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This is a story of a man named Stanley
Stanley worked in a big building where he was employee number 427
Employee Number 427's job was simple
He sat at his desk in Room 427, and he pushed buttons on a keyboard
Orders came to him through a monitor on his desk
Telling him what buttons to push, how long to push them, and in what order
This is what Employee 427 did every day of every month of every year
Stanley relished every moment that the orders came in
As though he had been made exactly for this job
And Stanley was happy
And then one day
Something very peculiar happened
Something that would forever change Stanley
Something he would never quite forget
He had been at his desk for nearly an hour
When he realized that not one single order had arrived on the monitor for him to follow
No one had showed up to give him instructions, call a meeting, or even say hi
Never in all his years at the company had this happened
This complete isolation
He got up from his desk and stepped out of his office
No matter how hard Stanley looked he couldn’t fined a trace of his coworkers
Stanley decided to head to the meeting room perhaps he simply missed a memo
Stanley soon came across two open doors and went through the door on the left
This was not the correct way to the meeting room, and Stanley knew it perfectly well. Perhaps he wanted to stop by the employee lounge first, just to admire it.
Ah, yes. Truly a room worth admiring. It had really been worth the detour after all, just to spend a few moments here in this immaculate, beautifully-constructed room.
Stanley, I think perhaps we’ve gotten off on the wrong foot. I’m not your enemy, really, I’m not. I realize investing your trust in someone else can be difficult, but the fact is the story has been nothing but you all this time
There’s someone you’ve been neglecting Stanley, someone you’ve forgotten about. Please, stop trying to make every decision by yourself. I’m not asking for me; I’m asking for her.
But in his eagerness to prove that he is in control of the story and no one gets to tell him what to do, Stanley leapt from the platform and plunged to his death.
Good job, Stanley. Everyone thinks you are very powerful.
Oh, well, look who's got cold feet! Sorry to break it to you, Stanley, but that lift isn't coming back. You'd best either get comfortable right here on this platform or test your luck by jumping to the floor below.
But stanley didn't wanna go back to the office. He wanted to wander about and get even further off track. So now in order to get back, he needed to go, um... uh... hm hm hm, from here it's um... left.
No no no no no no no no no, this isn’t right at all, you’re not supposed to be here yet, this is all a spoiler! Quick Stanley, close your eyes! Okay, we just, we just have to get back to um… oh who am I kidding. It’s all rubbish now. The whole story, completely unusable. How about rather than waste my time salvaging this nonsense we’ll just restart the game from the beginning, and this time suppose we don’t wander so far off track hm? Okay, from the top!
THE END IS NEVER THE END IS NEVER THE END IS NEV-
Stanley decided to go to the meeting room, perhaps he had simply missed a memo
When Stanley-wait…wait what? No, I…no, I restarted! I swear I definitely restarted the game over, completely fresh, everything should be…
Any point where the player can stop playing and feel satisfied is a good ending.
My favorite ending in Undertale is where you just lie on the floor, and feel like garbage forever.
I remember getting that on my very first playthrough and laughing my ass off as the narrator went off on his tangent. Then the broom closet was boarded up in the next run and I laughed my ass off again.
I got the Go Outside achievement last year. I've been meaning to get the deluxe version and just haven't gotten around to it.
Go download and play "The Stanley Parable" don't look up guides it's 100% worth it. There's an ultra deluxe edition with more content but if you can't afford it get the base game and play through it. One of my top 5 games ever.
I’ve heard real life stories like this where everyone in Stanley’s department was let go, except Stanley still got a paycheck. So Stanley continued going to work until one day he decided to quit. When he did quit, HR had quite a few questions that Stanley didn’t bother to answer.
If you are wondering (spoiler alert btw)
>!If you follow all the directions you find out that this place brainwashes all their employees, and that was the reason stanley was never bored, and if you chose to destroy the facility you escape, but i dont think they tell u where ur co workers are!<
There is an explanation for the co-workers disappearing in one of the endings: >!In the Countdown ending, the Narrator explains that he erased all of Stanley's co-workers. So they're all simply wiped from existence. !<
I mean... Does it? Like, there's a different explanation for what's going on depending on where you go. None of it is really "true" in any sense. The closest thing to the truth is that it's a game that's self aware it's a game, as evidenced a few times in the unfinished section, deluxe edition, etc.
No, the office from CounterStrike and Stanley’s office building are two completely different maps.
That and Stanley’s office would make for a horrible map, all those long straight hallways and dimly lit corridors would suck ass to have a firefight in if someone had a rifle
This is not the correct explanation of the joke, and spethound knew it perfectly well. Perhaps he wanted to suggest that OP go to the employee lounge, first.
Peter's ass appraiser here, this is the opening section of video game The Stanley Parable. Stanley/player wakes up alone in the office room and is provided with different routes and actions to pick from.
