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@goodworkmb Palantir HQ speedrun @jackstebb.ins #palantir #speedrun #scientology
@goodworkmb
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@goodworkmb Palantir HQ speedrun @jackstebb.ins #palantir #speedrun #scientology
Performance
Video #37340 · Skit
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The video follows two men as they are chased through a chaotic and surreal office building, presented as Palantir headquarters. The chaser, filming the action, pursues them through hallways and past bizarre scenes in meeting rooms, including a presentation on 'Uses for Blood,' a room where money is being thrown around, and another where a man is tied up. After a frantic chase down a stairwell with more strange encounters, the two men escape onto a city street, where they seem disoriented before deciding to go to an M&M store.
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What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Title hook · 55%
Deepest recorded Palantir run
Verbal hook · 15%
Hey. Stop.
Visual hook · 30%
The video opens with immediate action and conflict, showing two men physically blocking a third with a pole, filmed with a shaky, handheld camera that creates a sense of urgency.
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The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
The video begins in media res with an unexplained, high-energy physical conflict, immediately establishing a sense of urgency and a curiosity gap about the context of the chase.
Payoff
The narrative tension is immediately deflated as the protagonists pivot from their life-or-death escape to a new, comically trivial objective. This anticlimax serves as the final punchline, reframing the entire preceding sequence as absurd and restarting the core action (running) on low-stakes terms.
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The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Absurdist Gauntlet
A high-stakes, fast-paced chase sequence is repeatedly interrupted by a series of surreal, nonsensical, and unrelated tableaus, culminating in an anticlimactic and absurd resolution that resets the initial action.
The Unexplained Eruption
The protagonist breaks free and a frantic chase begins through a seemingly normal environment. The camera work is shaky and follows the action closely, immersing the viewer in the chaos.
The Gauntlet of Non-Sequiturs
The chase is repeatedly interrupted as the protagonists run past a series of bizarre, static scenes that have no logical connection to the narrative. Each reveal is punctuated by a recurring, jarring sound effect, creating a rhythmic pattern of tension and absurd comedic relief.
The False Climax
The chase leads to a dead end or corner, where the protagonists are confronted by one or more antagonists. This beat builds to a peak of tension, suggesting a final confrontation or capture is imminent, and often includes a narrative twist.
The Reality Snap
A sudden, hard cut transports the protagonists from the surreal, high-stakes environment to a completely mundane, everyday setting. This abrupt shift breaks the established tension and disorients the viewer.
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title · throughout
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Hey. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. No. Guys, really need to get out of here. What? God. What? Let's go to the M and M store. Okay. Let's go.