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'''The Ends Justify The Means''' is the thirteenth video in the OpAphid video series. The probable video for it to be in responce to is Daniel's [[Bree And I Hooked Up]].
 
  
==Video Contents==
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==Transcript==
===Transcript===
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(''Braille letters flash on the black background four times.'')
4 sets of braille letters
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Yellow Watcher's eye<br>
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(''A yellow Watcher eye appears, and then shatters to reveal [[Daniel]] tracking down the source of the disturbance of his cellular phone, and discovering the camera.'')
The shot pulls back to reveal Daniel tracking down the source of the disturbance on his cell phone, discovering the camera.
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<br>Wrath Eyes: "Well Played. But then again, clearly things have not gone according to plan...or have they?"
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(''Daniel pushes his finger into the camera, and apparently causes it to stop filming.'')
<br>Mashed audio (will cover later)
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<br>Camera enters Ops CORNEA OMG
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'''OpAphid:''' (''OpAphid has her eyes closed.'') Well played. But then again, clearly things have not gone according to plan. (''Pause, while OpAphid opens her eyes.'') Or have they?
<br>Camera pulls back out
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<br>"Oh Dear"
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(''Camera shot enters OpAphid's cornea while playing mashed audio including "Listen to your enemies, for God is talking" and "A story is told as much by speech as by silence."'')
<br>Yellow and flipped Op Aphid logo
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<br>"We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective."
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(''Camera pulls back out to reveal OpAphid, and heavy breathing is heard.'')
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'''OpAphid:''' Oh dear.
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(''Cut to yellow OpAPHID logo, while OpAphid herself is talking.'')
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'''OpAphid:''' We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.
  
 
===Braille===
 
===Braille===
i g m r a p m e
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The Braille letters have been identified as:
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*I, G, M, R, A, P, M, and E
  
Which anagram to RIP Gemma  
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Those letters anagram to the phrase "RIP Gemma," which verifies Gemma's [[Gemma (Part V)|death]].
  
 
===Overlayed Audio===
 
===Overlayed Audio===
The audio in the cornea is understandably difficult to hear. Listeners have heard:
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The mashed audio while the camera shot is in OpAphid's cornea is understandably very difficult to hear. Some fans and listeners have heard, respectively:
"Listen to your enemy, for God is talking."
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*"Listen to your enemy, for God is talking."
"And as such, you will face our wrath."
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*"And as such, you shall face our wrath."
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." (backwards)
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*"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
There is certainly more but we'll assume it's Op's greatest hits.
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There is certainly much more, but we will assume that it is OpAphid's common quotes, such as "Oh dear" and "Heed this warning."
  
 
===Quote===
 
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==Description==
 
==Description==
 
===Philosophers and French poets===
 
===Philosophers and French poets===
A throw back to the discription on Cassie Does Not R.I.P. (Rest In Peace)  
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A throw back to the description on Cassie Does Not R.I.P. (Rest In Peace)
  
 
===Kruger and Dunning's observations===
 
===Kruger and Dunning's observations===
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DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince - Girls Ain't Nothin But Trouble
 
DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince - Girls Ain't Nothin But Trouble
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==Notes==
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*Viewers knew about Daniel's discovery of the hidden cameras long before this video was released because he had already commented on it in [[Undisclosed Location]].
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*The [[snake eyes]] t-shirt that [[Daniel]] wears in this video is considered by some to represent his [[snake eyes|bad luck]] in this turn of events.
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*This video is incorrectly titled at lonelygirl15.com.
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*It would appear that Daniel is using an LG Chocolate, which works on the CDMA network. The electronic buzzing heard in the background can only be caused by phones on the GSM network.
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==Companion Video==
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{{youtube|SW3b8ZN65C8|watch}}
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[[Category:Videos with OpAphid]]

Latest revision as of 06:02, 24 July 2016

Episode 29/1x029
The Ends Justify The Means

Eye3.jpg
Oh Dear.

Blogger OpAphid
Date Posted January 16th, 2007
URL youtube.com
Length 1:30
Description With all due respect to philosophers and French poets, perhaps Kruger and Dunning's observations are more appropriately insightful for this day and age. Oh, and in the prophetic words of an old-school bard: "the next time a girl gives you the play, just remember my rhyme and get the hell away."
YouTube Tags forever thirty-six secrets tachyon gemma ordeal lonelygirl15 order daniel jonas gemmers19 lg15 opaphid danielbeast jonastko
Production Credits
Executive Producer(s) Glenn Rubenstein
Assistant Producer Mari Devincenzi
Director(s) Glenn Rubenstein
Camera Glenn Rubenstein
Vidplay Glenn Rubenstein
Story Glenn Rubenstein
Editor(s) Glenn Rubenstein
Cast
Daniel Yousef Abu-Taleb
OpAphid (voice) Mari Devincenzi
Adjacent Blogs
Previous "Gemma [Part V]"
Next "Lose Something?"
Previous by OpAphid "Home Alone"
Directly after "Bree And I Hooked Up"
Directly before "Kicked Out"

The Ends Justify The Means is the twenty-ninth video in the OpAphid video series.

Transcript

(Braille letters flash on the black background four times.)

(A yellow Watcher eye appears, and then shatters to reveal Daniel tracking down the source of the disturbance of his cellular phone, and discovering the camera.)

(Daniel pushes his finger into the camera, and apparently causes it to stop filming.)

OpAphid: (OpAphid has her eyes closed.) Well played. But then again, clearly things have not gone according to plan. (Pause, while OpAphid opens her eyes.) Or have they?

(Camera shot enters OpAphid's cornea while playing mashed audio including "Listen to your enemies, for God is talking" and "A story is told as much by speech as by silence.")

(Camera pulls back out to reveal OpAphid, and heavy breathing is heard.)

OpAphid: Oh dear.

(Cut to yellow OpAPHID logo, while OpAphid herself is talking.)

OpAphid: We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.

Braille

The Braille letters have been identified as:

  • I, G, M, R, A, P, M, and E

Those letters anagram to the phrase "RIP Gemma," which verifies Gemma's death.

Overlayed Audio

The mashed audio while the camera shot is in OpAphid's cornea is understandably very difficult to hear. Some fans and listeners have heard, respectively:

  • "Listen to your enemy, for God is talking."
  • "And as such, you shall face our wrath."
  • "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

There is certainly much more, but we will assume that it is OpAphid's common quotes, such as "Oh dear" and "Heed this warning."

Quote

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.

-Dwight Eisenhower

Description

Philosophers and French poets

A throw back to the description on Cassie Does Not R.I.P. (Rest In Peace)

Kruger and Dunning's observations

The Dunning-Kruger effect is the phenomenon whereby people who have little knowledge systematically think that they know more than others who have much more knowledge.

Song Quote

so next time a girl gives you the play just remember my rhyme and get the hell away

DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince - Girls Ain't Nothin But Trouble

Notes

  • Viewers knew about Daniel's discovery of the hidden cameras long before this video was released because he had already commented on it in Undisclosed Location.
  • The snake eyes t-shirt that Daniel wears in this video is considered by some to represent his bad luck in this turn of events.
  • This video is incorrectly titled at lonelygirl15.com.
  • It would appear that Daniel is using an LG Chocolate, which works on the CDMA network. The electronic buzzing heard in the background can only be caused by phones on the GSM network.

Companion Video

watch