Take This Lollipop: fan reactions

Million of fans worldwide have posted reactions to Bill Oberst Jr.’s work in director Jason Zada’s viral Facebook ap, Take This Lollipop. Some viewers know the “cyber-stalker” is actor Oberst, but many do not. The ambiguity was built in to the project and is a large part of the scary fun. Here’s a tiny sampling of Twitter, Tumblr and blog posts from both the insiders and the just plain terrified. And if anyone asks you, tell them it’s all real….very, very real.

#TakeThisLollipop #SIGH #why did i watch that

Stay away from me Lollipop man!

Bill Oberst Jr - you gotta learn to stop killing people…

A Tribute to Bill Oberst Jr. by markleue

Damn me why did I watch him? cant sleep!!! Oh my God he’s not an actor – he’s real!!

I have taken the lollipop

I WANT MY MOMMY

Walked outside to get the mail.

Raggedy old truck drives by very, very slowly.

Turn around; guy in a wifebeater staring at me from the truck.

Drops mail. OMG ITS THE TAKETHISLOLLIPOP GUY IM GOING TO DIE.

Truck keeps going and then Speeds away.

Me:

Ok guys so takethislollipop.com was scariest shit of my life!

He is creepy as fuq!!!!

That stalker comes to my house, I’ma be all like

COME AT ME BRO

Take This Lollipop.

WHY DID I CLICK ALLOW??

just watched take this lollipop

at first i was like

then i was like

what has been seen cannot be unseen

http://www.takethislollipop.com/brb gonna die

Why do I do this to myself?www.takethislollipop.com

Why did I wait until it was 1:30 AM and my roommate was asleep to do this? I don’t usually get scared from stuff like this, but HOLY MOTHER OF BALLS …that was absolutely terrifying! Someone hold me.

No no no should never have taken the lollipop – is he real tell me he is not real oh God

why

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Bill Oberst Jr. in Jason Zada’s “Take This Lollipop,” the most popular application in Facebook history.

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