedhorror917]

Without this video i would never have known that series 6 was officially out.

[@Explicit-memories]

@@tthung8668 lol ngl that read as kinda condescending

[@naenaemister5048]

T Thung k asshole

[@zomdiehunter115]

I'm sorry to inform you but a 5thitst scp didn't get the 5555 slot

[@spencerestes7563]

zomdiehunter 115 that’s stupid

[@zomdiehunter115]

@@spencerestes7563 yep

[@ariflastname2588]

"all human sympathetic SCPs were terminated" Me, realising they terminated SCP-999 *Thomas had then realised it was time to start World War 3*

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

My boy 999 is the human soul from my point of view, and he is with all of us now that he reset the timeline

[@Phil9874]

how did they destroy 999

[@Spike2276]

REAL SHIT I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT, NOW I'M MAD AF

[@ariflastname2588]

@@Phil9874 it says they terminated all human sympathetic SCPs

[@ariflastname2588]

@@Phil9874 probably using some explosive, cryonic or incendiary weapon

[@Maladjester]

Been trying to write an apocalyptic D&D campaign. Oceans turning to blood, stars going out, the dead unable to journey to the afterworld, real end-of-days type stuff. Going to listen to this video again, pen scratching furiously.

[@ghostfaced4893]

What about having the Sea be made purely of souls? Like that one swamp in the Lord of the Rings that have the Dead inhabit it? With the stars have the stars be like 'gods' that are dying due to not being worshipped therefore becoming 'forgotten', and having the BODIES without souls all fuze together like play-doh

[@artificiallyreluctantempat6912]

Foundation Personnel: "My goodness! We found a breakthrough! We've mapped the entire Psychospace of the human sou-" *Fanart of SCP-1471 appears in the psychospace* O5-1: *_I REJECT MY HUMANITY, 343!_*

[@wettoast8141]

*"Release the lizard, 096, 106. No survivors."*

[@Slightlycamouflaged]

@@wettoast8141 hey lets get the scarlet king to join the party

[@kobaka]

@@Slightlycamouflaged as I remember correctly, scarlet king isn't in the canon. So it's unlikely to be freed in this scenario.

[@ararmer19117]

Shut it down. Shut it all down.

[@Gray963]

@@kobaka it's just as canon as anything is. While the stories my have stand alone canons, anything that's an actual SCP file is a "choose your own canon" mix and match.

[@ORIGINALFBI]

Foundation: *Attacks humanity* Me: "Aight I'm bout to head to Ikea."

[@hund7458]

Wonder how they would deal with 3008. Most likely find some way to flood it or something.

[@ORIGINALFBI]

@@hund7458 I'd just walk away from the water. As savy as they are the Foundation doesn't have infinite water.

[@hund7458]

@@ORIGINALFBI I meant using anomalies to flood it somehow. I'm sure there's some SCP out there that could do that. Either that or just automate defences outside to murder anyone who manages to leave.

[@ORIGINALFBI]

@@hund7458 all the water in the ocean wouldn't be enough. Because infinite is infinite. And who said anything about leaving? Every week food and water restocks. I just have to not get killed by the staff. I'd rather deal with them than MTFs

[@hund7458]

@@ORIGINALFBI an scp that creates infinite water wouldn't be enough to fill an infinite area. sure.

[@Luissv72]

This is the SCP movie we'll never get

[@Sleepless420]

if they did make a movie about this would it be found footage

[@shatterednova_]

It'd be made by Blumhouse

[@ls200076]

@@Sleepless420 Found footage but professional and less shaky.

[@DavidRodriguez-dy1er]

It would have to be a trilogy to do it justice, the world needs to be built up before it can be destroyed.