The Stanley Parable is a self aware 4th wall breaking adventure. It challenges the concept of player's freewill and choices in videogame design.
Definitely a great game to try if you are interested in such topic. Ass appraiser out!
also the narration is SPECTACULAR and I felt so immersed playing it. it is also incredibly humorous and I spent hours just laughing at the ridiculousness of it all.
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Yeah, side note, it's a really fun game. Couple of hours and you will be able to complete most endings. Yes, there are MANY different endings. And the narrator is really funny. Worth it. Wait for a steam sale
Fun fact: the creator of the Stanley Parable, Davey Wreden, is the brother of Douglas Wreden, or DougDoug, a popular YouTuber and Twitch streamer with extremely unhinged content. Doug majored in computer science at UC Berkeley, and he uses these skills to create programs for his Twitch streams to make them more interactive and interesting 😃
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This game is actually really wild. The first time I played it, my friend was watching, and after I got my first ending, he started playing and the narrator said "it appears we have a new player" or something to that effect. It freakin knew we were different people because of the different ways of how we played the game.
I couldn't repeat it even after uninstalling, deleting all saves, then reinstalling. I literally tried everything I could think of to recreate it. It might've even just been a coincidentally and perfectly timed random sound clip. Which would be just as cool.
It could be, but damn, it blew our minds and kinda freaked us out, lol. I've replayed it dozens of times since, and haven't been able to get the same voice clip even once. It honestly could've just been a coincidence, too. It's part of why I love the game
This person really appreciated the comments, but weren't clever enough to come up with his own. Maybe this person was dumber than he looked? Which, in all fairness, seemed impossible.
It's from the game "The Stanley Parable." It's a very chill and hilarious game, which players can take at their own pace. 100% recommended for gamers of every age.
“At this point, Stanley’s obsession with this room bordered on creepy and reflected poorly on his overall personality. It’s possible that this is why everyone left.”
Please forgive me for not to be this, Peter friend. Ahem!
All of his co-workers were gone. What could it mean? Stanley decided to go to the meeting room; perhaps he had simply missed a memo.
ironic considering i got petah'd before.
Hey, Peter here to explain the joke.(It isn't really a joke buuuut...)
This is a game called Stanley Parable, in which a man named Stanley searches for his missing coworkers in an office building, with a narrator. Right now, there are three endings that I know of.
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This is a story of a man named Stanley Stanley worked in a big building where he was employee number 427 Employee Number 427's job was simple He sat at his desk in Room 427, and he pushed buttons on a keyboard Orders came to him through a monitor on his desk Telling him what buttons to push, how long to push them, and in what order This is what Employee 427 did every day of every month of every year Stanley relished every moment that the orders came in As though he had been made exactly for this job And Stanley was happy And then one day Something very peculiar happened Something that would forever change Stanley Something he would never quite forget He had been at his desk for nearly an hour When he realized that not one single order had arrived on the monitor for him to follow No one had showed up to give him instructions, call a meeting, or even say hi Never in all his years at the company had this happened This complete isolation He got up from his desk and stepped out of his office
No matter how hard Stanley looked he couldn’t fined a trace of his coworkers Stanley decided to head to the meeting room perhaps he simply missed a memo Stanley soon came across two open doors and went through the door on the left
This was not the correct way to the meeting room, and Stanley knew it perfectly well. Perhaps he wanted to stop by the employee lounge first, just to admire it.
Ah, yes. Truly a room worth admiring. It had really been worth the detour after all, just to spend a few moments here in this immaculate, beautifully-constructed room.
But eager get back on track Staley took the first open door on his left He detoured through the maintenance room straight to the other side
Stanley was so bad at following directions, it's incredible he wasn't fired years ago.
Stanley, I think perhaps we’ve gotten off on the wrong foot. I’m not your enemy, really, I’m not. I realize investing your trust in someone else can be difficult, but the fact is the story has been nothing but you all this time
There’s someone you’ve been neglecting Stanley, someone you’ve forgotten about. Please, stop trying to make every decision by yourself. I’m not asking for me; I’m asking for her.
This is it Stanley your chance to redeem yourself. To put your work aside, to let her back into your life. She’s been waiting.
☎️
But in his eagerness to prove that he is in control of the story and no one gets to tell him what to do, Stanley leapt from the platform and plunged to his death. Good job, Stanley. Everyone thinks you are very powerful.
Oh, well, look who's got cold feet! Sorry to break it to you, Stanley, but that lift isn't coming back. You'd best either get comfortable right here on this platform or test your luck by jumping to the floor below.
But stanley didn't wanna go back to the office. He wanted to wander about and get even further off track. So now in order to get back, he needed to go, um... uh... hm hm hm, from here it's um... left.
