"PIG" watch society collapse in this award-winning animation

[@nicolian7436]

I find it’s cool how everyone kinda seems to have gotten something different out of it. I noticed how no one actually cared about the pig, just what the pig could do for them. The society crumbled because of what it was morally built on. Everyone for themselves, except the pig who was for everyone. And in the end, they didn’t learn from their mistakes. That’s what I got out of it at least. An example of what not to do.

[@shoot_game718]

Some philosophers would have suggested that if the pig fought for itself everything would have been fine.

[@danerobinson3804]

There is also a pretty strong message about overconsumption, which I guess is just a symptom of only looking out for yourself.

[@martinstu8400]

good summary of how society treats men: not for their inherent personhood, but only on what they can do. and they are starting to turn their backs on society. good luck 👍

[@AvidPie]

@@shoot_game718that’s like saying plastic should recycle itself

[@Mooncake69420]

Enter corona virus forest fires floods and earthquake ​@@shoot_game718

[@user-MMUK]

any other electrically minded people utterly horrified at the amount of load on that one plug? It's like a students bedroom

[@notthatbad42]

Yes that was my first thought too lol

[@enrater123]

Yeah I thought it would just explode and the video would end in 30 seconds lol

[@wy477x]

I was screaming in my head the whole time 😭

[@riven5677]

I’ll have you know all the plugs I use are 4 maximum but usually one

[@TsuladanGaming]

We saw an IT department like that once, all it took was one guy to lean his chair back wrong and he'd trip the initial power strip and knock the whole helpdesk offline.

[@tenGi8766]

If someone had fed the pig once in a while, none of this would’ve happened and they still could’ve discovered the elephant.

[@DæmonV86]

Please! Some oats, brother!

[@endy7630]

way to miss the point 💀

[@christensummers9641]

Which is what makes this realistic, because no one ever feeds the pig, they all just shout that someone should feed the pig while still using it.

[@Incredible_sinix]

​@@DæmonV86N O

[@raimundobruno]

I think the elephant is a consequence of the disaster... They just didn't learned anything and continued the predatory behaviour

[@arekrekas213]

moral of the story: remember to support the most important parts of your infrastructure, especially if they happen to be living beings

[@harrisonmoore3841]

Agreed.

[@nathanbrady8529]

But, that would cut into profits.

[@arekrekas213]

@@nathanbrady8529 shut up! just shut up! who cares about profits when you have PEOPLE to take care of!

[@Thalesium]

I agree, which reminds me of sanitation workers, nobody wants to be one but without them every city would be in total chaos.

[@LifeLikeSage]

Finally, someone who isn't retarded.

[@Mr-_T]

Moral of the story: don't build an entire city in scaffolding

[@HenriqueRaposoHenryClaro]

UNLESS there's only wet land available under your city, lol

[@ryanfamily3043]

The lesson is sharing is bad because when they all shared the pig everything was bad

[@rubenssilveira5765]

Make a better structure then to use scafolding rhen?​@@HenriqueRaposoHenryClaro

[@matedino3700]

or maybe, dont think about the problem at the end, think of it from the beggining, not ewery source is infinite unless we find a way to sustain it safely

[@Mr-_T]

Or just take the sources from other nations animals

[@jamestown8398]

They had plenty of warning that Pig was running out, yet they chose to ignore it instead of moving to another resource gradually or making sure to feed pig regularly.

[@christensummers9641]

Just like reality

[@hom7998]

Sounds familiar?

[@marsbarzart]

The gag is the pig is also a living being that was going to die eventually anyway they just spead up the process like our lithium mines in the Congo and even in the Carolinas why make a iPhone 17 when u could just update old iPhone

[@scottfirman]

No, the GOVERNMENT is brain washing us into resorting to something that would gravely LIMIT our energy.

[@vidda2000]

So global warming and the lack of fossil fuels?

[@disguisedskeleton7592]

The fact that mosquitos are sapient enough to have dance clubs carries the distinct possibility that the ants that the anteater bought were also very much sapient and trapped in a glass bubble until the vacuum cleaner of death came along.

