Definitions

“It’s a term we use to denote articles and tales that show the Foundation as being grossly incompetent and staffed with lolwacky researchers doing loony tune things.”

“If it involves SCP based pranks, the phrase “Keter duty”, gratuitous crosstesting that ends in hilarious disaster, or cartoonish/fanfic-esque reductions of characters like Dr Clef or Dr. Bright, its probably LolFoundation.”

“Basically, it makes the Foundation look terribly unprofessional for the sake of humor or as an attempt to make an object seem more dangerous than it would otherwise.”

Examples

• SCP-530 “Carl the Variable Dog” – an early SCP written on /x/ that attempts to be a direct counterpart to SCP-529 “Josie the Cat”, the article ends with a “fart joke” that many regard as excessively lolFoundation and that is specifically discouraged against in the site’s writing guide (as of 2017).^[10]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-122809/scp-530^[11]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-122809/scp-530#post-3588938

—Pardon our progress—

Style and Rules

lolFoundation writing is characterized by larger-than-life characters (including author self-inserts), unacceptable unprofessionalism by SCP Foundation staff for the sake of hilarity, subsequent punishment by involved characters (often by O5 command) to emphasize this hilarity, and general elements of role-play that blur the lines of what can be considered in-and-out of universe. During the original heyday of lolFoundation (2009-2010) it was a common sight to see authors writing forum posts roleplaying as their in-universe author avatar characters. Later installments of the style frequently still feature the old author avatar characters.^[12]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/why-clef-hates-cupcakes^[13]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4444^[14]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5004

Origins

Content

Most of the 31 officially tagged lolFoundation content on the SCP Wiki are tales. Numerous tales on the SCP Wiki are reputationally purported to be lolFoundation, however, to not feature the tag.^[18]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/payday^[19]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/document-050^[20]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/metafiction^[21]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/duke-till-dawn

Two are SCP articles with the tag and on the lolFoundation hub:

• SCP-3621 Best Intentions by DrMagnus
• SCP-6747 CHAOS THEORY by Azamo, Placeholder McD, Ralliston, and stephlynch

Characters

Reception & Legacy

“unprofessional or idiotic behavior by foundation personnel. usually lolfoundation, but also applicable to any time someone does something that they should not have the authority to do.”

“It has come to my attention that new class D personnel are often dared to empty the bottle. Guards are reminded that they are to discourage such activity, and inform them that SCP-109 is bottomless. Chanting ‘Chug!’ repeatedly is considered unprofessional.” — Dr. Klein

This is too lolFoundation by modern standards. — Gene R

Despite falling out of favor on the main SCP Wiki, tropes explored and introduced in the initial effort have continued to have lasting popularity among the wider SCP fanbase. Numerous lolFoundation articles have survived and are well-liked, and a similar popularity is seen in a new resurgence in the style in the year 2018. Multiple accomplished authors praise the style’s humorous qualities, which are counted as a welcome change of pace for the themes and tone of the SCP Wiki. The antics of the lolFoundation era would arguably encourage the site to exit its focus on strictly horror early on, and may have been pivotal in the classification by some of the more holistic wiki as “New Weird” writing.^[37]https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/lordstonefish-interview/

In a debate about the style, user wishun stated:^[38]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-625071/lolfoundation#post-1711552

“Please note that there is a division of opinion on this. Lolfoundation is not universally despised by all, thought[sic] it’s easy to get that impression. It’s just that the vast majority of lolfoundation attempts are exceedingly lame, unfunny, and/or cliche. The general membership has grown justifiably sick of these flops, and has allowed that to taint their opinion of the whole class.

Resurrection Canon

The Resurrection Canon is a peripheral accompaniment canon to and partial extension of early trends in lolFoundation. It has a dedicated hub on the SCP Wiki, created on March 30 2015, that features works circa 2014, and continuing with neo-lolFoundation authors in the present day.^[39]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/resurrection^[40]https://web.archive.org/web/20220614152721/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/resurrection The hub recommends prior lolFoundation content as background or prerequisite reading. The hub itself is sometimes delivered in the personas of SCP Wiki author self-inserts.

From the Classical Revival hub:

“The Revival is an attempt to hearken back to the old, pre-Mass Edit days of the site, but with more modern sensibilities. This Foundation is smaller, more tightly-knit, and in some ways both more outrageous and more reasonable than the usual: SCPs that can be used or reasoned with are used to the fullest extent possible, harmless SCPs will have far more relaxed security measures, and incredibly dangerous ones are on the list to be destroyed as soon as possible.”^[41]https://web.archive.org/web/20220603000923/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/classicalrevivalindex

The hub details numerous sub-canon story lines’ backgrounds and details. Classical Revival in turn is the precursor to Resurrection, using over-the-top avatar characters from early SCP Wiki content in a more believable way in order to tell the story of the origins of the Foundation in its earliest days.^[42]https://web.archive.org/web/20220603000923/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/classicalrevivalindex^[43]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-535641/classicalrevivalindex

According to its creators and initial movers, Resurrection Hub was inspired by the off-site fandom’s interest in popular, older elements of the site, such as creepypasta monsters, and heavy character-driven narratives.

Resurrection’s self description is as follows:

“Project Resurrection is a writing project aimed at reconstructing and resurrecting the original “central storyline” of the SCP Foundation. It aims at synthesizing the old and new works of the SCP Foundation. It starts with Alpha-9, the Omega-7 reboot. It doesn’t end there.”

Resurrection’s ties to lolFoundation, its philosophy, and artistic direction can be perhaps best seen in an early comment left by Dr Clef in the hub’s discussion, in 2015:

“So yeah. Some of you have guessed what’s going on at SCP Foundation Wiki.

Here it is in a nutshell: SCP Foundation has changed. A lot of the stuff that marked the site in the old days: the author avatars, the grand storylines, the SCP articles as living documents that changed and were updated as stories proceeded, the vivid characters and… what I can only describe as the “fun…” we lost it along the way.

The reason why we lost it is complicated, but comes down to the fact that we swung too far in the other direction at one point. The cut-off point is generally agreed to be the stories “Duke Till Dawn” and the collapse of the “Wanderlust” canon of tales, written by Fishmonger. SCP Foundation had completely lost track of what it was supposed to be about: the SCPs themselves. It was heading towards becoming the personal playgrounds for author avatars.

So we cut back. We deliberately cut out a lot of the interconnectedness and primary storylines. We stopped using our Author Avatars so much in stories and discouraged users from making new ones. We started focusing more on the SCP articles and the more serious types of tales.

We needed to do this. We needed to find our focus. We needed to become better writers. And some of us think that we have.

Why the change of heart? First of all, Series III. We’re seeing an explosion of new creativity in Series III that is just astounding. Writers from all sorts of backgrounds and concepts taking the concepts and formats behind the universe and creating stories that we could never have imagined.

Secondly, the contests. TroyL has run several contests that have explored new aspects and avenues in the SCP Foundation universe. Stuff like the SCP-2000 contest and the GOI contest and the Canons contest have expanded the scope of the world we have to work in far beyond that which we had barely two years prior.

We are, in a word, better writers than we were around the “Duke Till Dawn” era.

So a lot of us feel like it’s time to revisit the old stuff. It’s time to bring back vivid characters. It’s time to bring back grand storylines. Maybe we can even reclaim concepts like MTF Omega-7 and decommissions and author avatars.

Not everyone will like this. That’s fine. The SCP Foundation is a big enough concept to incorporate many concepts and views. The “canons and hubs” format will allow us to make sure that people can enjoy SCP Foundation in many different ways: as grimdark copypasta, as exciting adventure, but above all, as compelling storytelling.

But for those of us who loved the old stuff – the “Golden Age” if you will… maybe it’s time to take a second look at it and bring the good parts back. Not reinterpreted or revised, but reconstructed. Resurrected, if you will.

We have the tools to do it right this time.”^[44]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1160346/resurrection#post-2260193

The attempt was immediately controversial, with respected authors and critics such as Kalinin, who tagged the artistic direction as antithetical to the community’s developmental and literary stride. A primary contention was that prior to Resurrection Canon, lolFoundation-esque material was taboo^[45]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1160346/resurrection#post-2260545 and seen as an unacceptable aesthetic, and that the loosening of this standards was, in the opinion of critics, an “institutionalization of personal preference of a select group of users.”^[46]http://web.archive.org/web/20220605054714/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1160346/resurrection^[47]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1160346/resurrection#post-2260706

“When I saw the articles in this series first start appearing on the site, I figured that it was a project being undertaken by a certain group of users who happened to like the old-school style of storytelling. That was fair enough; it’s certainly not my cup of tea, but as you stated elsewhere, there’s room enough for different things on the wiki. Your proclamation here, though, adds what I feel to be an entirely unwelcome, top-down element to the affair. There’s a very “This is What We’re Doing Now” tone to this…  the fact that this a centrally-planned attempt to drive the site culture towards a specific style of storytelling demands a response. This statement of yours, combined with the fact that this is driven almost entirely by old guard, high-ranking staff, gives this project a certain imprimatur of official policy.” —Kalinin^[48]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1160346/resurrection#post-2260505

Debate over the merits of such an artistic direction continued, however, most posts by the third or fourth page of comments (~1 months after the hub’s creation) were firmly concerned with adding new SCPs or pitching potential ideas to include.