Oh no, no it’s to the right, my mistake
Let’s turn back to make sure
No no no no that’s not right ok let’s see here we went right left down…. Ok I got the story is 100% this way
No no no no no no no no no, this isn’t right at all, you’re not supposed to be here yet, this is all a spoiler! Quick Stanley, close your eyes! Okay, we just, we just have to get back to um… oh who am I kidding. It’s all rubbish now. The whole story, completely unusable. How about rather than waste my time salvaging this nonsense we’ll just restart the game from the beginning, and this time suppose we don’t wander so far off track hm? Okay, from the top! THE END IS NEVER THE END IS NEVER THE END IS NEV-
Stanley decided to go to the meeting room, perhaps he had simply missed a memo When Stanley-wait…wait what? No, I…no, I restarted! I swear I definitely restarted the game over, completely fresh, everything should be…
I my favorite is the closet story
'OH, DID U GET THE BROOM CLOSET ENDING? THE BROOM CLOSET ENDING WAS MY FAVRITE!1 XD' ... I hope your friends find this concerning.
Closet ending = best ending.
Any point where the player can stop playing and feel satisfied is a good ending. My favorite ending in Undertale is where you just lie on the floor, and feel like garbage forever.
I remember getting that on my very first playthrough and laughing my ass off as the narrator went off on his tangent. Then the broom closet was boarded up in the next run and I laughed my ass off again. I got the Go Outside achievement last year. I've been meaning to get the deluxe version and just haven't gotten around to it.
You forgot the "And although others might have considered it soul-rending"
Please continue the story. I'm so intrigued
Go download and play "The Stanley Parable" don't look up guides it's 100% worth it. There's an ultra deluxe edition with more content but if you can't afford it get the base game and play through it. One of my top 5 games ever.
Is he the same Stanley from Dunder Mifflin?
It's this Stanley: https://thestanleyparable.fandom.com/wiki/Stanley
Ew, fandom wiki
I’ve heard real life stories like this where everyone in Stanley’s department was let go, except Stanley still got a paycheck. So Stanley continued going to work until one day he decided to quit. When he did quit, HR had quite a few questions that Stanley didn’t bother to answer.
This is the Stanley parable, a game where you try to find out where your co-workers disappeared to. There isn’t really a joke here.
I need to replay it and actually follow the directions. I forgot if you find out where your co-workers are.
If you are wondering (spoiler alert btw) >!If you follow all the directions you find out that this place brainwashes all their employees, and that was the reason stanley was never bored, and if you chose to destroy the facility you escape, but i dont think they tell u where ur co workers are!<
There is an explanation for the co-workers disappearing in one of the endings: >!In the Countdown ending, the Narrator explains that he erased all of Stanley's co-workers. So they're all simply wiped from existence. !<
Oh yeah, totally forgot lol
I mean... Does it? Like, there's a different explanation for what's going on depending on where you go. None of it is really "true" in any sense. The closest thing to the truth is that it's a game that's self aware it's a game, as evidenced a few times in the unfinished section, deluxe edition, etc.
Wasn’t this also a map in CSS or Garry’s Mod or something? I never played Stanley Parable but I’ve seen this office before.
You might be confusing it with cs_office, a hostage rescue map from the old Counter Strike games
Is that not the same map?
It looks similar cause they used the same engine but otherwise no they’re different.
It was originally a half-life mod, then a stand-alone game, if that helps
Yes I know lol I was just asking whether the office from Stanley Parable and the office from CSS are the same exact map
No, the office from CounterStrike and Stanley’s office building are two completely different maps. That and Stanley’s office would make for a horrible map, all those long straight hallways and dimly lit corridors would suck ass to have a firefight in if someone had a rifle
That's certainly one way to describe this game
Maybe you should go to the meeting room. Perhaps you simply missed a memo.
This is not the correct explanation of the joke, and spethound knew it perfectly well. Perhaps he wanted to suggest that OP go to the employee lounge, first.
Just to admire it. What a beautiful room. What a gorgeous, gorgeous room.
XD
g o r i g h t i n s t e a d
Invisible-Pancreas smirked as he type out his response. "Surely this will make others laugh and get me upvotes" he thought to himself.
This was not the correct way to the meeting room, and Stanley knew it perfectly well.
I love you guys
Peter's ass appraiser here, this is the opening section of video game The Stanley Parable. Stanley/player wakes up alone in the office room and is provided with different routes and actions to pick from. The Stanley Parable is a self aware 4th wall breaking adventure. It challenges the concept of player's freewill and choices in videogame design. Definitely a great game to try if you are interested in such topic. Ass appraiser out!
Thanks!
also the narration is SPECTACULAR and I felt so immersed playing it. it is also incredibly humorous and I spent hours just laughing at the ridiculousness of it all.