[@lisamoran6600]

So the animals where racist

[@metal_pipe9764]

If so they could have formed a city after the collapse

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@metal_pipe9764With what

[@metal_pipe9764]

@@DeathnoteBB the remains of the previous one

[@jibrilheim113]

Knowing ants they probably developed a specific type of ant that only lives to be consumed by the vacuum.

[@turbophysics]

If they hadn’t shared the pig they would all be fine. Sharing is bad.

[@Gamer4672]

The wealthiest 1% should have used 90% of the pig and then give the 99% of the population 10%. Everyone knows the rich are much smarter than us common folk.

[@lucaruxyz1075]

They rely on the pig too much, this shows what happens if we aren't careful with conservation.

[@Zenta-H]

Sounds like crapitalism haha

[@WhoAmIHmmm]

​@lucaruxyz1075 well, that's true, but the video still forgets to show how much the small elite drain the resources we have as well

[@aulifenixdarkvoid2703]

but that would be worse, since a pitched war would break out for the power of the pig. 🤔

[@lochlanbell3883]

That Elephant Will Last Longer Than The Pig But The Elephant Won’t Last Forever…

[@haelww1]

The Elephant just have to last long enough fo us to find the Whale. Don't try to spread fear among citizens. Situation is under control.

[@lochlanbell3883]

@@haelww1 Okay

[@Bazinga_405]

​@@haelww1the whale just have to last long enough for us to find Godzilla don't try to spread fear among citizens everything is under control

[@gimo6881]

​@@Bazinga_405 And then Finding a Lovecraftian being from outer space

[@joelbolduc3354]

​@@haelww1Whale won't last forever either. What's after the whale ? Godzilla ?

[@loigwang4805]

I was expecting a scene where the pig wakes up

[@cevatkokbudak6414]

yeah

[@amills1675]

Same

[@otomatik48]

Actually the pig is dead

[@otomatik48]

And city looks like 💩

[@TRPYGanja]

@@otomatik48art imitates life sooo... 🤷‍♂️

[@Mahawww]

Pig Deflation should truly be our highest concern asa society. But on a serious note, I'm glad the animation didn't end with them coming together and saving the pig or something like that. Cause this shows that unless we change something fundamentally with how we use our resources we'll just keep doing the same thing again and again with disastrous consequences.

[@HELPME-66666]

So yea

[@EmillyDoom]

Si tan solo dependiera de la población

[@mrjohnnyjohnster3940]

It's okay everyone, the elephant is twice as big as the pig, so it won't end up the same as last time. Now, let's go use twice as much power to celebrate! 🎉

[@abulletant1147]

@@mrjohnnyjohnster3940 _seconds later, the entire place they built out of the scraps of their original place goes through the same, additionally changed route._

[@MrT-ib4rw]

Nicely done at suming this up

[@chivacetana]

The birds at the fan is perfect analogy of how people love to simulate things they can just do naturally.

[@j12325]

For example?

[@normified]

​@@j12325 it's not so complicated that you can't easily come up with an example yourself

[@j12325]

@@normified i don't find any sis

[@skeety_]

@@j12325like those artificial surfing waves where you could surf indefinitely.

[@orchdork775]

​@@j12325 treadmills and exercise bikes.

[@papabird4425]

When the dog put the picture of the healthy pig over the dying one...

[@Manectrix2000]

Literally the equivalent of denying that they’re running out of power.

[@00xero]

Like the gov't gaslighting that we aren't in a recession

[@papabird4425]

@@00xero yes. Just like that. Or any of the other lies we are told to mask rot and despair.

[@ASDF2AilenPingutofeJJT]

I just wanted ​@@papabird4425

[@Diewelle666]

@@00xeroyou know you can look up those figures yourself, right?

[@legateelizabeth]

Don’t worry everyone, in real life we’d have created an entire underclass of small animals to feed into the pig to keep things running! But they’d have been in another city so we wouldn’t have to think about it too much.

