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vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 05:07 PM Jun 2020

Very chilling PSA on Comedy Central

It switched from South Park to The Office, but it's a black screen with breathing in the background, for 9 minutes of text saying "I can't breathe."

Literal chills, I would check it out, it's still playing.

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Very chilling PSA on Comedy Central (Original Post) vercetti2021 Jun 2020 OP
Yes. Every CBS owned station just went dark for this. Drunken Irishman Jun 2020 #1
Viacom yes vercetti2021 Jun 2020 #2
More likely 3-6 mins of not being able to breathe and 3-6 minutes dead with a boot on your neck. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2020 #3
Its fine vercetti2021 Jun 2020 #4
Honestly would give me nightmares if I saw it. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2020 #6
Saw it too Trumpocalypse Jun 2020 #5

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
2. Viacom yes
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 05:14 PM
Jun 2020

I can't shake that breathing sound from my head. I'm still feeling chilled and now I'm just sad. 9 minutes of not being able to breath...god be damned...

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
3. More likely 3-6 mins of not being able to breathe and 3-6 minutes dead with a boot on your neck.
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 05:19 PM
Jun 2020

Sorry to be so graphic. Three minutes of terror is a really really long time!

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
4. Its fine
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 05:35 PM
Jun 2020

I can't imagine not being able to breath. I wasn't being choked, but that ad felt like anxiety just running up my body.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
6. Honestly would give me nightmares if I saw it.
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 07:04 PM
Jun 2020

I know I have too much stress in my life when I dream one of two things...my teeth falling out and rattling around my mouth or being choked.

I was assaulted when I was a college freshman and he put his arm across my neck. Over thirty years later and I still cannot stand having anything touch my neck. No choker type necklaces, no clingy turtle necks, heck, I've made myself cringe when I've absentmindedly touched the front of my neck and connected with my wind pipe just right.

Still photos of George Floyd's murder are enough for me to start taking automatic deep breaths. I cannot imagine watching the video. <shudder>

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