[@yaaaamaaaa]

a movie a start for an epic series...like stargate did back in the days =p

[@astalidiot8559]

The 0-5 council: "commander, the time has come, execute order 5000" soldier: "what the fuck is order 5000"

[@ellugerdelacruz2555]

The 0-5 Coincil: "Here...." Soldier: "What the frick? Harden Your Heart-" [Loses Humanity] "It will be done my Lords..." Scarlet King: "At last, Humanity is DOOMED...." (EVIL MULTIDIMENSIONAL LAUGH)

[@Happysecret180]

0-5 council: oh shit wrong franchise

[@Happysecret180]

0-5 council: oh shit wrong franchise

[@RyanMcMahon-bz7ri]

Execute order 66

[@thefiend333]

SCP Foundation: *Turns Evil* The Serpents Hand: *Aight, Ima head out*

[@richardhicks5031]

Kai-jumancers aight we gonna kill this undead Kaiju

[@christinekaiser8806]

Nice JoJo pfp

[@whatisthis3980]

“the plot thickens..” *”CLASSIC SUBWAY MELT HOAGIES JUST STARTING AT 5.99”*

[@Minotaur-ey2lg]

Turns out the real scp’s were all the friends we made, and then murdered, along the way.

[@vendetta7639]

Aww :B

[@ovenoven9788]

cute

[@ROTAT0]

That means... They killed 999. THEY KILLED 999! WE ARE GETTING 120 AND TELEPORTING THEM ALL TO GATE GUARDIAN BOIS!!!!!

[@r21367]

@@ROTAT0 I'm also sad that they killed the innocent SCPs, like SCP-105, the Eyepods (these SCPs are sympathetic or are humanoid) UnLondon, and so much more :( Edit: the Patchwork Bear :'(

[@tylerfuller-battles7436]

@@r21367 The Black Rabbit Company and Sarah Snow Rabbit get killed: Me: Big sad

[@zoyo8903]

You know, sometimes I have to take a break after watching these videos. Some of the stories in the SCP database are so beautifully painful, and so deeply meaning, that it leaves me shell-shocked. Pietro's journey throughout this entire story, and the underlying tone of loss/keeping of humanity, is... I don't have a word for how heartwrenching, but also uplifting it is. What the SCP Foundation 'found' *was* Humanity. Every shared moral, emotion, drive, and will to live that we have. In my opinion, the SCP Foundation truly found God - or whatever equivalent thing it was - as we are 'made in his image', a fact referenced by the chastisement of the O5 Council member when he said 'God help us'. They discovered what makes us human, and in following with their own doctrine of contain or destroy what is unknown, opted to destroy it. They assumed that what they found was dangerous, and that we needed to be freed from it. In direct opposition to this, we have Pietro, who while he has lost his personal humanity, is the absolute embodiment of it. He proceeds, at first, in order to try and help where he can, an underlying point of humanity, and having a soul. He continues on despite all the horrors he's seen, and all the damage he's taken, because that's the human thing to do. He tries to save the timeline, and reset it, because his humanity demands that he do so. His still having of his humanity, despite being desensitized to everything, was made obvious when he chose to not follow Doctor Bright to the hole of parallel dimensions, and instead carry on. At the end, when he 'felt a gun to the back of his head', that was all the weight of his humanity forcing him to march one despite all his pain, and all he'd been through. It's such a beautiful, painful, and genuine take on what it means to be human, and how even though we might think we'd be better without it, even though we are more effective without it, it is still what intrinsically makes everything *worth doing*. Thanks if you read all that, have a nice day. As they say in Halo: "Be Human."

[@nealjroberts4050]

@@platogkrone7161 I prefer zoyo890's take. Bit more realistic imho.

[@sparkyplayz9510]

if you liked 5000, watch 2273. Both 5000 and 2273 are my personal favorite. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpnNlKCkdrOFetk

[@eljeffe3120]

This SCP personally reminds me a lot of the concept of a higher self - that your soul is tied to another larger one that uses your suffering in an unfair transaction you are forced into for its own personal gain. Maybe that's what they found?

[@LordKristivas]

But what if "being human" ends up being bad? Whatever "entity" they found within our psychosphere could mean something truly horrible. It could have put in us a desire to be cooperative, feeling, brave, etc so that our population would grow to 7+ billion people thus making *it* grow much bigger and more powerful with a global influence. The entity that has used us to spread could be much worse than leaving everyone alive. I don't know how it could be worse, only that it could be. What if the thing they found within humanity is the reason for SCP-2718? The captured guy who doesn't feel pain and isn't scared of pain could be free from that suffering while every dead person since the beginning of "the invasion" presumably eons ago has been in endless torment the whole time. "We're so kind to you, you know. We fight in the light so you can die in the dark." The peace of death without eternal torment. Just saying, there could be good reasons to snuff the human universal consciousness.