[@Kreshura-tm5rb]

what if the pig blows up?

[@monad_tcp]

​@@Kreshura-tm5rb why would it ? Energy in - energy out = 0 The pig stays perfectly thin. The only danger of this system is some people noticing its "unfair" other cities animals are being fed to the pig and decides to blow things up . And that's literally how the west is committing sepuko. I bet what's going to take its place wouldn't be so ethical or fair.

[@thanook]

then 10% of soviet ukrain-- mean animal society would be out of power and pig energy would forever be feared. but dont worry about it. ​@Kreshura-tm5rb

[@Kreshura-tm5rb]

@@thanook oh ok

[@maxkozak9702]

What are you even talking about? Sweatshop workers?

[@DæmonV86]

The cop dog taping a picture of the fat pig overtop the screen showing the emaciated/used up pig was extraordinarily poignant. Absolute brilliance on display here.

[@Vilified_Vagabond]

I’m already watching society collapse I don’t need a beautiful well animated allegory with charming animal characters and clever mockery of our society. But I definitely enjoyed it

[@JohnsJohnson-ns5xm]

Well along in California.

[@Lean99999]

"ooOo im watching society collapse" 🦇🐺🖤🕴️

[@rebeccajayden9718]

It's not collapsing we are better than that

[@nicolasripoll7974]

​@@Lean99999 don't b3 childlisj please

[@SeveralRatsEachWithArcanePower]

​@@rebeccajayden9718 not scientifically possible

[@emperorgeorgethefirst674]

I like how it starts from necessities and jumps to unnecessary things. the cat rides a wasteful bike just to go exercise somewhere which is ironic.

[@bobzilla-1]

ppl who watch tv in their spare time, and drive cars to a gym so they can watch tv on a treadmill instead.

[@Neptunes_Bounty]

And getting exercise. I don't see the problem.

[@Grimmmmy-boy]

@@Neptunes_Bountyyou could literally just walk there and get more exercise. You take the Segway to a gym so you can work out when you could just walk.

[@Neptunes_Bounty]

@@Grimmmmy-boy Clearly you live in a city with walkable infrastructure. Many cities in America DONT have WALKABLE INFASTRUCTURE. You are also convenient lly ignoring that many adults WORK and don't have the time to fucking walk to the Gym anytime they want. Also have you ever actually seen a Segway in real life?

[@prettytopia]

​@@Grimmmmy-boywhat if the gym is an hour drive away? Where I live everything is so far lol you can't walk anywhere 😂

[@Ratty_siblings]

7:29 the stuff better heal them

[@attibar5548]

On seeing the thumbnail before watching I thought the pig would've represented greedy people stealing from the poor like I've seen so many other animations do. I'm so glad this took a different and creative approach. My best guess that the moral here is: 1.) We only have finite resources, treat them well 2.) Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Whole thing would've been prevented if they made several backup sources too.

[@koy5902]

So you think greedy rich people DON'T steal from the poor?? Stop living under a damn rock

[@SigFigNewton]

@@koy5902the moral of the story is that we need greater subsidies for pig farmers

[@nathanbrady8529]

​@@koy5902They didn't say that.

[@attibar5548]

@@koy5902 That's not what I'm saying at all. I'm talking about the use of symbolism in the video.

[@metal_pipe9764]

My guess was that the pig was going to watch as a nearby city uterly collapses, while they just sit there

[@2Potates]

The ending reminds me of the whole infinite growth vs finite resources debate and how the infinite growth side believes that they'll always be able to outrun the consequences by finding more resources elsewhere.

[@pantherausf.d6914]

I don't know where you've seen that recently... Nowadays it's more like, let's half world's population since otherwise, we can't supply it...! (World could still produce enough food for more than 50 billion people...) Haven't you seen new European Union law where they destroying dams to "recover original ecosystem"? It basically destroys it all but you get support from idiots who don't use internet more than for Tik Tok or such.

