Shadow People

[TheMadScotsman18]

....ive had shadow people after me since i was about 12 (im 17 now)..... in health class we have been talking about schizophrenia, and i started to look up the sympltoms and what not on the internet... almost all of them apply to me, and now that i found this video, im very afraid....... i still see them..... i need to get help...

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@TheMadScotsman18 Well, it might not be the case. Often we read a lot about something and start to think we sense it. If you're seriously concerned then proper medical help is definitely the way but hopefully it won't come to that.

[manebellamy]

weirdest thing... i actually used to have a shadow friend when i was younger... and now that i think about it it creeps the hell out of me!

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@manebellamy Wow! I hope you don't mind my saying, but that is super interesting. I hope you didn't find this episode in bad taste.

[manebellamy]

@HandfulOfMinutes no worries.. great episode though it made me think a lot of my mental health  (:

[katfruit81]

<3

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@katfruit81 D:

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@Jewely2951 HEY WALL STREET

STOP PLAYING WITH THOSE SHADOW BUDDY HELMETS

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@RobWillieJesse I think it all depends on the airport. They have nude airports like there's nude beaches, right? I hope so....otherwise I've probably embarrassed myself (albeit while making the security guy's job easier).

[asimplecadence]

I need one.

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@asimplecadence OH DEAR.

WHAT HAVE I DONE

[asimplecadence]

@HandfulOfMinutes YOU MADE ME REALIZE WHAT I WAS MISSING IN MY LIFE. I am eternally grateful.

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@asimplecadence Ah, well that's alright then! I ASSUME

[orange0wns]

your thumbnail with totoro made me watch this

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@orange0wns But he was in it and discussed so that's cool, right? I'm not a big fan of thumbnail baiting (i.e. all the boobs and butts and celebrities you see) but, gosh durn it, it took me a while to draw that Totoro and I wanted it to get some more star time!

[slylink690]

it's crazy what people back then created, it's like they tried to be futuristic but failed at it.

I don't think I want a shadow buddy. For goodness sake, not even Peter Pan can control his own shadow, what makes you think i can with mine. :P

Great episode Oliver!

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@slylink690 Thanks Steven! It's the first step in a gradual metamorphosis to a different style of the show...moo hoo haha.

[Sofyeah]

It shouldn't cause long term damage I think as they already do that for certain psychiatric patients. (I think)

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@Sofyeah I guess it depends how and to what degree. I looked at the wikipedia article for electroconvulsive therapy and hoo boy there is a laundry list of confirmed and contested long term results related to memory and general cognition...

[whatsonwednesday]

cool that was interesting

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@whatsonwednesday Thanks!

[TheMindlessthought]

I kinda want to get one of those helmets now. Thank you for not endorsing them. haha. :)

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@TheMindlessthought NO PROBLEM. It is a bit stylish, though!

[BrittishAccentsRock]

Hahaha. I enjoy the 'less scripted' version. :) Both are very interesting though!

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@BrittishAccentsRock Cool, thanks! I hoped it would take away from the "newscaster reading a teleprompter" feel I sometimes get when I re-watch episodes. Plus it can end up taking things in directions I might never have gone with a script, as certainly happened in the next episode you'll see...

[lookdownimthere]

The shadow behind you kind of creeped me out. Also, I very much enjoy the movie My Neighbor Totoro tis silly and wonderful.

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@lookdownimthere I kind of liked it! One thing that always throws me a little with green screen is the total lack of shadows....heck, if it was't a bunch of extra work I'd consider doing it with every episode from now on.

[hemenuispatriot]

I want a shadow friend just for the lulz that would come about just from the shadow boxing :P

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@hemenuispatriot Or even shadow thumb-wrestling D:

[TheTCGman54]

1:10 pure genius

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@TheTCGman54 I do what I can! Hopefully the new, mostly improvised method will keep producing such gems...

[extrokurt]

My shadow peeps told me to watch this video.

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@extrokurt !

[Teflon65]

So, everyone who sees a shadow person is schizophrenic?

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@Teflon65 I'm not sure! I just know that it is a "sometimes" sympton of schizophrenia itself. One can assume that there aren't many ways for you to see a shadow person that don't involve mental illness or optical illusions, though.

[ks4isu]

Are you saying "if the shadow person is giving you stalk tips" or "stock tips"? (at 1:43)

[HandfulOfMinutes]

@ks4isu I'd tell you, but I feel it would ruin the mystery!