[@zoyo8903]

@@LordKristivas That could very well be the case. For me, however, I don't believe that suffering, knowing pain, or what have you, is necessarily a bad thing. Now, obviously I'm not saying its a *good* or *desirable* thing, but its function to me outweighs its negatives. Let me explain. So there is a prevailing theme throughout stories in cultures throughout the world of Order against Chaos, Harmony against Disharmony, and Bliss against Suffering. Often times, the former parts are framed as the 'good' attributes, and the latter as the 'bad' attributes. It's VERY common in western cultures especially - the framing, I mean. Hence, why a lot of modern media and framing continues this narrative. It's not necessarily wrong, either, mind you. Anarchy is good for no one, suffering is painful, disharmony can lead to conflict which in turn can lead to the former two. However, another underlying theme amongst many cultures, most notably more Eastern style cultures such as the Japanese or Chinese. And that is the concept of balance. One cannot know peace of mind until he has recognized how chaotic his thoughts are, for instance. This doesn't mean that a chaotic mind is *bad*, however. In fact, in order to understand what a peaceful mind is, a chaotic mind is *required*, as without it you wouldn't have the perspective to understand what a peaceful mind is. Likewise, you need suffering to understand what bliss is, and vice versa, as without it, it would all just be the same, and you'd never know the difference. On top of this, consider motivation. At the basest level, we can assume that most of what we do is done from a desire to come out of any given situation better. You cook your food with spices and vegetables so that it tastes better, for instance. Why? Because its preferable to eating unseasoned food. Why does that matter to you? Because you are coming from a place where you are not as happy, or not as well off, and while unseasoned food would sate your hunger, it wouldn't leave you feeling *better*. If you take away the contrast between the negative aspects of being human, then you aren't left with the good aspects of being human. You're actually left with nothing, as even your basest motivations for doing something are gone. Another example is football. Why would you ever play such a taxing, straining, painful sport? Because when you finally score, it feels earned, because you put up with all that pain and suffering to become better and make that goal. Without the difficulty, without the suffering, of all those hours practicing, working out, and playing the game, your victory is less beautiful, less rewarding. All this to say that I think even if the thing the SCP Foundation found in humans causes pain and suffering and hardship, it's worth keeping around. Life would have little to no meaning if things didn't suck sometimes, as when something good happened, we'd never know, or take it for granted. And if a Psonic Parasite from another Dimension imbedded in all of humanity is responsible for giving life meaning, then I think its worth keeping around, even if its a bit creepy.

[@autooctavia133]

All you need for a safety procedure, is this: If Dr. Bright doesn't know what's happening, he is either lying, or shits hit the fan

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

Dr. Bright, the most hard-to-control researcher, has 0 clue what just happened. Yeah it's safe to say whatever the O-5 uncovered, was fucked up beyond comprehension.

[@SSFallingTTB]

I think diarrhea has hit the f**king fan

[@kristianweichpart4057]

@@SSFallingTTB nah it hit the fuking turbine.

[@akmalidham]

Imagine if 5000 was our actual original timeline where 2020 was way worse, then after the reboot this 2020 was the best route we got

[@stardustlight8630]

Microwaved Cheetos I’ll take a virus over world ending

[@unintentionally_edgy5867]

seen exactly 0 SCPS so i think im good with this

[@akmalidham]

@@unintentionally_edgy5867 the most anomalous thing this year was how murder hornets and ww3 was a thing and suddenly nobody's talking about them, goddamn amnestics

[@wokezj1701]

Microwaved Cheetos your unto something

[@akmalidham]

@@killerso_0138 2, how some people reacted to the virus

[@cody4408]

From what Dr. Bright said about the feeling of, “something being released,” and since this is so heavily related to the human soul I believe the second wave of files set the human soul free, of all human understanding and sympathy and left all the dishearten factors, leaving them non-human.

[@honeybeesavage6689]

So what do you think the first set of files were ?

[@freshlymemed5680]

@@honeybeesavage6689 Probably info on PNEUMA itself.

[@derekhalcon8287]

what it was release was the effects of an SCP that lived in connected conscious of humanity, the reason of why we have morals and didnt want to hurt each other was controled by that thing, we werent suposed to feel pain but that creature made us feel it so he could protect itself

[@redsea1234]

@John Marston I think you might be infected by the memetic.