Since, notable authors present at the time of the Resurrection Cannon’s creation have disputed indirectly over the role of the hub in the continuation of lolFoundation, or an aesthetic resurgence of its tenants and compositional postures as “neo-lolFoundation” (see below). Author Ihp regards neo-lolFoundation as having started with the Resurrection Cannon,^[49]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15049534/7000contestplaguepjp#post-5497151 while pixelatedHarmony disagrees, remarking that:

“Neo-lolFoundation is forward looking, not past looking; whereas Resurrection was explicitly a celebration of what came before. It did however, absolutely pave the way for author avatar characters being used in the more modern context, versus how they came to be seen originally.”—pixelatedHarmony^[50]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96IYbDAmu1s

Neo-lolFoundation (2018- )

Neo-lolFoundation, or “neololfoundation”, is a style characterized by a new generation of author self-inserts, self-referential, recursive, or meta-oriented prose and dialogue, a camp-style of humor that makes compromises with in-universe believably, low-brow humor, the characterization of Foundation staff as unprofessional to the point of negligence and/or incompetence, and an abundance of puns in order to invoke a feeling of quirkiness. It mostly involves Series 6, 7, and 8 articles.

Shared qualities between this school and lolFoundation include the antics of the Senior Staff/O5 characters, a lighthearted, irreverent tone, unprofessional conduct among Foundation personnel, the Foundation as cartoonized and incompetent, fanfic-esque depictions of characters like Dr Clef or Dr. Bright, humorous addenda commonly referring to undignified and/or dangerous behavior, gratuitous popular culture references, the intentional non-use of the -J designation in articles that break clinical presentation, anti-jokes, disciplinary actions for personnel as a humorous device, and the blurring of what is considered in-and-out of universe.

First-wave authors who adopted this style include djkaktus and Rounderhouse; second-wave authors include: J Dune, PlaguePJP, DodoDevil, Placeholder McDoctorate, JakDragonX, HarryBlank, CaliBold (aka Calibri_Bold) and other artists in the collaborative proximity of these authors.^[51]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/on-guard-43-hub Larger-than-life Senior Staff characters of classical lolFoundation (now minus Dr Bright) are often replaced by in-universe author inserts that works focus on as their primary subject matter or protagonist, such as those of SCP Wiki authors Placeholder McD (“Doctor McDoctorate“), HarryBlank (Dr. Harold R. Blank), djkaktus’ (Jean Karlyle Aktus), and PlaguePJP (Director Paul Lague). Neo-lolFoundation arguably pushes this self-insertion further to include author-specific CSS themes.^[52]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/theme:placestyle^[53]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/theme:blankstyle

Philosophy & Style

Neo-lolFoundation bends and/or breaks in-universe characterization, commonly the O5 Council, in order to enact a joke. It commonly relies heavily upon low-brow humor, such as profanities, all-cap textual speech, inside jokes, and sexual innuendos. It is hesitant to utilize the -J designation, and is more interested in blending out-of-character instances of humor into the mainlist, thereby rendering the distinction between a -J article and a mainlist article more transparent, and less meaningful. (While idiosyncratic memes & community inside jokes have always been a part of the SCP Wiki,^[54]e.g. https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-76804/scp-294#post-1951539, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-76804/scp-294#post-2082149, https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-76804/scp-294#post-2459687, … Continue reading they were given latitude to constitute SCP entries prior to the arrival of neo-lolFoundation, e.g. SCP-7400.)

Thematically, neo-lolFoundation heavily features ostentatious characters, vulgar language, appeals to meme culture, emphasizes visual production value & audience-satisfaction, and de-prioritizes the containment fiction genre and format’s boundaries in order to effect high entertainment value. It often focuses on simplicity in sentence construction, numerical indications of writing quality, marketability of the author, and writing for the purposes of reader accessibility and consumption.^[55]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/djkaktus^[56]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/plaguepjp^[57]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/rounderhouse-s-author-page^[58]https://www.reddit.com/r/SCP/comments/qlwois/hi_im_rounderhouse_26_author_on_the_site_i_wrote/^[59]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/dr-dune-s-personnel-file

“An article doesn’t just need to be, you know, Item #, Object Class… it can be all kinds of different things. [SCP-6500] is borderline within the format, but it is a monumental piece of work. Like, the work that went into it is kinda insane. Is it like those early articles? Does it fit neatly within the bonds of those first articles like the way they are formatted and structured? No, not even remotely. But is it very very cool? Yes, it is extremely cool.”

“People sometimes within this community kinda get hung up on the idea of articles being a certain way and I think it is more important, especially when you are talking about, you know, writing for an audience that you have to remember, you are trying to entertain people. Right? Like you are trying to do something creative in a way that provides a benefit to an audience. And, for my money, if I think I can do that more effectively with a story that doesn’t fit within the boundaries of the format, then I don’t give a shit about the format. It is more important to me that I’m able to tell a story that is cool and that people like, than it is that I tell a story in a way that fits within a certain set of rules. Not to say that the rules don’t have value… they’re effectively a restriction on fiction by forcing you to a certain kind of confine as you’re working on creating a narrative, but… fighting against those rules, and finding ways to be creative around them, while still maintaining the general shape of those rules is one of the really cool things about writing here, because you always have to be doing that if you want to be pushing the envelope.”

— djkaktus, Creative Stuff Podcast^[60]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQeM_aXRB1k

Neo-lolFoundation articles commonly employ memetic components, typically in easy-to-digest puns, one-line jokes as stingers, and whimsical words/names/phrases. These components are placed in the article by design so as to connect with the reader on a rudimentary level, and leave a simple, humorous, and bite-sized takeaway from the article. While not always the case, a stereotypical neo-lolFoundation article can be accompanied by a discussion section that is notably occupied with these implanted buzzwords or phrases. Comment sections of neo-lolFoundation articles commonly feature simple, curt responses that either mention or directly parrot these installed buzzwords and phrases, often of the format “[buzzword/phrase] +1”, which is the intended effect of the memetic components’ inclusion. (See “milk +1”.)

Examples:

• SCP-6238‘s buzzword is the proper name “Scronkle”, which is given in-universe to a non-anomalous human. SCP-6238’s discussion at the time of writing features 28 replies, 19 of which include the buzzword, at least twice being repeating verbatim, alongside an upvote.
• SCP-7320 features two buzzphrases, “Sticky Jesus” and “Let it rip” as comedic devices. This comment section features comments simply repeating the memetic vectors with “+1”.
• SCP-SQYD-J‘s comment section features numerous variants of the memetic kaomoji “くコ:彡”, often with the addition of “+1”.
• Fishish’s Proposal (-J)‘s comment section is largely the repetition of the word “nose” in varying degrees, accompanied by “+1”.
• SCP-6121‘s comment section is commonly a repetition of the memetic device, an owl who says “HOOT HOOT MOTHER FUCKER.”

Such comments give critics of neo-lolFoundation the impression that the demographic which it is an effective style for are easily impressed, and lament that none of the value attributed to such works is on the basis of literary merit, but the strategic placement and liberal inclusion of memetic triggers.^[61]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/is-it-okay-for-scp-articles-to-get-attention-they-wouldn-t-normally-get-because-of-a-podcast^[62]https://lackoflepers.medium.com/theres-something-under-the-floorboards-at-scp-9671332440a6

Members of the SCP Wiki who use the term have attempted to contrast their writing style with a serious, “cold not cruel” writing philosophy that would convey the Foundation as humorless. However, proponents of the term would argue that this is a strawman, and that the nature of neo-lolFoundation lies not in the use of humor, but in the compromises an author makes with the Foundation’s character in order to enact humor on a mainlist article, when it would otherwise be very out of place, breaking the suspension of disbelief.^[63]https://youtu.be/K-iXbtZWLy8?list=PLVsqiZhnL5BaOmNQTx0WMfD7V7kdvbvLX&t=9327

“Me and Harmony coined the term neo-lolFoundation to explain the growing trend… that makes explicit compromises with the premise of the artform in order to be kind of stupid…. PlaguePJP doesn’t really understand what neo-lolFoundation is according to [their] statement, the term is not used correctly here. [The article] is not neo-lolFoundation, not even close, because it doesn’t render the Foundation as an incompetent organization so that someone can laugh about it. There is none of that here. This [SCP] just happens to be kinda funny. There’s a difference between kinda being funny and being neo-lolFoundation. That distinction is lost on PlaguePJP.” — Lack of Lepers, on SCP-6248

Coinage, Licensing & Use

The term “neo-lolFoundation” was first used by pixelatedHarmony on an episode of the Confic Call-In podcast in January 2022, and has been used abundantly in the SCF Discord server, in blogs, podcasts, and streams.^[64]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVsqiZhnL5BaOmNQTx0WMfD7V7kdvbvLX^[65]https://rss.com/podcasts/conficallin/363735/^[66]https://web.archive.org/web/20220726184126/https://rss.com/podcasts/conficallin/363735/#^[67]https://web.archive.org/web/20220726190114/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14897006/scp-6248^[68]https://podcastaddict.com/episode/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.rss.com%2Fconficallin%2F20220409_090411_ef174b0e7414569c1b99b2b550cfd478.mp3&podcastId=3768593^[69]https://archive.ph/bkQIV

pixelatedHarmony: “There’s been a breakdown of institutional memory, I think that we’re seeing; with the mass influx of new writers and new information. It’s kind of overwhelming the quantity of information able to be put out by the older cadre… I think the new folks are frankly putting out so much that the old guard both can’t keep up or pass on those old lessons, so we’re seeing a lot of the same mistakes of the past coming back and taking new forms.”