[@Chriskenntdeinemomvonfrueher]

The infinite growth supporters do acknowledge finite ressources. It's not about creating more by farming asteroids or some bullshit, but using the existing ones including human workforce more and more efficiently, thus creating growth in productivity.

[@cr4yv3n]

Yeah welcome TO LIFE. LIFE needs energy. Weird right?

[@emikke]

That's not what growth is. Growth is not a matter of finding new resources. They talk about growth in GDP as an indicator, but it doesn't account for what is lost. It's just a useful but flawed metric most people don't understand. The real growth is in Net Domestic Product, when a society has more than what they stated with. Someone produced something valuable to society. But things are also replaced, that's part of the growth. It's a positive sum game where society grows by a few percent every year.

[@offandsphere6788]

yes but that's eventually going to happen due to entropy, the best we can do is halt our consumption of resources until we can build rockets to fly to another habitable planet

[@MizukiUkitake]

Did anyone else expect the pig to suddenly wake up and either walk off or get angry over being used? If Studio Pupil ever makes a sequel to this, I hope the elephant does that

[@RandomDude20004]

I think the moral of the story is resource conservation and management. had they kept feeding the pig they could have had infinite energy but they didn't so it ran dry and they had to move to the next fuel source.

[@cr4yv3n]

2nd law of thermodynamics says all energy is wasted eventually

[@ActualSpectra]

​@@cr4yv3n that's true, but think of what would've happened had they had a constantly sustained farm dedicated to the pig

[@cr4yv3n]

@@ActualSpectra but that would take energy to maintain. In the end energy is always lost and never recovered, no matter what you do. And that's a LAW.

[@lewisheasman]

We have a sun....

[@cr4yv3n]

@@lewisheasman oh we do, huh? How quaint. And do you eat the sun? Are there these sun units you put in your appliances? Hmmm? Solar panels need OIL to be crafted.

[@KozelPraiseGOELRO]

Moral of the story: Pigs can cause short circuit on contact; (non related:) use Type L connections.

[@dougaltolan3017]

Bleaghhhhh... ~ A Brit.

[@marioboi323]

True

[@xiraoit9342]

@@KozelPraiseGOELRO what about the elephant?

[@KozelPraiseGOELRO]

@@xiraoit9342 ww don't talk about the Electriphant.

[@insertname9736]

​@@dougaltolan3017bleaughhhh at type G. An abomination. -the rest of the world.

[@jazzman2516]

Club-goers being depicted as mosquitoes is the most accurate part of this animation. 😂

[@ethanhall208]

The danger isn't so much in the resources being bad, but it's when we become completely dependent on those resources to survive, that's when things get super shaky.

[@Patrick-gm3fb]

It's more than becoming dependant on them, it's taking them for granted and exploiting them.

[@JohnZiTAB]

@@Patrick-gm3fbBecoming complacent and expecting it to always provide. Humanity will toss its bucket down the well, and when it draws it back, it will be empty.

[@Stethacanthus]

It's definitely more about exploiting resources without maintaining or conserving them. The animals could live with taking turns using it, which was sustainable. Their dependence came from everything they built, which isn't inherently bad as long as they fed the pig and limited their use of its electricity. It's not that they couldn't live without the pig. They couldn't live with the pig. Same with current sustainability issues. The problems don't stem from our lack of primitive survival skills (which includes sustainability at scale). It comes from our resistance to any short term discomfort to invest in maintaining our natural resources until there is an immediate crisis, which is usually too late.

[@tigertiger530]

Just wait until the lights turn off in about 50 days. If im wrong, ill quietly eat my mistake If im right ill quietly eat my steaks. Cause im ready for the impending doom.

[@pedrolmlkzk]

We are dependent on so many things its a miracle society hasn't collapsed yet

[@wormwoodbecomedelphinus4131]

Moral of story: we live in a society that takes things for granted.

[@windws7137]

Society amirite?

[@Lemoninacup-b9f]

100% accurate. If I wrote the story that’d be the moral.

