This Man

Numerator · Post by **Numerator** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:43 am

http://www.thisman.org/

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:05 am

Can't say I've ever dreamt of this bloke at all, but it's interesting.
Quite why thousands of people are all dreaming about the late, great André Maranne - star of the Pink Panther movies (and one famous episode of Fawlty Towers) - is beyond me.

EDIT: I just noticed my Stanley Kubrick avatar isn't exactly unlike him...

Synthestesia · Post by **Synthestesia** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:16 pm

Wow. He does look familliar, yet in an unfamillier way... that's kinda creepy.

The Other · Post by **The Other** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:06 pm

Synthestesia wrote: Wow. He does look familliar, yet in an unfamillier way... that's kinda creepy.

i thought the same thing

jakestott · Post by **jakestott** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:18 pm

Haven't dreamt of this bloke before. I looked at him for 10 minutes this morning, hoping when i'd get to sleep, he'd turn up in my dreams... but never did.

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:43 pm

jakestott wrote:Haven't dreamt of this bloke before. I looked at him for 10 minutes this morning, hoping when i'd get to sleep, he'd turn up in my dreams... but never did.

That's scary. I don't really want to see this dude in my dreams.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if this was just some sort of hoax (or experiment) to see if the perpetrators can start some sort of phenomenon. I mean, read the story, it's pretty vague, and sounds like some sort of a setup.

EDIT: My original thoughts are proven to be spot-on. The creator of "this man", Andrea Natella, is director of a marketing firm which "[creates] fictitious events or campaigns reaching the limits of legality, through which they 'fuck the market in order to enter it'."

SOURCE: http://www.jawbone.tv/featured/2-featur ... eyman.html

Sac · Post by **Sac** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:35 pm

saturdayindex wrote:
jakestott wrote:Haven't dreamt of this bloke before. I looked at him for 10 minutes this morning, hoping when i'd get to sleep, he'd turn up in my dreams... but never did.
That's scary. I don't really want to see this dude in my dreams.

It wouldn't surprise me at all if this was just some sort of hoax (or experiment) to see if the perpetrators can start some sort of phenomenon. I mean, read the story, it's pretty vague, and sounds like some sort of a setup.

EDIT: My original thoughts are proven to be spot-on. The creator of "this man", Andrea Natella, is director of a marketing firm which "[creates] fictitious events or campaigns reaching the limits of legality, through which they 'fuck the market in order to enter it'."

SOURCE: http://www.jawbone.tv/featured/2-featur ... eyman.html

Agreed, it seems a little shady. Perhaps it's a psychological experiment to see how pictures, words and stories effect our dreams and sleep in general..

Numerator · Post by **Numerator** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:47 pm

god I'm an idiot
lock

The Other · Post by **The Other** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:58 pm

Numerator wrote:god I'm an idiot
lock

the composite sketch is still creepy as hell. youre not an idiot btw

Numerator · Post by **Numerator** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:02 pm

yes I do like that picture
looks a bit like max tundra

Synthestesia · Post by **Synthestesia** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:32 pm

Numerator wrote:god I'm an idiot
lock

You're one of my favorite people on here! Not an idiot.

Numerator · Post by **Numerator** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:37 pm

Synthestesia wrote:
Numerator wrote:god I'm an idiot
lock
You're one of my favorite people on here! Not an idiot.

n'aaww
thanks

saturdayindex · Post by **saturdayindex** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:19 pm

Numerator wrote:god I'm an idiot
lock

Not at all. Heck all you did was post the link!

I actually looked into it because it was freaking me out too much to believe it was true. And thus, I found relief in the proof.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:31 pm

jakestott · Post by **jakestott** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:19 pm

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:41 pm

It's more serious than we first thought....

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:57 pm

hahaha! that's intensely creepy

and this thread is really interesting. I'm fascinated by viral scams and dissemination that relies on word of mouth. the fact that this one is packaged in something like some mad strange but true/twin peaks mashup just makes it even more perfect for me

cheers numerator!

Emmer · Post by **Emmer** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:46 am

I wouldn't have found it all that amazing if it was true. He looks utterly unremarkable.

The concept of an "every man" has been around hundreds of years and featured in a lot of plays. To think the same concept might exist subconsciously isn't a stretch at all.

The Other · Post by **The Other** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:44 pm

it would be cool if boc did something like this to promote their new album that is never coming out

mechanismj · Post by **mechanismj** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 8:04 pm

The Other wrote:it would be cool if boc did something like this to promote their new album that is never coming out

Haha...