Lack of Lepers: “There is a new generation of authors that essentially found their philosophies in something like SCPD, where the purpose is supposed to be a sort of, you know, somebody that ran to their clique and said “booya, look what I posted!”

pixelatedHarmony: “Oh yeah, it’s just for in-jokes and showing off.”

Lack of Lepers: “I call that Meme Lording… djkaktus and rounderhouse are sort of the spear tip for this kind of mentality, that really invites lolFounation back in.”

pixelatedHarmony: “Neo-lolFoundation, that’s what it is. Neo-lolFoundation.”

Lack of Lepers: “Yeah, that’s a perfect way to put it. Perfect.”

— Season 01, Episode 006: Kalinin’s Legacy & SCP’s Present Tense (52min 17sec), January 2022

The spelling variant “neololfoundation” first appeared on a KiwiFarms thread about the SCP Wiki, again posted by pixelatedHarmony (aka “punished ‘venom’ PH” ) on April 19, 2022.^[70]https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-220#post-11689622^[71]https://web.archive.org/web/20220729171606/https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-220#post-11689622

“Neo-lolFoundation” was released from being a proprietary term to a CC BY-SA 4.0 license upon its publication to the Containment Fiction Wikipedia in February 2022.^[72]https://www.conficmagazine.com/projects^[73]https://www.conficmagazine.com/about^[74]https://www.conficmagazine.com/legal The variant “neololfoundation”, if any difference exists, legally remains the intellectual property of its creator.

During the SCP-7000 contest, WikiDot user PlaguePJP falsely claimed to have coined the term.^[75]SCP-7000 – Site-19 – SCP Foundation (archive.org), “+ Random Musings”

I’ve noticed a recent trend (one I’ve participated in) of more comedic or lighthearted articles. When people think of the SCP Wiki, most think of horror or the “cold-not-cruel” phrase [sic], which is why I’m happy that any modern authors are subverting that expectation with stories of all genres, and doing so successfully. I think a new term I’ve coined over the past few months works better, “neololFoundation.” This feels much more warranted for these types of articles.

:teemo:

— PlaguePJP (original emphasis kept)

This comment was removed from the author commentary within 24 hours,^[76]https://web.archive.org/web/20220727140704/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15049534/7000contestplaguepjp and then re-added sometime after.^[77]https://web.archive.org/web/20220728153914/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15049534/7000contestplaguepjp While the initial passage containing its “coinage” is seemingly heart-felt and genuine, subsequent comments in the page’s discussion (as well as the user’s Twitter repetition of the “coinage”) make it clear that the author’s claim is intended to be ironic and mocking of the pre-existing term.^[78]https://archive.ph/rqPHH#selection-2965.0-3083.56 Additionally, the use of “neololfoundation” in the WikiDot author’s quote is at odds with its original definition and intention — rather than referring to a new generation of self-inserts, or a specific variety of comedy that undercuts character for the attempt, the author defined “neololfoundation” as a style lightening up the horror-centric, “cold, not cruel” phase of the SCP Wiki.

SCP Wiki social media influencers TheeSherm and Billith use “neololfoundation” in a popular stream. Notice the highlighted chat comment misattributing the term to WikiDot author PlaguePJP.

Subsequently, larger influencers in the SCP Wiki began introducing the above misinformation to their audiences. In opposition to the falsely supplied definition, these influencers would use the term in conjunction with its intended meaning, to describe mainlist SCP articles which broke a sense of believability by attempting out-of-character humor for the Foundation and its format.^[79]https://youtu.be/RpSMG-jLhoE?t=17312^[80]https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1557469792

The term is used ironically by those to whom it is sometimes attributed.^[81]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14897006/scp-6248#post-5397334, archive^[82]https://web.archive.org/web/20220727214941/https://mobile.twitter.com/Calibri_Bold/status/1552344887097364480?cxt=HHwWgMCoxefchIsrAAAA^[83]https://web.archive.org/web/20220729144035/https://twitter.com/ROUNDERHOUSE/status/1552487467063853056?s=20&t=LLoVAemxu3NsYtl7PYpgGA^[84]https://archive.ph/LYPsG^[85]https://archive.ph/Rjnvs^[86]https://web.archive.org/web/20220726182808/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15049534/7000contestplaguepjp^[87]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15049534/7000contestplaguepjp#post-5496122^[88]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15049534/7000contestplaguepjp#post-5496130

A video was created on April 9, 2022 by YouTube channel RPC & SCP – Unique Narratives that detailed the term and its use.^[89]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG6N6BMZ-V0 ^[90]https://web.archive.org/web/20220410032142/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG6N6BMZ-V0 A video contrasting lolFoundation with neo-lolFoundation was made by pixelatedHarmony on July 28, 2022 to address new-onset popularity in the term.^[91]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96IYbDAmu1s^[92]https://archive.ph/HtlkB

In August 2022, “Neololfoundation” was added as an official term to the SCP Wiki’s Glossary of Terms.^[93]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/glossary-of-terms, rev.77, archive

History

Beginning in 2017, the SCP Wiki saw an increase in the frequency and popularity of a style that hearkens back to lolFoundation elements, and relies heavily upon mainlist humor outside of the -J designation.

Neo-lolFoundation is a common theme of Series VI, VII, & VIII, developed alongside an increase in meme culture on the Wiki,^[94]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/memecon-unofficial and reached its maturity and culmination of commercialization and popularity in 2022 with the SCP-7000 contest.

An uptick in the trend, as well as the concurrent non-usage of the “-J” designation, was noticed by readers and historians of the Wiki in late 2021.^[95]https://lackoflepers.medium.com/theres-something-under-the-floorboards-at-scp-9671332440a6^[96]https://archive.ph/93P5J#selection-831.383-843.175^[97]https://archive.ph/93P5J#selection-1091.0-1091.147 Independently, numerous SCP Wiki commenters noted these articles’ similarities to lolFoundation.

Neo-lolFoundation was given a formal designation in January 2022 (see Coinage, Licensing, & Use).

2017

The emergency of neo-lolFoundation can be seen using the same methods as when observing early trends of lolFoundation (e.g. the site’s accepting and then rejection of it), by examining comment sections with high longevity, e.g. Experiment Log 914. Meme-based entries begin to appear in the experiment logs in mid 2017 and 2018, though push-back from staff kept them from being included.^[98]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-2924751^[99]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-5723138/fragment:experiment-log-914-002#post-3778711, “milk” A prune in August 2017 explicitly states “LOLFoundation” as a reason why an entry’s note was removed.^[100]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-3576991, “Skateboard Wheel” There was some pushback from community members over this, who stated:

“As much hate lolfoundation gets, it’s still a hallmark of an earlier time on the site, and if there is any place to indulge on such shenanigans, an open collaboration on an early-era article such as this seems perfectly acceptable… If we’re going to prune, low-effort entries (abysmal SPaG, for instance) or those that exhibit a misunderstanding of how the item works should be the focus, not things that some staff think are out-of-date. It’s a stylistic choice, imo, to present the lighthearted bumbling side of the SCPF; and it’s a take that still appeals to new users.”^[101]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-3577090

… with a second commenter stating:

“Seconding Shaggy’s sentiments. Let people have a bit of fun with it. A piece like 914 in particular demands creativity, not to be held to the same rigid standards we’d see in articles today.”^[102]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-3577109

The lolFoundation note was reinstated, and curation against lolFoundation material was lessened thereafter.^[103]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-3577193 Contributors remained wary of including lolFoundation-esque material in their entries, for fear of being culled.^[104]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-3729697

In May 2018, staff allowed use of biological testing for an SCP-914 experiment — something that had been forbidden since the experiment log’s creation in 2008 — with the in-universe doctor conducting the experiment facing disciplinary action afterwards (disciplinary action against staff was a common trope of lolFoundation).^[105]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-5723138/fragment:experiment-log-914-002#post-3790355^[106]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-1597994 Future testing entries including approval from O5 Command were included in the logs, e.g. for cross-testing.^[107]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-5723138/fragment:experiment-log-914-002#post-3955223

Also in May 2018, the curator of the 914 logs replied to an author’s entry:

“Lol, you would be so fired if you tried that in-universe, you know that right? Good test though.”^[108]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-5723138/fragment:experiment-log-914-002#post-3816815

Standards against lolFoundation-esque material still existed well into 2018. Entries exhibiting reckless, unprofessional behavior were still pruned well into 2018.^[109]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-3740436, “Tea”^[110]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-5723138/fragment:experiment-log-914-002#post-3786166, “LEGO”^[111]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-5723138/fragment:experiment-log-914-002#post-3964346, “Water bottle”

One entry in September 2018 was rejected for being:

“… way, way too goofy. The Foundation being presented at this level of incompetence (lapse of security policy being taken advantage of for frivolous testing, unsupervised access to 914, excessive non-medical use of a clearance-level name-blanked anesthetic, guy being returned to medical wing rather than quarantined and examined, guy who should have been quarantined meeting one of the O5 Councilmembers, O5 Councilmember “spouting highly classified information” even though O5s are typically understood to not be allowed any direct contact with anomalies) can be a huge deterrent for a lot of readers…. both of your ideas seem to be premises for adding in a mention of this random doctor character, rather than presenting an interesting take on the standard 914 test formula.”^[112]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-5723138/fragment:experiment-log-914-002#post-3974067

… and another in October for relying too-heavily on pop-culture and the usage of external sources “which wouldn’t necessarily be used in-universe”.^[113]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-5723138/fragment:experiment-log-914-002#post-4027839, contrast with SCP-7400.

