Scarier Than Your Own Thoughts

IS THERE ANYTHING SCARIER THAN BEING ALONE WITH NOPE. NO. BEARS AND RAPISTS AND PEOPLE WITH ARTILLERY WEAPONS.

A street interviewer asks several costumed people whether anything is scarier than being alone with their own thoughts. They initially answer “no,” but another man lists bears, rapists, and people with artillery weapons, turning an existential question into an absurdly literal punchline. The clip works as a reaction to jokes about consciousness, anxiety, or preferring external dangers to introspection. EN: A street interviewer asks several costumed people whether anything is scarier than being alone with their own thoughts. They initially answer “no,” but another man lists bears, rapists, and people with artillery weapons, turning an existential question into an absurdly literal punchline. The clip works as a reaction to jokes about consciousness, anxiety, or preferring external dangers to introspection.

Is there anything scarier than being alone with your own thoughts? Nope. No. No. Bears and rapists and people with artillery weapons.

• @sbunem / 33208 2022-11-17