[@monad_tcp]

Why wouldn't we ? Humans are animals after all. All animals take things for granted. They don't ever think the Sun might not rise tomorrow.

[@CRUASSANFAN]

Moral of the story: sharing is bad

[@Amabor]

Moral of the story: greed is bad, capitalism is bad. You can't have infinite growth in a finite world. This system needs to change but they have the cops on their side.

[@jb-yc7oc]

Yea but were the shareholders happy?

[@TheRelaxationWorks]

This

[@Graphomite]

Really cute. Also, poignant. I like how at the end, they found a new energy source, suggesting that our crisis isn't a "one and done" mistake, but a redundant error of us blowing through not one major resource, but all of the major resources.

[@ADude-f3z]

I’m uncertain about your conclusion… After all, there was nothing produced when they “plugged into” the elephant. All that was left in the end was an allegorically “over saturated political ideology” with everything and everyone else left out to dry. Nothing is “purrrfect”… Perhaps a flying donkey wearing a flag for a cape could have saved the day? One thing is certain… It’s long past time to step out of the imagined and deal with the mess we’ve inherited.

[@Eowyn3Pride]

Renewable sources of energy may have a worse environmental impact than the previous choice of energy. Coal=smog, Gas=CO2, Batteries=Acid poison. Oil is still needed to lubricate Wind turbine engines, and our roads and highways still contain tar.

[@jurajsintaj6644]

​@@Eowyn3Pride where in the production process are waste acids created, and where do they go?

[@Brandonhayes-r6e]

@@Eowyn3Pride this is like saying you don't see the point in buckling your seatbelt because you'll get hurt either way if you crash. Renewables are already provably better for the environment than fossil fuels, and getting better by the year.

[@amityFinder2099]

Really cute. Also, pignant.

[@Claire-k5q]

I actually believe that the creators of this video have visited South Africa and seen our electric grid. It’s exactly as depicted.

[@hailer639]

You have phones??

[@Cheese_McCheeseMan]

@@hailer639yes as long as they’re constantly plugged into the pig

[@hailer639]

@@Cheese_McCheeseMan 💀

[@scubasteve6175]

@@hailer639south africa is very developed. Not as rich as europe or the us but seriously just use the internet do some research

[@hailer639]

@@scubasteve6175 the joke flew right over your head, didnt it?

[@sOmethjng]

the pig is Earth, the elephant is if we destroy earth and colonize another planet - just my viewpoint

[@mr.alexlemon8738]

If we are lucky enough to colonize a new planet before Earth becomes uninhabitable.

[@identifiantidentifie397]

Elonmusk thinks that an elephant exists for him.

[@PyromancerRift]

This is bullshit. Earth is fine. The cop hiding the truth is what leftists do all the time.

[@BruderRaziel]

@@identifiantidentifie397 I bet I can guess what color that elephant is...

[@lopi1821]

rather, a pig and an elephant are veins of minerals and trees, and when people have stolen one vein, they stick to another and so on until all the veins run out

[@megan00b8]

Everyone looking for moral lessons when what this actually shows is a surprisingly accurate depiction of Philippines electrical infrastructure. As a European electrician I still sometimes get nausea looking at a power pole.

[@kayleestephens6774]

Same in Thailand!

[@imgonnabeastar23]

But is it connected to an elephant?

[@skiptomile]

Rotational blackouts even when the weather is fine

[@tinandglass]

They ignored the needs of the pig to everyone's detriment.

[@speedymaqing]

irl they wouldve just made a pig farm

[@musicaldoodles9615]

​@@speedymaqing In this video the pig is meant to represent the planet, so you could technically say that they would have made a farm and use up all the nutrients in the ground.

[@cr4yv3n]

@@musicaldoodles9615 it's a malthusian video. "Use energy = bad Plz go back to the middle ages"

[@harshjain2047]

​@@cr4yv3n it's more about sustainability.

[@Parciwal_Gaming]

​@@cr4yv3n I don't think so. I think it shows the risks or overusing a limited supply while ignoring the Problem. If they had fed the pig throughout, there would have been no problem. It wouldn't have been very hard for them to set up infrastructure for that, but they didn't.