A comment left in February 2023 conveys the contrast between the prior no-nonsense, anti-unprofessionalism approach by the SCP Wiki staff to the testing logs, as well as that between lolFoundation disdain & neo-lolFoundation approval:

“It’s taken me a long time to work my way through these logs. Despite some of the obvious lolFoundation moments leaking through, it’s been a really pleasant read because of the colorful characters such as Dr. Veritas, Prof. Wren, MT Johnson, Dr. Nukea, Researcher Darby, etc. I would unironically enjoy some kind of cartoon sitcom or webcomic featuring these wonderful people and the shenanigans they get up to at Site 19, even if it’s not directly related to their experiments with 914. They feel like one big, wacky, dysfunctional family and there’s something inherently wholesome about the work they’ve done together. The Foundation doesn’t have to be cold and unfeeling 24/7!”^[114]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-5947430

SCP-4444

A resurgence of lolFoundation style arguably began in 2018 with the notable and widely-publicized posting of djkaktus’ SCP-4000 contest article, “Bush v. Gore”.^[115]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-4444 The article came in second place in the contest and was massively popular. It featured the over-the-top antics of classic SCP Foundation Wiki characters familiar to lolFoundation works, and inserted frivolity in the highest of the fictional SCP Foundation’s official ranks and meetings.

djkaktus at one point was asked to and considered adding the lolFoundation tag to SCP-4444, but decided not to after arguments that it would lessen the impact of his article, perhaps by associating it with a long-gone and mostly-disliked style of writing containment fiction:

djkaktus is asked in chat whether the lolFoundation tag would be fitting for what came to be SCP-4444.

While not neo-lolFoundation, SCP-4444 features elements of lolFoundation mixed with more modern styles and humor, and would go on to be highly influential to the next generation of authors on the SCP Wiki, who solidified the school, and included higher degrees of comedic intent and effect.

SCP-5004

djkaktus’ article entry for the SCP-5000 contest, “MEGALOMANIA”^[116]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-5004 would continue to reinforce a lolFoundation-based style of humor, and increase its appeal to a wider audience. However, this time, the entry’s sense of humor was cruder, more exaggerated, and was met with substantially more resistance to the lolFoundation aspects of the work:

“Gonna be honest- Just because you make references to pop culture and current political events/people and turn it all wacky and quirky or whatever doesn’t mean you’ve made an amazing skip worthy of 5000.” — maximiguel^[117]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4470036

“a ten thousand word shitpost. amazing” — leo60228^[118]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4470013

“This article reminds me of one of Peter’s fights with the Giant Chicken from Family Guy. It starts out absurd and funny, loses steam the longer it goes, and then gets a second wind because the sheer length of the thing makes it funny. But unlike the Giant Chicken fights, this story drops off at the end because the final plot twist essentially invalidates the joke that’s supposed to carry the article.” — A Random Day^[119]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4470017

lolFoundation is mentioned explicitly in the comments:

“My brains has melted into two puddles deciding on whether I should upvote or downvote. On one hand, this a great sequel to 4444, but on the other hand, this feels too LOLfoundation and random = funny. Uhh, upvote, goddamnit!+1

edit: no vote” — Koooper^[120]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4470004

“It’s 2020. Can we please stop upvoting low-effort lolfoundation random humor articles that feel like they were written in 2012 just because they’re by a popular author? I have no problem with funny scips, but this is going to feel unbelievably dated in a year, every joke feels like a desperate attempt to seem quirky, and referencing every popular character makes this read like a gratuitous self-insert story from a decade ago. I can’t tell people how to vote, but if this is genuinely the kind of writing you want in the 5000 slot I suggest you take a long look in the mirror. Like come on people” — amindele^[121]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4470052

“I don’t care about the “this is too close to lolfoundation” aspect, I’m no longer invested enough in SCP to care.” — LordGoopy^[122]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4470138, Show More, 15 Jan 2020, 22:14, Show Revision

“Deliciously lolFoundation.” — Quadruple Stuffed^[123]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4471424

“I think this article perfectly encapsulates everything I dislike about this website. -1. Not every piece of art on the planet needs to be insufferably cloy winky lolrandom humor with a layer of poisonous irony on top… This is just like, my actively least favorite kind of thing on this wiki. I do not think it should be SCP-5000 and I do not think it belongs here-or anywhere-at all. If you are looking for what the new cliche on this site is, it’s not murderous monster-men, it’s not antimemes or word-salad. It’s not anything like that, it’s this. I have liked other articles by this author in the past, just to be clear that I have no personal grudge here, I just actively cannot stand any part of this… The whole “lolFoundation” style of writing just is….very not my cup of tea, partly because I think it’s reflective of some general trends in the arts that I’m not fond of and partly because it reminds me of a specific period of this site’s history that I don’t like being reminded of (you’re probably familiar with what I’m talking about. If not, don’t worry about it).” — planet Jane^[124]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4471628

“While I can understand fully why this piece has turned so many people off, as a comedy of errors, this article was pretty amusing. While a little more lolFoundation than I usually care for, there was a fair amount of transcripts that played out with some solid comedy. ” — Jacob Conwell^[125]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4471843

“There were several lolFoundation moments that I think fell flat for me; while I think lolFoundation can be great if they are played up to maximum and then breaking consideration, I don’t think that the piece achieved that point to me.” — SoullessSingularity^[126]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4471866

The sudden return to a lolFoundation style by a popular and influential author caused philosophical discussions to occur regarding the role and necessity of the -J (joke) designation:

“As others have pointed out, this article is a ride from start to finish. It opens with an established world — that being chaotic, lolFoundationy stuff framed in the clinical language of an SCP document — and doesn’t really stray beyond that. No internal rules are being violated, if that makes sense. There is no subversion to be found within the article.

Honestly, the fact that this discussion is even occurring kind of proves that “-J vs mainlister” should be up to the author. You can never clearly define a Joke article, so why bother?” — Nagrios^[127]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4471187

“Cringe. This deserves to be a -j. This is why people are turning against kaktus” — Moondoox^[128]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4471440

“Are you forgetting about the entire lolFoundation period, and lolFoundation canon, for that matter? Articles being decidedly not serious have had a pretty long-standing history on the site; and even if this type of article were unprecedented, why would you care? Using the Foundation format in new ways is hardly something that should be discouraged.” –Nagrios ^[129]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4473349

“I don’t think you understand what we mean when we say “there is no canon”. It means there is no canon. People can write about whatever they want on this site as long as it is received positively. Doesn’t matter if the tone is silly, serious, realistic, fantastical, etc. Doesn’t matter if it directly contradicts other articles.

LolFoundation existing on this site does not erase the serious tone of other articles. It just offers an alternative. Other things existing besides ultra serious uber scary SCPs does not delete those ultra serious uber scary SCPs from existence.” — TheMightyMcB^[130]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12935125/scp-5004#post-4475167

It would also cause a newer generation of SCP Wiki authors to take up and evolve the style further into a school. The most notable pupil of this school is SCP Wiki author Rounderhouse, who is a top author on the site by way of total upvote count,^[131]https://www.scpper.com/user/4187885 and is widely considered djkaktus’ student and protege.^[132]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-13741890/interviewing-icons-rounderhouse#post-4777663^[133]https://www.reddit.com/r/SCP/comments/qlwois/hi_im_rounderhouse_26_author_on_the_site_i_wrote/

SCP-5004 may be the first and most noticeable neo-lolFoundation article. The following years would see the emergence of numerous Kaktusonian authors and pupils — such as Rounderhouse, PlaguePJP, HarryBlank, and J Dune — who would continue in this compositional direction.

SCP-5004 is the second-most controversial SCP by total votes currently on the SCP Wiki, per the controversy index.