[@redsea1234]

@John Marston SCP-001 “The traitors” Object Class: Keter Containment procedures: All identified infected individuals are to be terminated on the spot. Everyone is to be made aware of the symptoms. Description: SCP-001 is cognitohazard that is spread through an anomalous memetic trigger. The identified triggers are verbal, use of hallucinogenic substances and localized spread. The early symptoms are the infected feeling an aversion to all humans, the subject commonly adopts philosophies such as nihilism as their mindset. The subject then develops suicidal thoughts and an increase interest in academia subjects such as mainstream philosophy putting their twisted perspective on it. From this point on the subject tries to spread as much hate towards humans on earth whenever the opportunity rises, they actively and covertly sabotage civilization functions and try to infect everyone with thoughts related to Marxism, nihilism and utilitarianism. The memetic does not spread to everyone, its main demographic are college students and hallucinogenic drug-users. The first widespread case of this trigger was the 70’s hippie demographic, it is theorized that drugs such as LSD inhibit memetic protection and the user is susceptible to out-of-this-dimension entity control. A group dedicated to spreading 001 in mainstream media was identified but still have not been dealt with appropriately. John Le[Expunged] , a popular artist, was identified to be infected and spreading it to his audience. An MTF operator was sent to dispatch [Redacted] and a cover story was given. The scale of the amount of infected individuals is unknown. But it is theorized that up to 10% of Western culture is infected. Western culture seems to be more susceptible to it. SCP-001 is not to be taken lightly as enough of these infected individuals eventually collapse civilization due to incooperation and sabotage of societal functions.

[@perstongravey4556]

The conversation with encounter with dr bright was so wholesome

[@SageofStars]

As much as we portray him as a mad man with a homicidal streak a mile wide, he is, at the end of the day, a man, and this version of him just got to see the people he's worked with all his existence, decide to turn their backs on everyone, and everything, in the world. Makes sense he'd be at his most introspective.

[@Kisukoa]

Being “freed” from something? This has PESTILENCE written ALL OVER IT

[@tdragonz2405]

*SCP 049 noises*

[@thepolishdestroyeroprpioru9164]

The MTF with the field commander fella knoifin his own men smells of pestilence to the point that you could taste it.

[@4nchoragepingu887]

Wat happened to him tho

[@firebluetoad3990]

4nchorage Pingu Didn’t the Foundation kill him when they killed all the SCP’s sympathetic to humans?

[@thepolishdestroyeroprpioru9164]

@@firebluetoad3990 but he was probably a valuable tool and more compliant than sympathetic.

[@purplevr8727]

Right next to Red Reality, this is easily one of the most depressing SCP stories, and stories in general, I may have ever heard, as with Red Reality in which one man is left to decay, completely, and utterly alone, SCP-5000 is a story of the death of humanity and the loss of what makes humans human, which is a highly untouched fear, and frankly it’s one of the scariest fears I can imagine, I might just be overthinking things though

[@eeyuup]

Is Red Reality an SCP, a tale or a hub? Sounds interesting

[@nobispacem2707]

@@eeyuup SCP-3000, if you haven't found it already.

[@Archviste_]

personally 1730 was just as bon chilling to me

[@laurahuynh8333]

Bitch Boii Here Be Dragon’s SCP is very depressing too.

[@niko_8208]

I'm just gonna leave this here "Here were Dragons"

[@tdap1802]

Foundation: We're killing all humans. Dr. Bright: Ok good luck.

[@mm-hc6im]

turn against the SCP Foundation

[@lawbook788]

I like where this is going

[@oceant1457]

Wasn't there an SCP that was made to restore the human race?

[@mops6519]

@@oceant1457 Yes and it was destroyed in this story 22:34

[@connor48880]

What about 2639? Don’t think they can be killed In the end, the other Foundation failed

[@TrueXiarno]

I chucked when the only description of what damage SCP-682 did was "released". That information alone is enough to know the damage he did.

[@user-gk9oz5bw3p]

All human sympathizing SCPs were terminated They terminated 999... BOYS GET THE GUNS WE GOING 05 HUNTING

[@dennisfigueroa7700]

Got it let's go

[@kziila0244]

It’s too late...the 1048 army is already upon us. There’s nothing we can do anymore...