[@Lopro94]

The mosquito disco is hilariously on point 🤣

[@maxiawesomekid899]

“Let’s feed the pig just so we can keep on farming it for its power” 4:14

[@aidenaune7008]

the problem was that it was too little too late. since they were all sharing it, nobody wanted to be the one to sacrifice in order to keep it going, so they all ignored the obvious looming problem until it was too late to fix anything.

[@NordicKitt]

And they of course repeat the same process with the elephant

[@NightRunner417]

Our world: "In physics there is no free lunch." Their world: "Free lunch does not equate to endless power."

[@luthienyesinia1955]

@@aidenaune7008 it’s interesting that neither leftism or rightism is presented as a solution to this either. The choice of the pig is deliberate. It’s a call out to animal farm. The rightist solution would be you only get power if you work for it…feed the pig get some power…but the problem there is everyone is unequal…the mosquito cannot feed the pig as well as the chicken. The leftist answer is to ration : force the chickens to work for the mosquitos…the problem is the dog would have to be paid more to enslave the chickens….because the chickens will resent not only having to work harder than the mosquitos but also that the mosquitos are unproductively wasting their energy on raves. The bottom line problem is scarcity which means neither solution comes to an adequate answer. It’s also no accident the animals are all different species which is an allegory for human tribalism…if they were all dogs cooperation might have been easier.

[@JerryMander-wc7ms]

​@@aidenaune7008 and then they fed it the goose

[@Pyrafly]

Really shows how we turn away from reality for the sake of convenience and how society is built so much on convenience that we dont know how to live without our hand being held. Fantastic video!

[@UserOffTheInternet]

2:42 This was a very great voice, keep up youll become famous one day

[@benji-menji]

Considering the recent event where one small bug in Cloudstrike bootlooped many computers, maybe we should have more backup solutions that are more relyable.

[@koy5902]

As for data, what we REALLY need is physical media.

[@bignerd3783]

The backup solution is called being smart and not needing malware security

[@supersonictumbleweed]

But they would have to compete because they're products

[@xxizcrilexlxx1505]

​@@supersonictumbleweed as long no one comes on top its a good thing

[@jamiemcintosh3030]

Reflyable!

[@HenriqueRaposoHenryClaro]

I didn't expect blood and amputations in such a cute animation, lol - it really caught me off guard.

[@Dr.Funk8864]

Same bro

[@TheEpicNoob]

Yeah

[@Sarc0xi3]

After I saw the animals rioting I knew there was gonna be blood

[@drlime4941]

At 6:42 I straight up thought they got decapitated 💀

[@GamingWithNikolas]

​@@drlime4941same

[@MMajor13]

And this is why basing your entire society/economy on a single power source/resource that is inherently finite will always lead to regression and collapse when that resource eventually runs out.

[@Idonotknowofname]

Venezuela moment

[@Archiva1-k2o]