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Rounderhouse

Rounderhouse’s writing style has been described by a published critic as “clean of confusing or pretentious language, digestible, and easily fits the site format… Rounderhouse continues his trend of more narrative-based works, as opposed to factual reports, creepypastas, or the punchline-based stories so popular on the wiki recently.“^[135]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/spotlight-review-scp-001-anomi-ram Historically, Rounderhouse was taken under the compositional tutelage of djkaktus, who imparted his techniques and lessons to Rounderhouse. djkaktus can commonly be seen joking about Rounderhouse being “his son” for this reason.^[136]https://youtu.be/gfjCX9swz0E?t=985^[137]https://archive.ph/vo7sN

While not an exclusive style, a large portion of Rounderhouse’s works, and particularly his later works, exemplify the tonality, organization (such as an at-the-end punchline delivery or an opening out-of-universe joke), and philosophy of neo-lolFoundation.

Notable neo-lolFoundation works by Rounderhouse:

• SCP-6196 opens with an out-of-universe definition accompanied by two humorous lines of dialogue, which would be repeated later in the article proper.
• SCP-5377 splices SCP Foundation Senior Staff Tilda Moose (thedeadlymoose) with insults and swearing, as well as the inclusion of Frosted Flakes mascot Tony the Tiger.
• SCP-5929 is about the human race developing from the micturition of an alien life form, and uses a punchline-based ending, with an O5 Council member stating “I just feel like it’d be really awkward, you know?”
• SCP-5376 is a putrefied corpse that believes it is Evel Knievel, and that induces explosions/self-detonations; numerous interview logs that are emblematic of neo-lolFoundation dialogue.
• SCP-5149 places a humorous punchline ending in a collapsible, giving a clear demonstration of neo-lolFoundation’s compromises with an in-universe immersion, and preference for an out-of-universe epistemology informing the structure of the in-universe document.
• SCP-5983 follows the same formula of SCP-5929, and features a comical casting of an O5 Council vote, as well as a punchline ending from a Council member, insinuating that a nuclear weapon is detonated in reaction to the mundane irritation towards train schedules. (“In my defense, if you’ve ever been on the 8:30 to Broadway, you’d want to nuke something too.”)
• SCP-4852 casts Senior Staff / lolFoundation inserts such as Dr Tilde Moose, Director Jean Karlyle Aktus, Dr Bright, Dr Clef, Dr Kondraki, Kain Pathos Crow, and the O5 Council in the light-hearted context and profanity of an anomalous event that partially turns a SCP Foundation research wing into a chicken. An invocation of “lolFoundation” is included in the author post.^[138]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12806463/scp-4852#post-4423082
• SCP-4661 casts an aweless Senior Researcher (House) in a grandiose mission to tame a spatiotemporal overlap of Las Vegas and a circle of hell; the researcher’s name chosen to end on a pun about casino rules.
• SCP-4513 enacts a textual anomaly that cross-pollinates any two involved documents to result in absurdist-theater prose; the examples involve pop culture references, and numerous inuendos involving the male genitalia, including the final one, a joke about an erection.
• SCP-5383 features kitsch dialogue with a demon (“Blaagaroth”), features an in-universe document that includes the phrase “Downvote without leaving a comment”, and features the O5 Council ineptly attempting to research and enact a purported anomaly which they must commit heinous sins to actualize.

PlaguePJP

PlaguePJP is a WikiDot author in close social proximity to Rounderhouse and has been the most vocal and prominent proponent of the neo-lolFoundation style. PlaguePJP’s articles commonly feature or are about larger-than-life figures in absurd situations. PlaguePJP the author inserts himself into his articles as a Site Director named Paul Lague, and is often seen as the central figure in his articles, such as his SCP-001 proposal.^[139]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/plague-s-proposal/offset/1 PlaguePJP’s articles often exemplify neo-lolFoundation compositional decision making and qualities, most often in interview logs, such as his all-caps approach to characterization.

The term “neololfoundation” is often incorrectly attributed to PlaguePJP, who publicly claimed credit for the creation of the term (see Coinage, Licensing & Use, above).^[140]https://web.archive.org/web/20220726182808/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15049534/7000contestplaguepjp

Notable Neo-lolFoundation works, or works that feature Neo-lolFoundation influence, by PlaguePJP include:

• SCP-6599 – “HOGSLICE”, co-authored by J Dune. A foul-mouthed anomaly who anomalously frequents niche subject internet forums to harass and respond aggressively to mundane discussions and disagreements. The character always types in all-caps text. The article’s humor is well-couched in the Foundation’s clinical character, but breaks this in “Addendum.6599.4: Incident-6599-029”, where a Foundation agent is described as demonstrating “immaturity and character unbecoming of a Foundation Agent.” This character mimics the humorous character of the anomaly, which reaches strained levels of believability that is out-of-character for the Foundation and its operations, for the sake of overt humor. This article was the winner of the SCPD Meme Contest, which was housed on the SCP Wiki.
• SCP-6592— “The Biz Wiz Experience” . A stock-market guru who uses thaumaturgy to influence his business portfolio, and who grifts audiences on investing seminars. The titular character commonly speaks in all-caps text and employs foul language as humor, such as the line: “SCP-6592: I don’t know, are you really going to SUCK MY DICK?” MTF agents (Addendum 3) are likewise given crude personalities that convey a sense of comedy-directed unprofessionalism.
• SCP-5595 — “Geoffrey Quincy Harrison the Third: Site Director, Gumball Machine” — A candy gumball machine which “speaks” in all caps. Characterization is obtained primarily by the use of insults, profanity, and sexual innuendo. In interviews, initially competent Foundation researchers are quickly made to interact on the emotional and comedic level of the anomaly. The article concludes with employing the anomaly for its usefulness, as in the case with the immature Foundation Agent in SCP-6599.
• SCP-6542 — Virgin Dairy 2: SECOND CHURNING”, co-authored with JakdragonX, LORDXVNV, J Dune, Rounderhouse, Tanhony, DarnellJermaine, stephlynch, Liryn. A revival of the failed “Milk Jesus” article that initially occupied this slot, the article features Jesus speaking in all-caps, who a MTF member refers to as “Cheesus”.
• SCP-6596 — “8 Mile: The Beast of Lust and Hatred Born”. An anomalous skeletal horse, a god of gluttony and greed, forces Foundation personnel to engage with it in rap battles, as part of containment and interactive protocols.
• SCP-6000-Jay — “The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald”, co-authored with Limeyy. The article is the verbatim reproduction of the book of the same title and author, save for one line, which is replaced with an in-joke phrase specific to the SCP Wiki.
• SCP-6597— “Whale, I’m Boned”. A whale bone with inscriptions summons a patron god of scrimshaw. This entity, SCP-6597-1 speaks in all-caps for comedic effect. The Foundation researcher assigned to interviews is given a humorous image and displays an unprofessional attitude for the purposes of attempted comedy. Numerous lines in the dialogues are thinly-veiled sexual innuendos, such as “Freska: Coffee didn’t work this time. I don’t know why. He really liked it last time. He put it on his eternal whale bone!” or “Freska: Yeah. Yeah! YEAH! Whale bone! Two! TWO! Two big beautiful whale bones. Bring ’em to papa.”
• SCP-3837 — “The Maize Knight”, co-authored with Tstaffor. The anomaly is a humanoid ear of corn who speaks with a Shakespearian accent, identifies as “Cornelius the Great, Slayer of Goats.”, and wields a spoon as a weapon. Its kernels heat into popcorn when angry. The Foundation takes measures to heal the humanoid’s PTSD, which results from “his kind” being eaten by Foundation personnel.
• SCP-5593 — “Unclogged”. An entity who is responsible for water flooding a Foundation Site. The entity is incidentally spoken to by a doctor who was using the restroom. Their discussion consists of sarcastic jokes and insults, such as the line: “Entity: Of course, just my luck I end up with the Italians.”
• SCP-5787 — “Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia”. A philly cheesesteak purveyor is anomalously specific with linguistic demands for orders. Subjects who violate these terms are subjected to nausea and vomiting, or transferred to reeducation regarding the history of cheesesteaks and Philadelphia.
• SCP-5596 — “The Love Doctor”. A grandfather clock that measures someone’s sex appeal. Subjects who score poorly are visited by a humanoid anomaly called “The Love Doctor”, who coaches the subjects’ regarding their love life. The interaction features lines such as: “SCP-5596-1: You’d think you’d get a higher rank given how much knob-squeezing you do at home… “
• SCP-6593 — “Only Cans”. An anomalous vending machine is a thin metaphor for sex. Includes lines such as: “SCP-6593: Fuck, you make me want to dispense something so bad.” and “SCP-6593: Please. Please, just one coin. Just one. I’ve been so good. I’m a whore. I want you to buy something from me.”
• SCP-001 – Plague’s Proposal — The central anomaly is an increased incident in containment failures, this idea and its development predicated on the author’s self-insert character, Paul Lague, and his belief in the anomaly. The self-insert is commonly in dialogue with members of the O5 Council and is promoted to Site Director, offering an origin story. Numerous of the author’s other neo-lolFoundation works, such as SCP-5479, are featured heavily. The author writes numerous characters (including the O5 Council) in all-caps to convey a sense of humor. The dialogue between upper staff members, including other neo-lolFoundation author self-inserts, is overtly casual and juvenile, e.g. “House: Your mother’s ass, One.”