[@Bryian1125]

We bout to make ww2 look like a tea party

[@chrish8584]

MTF: *laughs in b i g g u n*

[@thatbluegamet]

I’ll be ending them soon

[@Ainsley_the_meat_rubber]

Humanity lost the moment humanity won, by resetting the timeline

[@Proud_Knight]

How do you know what they discovered about humanity was actually true? What if it was a cognitohazard like 2718 that only becomes real if you believe in it?

[@jacobfreeman5444]

A thing that stays dormant in thr mind but only blossoms under specific conditions. Possible that it wanted humanity to realize it was there and detach it from them.

[@Jibberjabber105]

Ainsley the meat rubber but now the foundation knows about project numa and the danger that it has if they were to start it, I doubt they would after learning this

[@Jibberjabber105]

Knight because dr bright confirmed it was not a cognito hazard. I don’t think the author intended that conversation to be misleading. It was a giant clue that what they found was not a cognito hazard but most likely a realization about an intrinsic aspect of humanity. An aspect that is objectively vile enough to make any being realize that humanity is disgusting and needs to be brutally destroyed

[@Jibberjabber105]

Knight if the author intended it to be a cognito hazard, he would not have included dr bright in the story or at least have him mention it wasnt

[@419Films]

"SCP-682, the hard to destroy reptile, is simply released. This is bad enough." For some reason, the way you read that just kills me. 😂😂😂

[@ferris2344]

😫😫😫😫😫

[@insertunoriginalnamehere3471]

😂🔫😂🔫😂🔫

[@thecrowsflyaway3473]

Because we all know how bad that is.

[@sparkyplayz9510]

It cracked me up too 🤣🤣

[@Neptune0404]

Every bad guy organisation when the SCP foundation goes rogue: "Shit man, we might be bad guys but we're not god damn ending the world levels of bad guy, hold my beer we fighting back"

[@jasonutty52]

It's like that one DC / Marvel Crossover where the Joker refuses to work with Red Skull because he's a Nazi. I believe the quote is: "I may be a criminal lunatic, but I'm an American criminal lunatic." It was inspired by "The Rocketeer" but still it was my immediate thought.

[@M4gl4d]

"They were trapped in a match of Quake" Be grateful it wasn't DOOM Eternal Can you imagine 3 Doomslayers running around?

[@unbannablebanjo3744]

Could you imagine if they found out the Foundation were the demons?! Omfg the foundation would be GONE

[@yearlongpython5]

Unbannable Banjo this idea is beautiful,😧 yo imagine scp 682 vs doomsayer, rip and tear forever

[@M4gl4d]

@@unbannablebanjo3744 No Banjo, you are the demons. And then Banjo was the demons.

[@guyfieri148]

@@spencerc4252 well if he's killing the foundation, they're not technically "human" in this story

[@guyfieri148]

@@spencerc4252 I mean, if we're going that route wouldn't a large amount of humanoid scp's count? If they're just anomalous humans?

[@Fulgrim2]

Chaos Insurgency: Time to wreck the Foundation’s day! *Boss music starts to blare* Chaos Insurgency: Uh guys... is that us? *682 smashes through the wall*

[@Lrr_Of_Omikron]

Cue Mega Man 2 (DR.Willys theme)

[@mattfrost]

“Cool Aid” oh sorry I meant “Oh, Yeah!”

[@uhh5905]

dude imagine what's going through their heads their like wtf whys this thing loose

[@mattfrost]

@@uhh5905 Don't you mean Whiskey, Tango, Fargo. ?

[@uhh5905]

yeah

[@TaxEvasion1452]

Everybody gangster till the church if the broken god is the only source of internet

[@Butter_Warrior99]

ha

[@timyuusis3372]

I'd legitimately join them, and not just because of the internet

[@TaxEvasion1452]

@@timyuusis3372 you like worshiping technology?

[@timyuusis3372]

@@TaxEvasion1452 Hey they have some legitimate proof of there god and arent flesh mongrels. Better them than the catholic church

[@TaxEvasion1452]

@@timyuusis3372 in the SCP universe, their god IS real. Their god Is Mechin, the god of technology, and they hate the god of nature because they oppose mechin

[@toxicman9128]

20:09 waaaaaaait there’s an SCP-055? I thought it went from 054 to 056? When did someone add a... What was I talking about?