*I love how the animals and their behaviors are metaphors/allegories for various segments of society.* I like how the orange cat symbolizes business/energy interests given how the little guy was the first to suggest using multiplugs and how it was the first to respond to the pig's plight. In this regard it also symbolizes the 1%, not to mention the fact that it was the only one who had the means to (attempt to) escape the chaos that unfolded at the end. Like the cat, the goose, the small bird, and the rooster probably symbolize the oligarchy and the 1%, too, given how frantic they are in trying to maintain societal order, the fact that they don't show up in the streets most of the time, and the fact that they were part of the first animals to industrially exploit the pig as a source of power. Not to mention this other fact that the rooster was trying to sacrifice the goose to the pig, symbolizing the natural self-consuming selfishness of the 1%. The dog might symbolize the government, as well as state capacity to enforce order and the state's monopoly on the lawful use of force. Gotta love how the victory of anarchy and lawlessness over the government and the lawful use of force was represented with the police dog getting beaten up. The fox and the rabbit symbolize commoners who know no better; the fox being a pleb all too happy to take advantage of the chaos and the rabbit a decadent, materialist consumerist who was seen earlier to have engorged itself on food and TV advertisements. Speaking of decadent, materialist consumerists, the anteater is implied to be just like that as well, given its apathy and its laziness to do anything else but indulge in mass-produced supermarket ants. The sheep is the more innocent of the bunch, just wanting to finally touch up its messy woolen fleece and pursue a music career. The raccoon (and his family), quite obviously, are thieves, but even then, it seems that they just wanna live a decent life, but they are caught in the crossfire of anarchy when the fox decides to pull off a lil' bit of trolling. The turtle with a top hat and a surveillance camera is probably one of them cynical, off-the-grid doomsday preppers who know a bit better (which the turtle probably tries to portray through the top hat, a symbol of class, refinement, and intelligence), have the means to defend themselves from government and society (what the turtle shell symbolizes), and the ability to just comfortably watch them all when crap finally hits the fan (as implied by the surveillance camera on its shell). In the end, however, nobody learns. Nobody changes. From the patrician to the plebeian, EVERYONE still wants a piece out of whatever electrical lard they can get their dirty plugs on.

[@luthienyesinia1955]

@@Archiva1-k2o I regret I have but one like for this. Notice as well how no one feeds the pig until it’s too late: a critique of human laziness in general. Notice too the mosquitos who waste their power on a rave and go back to raving when the power flickers back…symbol of the unproductive in society. You’re one of the few that gets it…it’s less a critique about renewables or government or economic system than of humanity and tribalism. It’s no accident the pig is a pig…it’s a direct call out to animal farm. Interestingly the animals try out neither capitalism nor socialism. In capitalism you could have rationed by having animals draw as much power as effort as they take feeding the pig. The rawlsian critique could be that’s unfair because the mosquitos cannot carry as much as the chickens. The socialist solution would be to ration power but that would lead to the dog having to use violence to keep the chickens working and the chickens resenting the mosquitos. Brilliant film on the human condition and response to scarcity.

[@Archiva1-k2o]

@@luthienyesinia1955 Thank you, and on point as well. "As long as everything is fine and I'm loving it, I don't care" is pretty much a classic societal attitude. Yes, they never seem to try either capitalism or socialism, which to me is a critique of the fact that, if you think about it, economic systems and theories are simply ideas on how to consume stuff efficiently and sustainably. Consumption (and not temperance or the like) is considered one of the highest goals, if not THE highest goal, of human society.

[@thefourthdymensionmusic]

at this point it's a critique of the human race as a whole. our whole entire species is doomed unless you can have large swathes of people from multiple generations in a row who actually put forth effort to slowly shift how the human mind works in future generations, but people are too greedy and too self absorbed for that. all of us are. and if we're not, then we're losing our minds because of people that are.

[@HannaSis]

@@luthienyesinia1955oh wow I hadn’t thought of that. What an astute comment!

[@HannaSis]

@@luthienyesinia1955Thank you for this analysis, it was fun trying to break it down on my own, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading yours as well :)

[@JenayElder]

this gives me old Felix Colgrave vibes and I love it!

[@Anabomi]

Funny enough, i got this recommended after watching his pigpen video

[@Cikitabannanna2]

I feel it too but it is much more wholesome

[@some_dude_maybe]

Niec

[@amills1675]

German? ​@@some_dude_maybe

[@Karonclip]

Boomer

[@shamakrai3310]

I like how this story metaphorically tells about our current scenario. Pig - nature/environment which is constantly endangered Cats - scientists and intellectuals who gave altruistic ideas and also knew what to do during societal collapse. Owl - is some discovery/nat geo documentary journalist who tells about the endangered environment. Rabbit - common people who knows about environmental challenges but refuse to act Dog - govt who knows the problem and have the solution but chose not to Elephant - new world full of resources (north & south america, Australia and Antarctica during renaissance and Extra-terrestrial planets in future).