Memecon 2021

“This implies we don’t do meme SCPs the rest of the time.”^[141]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14117486/memecon-unofficial#post-5001969 — Drblackbox, Memecon discussion page

Memecon 2021 was an unofficial contest hosted on the SCP Wiki that originated and was advertised by staff members of the SCP Declassified Discord server.^[142]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/memecon-unofficial The rules stated that entries must include “at least one meme as its basis… featured prominently in the article”, and that the entries could not use the “-J” or “-EX” designations.^[143]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/memecon-unofficial^[144]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14117486/memecon-unofficial#post-5002075 The winning authors of the contest were J Dune and PlaguePJP, with SCP-6599 (“HOGSLICE”). Both J Dune & PlaguePJP would go on to write numerous more neo-lolFoundation articles (see below).

In the discussion section of the Memecon hub, many users praised the contest theme, while others expressed hesitation.^[145]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14117486/memecon-unofficial#post-5002046^[146]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14117486/memecon-unofficial#post-5002071^[147]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14117486/memecon-unofficial#post-5018479^[148]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14117486/memecon-unofficial#post-5002870

One of the dissenters, WikiDot user and author Ihp, remarked:

“Call me an old man yelling at a cloud, but I can’t imagine any quality content coming from trying to force memes onto the site.”^[149]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14117486/memecon-unofficial#post-5002041

djkaktus replied:

“A lot of people find different things to be fun. Our audience, especially those who are in younger age groups, really enjoy the memes that spin off from the wiki. As entertainers (which, really, is what we’re doing here) we should always try and encourage people to find happiness through the wiki in whatever way they can, even if it’s not something we personally find enjoyable ourselves. As long as it’s not hurting people, what’s the trouble?

SCP-7000 Contest

Neo-lolFoundation arguably reached a peak of mainstream exposure, popularity, and commercial success in 2022 during the SCP-7000 contest.^[152]SCP-7000 Contest Hub – SCP Foundation Numerous articles displayed neo-lolFoundation premises or elements,^[153]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/7000contestsherfcalibold^[154]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/7000contestfishexponent^[155]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/7000contestkothardarastrix^[156]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/7000contestjtkc^[157]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/7000contestharryblank^[158]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/7000contestrhineriver^[159]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/7000contestunnahuz^[160]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/7000contestraddagher^[161]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/7000contestrounderhouse including the contest’s frontrunner and eventual landslide winner, HarryBlank’s “The Loser”. (This count does not include PlaguePJP’s entry, “Site-19”, despite the author’s insistence of it as Neo-lolFoundation, because it does not feature Neo-lolFoundation elements, just the casting of old lolFoundation characters.)

Audience commentary noticed both the ubiquity and commercial appeal of this approach to the genre during this era:^[162]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15046599/7000contestarandomday#post-5514984

“Tight, high-quality writing and humor are a winning recipe for this contest it seems.” — bigslothonmyface

Uncoincidentally, the “Featured SCP” on the SCP Wiki’s front page for August 2022 — the month of voting for the SCP-7000 contest — was SCP-6599 “HOGSLICE”, selected by PlaguePJP and Voiiiii.^[163]http://web.archive.org/web/20220809200046/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ This article was modified at this time to feature a link to both authors’ competing SCP-7000 entries.^[164]http://web.archive.org/web/20220810170054/https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6599

Other Authors & Examples

• SCP-6069, by Nickthebrick1
• SCP-6056, by HarryBlank
• SCP-6263, by HarryBlank
• SCP-5847, by tstaffor
• SCP-6598, by PlaguePJP, HarryBlank, Cremo, & J Dune
• SCP-6790, by Machen2 & DrGooday
• SCP-6990, by RadiantGold
• SCP-6453 (“Shit Yeti”), by J Dune
• SCP-7525-EX by HarryBlank, PlaguePJP
• SCP-3691 by Fishish, Jack Waltz
• SCP-6867, by DodoDevil
• SCP-6121, by HarryBlank
• SCP-5665, by gee0765
• SCP-5977, by HarryBlank
• SCP-7000, by HarryBlank
• SCP-7320, by Raddagher

Joke Articles/Tales

Though somewhat of a misnomer, in that neo-lolFoundation is in part about the intentional and meta-ironic misuse of the -J designation itself, the term is still sometimes used as a pejorative to refer to perceived low-quality, highly memetic, pun-centric, and in-joke dependent joke articles or tales on the Wiki. These are typically short, simple and/or crude, have minimal effort particularly of writing, are largely disconnected to or completely independent of the SCP Foundation context, are of an irony-based anti-humor style, and often occupy themselves with memes. This style of joke article became prominent in 2021 and 2022. A SCP Wiki forum thread in March 2022, titled “Low-Quality Joke Articles”,^[165]https://archive.ph/ieNZd discusses & debates the emerging qualities and wider recognition of this style of joke article.

In commenting on their foray into the style, an author of a successful Neo-lolFoundation joke tale writes:^[166]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14589711/i-a-polar-bear-covering-my-nose-in-a-snowstorm^[167]https://archive.ph/Y7cWu

Examples of neo-lolFoundation -Js and joke tales include:

• SCP-PL-KOT-J
• SCP-SQYD-J
• SCP-6000-Jay
• SCP Wiki Discussion Page Simulator
• SCP-REBUS-J
• The April Fools “I,…” Joke Tale Series (“I, a polar bear covering my nose in a snowstorm”, “I, Am Late“, “I, Want You All To Stop”)

The momentum of neo-lolFoundation has arguably allowed for the creation of at least one low-effort, joke-like “Tale” submission that served solely as topical meta-ironic commentary for the SCP Wiki community’s current events and social drama.^[168]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/i-bright-list

Contrasting Style to Past -Js

A joke article can be categorized as neo-lolFoundation if it is simple, features writing minimally or not at all, has little to no relevancy to the context of the in-universe SCP Foundation, requires minimal energy/time expenditure, and also does not have any additional meaning, framing, or conceptual extension from its nominal, intentional joke. While “low-effort” -Js have always existed, neo-lolFoundation joke articles are differentiable in that past efforts generally featured a more composed and substantive framing that underlay or overarched the context of the simplicity.

For example:

• SCP-J can be considered short, simple, crude, with minimal effort, yet it does so in the context of procrastination as humorous framing, and so has a second, more reinforced layer of conceptual effort.
• Unfinished Business Part III is short, simple, crude, with minimal effort, and is irreverent to in-universe considerations. However, it is framed in the context of its own title, and is an inside joke between users that the author was never going to finish the series.
• SCP-309-J is short, simple, crude, with minimal effort, is irreverent to in-universe considerations, is anti-humor, and is highly memetic, but was unintentional, and derives its humor from this larger framing.

Various Quotes

From Resurrection Cannon discussion:

“Some of the older stuff was highly OTT and would not hold up to today’s standards, granted. As I understand it, that was why there was a big push to get away from it, which eventually led to the higher level writing on the site today.” — HotCocoaNerd^[169]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1160346/resurrection#post-2260545

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When I first came to the site, it was smack-dab in the middle of the “golden age” DrClef alludes to above. I read a lot as a lurker, and enjoyed the cross-links, the avatars, and the bits of silly mixed in with the darkness.

I got busy with life, and lost track of the site for a while. I came back after Fish pulled his disappearing act, much to my confusion, and saw the radical change in site culture that resulted. We lost something there, and while it didn’t kill the site for me, it wounded it severely.

Words cannot describe how happy I am to see some of the more immersive elements, what others would call “silly” or “lolFoundation”, come back, even in a limited form.—Mistbourne^[170]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1160346/resurrection#post-2260293

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“I completely missed “The Golden Age” coming in. For me, the SCP was a sandbox of imagination when I first started and the old articles were more or less pushed aside and barely referenced. In fact, it was almost taboo to reference them it seems. Some unspoken rule that you shouldn’t mess with the scriptures.

I am glad this is happening. It’s a chance for people to discover our roots. I have no idea how successful this will be, but I do welcome it as an opportunity to dig into the SCP history and style that’s been nearly forgotten.” — LurkD^[171]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1160346/resurrection#post-2260388

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“The first time I came to the site, ‘lolfoundation’ was in full swing. I loved it. I ate it up. I did not have terribly good taste at the time.

I grew up, both as a person and a writer. I recognized everything that was terrible about the old guard, as many have, but y’know, it still kind of held a special place in my heart, as many terrible things do. I mean, one of my favorite movies is Super Mario Bros. That says a lot about me, I feel.

As a writer, I can appreciate a good deconstruction. A good ribbing of the tropes and cliches makes for good storytelling, if done well. But, as somebody probably said, the reason you tear something down is so you can build it up better.” — GG Crono^[172]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1160346/resurrection#post-2260543

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“This feels to me like a reunion tour in 2015 for an old musical group that hadn’t been active in decades. It’d probably be great for the writers and the fans who enjoy it and want to see more, but I find myself agreeing very heavily with Kalinin’s sentiments.”—AndarielHalo^[173]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1160346/resurrection#post-2260648

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“I much prefer the highest duty of staff to be maintaining the integrity and quality of the site. I feel that by and large, that is exactly what has happened in the site’s maturity. But we still have holdouts whose avatars and bygone fictional adventures seem far more important to them than the actual evolution and support of the site. The days when maintenance of author avatars held precedence above all was tiresome and juvenile—this has the potential to become a slicker version of just that phenomenon.

