"Hands on your neck. Squeeze it tighter." (SLMINDFUCK)
January 27, 2015 7:39 AM Subscribe
lol @ social anxiety + disability minstrel show + adult swim aesthetics = this
posted by saucy_knave at 8:07 AM on January 27, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by saucy_knave at 8:07 AM on January 27, 2015 [3 favorites]
lol @ social anxiety + disability minstrel show + adult swim aesthetics = this
Yeah, that's not at all what I got from it. But if you simply must have something to feel morally superior to...
I found it quite entertaining.
posted by escape from the potato planet at 8:12 AM on January 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
Yeah, that's not at all what I got from it. But if you simply must have something to feel morally superior to...
I found it quite entertaining.
posted by escape from the potato planet at 8:12 AM on January 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
I laughed.
posted by elwoodwiles at 8:16 AM on January 27, 2015
posted by elwoodwiles at 8:16 AM on January 27, 2015
Metafilter: If you simply must have something to feel morally superior to.
posted by johnnydummkopf at 8:20 AM on January 27, 2015 [15 favorites]
posted by johnnydummkopf at 8:20 AM on January 27, 2015 [15 favorites]
the first half of the film is a ridiculous, cobbled together Babbit-like narrative that drops lines from the Anxiety and Phobia Handbook. it's more or less taken from the bits on perfectionism and self-esteem. I know this having worked through the workbook at various points in my life
the second half is this absurdist realization of the horse's physical inability to move through the world 'normally' that's punctuated with staccato grunting sounds pretty much on the level of grade school mimicries of the developmentally disabled. the pack horses reject him with straight man cursing, I guess to represent what we ourselves would do if we were confronted by such an absurd, abnormal creature
that's my takeaway. you're entitled to yours.
posted by saucy_knave at 8:21 AM on January 27, 2015 [3 favorites]
the second half is this absurdist realization of the horse's physical inability to move through the world 'normally' that's punctuated with staccato grunting sounds pretty much on the level of grade school mimicries of the developmentally disabled. the pack horses reject him with straight man cursing, I guess to represent what we ourselves would do if we were confronted by such an absurd, abnormal creature
that's my takeaway. you're entitled to yours.
posted by saucy_knave at 8:21 AM on January 27, 2015 [3 favorites]
A fine commentary on the American cult of celebrity.
...the horse IS Sarah Palin, right?
posted by delfin at 8:29 AM on January 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
...the horse IS Sarah Palin, right?
posted by delfin at 8:29 AM on January 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
but it keeps going past the horse thing, yes? I only made it past two, stopped at childrens-song. Can anyone let me know how many there are? I could watch a few more if there's a payoff, but am not amused enough by them individually to possibly get stuck watching them for the next 20 minutes.
posted by jermsplan at 8:40 AM on January 27, 2015
posted by jermsplan at 8:40 AM on January 27, 2015
well i guess as an inspiration for me to reflect on how a lot of "absurdist" stuff relies on policing the boundaries of the appropriate thats cool, but i didn't like this much
posted by beefetish at 8:45 AM on January 27, 2015
posted by beefetish at 8:45 AM on January 27, 2015
I think we're all forgetting the most important question here. If this horse was supposedly raised by spheres, why does he move around like a cube?
posted by surazal at 9:20 AM on January 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by surazal at 9:20 AM on January 27, 2015 [2 favorites]
Is this Edgar Poe?
It's in the other tab. Right now.
posted by thoughtslut at 10:15 AM on January 27, 2015
It's in the other tab. Right now.
posted by thoughtslut at 10:15 AM on January 27, 2015
Ok, this really needs a NSFW tag. Just finished http://gottakeepthedreamalive.com/
And then it starts to repeat. I think I'm just more confused than anything else.
http://109645790437692847650.com looks like the end (or the beginning)
posted by synthetik at 11:30 AM on January 27, 2015
And then it starts to repeat. I think I'm just more confused than anything else.
http://109645790437692847650.com looks like the end (or the beginning)
posted by synthetik at 11:30 AM on January 27, 2015
Isn't this where we came in?
posted by grumpybear69 at 11:53 AM on January 27, 2015
posted by grumpybear69 at 11:53 AM on January 27, 2015
I feel morally superior to all of you.
You look like ants from here.
Even if you began now, and studied, and prepared yourselves to act in the most honorable way possible, complete with passion, integrity and an encyclopedic recall of the world's wisdom in action...
I would still demean you. I would know in my heart, and in the hearts and minds of my children and community, that you are inferior.
I chortle at you. Snort, if I'm in my cups. I drunkenly snort at you all.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 11:58 AM on January 27, 2015 [3 favorites]
You look like ants from here.
Even if you began now, and studied, and prepared yourselves to act in the most honorable way possible, complete with passion, integrity and an encyclopedic recall of the world's wisdom in action...
I would still demean you. I would know in my heart, and in the hearts and minds of my children and community, that you are inferior.
I chortle at you. Snort, if I'm in my cups. I drunkenly snort at you all.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 11:58 AM on January 27, 2015 [3 favorites]
In case anyone just wants to see one of the pages, here they are, in order:
http://thehorseraisedbyspheres.com/ a horse raised by spheres....
http://the-fractals.com/ a couple has an argument that spirals into incoherence...
http://childrens-song.com/ a bunch of kids sing a rather dark children's song...
http://9177967.com/ a strange man calls with the wrong number...
http://gottakeepthedreamalive.com/ ...a breach of contract...
http://109645790437692847650.com/754524/ ...hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal...
http://109645790437692847650.com/ ...and all was lost...
posted by Green Winnebago at 12:21 PM on January 27, 2015
http://thehorseraisedbyspheres.com/ a horse raised by spheres....
http://the-fractals.com/ a couple has an argument that spirals into incoherence...
http://childrens-song.com/ a bunch of kids sing a rather dark children's song...
http://9177967.com/ a strange man calls with the wrong number...
http://gottakeepthedreamalive.com/ ...a breach of contract...
http://109645790437692847650.com/754524/ ...hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal...
http://109645790437692847650.com/ ...and all was lost...
posted by Green Winnebago at 12:21 PM on January 27, 2015
I'm a bit disappointed by this... The animation style is interesting, as is the overarching concept, but the "sketches" don't really amount to much. A neat idea, but I feel it could have been a lot more...
posted by Green Winnebago at 12:23 PM on January 27, 2015
posted by Green Winnebago at 12:23 PM on January 27, 2015
Needs NSFW tag & rape tw.
In Please Say Something, David OReilly's constrained-yet-chaotic approach to animation played with a grounded-yet-transcendent story about a failing relationship. It was gorgeous, touching, and funny. I compared it to Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse meets Fando y Lis.
However, I gotta say the "Gotta Keep the Dream Alive" short shattered the respect I had for this dude...
Turns out he's just another edgy net bro hanging out with other bros creating bro art for adult-swim-surrealist-entertainment-consumer bros.
posted by aion at 12:31 PM on January 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
In Please Say Something, David OReilly's constrained-yet-chaotic approach to animation played with a grounded-yet-transcendent story about a failing relationship. It was gorgeous, touching, and funny. I compared it to Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse meets Fando y Lis.
However, I gotta say the "Gotta Keep the Dream Alive" short shattered the respect I had for this dude...
Turns out he's just another edgy net bro hanging out with other bros creating bro art for adult-swim-surrealist-entertainment-consumer bros.
posted by aion at 12:31 PM on January 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
It's like hell.com come back to life.
posted by evidenceofabsence at 3:03 PM on January 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by evidenceofabsence at 3:03 PM on January 27, 2015 [1 favorite]
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