[@alexanderkarvos6728]

About a.....hmmm.... something about a thing that...can Erase...your memory?

[@randominternettoaster7859]

@@alexanderkarvos6728 the one that's... uhhm... hmmm... not round?

[@deadhomieorchestra5270]

What you talking about?

[@athrowaway3487]

It's also not safe... or Euclid

[@minttea6358]

Hey it's a thing that can erase your...?? was this chow mein this good before!?

[@opiatatee]

This is actually one of the most depressing stories I've ever heard. Try to place yourself in that man's shoes.

[@rajuliothe4th747]

I’d rather not 😂

[@DoctorRobertNeville]

No thank you I've lived through it once, and I'd rather not do it again.

[@grimetinge7359]

Nahman,the SCP where the man gets lost in between realities and only has ared ball with him, that was the most depressing.

[@reluctant4611]

@@grimetinge7359 which scp is it?

[@grimetinge7359]

@@reluctant4611 SCP 3001, the red ball was the red light of the recording device. It's very sad.

[@whuspr]

"So that's how it is" might refer to him realizing souls exist and that's what they were lacking, as he leaves his body.

[@Brawler_1337]

I usually think of that line as Pietro seeing the effects of the reset in the moments before his death, perhaps getting closure on why he was bringing 055 to 579.

[@ChrissieBear]

I think that's him getting to see 055, which he only knows "it's not round", in his final moment he gets to see "how it is".

[@whuspr]

Fair points from both. A part of me hopes that we get some sort of answer from the writer someday

[@RavenWolffe77]

@@whuspr I personally DON’T. It’s one of those things that should always be left unanswered, as the reader’s internal interpretation (personalized to themselves) would always be more profound to them than someone else’s EXternal interpretation.

[@Mattmanj42]

TBH, i read it as he was trying to upload an actual picture of 579 in a final act of protest, and the "So thats how it is" is basically the equivalent of "Oh fuck off" cause it glitched But thats my lighthearted take

[@zaregoto6022]

This whole story started with the question "Why?" After watching it the only word that came out of my mouth was "What?"

[@hakimdiwan5101]

Followed by ...THE HELL!!!!

[@Roloki454]

So there’s an actual reason they wanted to destroy humanity

[@kziila0244]

@@Roloki454 Yes. Supposedly, the lead theory is that the things we define as what makes humans humans are parasites. Our sense of pain, our sense of feelings, we aren’t supposed to feel all of that. It is also the reason why 682 hates humanity; he can sense the parasites. Apparently, the parasites are horrifying enough for the O-5 council to order a genocide after getting rid of their own parasites. So as twisted as it seems, the Foundation is the *good* guy here.

[@dreliq981]

Me too. I'm still confused but none of the comments are talking much about the ending

[@dreliq981]

@@kziila0244 ohh okay so that explains it so much more clearly. So humanity isn't supposed human but a parasite? And 682 hates the parasites?

[@clevermcgenericname891]

GoC: sends out distress call into the multiverse *His Imperial Majesties Most Holy Inquisition wishes to know your location*

[@crispwhitesheets2175]

ALL HAIL THE EMPEROR!!!

[@stonebehemoth2331]

ALL HAIL THE EMPEROR!

[@T800_Terminator]

Clever McGenericName ALL HAIL THE EMPEROR!

[@TehMightyHelmet]

ALL HAIL THE EMPEROR

[@batstoast3560]

ALL HAIL THE MANEMPEROR OF MANKIND

[@Kez_DXX]

So the Foundation discovered an anomaly that makes them percieve the whole of humanity as D-Class

[@ledendron5590]

Spoiler: The anomaly is actually the pestilence 049 kept talking about

[@Kez_DXX]

@@ledendron5590 Vaping?

[@ledendron5590]

@@Kez_DXX What?

[@Kez_DXX]

@@ledendron5590 Lol XD

[@Handlelesswithme]

So, 049 feared humanity and saw that the SCP lacked it due to their cruel practice.

[@jollycooperation7446]

I'm amazed on how it turned out and need more to this story. Imagine a movie out of this. Like wow. It almost an hour long read, making it even longer for a movie wouldn't be that hard.