The voting button is meant to be egalitarian, but I contend that reliving the wackiness of bygone days and characters will lead to bandwagoning. “Look! Clef wrote something where Clef has adventures! If I upvote, I’m part of the hijinks!” Those hijinks appeal to the lowest common denominator. And we wonder why we get dozens of equally juvenile submissions weekly?” — Mulciber^[174]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-1160346/resurrection#post-2260702

“One of the most common criticisms of the SCP I see on the internet communities I frequent, and one which I frequently try to refute, is that the community is a circle-jerky hugbox, where voting blocs of ‘popular’ writers use their influence to push through content with little real creative value. To some degree, this is obviously false, but when I see a tale series like this it feels like a massive step in the wrong direction. Had this canon not attracted the big names it had I wouldn’t object, but under the circumstances this is a return to the ‘golden age’ for all the wrong reasons.

On SCP-6263

“I’m not sure how this isn’t a Joke SCP. It has a setup and a punchline. There’s nothing a -J has that this doesn’t have.” — Vincent Van Gone^[182]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14384416/scp-6263#post-5155854

“No, if it was a -J it would be a man going “this joke SCP isn’t a real SCP” which would be fucking unintelligible, thanks! What you mean to say is “You shouldn’t have posted this at all.” — HarryBlank^[183]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14384416/scp-6263#post-5155842

“Really, though, it should be a -J. I don’t think it’d be unintelligible at all. And I don’t just say that because it’s funny and silly, but because the exchange at the end and apparent falsity of the anomaly indicate the lack of competence that’s usually the domain of the joke Foundation.” — Kothardarastrix^[184]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14384416/scp-6263#post-5155918

(In reply:)

“I think that would be dumb” –HarryBlank^[185]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14384416/scp-6263#post-5155921

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On SCP-6453

“I’m very tired of articles where the O5 council are a bunch of cartoon characters doing ridiculous bullshit to appease an anomaly. I can believe the Konami code for sin, because they have a vested interest in not going to Hell. I can even buy distributing Jesus-milk around the world because it’s the only feasible means of containment. But it’s patently ridiculous that the thirteen most powerful people on the planet would pretend to like biweekly boxes of yeti shit instead of just terminating the damn shit yeti. This is like those series one self-inserts that got Xboxes in their containment chambers because you wouldn’t like them when they’re angry, but somehow even more ridiculous…

…

Get your pitchforks and torches ready, because I think this – if it must exist at all – ought to be a joke article. This isn’t a thing I say lightly; I was a defender of the amogus SCPs, and still am. But the only seriousness to be had in this article is the low-brow shock “horror” of the aforementioned shit porn. Everything else was the O5 council and the foundation as a whole being put through a toilet humor comedy routine. I don’t like seeing the Foundation humiliated this way, because it’s silly and (apparently mostly just in my opinion) unrealistic when taking place outside a designated silly canon like a joke article. And despite this article’s seeming attempts to the contrary (unless I’ve misread authorial intent, a real possibility) I do not sympathize with the shit yeti. It should feel bad, because it’s a degenerate shit yeti that thinks dumping boxes of shit on politicians is art. That’s groan-inducingly ridiculous. No one would laugh at or feel sorry for a human who dumps boxes of diseased shit on people’s heads.

And most of all, I’m really frustrated that nobody else seems to feel this way. It’s baffling.” — Kothardarastrix^[186]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14469961/scp-6453#post-5193210^[187]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14469961/scp-6453#post-5193375

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Various

“I don’t like this. I think it’s too lolFoundation – style.”^[188]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12806463/scp-4852#post-4423966 — AgentAX, 2019

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“Part of Site-19 growing chicke legs and making a run for it is probably not that weird by Bright-Clef-Kaktus standards, so… I’ll allow it even if it could fit in better as a -J or lolFoundation (But really? I don’t think anybody cares)”^[189]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12806463/scp-4852#post-4426376 — Zapperr459, 2019

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“I’m on the anti-lolfoundation boat, even when it’s “toned down”. I don’t mind articles with the senior avatars, but that’s when they act like real people would. But I enjoyed this, a lot. And why would I read SCP if not to enjoy myself? Whether it’s horror, psychological, or comedy, entertainment is entertainment and the website has catered different genres for a while now. Some SCPs have a serious tone and are there for the overall experience rather than “fun” fun, but I honestly don’t mind reading some silly stuff once in a while, and it’s not like one article is gonna bring down the overall tone of the site that has almost 5000 skips.”^[190]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12806463/scp-4852#post-4428588 — augmentedspartan, on SCP-4852

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“I know LolFondation is frowned upon, but I’m honestly glad we can take a moment to be silly from time to time. It’s, what, 5 out of 1000 skips? Not exactly the end of the site. And hey, Kondraki’s back. That’s… A bomb waiting to go off, be careful with that”^[191]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12806463/scp-4852#post-4436583 — Sana Naryon, 2019

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“The characters feel rote, and mostly one note. I think the worst offender here is probably Clef, who has a grand total of 4-5 lines, and none of his dialogue or actions really feel Clefish. Bright is alright. Crow is adequate. But everyone else feels criminally underused, and their interactions less zany/insane than they really should be in this kind of lolfoundation situation. In other words, the piece goes too far while simultaneously doesn’t go far enough into the mind-boggling insanity to fit into the absurdity. Instead it feels like an underdeveloped -J and because of that I have to down-vote.”^[192]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12806463/scp-4852#post-4440548 — DrBleep on SCP-4852

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“The work is offensively primitive, literally consisting of a shitty joke about farting cows. The SCP wiki should seriously consider amending its publication procedures.” — Comrade Xander, on SCP-5665

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“this is a funny little comedy piece i wanted to push out as fast as possible. lolfoundation ain’t for everyone and a lot of pieces don’t do it for me, but i hope you enjoy this one. “^[193]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-12806463/scp-4852#post-4423082 — Rounderhouse, on SCP-4852

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“A bunch of gags one after the other, none of them funny or even making much sense in any regards. I don’t also see any kind of internal consistency to the SCP. Whatever possibly interesting concept you have here is spoiled by dialog that is eyeroll-worthy, an execution that highlights the least interesting aspects of the purported anomaly, and a punchline that wouldn’t be out of place in the lolFoundation canon. The article beats a dead horse over and over again, and not even in a way that would have it loop around to being funny.”^[194]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14033678/scp-5383#post-5170881 — Decibelles, on SCP-5383

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“There’s the growing trend of Neo-lolFoundation, containment fiction’s equivalent to mumble rap, which prints out a rapid amount of articles about nothing, and squeezes them through with basal marketing strategies. The dialogue in these articles is that of sheer idiots with brain damage. Half of them boil down to cringey, one-liner jokes, often in a dedicated punch-line collapsible. In conflict with the ideals and founding principles of the SCP Wiki, this style is satisfied to be at the compositional level of a middle school intelligence.

Stop it with the corny ass shit.

Paragons of this style — including djkaktus, Rounderhouse, J Dune, HarryBlank, PlaceholderMcD, PlaguePJP, and others — almost can’t do anything other than use the SCP Wiki to boast or turn the genre into these corny one-liners; “jokes” that a comedian pushed off stage would boo. They have amassed a braindead, meme-minded, Zoomer-humor audience that is addicted to mediocrity. You have to give it to this school; they are supremely good at taking better ideas, pulling anything challenging or interesting out of them, and filing it down for audiences that don’t have the framework (or preserved history) to understand why these authors are in a far lower creative tier than their less commercially-apparent contemporaries.

The spoils of low-effort Second-Wave articles and its chronic signs like Neo-lolFoundation are too lucrative. This game is just too easy when you have the right mix of talent, marketability, indecency, and a lack of appreciation, preservation, or context with what came immediately prior. (Just ask DrBob and other animation channels on YouTube.)” — Lack of Lepers Blog^[195]https://archive.ph/d7v6I#selection-1133.0-1157.28

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“The relaxing of the once-taught confines that would relegate an article’s appropriateness away from the mainlist to excuse the flagrant failure of suspension of disbelief that such articles proudly convey, makes obvious the long-buried “initial vision of SCP”, now bubbled up in pieces to the surface due to the gases of its own decomposition; the detritus pointed to as justification by these purveyors as evidence that they are still abiding by the gist of the genre.” — Lack of Lepers^[196]https://archive.ph/Jn0GQ#selection-809.0-809.469

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“My God. This article is straight up Neo-lolFoundation.” — Lack of Lepers, The Weekend Collapsible^[197]Numerous, numerous times!

“It can be mentioned here in footnote that the exemplar figures who have most helped popularize this style are also the ones who have a penchant for marketing themselves aggressively; this generously affords the turn-key argument that the proliferation of this style, its success, and therefore the reasoning as to why other authors would want to mimic it, their success — and on and on — is that marketing effort itself, above and beyond what the writing alone would merit in the form of attention.

