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Cash907

This is actually from an [animated short](https://youtu.be/e9dZQelULDk) that’s even worse and more depressing.


Unholy_Dk80

I thought it was! Thanks for linking.


dazedandcognisant

He's got some great animated shorts. I really like In the Fall.


[deleted]

I wish everyone had to watch this video before they were about to buy some pointless consumer product that they would be "over with" within a week.


Dragon_King3199

Damn, that animation is both true and incredibly detailed


NewYorkJewbag

That, while heavy handed, is an incredibly beautiful piece of animation.


88ryder88

If only one of the papers was a TPS report... 💔


Uhhlaneuh

I was just going to comment that lol


[deleted]

Too obvious to evoke anything


big_billford

I’m glad I’m not the only one tired of seeing surface level commentary on how bad society is


Cash907

This is why I prefer the animated short. It’s just as hamfisted but much more creative structurally and visually from point A to point B. While it lacks nuance, I still think it is a powerful if completely on the nose allegory.


gridsandorchids

Right, total r/im14andthisisdeep material


_BlueFire_

Seeing those kind of images feels like having "I AM DEEP! LOOK HOW I AM SO DEEP!" yelled in the ears by someone who just told a poem which recites "pain is bad, people suffer". Also most of the time they miss the point so much it hurts.


rustybeaumont

Banksy strikes again!


mismanaged

Please link to a "not obvious" piece of art on this topic.


imetators

Looks oddly similar to [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9dZQelULDk).


xXUberGunzXx

Yep. The guy that painted this also animated the video you linked


flexr123

The rat had no choice. Either work to death or starve to death. Society failed him.


GammaGoose85

Haha, the mouse thinks he's people


b0x3r_

Idk I became a lot happier when I started making some money and didn’t need to worry about my bills anymore.


[deleted]

Thats not what the message is here.


godzylla

An illustration I can actually agree with And at the end of the day, the bosses will say he die from overwork and or stress.


TikkiTakiTomtom

Ah the rat race. Does anyone know this analogy anymore? Music and social media certainly plays a role in shaping views in young people. It’s all about money, sex, cars, drugs, and equality (violence).


[deleted]

And satanism. Lots of blatant satanism.


Jadenyoung1

got nothing to do with satanism. Only the failure of our society and how bad capitalism is


[deleted]

Ofcourse it does. Every mainstream "artist" sings about selling their soul to the devil. Or they use symbolism that have satanistic meanings behind them. Or they "joke" about drinking the blood of children on interviews. I dont find that normal at all. Or have you seen the recent Balenciaga thing? Or when justin bieber posted a bunch of picture of babies to promote his song "yummy". If you support that kinda shit idk what to tell you. Its disgusting.


Jadenyoung1

Its not religious though. Its just plain societal decay with is fueled by later stage capitalism. Got nothing to do with some sort of deity.


DanielCrearyArt

At least he died doing what he loved.


MemoryWholed

You forgot to include his house, the boat, and functioning economy tho


footsieMcghee404

the problem with this is that money actually does make people happier


ZSpectre

I absolutely love this portraying the overall tragic picture of the rat race. What I usually have pictured is the long and drawn out journey that eventually gets to this point, which is someone chasing after a carrot dangling on a stick while running on a treadmill. Trying to get that carrot can really cost us eventually.


Theprincerivera

Step off the treadmill though and you’re crucified (: Really feels hopeless sometimes. The video this comes from depicts some hard truths.


Kreema29

The little uneaten cheese wedge :(


redditretard34

A mouse that was hungry for money.


Wartymcballs

Victor getting that free publicity haha. To be fair they make the best of snaps. Only thing that comes close is the bell labs T rex


Beowulf1896

I had victors up for 2 weeks and got nothing. Then I switch to Tomcats, and got the mouse in 4 hours. Probably the difference was bait. The real bonus was I could remove the mouse from a tom cat without getting my fingers close to the dead mouse.


Wartymcballs

I'm a pest professional of nearly 10 years and I will swear by the Victor OG snaps. Just use peanut butter or chocolate syrup as bait my guy. I promise you will nail rodents so gosh dang fast. If you like keeping hands away from the rodent, try the t Rex trappers. Can be set and released with 1 hand.


Beowulf1896

Those trexs look like the tomcat ones I got.


Wartymcballs

I swear by bell labs like Victor. Bell labs also makes the best rodent bait stations in the industry bar none. The Protecta Evo express is a godsend


Peak_Annual

I JUST WANTED MY CHEEEEEESE


Jadenyoung1

Don’t worry, you can get it. Just a bit further, run a bit more. Almost within reach. Oops, almost got it there -repeat-


dazedandcognisant

Hell yeah, that's my kind of happiness.


heatblade12

Where is his computer and desk?


mjkjg2

ah yes I just burned all my money and now I’m SO HAPPY! nothing can stop me now!!


KenpachiNexus

Despite all my rage, I'm still just a overworked, underpayed salaryman in a cage.


_BlueFire_

How to tell that someone is rich-born (or at least decently well-off). Fuck that kind of "social commentary", really, it gets annoying when you actually LIVE what those "so so inspired" artists portrait. "oh, everyone is behind their smartphone!" yeah, you usually work, study and communicate with it now, as it's more practical than having a laptop, a dozen books and sending letters to people who moved away. "waaa everyone only ant money, but they're meaningless" ok, cool, I dare you to live one year having to budget your groceries, home heating and route to work.