[@applepieexplosion4030]

I think it would make for a great series! Like each episode is a section of his journey and the main parts of it are showing different weaponized scps and hinting at the reason for all this happening

[@datnibba9645]

@@applepieexplosion4030 g e n u I s

[@OfficialEdwardNewgate]

This would actually make a genuinely good apocalypse movie

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

the US, russia and china decided to team up and let it loose?

[@anonymousmind8402]

15:07 "...and a number of human and human-sympathetic SCPs are terminated". Between that and SCP-682 being released, for their sake, SCP-053 better not be one of them. Also, who else was caught off-guard that Series VI has been opened just recently?

[@real6086]

I noticed Series IV opened like three weeks ago. Just read some of the new article, read SCP-5004, it’s a pretty good one.

[@jacklegends2799]

Im just sad that i know one of the good SCPs that would be targeted for removal: SCP 999.

[@f.i.r.e.5119]

I can forgive them declaring war on humanity and condemning everyone with a cell phone to death by 096. But if 15:05 is to be believed, they (somehow) killed the Tickle Monster. And that I cannot forgive.

[@atomicbuttocks]

*Loads jupitarian antimatter cannons with religious intent*

[@rip192]

Its impossible, lizard is still alive right?

[@Jess-ul5ho]

They probably didn't

[@austinbate5107]

*FIRE THE DARK ENERGY ICOSAHEDRON*

[@lgnd2k3]

"Majority"

[@citruscatastrophyy]

They weaponized MR. DEEDS?!

[@Not_what_it_used_to_be]

I know right what the fucketh

[@joekrafft7125]

i thought he couldn’t kill people

[@brutevilgax777]

@@joekrafft7125 In his article it says they asked him to assassinate Osama Bin Laden and he declines because he was "too well guarded". But in another experiment they tell him to kill a D class and he does so with a buck knife

[@RyoKasai25]

THOSE BASTARDS.

[@deadjuicebox8072]

Nice

[@timemaster7055]

It sounds like the guy who wrote this case took the phrase. "Careful when you stare into the abyss less it stare back" to a whole new level.

[@SuperJibulus]

"SCP Foundation, SCP-682 is evil!" "From my point of view humanity is evil!" "Well then you are lost!"

In a NOOTshell: the Foundation finds out that having a "soul", a "conscience", is something imposed on us by some otherworldly being, and they seemingly find out what happens if there are souls around, and decide to end humanity to stop whatever plans IT has for all these souls. And thanks to a lost boy in a suit, the end of humanity doesn't happen. This is the bad ending of the story. The good ending would be humanity being erased.

[@Sebastian-gb3hs]

"pestilence"

[@vividao4123]

@@Sebastian-gb3hs Maybe but chances are probably not.

[@Dream146]

Honestly that's kind of a pizza cutter explanation, "all edge with no point". Like what does this "good ending" look like? More interesting would be them culling humanity to keep the entity in check while looking for a way to remove or suppress it.

[@trial_with_an_error9687]

The pestilence...

[@arthurmeric6512]

Even if the Foundation has a good reason for wiping humanity, they should try hard to find a better option. Even if whoever/whatever gave us a soul did it for the sake of some dark plans, that doesn't make happiness and other 'human emotions' less important. Surely there has to be a better way to stop those dark plans than this. And time-travel is just the thing you need to try and find that better solution. ... That reminds me of a certain Archer...

[@maxthepaladin2147]

"055 seems to be wiping (...) entire blocks of time" So, it this memetic King Crimson?

[@ale-xsantos1078]

It prevents you from knowing or remembering what it is, letting you only remember what it is not So...it's like if Diavolo achieved requiem and King Crimson now also has the ability to remove the knowledge of itself and Diavolo from people's mind. Unlucky tho that the Foundation captured him.

