Skyler White's "Please Just Hear Me Out"

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Please Just Hear Me Out, also known as Please Just-💨, Please Just (Fart), is a viral sound effect from the TV series Breaking Bad. The audio clip is from Skyler White Skyler White, played by Anna Gunn, saying "Please, please just hear me out, please" in response to Walter White's distress about her spending the money he kept secret in his crawl space. The scene started being remixed and parodied by fans of the show in early 2022, and the audio was sampled in a viral TikTok sound in March 2022.

Origin

The audio clip of Skyler White emerged from episode three, season four of Breaking Bad, and aired on September 5th, 2011.^[1] The titular scene shows Skyler leaning over a dirt-covered Walt writhing in anguish in his crawl space after spending almost all his money. She is pleading with him to understand the cause of her actions and begging for forgiveness (seen below). The scene was posted to YouTube^[2] channel "Walt White" on July 5th, 2017, and has received over 2 million views in 5 years.

On January 17th, 2022, YouTuber^[3] Sir Merpington posted a video parody of the scene by replacing Walter White's scream of anguish with a different audio clip (seen below).

On March 19th, TikToker^[4] @startup.mp4 posted a meme compilation video that sampled Skyler's dialogue, interrupting her sentences with a stock fart sound (seen below, left). The creator uses a Steam notification sound, as well as an audio clip from TikToker^[5] @official_slv_soundss dated February 5th, 2021 (seen below, right).

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On June 27th, 2022, TikToker^[6] @blueberry_floofer posted a fail video of them playing the video game Fall Guys (seen below, left). The video gained over 1.6 million hits and 200,000 likes in a month, with a majority of the comments calling their loss a skill issue. On June 29th, TikToker^[7] @ninjakid.au posted a similar Fall Guys fail video, gaining over 4.8 million views and 600,000 likes (seen below, right).

On July 5th, TikToker^[8] @shawtyhater posted a photo slideshow with a text overlay that read "DISCORD FACE REVEALS 😭😭😭." The slideshow featured screenshots from a Raise A Floppa Discord chat's "irl" section, where members posted selfies and pictures of themselves. The TikTok received over 8.8 million plays and over 1.2 million likes. Also on July 5th, TikToker^[9] @rweapersxd posted another photo slideshow with more screenshots from a Discord channel, gathering over 2 million plays and 300,000 likes. Both videos received some pushback from other TikTok users criticizing what they viewed to be cyberbullying.

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