Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth… There is no spoon… Then you'll see that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.
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I… I want to upvote this. It's so awesome.
Not for an SCP though. Maybe a -J. Upvoting, what the hell. Under the condition that this masterpiece is made a -J.
EDIT: For the love of god remove the Yakov Smirnoff bits.
Agreed, although I reserve my +1 for it being reassigned. It could be a normal SCP if handled differently but it would suffer for it.
Oh god, imagine what it would do with SCP-014-J. THE HORROR.
I definitely think this could be played for horror. When you think about it, having your spine twisted like that sounds painful. I'm not sure how that could be done, though. The alternative is, as said above, to make it a joke SCP.
if your reading this your gay
But it's too funny not to be serious. If one wants to attempt a deconstruction using a joke from one comedian that some people haven't heard of, attention will most likely be drawn to the joke instead of the new perspective. However, attempting a deconstruction of the psychic bending the spoon can be pulled off better.
I wasn't sure whether or not this constituted enough of a 'joke' to give it the -J designation. I thought it might work as a regular SCP, given some of the other articles that have worked well with a comedic tone (SCP-426 and SCP-999 come to mind), but if the general consensus is that it would fit better in the -J category, I'd be happy to change it.
I don't know what to think about this one. IF it were a little more serious, it could work. If it were a little funnier, it would work as a -J. I also don't get the comment about food.
The comment about food is obvious.
Let's say you're a researcher studying this deadly spoon, and you've brought some food with you. What could be more convenient than reaching into the sealed containment case to grab the spoon so you can use it to eat your soup?
This.
I will admit to wincing at the image of the "bending", and I did laugh aloud at the joke, but… no. Either decide to be serious with it (might have potential) or go all out with the joke.
I will admit the clichéd "Don't or else!" was rather well done, but the Yakov Smirnoff joke is a tone breaker.
Edit: Forget about the MRI comment but X-raying/MRI'ing a metal object is still silly.
(account deleted)What Sophos said, edit out the lol Yakov Smirnoff bit and we're doing ok.
Not actually suggesting this but… It'd be hilarious to give this to 682.
It'd be hilarious to give this to 682.
I wish I could downvote this twice
But seriously, the Yakov comment pushed me from indifference to downvote. If the joke was made here in the comments I would have laughed. Seeing it in the actual SCP made me want to throw rotten vegetables. A spoon that breaks your back isn't very scary or interesting on its own merits but using it as a lead up for the worst joke note in a wiki burdened by too many joke notes is just a awful.
Admit it, you love the idea of the one final soldier in the whole of site 19 backing away from 682, tripping over some rubble only to find his hand knocking against a small grey containment box.
The Dragon advances on him and, a desperate man without an option, he opens the box and swings it at the hideous monstrosity stalking toward him, hoping against hope that it's the cup of Deus Ex Machina 294 spat out the other day… a fucking spoon falls out.
Well, fuck. he thinks I'm dea- wait, what?
The giant acid-burnt mass of lizard flesh advances, dropping one clawed paw-hand on the spoon, reflexively grabbing at it and then the entire front half of the Foundation's hardest to contain SCP rears back in the air at a perfect 90 degree angle to its back.
some time later, in a conference room, site-345
05-XX: How did you do it son?
[NAME REDACTED]: I showed him my old spoon bending trick. Guess he didn't like it.
If you were to write the whole thing up that would be a hell of a shaggy dog story.
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