[@Spike2276]

@@ale-xsantos1078 thats not how requiem works tho, the requiem arrow gives a stand an ability nescessary for the stand user to achieve what they want most at the time of the requiem transformation (polnareff wanted to get the arrow as far away from diavolo as possible and to survive, so chariot requiem moves all souls to the nearest body which ensures that polnareff will live despite his dying body, and relentlessly takes the arrow as far away as possible. giorno wanted to defeat diavolo and thus GER has an ability that effectively nullifies KC's)

[@hiddensinix2767]

There are quite a few misunderstandings when it comes to GER, king crimson and requiem

[@ale-xsantos1078]

@@Spike2276 I know how Requiem works What you forget is that, aside from ultimate power, Diavolo also wanted to stay hidden, for nobody to uncover the truth about himself and his past. So he gaining 055's ability(or rather a more overpower version of it) does make sense.

[@Spike2276]

@@ale-xsantos1078 that depends on when KC gets it's requiem upgrade, because it seens the arrow takes what the person wants in the moment, at the time of, let's say the final battle of part 5, diavolo wanted ultimate power and to have power over his destiny and he no longer cared for anonimity as giorno's gang already knew who he was

[@cblake4111]

I honestly love this SCP article. There's just so many things. I. It shows just how much power and influence the Foundation has. The other forces and groups have a great deal of influence and control, but the Foundation is the hand that holds the world high. It's not too surprising to know the only thing keeping the world from collapsing is the Foundation, but it's harrowing to realize that the Foundation's humanity is what is keeping hell itself from rising to devour everything and everyone, from their allies to their enemies. To wield the dark lends one a certain power, but to suddenly have the abyss devour and envelop you so heartlessly makes you realize that you're really not anything at all. II. The loneliness, confusion and hopelessness of the piece, especially from Pietro's perspective. He's honestly just a lost man wondering what is happening, seeing chaos and torture corrode and twist the world. He's seeing anomalies both known and unknown (possibly undocumented, or merely new horrors unleashed or made in the chaos) rampaging across the world, with the few good people left trying to keep it together, but ultimately failing. And the merging of 055 and 579 display just how desperate and irreversible of a state the world is in. III. This and 6820 display just how powerful and utterly evil 682 is, to where its anger, malice and hate are so powerful that it literally defies reality itself just to survive only to keep killing. This is one of those articles that kind of gives some credence to the theory that 682 is actually the Devil, making the Foundation as inhuman and indifferent is it is. I also love the idea that the entity is the Holy Spirit; many horrific, world ending things happen within the SCP universe, but with this situation being so utterly horrible that it HAD to intervene to help Pietro. Overall a magnificent SCP, showing perhaps the most definitive GAME OVER for the SCP Universe.

[@KevinJohnson-cv2no]

Was the Foundation consumed by the abyss or freed from it? They literally refer to the humans they're slaughtering as "Dying in the dark", and all signs point to them having "released" themselves from an effect that was put on humanity; as opposed to being subjected to an effect. We also know that whatever this "IT" responsible for lovey-dovey feelings is, it had something so utterly horrible in plan that it caused even the Ethics Committee to come to a unanimous agreement with the 05's almost instantly; all of this before they took the "cure" as well, this is the regular EC agreeing to this action. The Foundation had freed themselves from the abyss, and they were simply cleaning up the mess it had made.

[@Raiethstar]

That’s delightfully optimistic. The other way to look at it is that the foundation is still the good guy here. That killing everyone is the right and moral thing to do. That if we knew why, we would agree.

[@final_animal]

The best explanation I've seen is that humanity is being tortured forever after death by the parasitic entity the Foundation discovers in this entry (also mentioned in SCP 2178) and the omnicide is the only way to put a stop to literal hell on earth for every person who has ever lived in history.

[@sethweddle5160]

I had to scroll way down to your comment to finally see 2718 mentioned. I think there’s a story related to 5000 that confirms it where some post-PNEUMA researchers tie in The Entity, 5000, and 2718 in a conversation with 682. With that in mind, that all the billions of humans who have died have been suffering at an unspeakable level, a commensurate, absolute, total crescendo of deathless agony, forever and ever, and that fate awaits all of us because of this THING… I think the Foundation is in the right here. Killing everyone, exterminating the Entity, and releasing all of the dead out of its clutches would be a mercy. 2718 is still the scariest SCP I’ve ever read, and any alternative would be compassionate and in your own best self interest. It sucks (and is insanely horrifying) that everything that we are, everything that makes us human, is just a byproduct of that THING leeching off us, but hey. The humans that took the “cure” don’t seem too much worse for it.