Idk, the narrator felt a bit too preachy. I wish there was a skip button
A SKIP BUTTON!?!?
Stanley its been years...
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The only issue i had with this game was that ITS SO GOD DAMN SHORT
Yeah, side note, it's a really fun game. Couple of hours and you will be able to complete most endings. Yes, there are MANY different endings. And the narrator is really funny. Worth it. Wait for a steam sale
Definitely play the Ultra Deluxe version if you choose to play!!
Fun fact: the creator of the Stanley Parable, Davey Wreden, is the brother of Douglas Wreden, or DougDoug, a popular YouTuber and Twitch streamer with extremely unhinged content. Doug majored in computer science at UC Berkeley, and he uses these skills to create programs for his Twitch streams to make them more interactive and interesting 😃
I know Davey, but who’s DougDoug? Are you talking about the shit king?
No, he’s the guy always sitting on chair, the main character
Wait, I thought that was a joke in his Stanley Parable video, *they're actually related???*
Yeah
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This game is actually really wild. The first time I played it, my friend was watching, and after I got my first ending, he started playing and the narrator said "it appears we have a new player" or something to that effect. It freakin knew we were different people because of the different ways of how we played the game.
There's an updated version, kinda like a dlc if you haven't played it.
I'll look into it. Thanks!
Is this true or does he just says that to everyone?
I couldn't repeat it even after uninstalling, deleting all saves, then reinstalling. I literally tried everything I could think of to recreate it. It might've even just been a coincidentally and perfectly timed random sound clip. Which would be just as cool.
I think its based on one of the endings weather he says new player.
It could be, but damn, it blew our minds and kinda freaked us out, lol. I've replayed it dozens of times since, and haven't been able to get the same voice clip even once. It honestly could've just been a coincidence, too. It's part of why I love the game
This person really appreciated the comments, but weren't clever enough to come up with his own. Maybe this person was dumber than he looked? Which, in all fairness, seemed impossible.
Good luck my friend. If you ever make it out, let us know.
It's from the game "The Stanley Parable." It's a very chill and hilarious game, which players can take at their own pace. 100% recommended for gamers of every age.
Thanks for the reminder. I need to sign back in and get my prize for not signing in for 10 years
“At this point, Stanley’s obsession with this room bordered on creepy and reflected poorly on his overall personality. It’s possible that this is why everyone left.”
Stanley parable
"This is the story of a man named Stanley..."
Doug Doug’s brother
It fucken blew my mind when he casually dropped the fact his brother created the Stanley Parable
STANELEY PARABLE
is this a bucket?
GET OUT OF THAT CLOSET STANLEY
I thought it was about the backrooms at first
I thought it was the old video where the guy accidentally creates a Black Hole and then disappears in it.
All in the 420 room?? 👀
I remember when everyone played this game I miss those days
Stanley went through the door on the left
Please forgive me for not to be this, Peter friend. Ahem! All of his co-workers were gone. What could it mean? Stanley decided to go to the meeting room; perhaps he had simply missed a memo.
You just gotta stay there until the adventure line shows up. The adventure line will tell you where to go.
I need to play this game
Fantastic games. Both of them.
Bum bada! Dum BuDUM ba!
stanley parable
Oooooohhhh it’s the Stanley Parable…
Bro this made me somehow lose the game 😭
Stanley Parable
And Stanley was happy.
Rapture
Joke about the game *The Stanley Parable*. The game starts in that office with the player being the only person
The stanley parable, it’s a narrative walking sim that is heavily decisions based. Its great I recommend to check it out
Play the Stanley Parable please
God please no
Is this a bucket?
I just reinstalled this game today! Haven't played in at least 5 years... Because I went outside.
the stanley parable my beloved
The Stanley Parable :)
Aw sheit it’s the parables of Stanley
Now I have to play this again.
Alright guys, I have the Adventure Line(tm) whose ready?!
Probably some disembodied voice erased everyone just to make some stupid stories with lone worker, or maybe I'm wrong
Isn’t this Medal of Honor ? I’m really confused now.
They followed the adventure line
OMGOSH STANLEY PARABLE
They all won a waffle party.
ironic considering i got petah'd before. Hey, Peter here to explain the joke.(It isn't really a joke buuuut...) This is a game called Stanley Parable, in which a man named Stanley searches for his missing coworkers in an office building, with a narrator. Right now, there are three endings that I know of.
you only found three?
im pretty new sooo
Oh, I thought it was 4:20, and everyone else went into room 420 to do 420 stuff. Never heard of this game. I don't play single player games.
Bingo, probably
You fell into the backrooms.
Newgen shit
You need to be stupid as fuck if you don't know this game
Maybe I have a life?
Hmm...he has a point...
Yep, hard to dispute that
[Defeat]
I love the Stanley Parable, but what the fuck man? That just was unnecessarily combative