The insecure ambition of the self-situated “outcasts” in the community are quick to mimic this marketing strategy, as it provides them the fastest and most direct pathway to the cultural acceptance that they believe is what is lacking in their identities and lives… Writing critique is easier than writing containment fiction, and memetic neo-lolFoundation writing is easier than writing critique. It’s a lowering of the difficulty level in writing the confic format. It takes the challenge away and replaces it with “lol”. ” — Lack of Lepers^[198]https://lackoflepers.medium.com/scp-is-not-a-cult-196e87ce6b11

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“There’s definitely less of an emphasis on clinical language, which I actually like as that was all a weird sham anyway, but at the cost of precision. I often feel like, some authors aside, people don’t really do much specific research much any more, stuff feels based on stereotypes and can be quite generic.” –LordStoneFish^[199]https://www.containmentfiction.net/wiki/lordstonefish-interview/

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“In threading this through these other entries, the stitching pattern makes itself apparent: these are the unmistakable memetic signatures of a social media platform. What’s off about them is that in each, the butt of the joke is at the expense of the site as a writing platform. SCP-6000-J is “funny” because this is a site meant for original works, these presumably of a high standard. The joke tale is 100% addressing the social side of writing here. The Japanese squid emoji sneaks by as a joke (I guess) on the pretense of documentation and its anomalies. The 001 is just a borrowed bulleted list item from SCP’s TV tropes website, replayed in-universe, barely.

With all these “layer 2” entries, the base layer of an actual writing site seems like a distant, crushed remnant. The weight straining the layer 1 is increasing thanks to an assumption so taken for granted, that it is undoing itself. The social layer is replacing the writing one as the base.

The thing under the floorboards is the crushed ideal of SCP as a respectable writing site first, and a social experience second.” — Lack of Lepers^[200]https://lackoflepers.medium.com/theres-something-under-the-floorboards-at-scp-9671332440a6

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“Nobody cared about this article in the context of everything that isn’t writing, and that’s depressing.” — Furret/WarOnSound^[201]https://www.conficmagazine.com/post/is-it-okay-for-scp-articles-to-get-attention-they-wouldn-t-normally-get-because-of-a-podcast

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“The effect is the annexation of the long-stood “-J” categorization of articles into the mainlist, the distinction and allowance for the zany, the wacky, the unapologietically incongruous to be elevated and celebrated as is, and without the need for the added designation. Articles that were in the past chuted towards the -J sensibility are now excused as the mainlist variety. Examples are common in modern articles and have no shortage of exemplars to mimic.” — Lack of Lepers ^[202]https://lackoflepers.medium.com/scp-is-not-a-cult-196e87ce6b11

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“We wanted to highlight the fact that you can be funny, irreverent, and silly on the mainlist and not be Neo-lolFoundation. Neo-lolFoundation’s humor is a very specific kind of humor that breaks in-universe believability and character in order to make room for a joke. These are usually pretty horrible jokes to boot.

Bad writing breaks character in order to make way for itself. Good writing finds ways to make jokes in-character.

It’s like leaving a blooper reel in the last minutes of latter episodes of Breaking Bad, because the tired veterans who knew what they were doing ran out of fucks to give, leaving the youngest of the crew to freely think it would be hilarious.” — Lack of Lepers Blog^[203]https://archive.ph/5MHz9#selection-707.1-719.243

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“Neo-lolFoundation is when moon-boi authors (Rounderhouse, HarryBlank/Site-43, Placeholder, J Dune, PlaguePJP, others) slum the Foundation to the level of a middle schooler in order to make poo poo pee pee jokes and cringe one-liners, so that their self-inserts get to be Site Directors and highly respected for having an average intelligence by comparison. They make a buncha articles about nothing with gimmicky anomalies, epic levels of idiocy, overly-simplistic characters, dumb-as-dirt dialogue, and squeeze it all through with astroturfed clique-upvotes, usually of the format “[topical object] +1”.

Neo-lolFoundation exploration and video logs are Sitcom plots and scenes without the laugh tracks, begging for them to be there. I also get the vibe that this type of author believes their self-insert cameo will cause the same sort of reaction as seen from a celebrity guest where the live-studio audience cheers for a minute, and the actors have to sort of juggle the moment in character while also acknowledging it and trying to tone it down discreetly so the scene can continue. The interviews are filled with impulsive & unpredictable jerks of the tonal steering wheel, the gaff-master trope is on auto-fire but always unironically (these articles are never -Js), and characters as high up as the O5 Council throw bananas under their own feet constantly in conga lines of completely unbelievable zaniness. The dialogue is likewise between sheer idiots, with any characterization bending lazily towards a bad impression of Star Lord on repeat. Most of the articles could be introduced, concluded, and improved by Yakkity Sax.

Authors of Neo-lolFoundation, way too eager to follow in each others’ footsteps, reek of their contemporaries. It’s ditzy to the max, and it’s the last thing I want to be reading. But they through relentless shilling and self-smugery have amassed an audience that is addicted to mediocrity. They are supremely good at taking better ideas, cartoonizing them, pulling anything interesting out of it, and filing it down for audiences that don’t have the framework to understand why the authors are in a far lower creative tier than their less commercially successful contemporaries. The clique almost can’t do anything other than use the SCP wiki to boast about how many of these they can shit out in a year.

Previous years of authors tried their hardest to write well above their age group, while these guys are content to write well below it for upvotes, canonical hubs, and article count. Neo-lolFoundation is the sort of thing I wish would summon authors to consider the implications of their decisions but LOL look, a dick!”

—ToS^[204]https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/post-11693041^[205]https://web.archive.org/web/20220729171606/https://kiwifarms.net/threads/scp-foundation.30545/page-220#post-11693041

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“NeoLolFoundation was already a thing circa 2015. It was called “Resurrection”, and I wasn’t a fan then either. Admittedly, I’ve softened on it since, because after talking with people involved, I saw what it was trying to do.

This has some of the same problems Resurrection did at its outset— shallow interpretations of characters that were shallow by default, and relying on name-dropping said characters to prop up a weak and unfocused story.” – Ihp, on a known Neo-lolFoundation author’s SCP^[206]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-15049534/7000contestplaguepjp#post-5497151

“It’s no surprise that we can see such things develop here, and in a feedback mechanism, they further encourage and define the environment, and prime future installments of this sort to be fit in that environment. The slow diseasing of the site into a social media platform, long-argued on this blog, is consistent with the gradual rise and nominal supremacy of a school of writing there, and a gaggle of cliquey authors behind it, that are defined by their efforts not as writers, but as salesmen. Their works are fueled by memetic as opposed to literary merit. The demographic of teenagers is leaned into now, not used as a pull-up bar for greater heights. These authors find analogy with some of the most crude advertising and philosophies of persuasion in the corporate market; AXE body spray’s hormonal pandemonium, Old Spice’s pec-flexing, women-want-me-guys-want-to-be-me style of absurdism. Suddenly, a fragrance product isn’t and almost shouldn’t be defined by what it is. Instead, it’s defined by everything it isn’t. The base layer is replaced.” — Lack of Lepers Blog^[207]https://lackoflepers.medium.com/theres-something-under-the-floorboards-at-scp-9671332440a6

“lol lets make spcs about memes!!! do one about mudkipz rofl
Go to hell, we’re trying to come up with a few that DON’T fail spectacularly”^[208]https://archive.vn/dIUWj#selection-21386.0-21437.181 — anonymous 4chan user in April 2008

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Trivia

The first recorded use of the phrase “Keter Duty” on the SCP Wiki is SCP-113, which was posted in September 2009. (The use of “Keter Duty” has since been removed; Rev.20)^[209]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-113^[210]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-443524#post-1376161

Arguably the first lolFoundation article was the initial SCP-497, on 4chan’s /x/ board in 2008.^[211]https://archive.ph/jmVa6#selection-9983.30-9983.44

Users of international branches of the SCP Wiki react negatively to neo-lolFoundation articles.^[212]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-13132005/scp-5665#post-5047939

WikiDot user and former Administrator Decibelles was cited on 05 Command in a non-disc record for their comments on Rounderhouse’s SCP-5383, a neo-lolFoundation article.^[213]http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-14459742/non-disc-record-decibelles, archive In their initial comment they reference “a punchline that wouldn’t be out of place in the lolFoundation canon”.^[214]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-14033678/scp-5383#post-5170881

Aesthetics following the lolFoundation and neo-lolFoundation eras can be see in comment sections on numerous SCP articles, such as the Experiment Logs 914. These show early lolFoundation influence, a reaction against the style from 2012-2018, and a return to neo-lolFoundation circa 2018.^[215]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-2491268^[216]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-1589487^[217]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-1589633^[218]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-88429/experiment-log-914#post-1597994

The primary staff curator of Experiment Logs 914 during the rise of neo-lolFoundation had a self-insert character (“Dr. Veritas”) that would regularly appear in-universe in the logs, and be a recurring character for new entries.^[219]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/fragment:experiment-log-914-002^[220]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-5723138/fragment:experiment-log-914-002#post-3885487^[221]https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-5723138/fragment:experiment-log-914-002#post-4001756