[@leyrua]

Somehow I knew that the goose or woodpecker was going to end up shoved into that funnel. 😂

[@HenriqueRaposoHenryClaro]

You mean "goose or rooster"

[@meeb_consumer]

Smart Shape language. Round rooster, round funnel. Also, Pigs have ties to Sacrifice

[@ashleyryan4]

@@HenriqueRaposoHenryClaro Holy crap is that a Top Gun reference?

[@alexandergreen5292]

Moral of the story: don't use random electrical animals found in a random field

[@GmetrixTutorialEsp]

Poor pig.

[@isaacnelson4503]

Or at least feed them and don’t live in a giant city built on toothpicks.

[@DigiKnighty]

Society never learns from its own cycles of exploitation. We feed the machine, only to be consumed by it in the end.

[@ElisiyTheFox]

World without 1 minute of wifi:

[@Avol69]

Deadass had to rawdog 6 days without wifi

[@rightangletriangle7287]

I have cellular anyways

[@kingrobotnik6950]

Let the world lose internet if for but a year…the horror😶

[@LordDanielG]

Most of the world doesn't have stable internet access tho

[@thefourthdymensionmusic]

mfw crowdstrike

[@GamesGames008]

This animation is so simple, yet so good. I can't believe someone could put a problem of society in such a simple way

[@AzureLikeSky]

6:49 this scene reminds me of "fueled"

[@veroalterations6002]

Thx for reminding me about that masterpiece

[@TheMushroomOverlord]

Same

[@bladerdj3503]

Individual Humans learn. Humans as a whole not so much. Or at least not enough.

[@kjj26k]

Individual Humans CAN Learn... But very few actually do. And People NEVER do.

[@elishabarkley7625]

Centralized authority simplifying millions into the will of a few makes it to where we are many with the processing power of essentially just one. Humans learn just fine. It's just centralization that makes us seem stupid.

[@bladerdj3503]

@@kjj26k I said literally that. Though I probably should have written humanity. Because as shown our species is making the same mistakes over and over again. And it will most likely continue to do so. Only a minority of people change their ways instead of going that route.

[@CountingStars333]

Humans as a whole have improved society a million times over.

[@ranitaloca888]

Change "human" by "neurotypical" and your sentence will be perfect. They can learn, but don't really want to because they like to live in delusion, making superficial/dangerous stuff the center of their lives and thinking that their acts have no consequences. They love to ignore how impacting they can be. They believe themselves so superior and invencible to everything else to be scorned by Nature. They're cyclical and tribal, stupidly ready to start a big mess and close their eyes.

[@gemtail3125]

Moral of the story: never overuse a resource to the point of never being able to use it again

[@JerryMander-wc7ms]

But they got to use the pig again in the end?

[@eldritchbidoof]

@@JerryMander-wc7ms that was a different animal (elephant) lol.

[@mmyehokayyy2]

@@kpg1973 well duh, don’t overuse them that’s what they said.

[@Amabor]

Moral of the story: greed is bad, capitalism is bad. You can't have infinite growth in a finite world. This system needs to change but they have the cops on their side.

[@cr4yv3n]

ALL resources are meant to be usdd and ALL "cannot be used again" ffs. It's called the second law of thermodynamics

[@GlassActivist]

Brilliant example of why renewable energy has to be a bigger part of the future.

[@The_Catnip]

Do you even know how/from where all those stuff (rare minerals) come from that they use in e-cars and solar panels? Do you know the process how they get them and how they clean them? "Renewable energy" my a ss 😂

[@user-sf9gs2pg1b]

I like how they only care about feeding the pig and all that once they’re not working anymore. Like, once everything sucks, then we’ll scramble and worry about it. Reminds me of things like climate change.

[@moetimski9767]

With many people claiming to know the moral of the story, I think you are the one who got it right

[@SkullsNPockyLuv]

Everything is great until I’m feeling the effects.

[@powerfulgamer1379]

We have made big progress with using cleaner energy though

[@Bubblebeard0]

@@powerfulgamer1379Nowhere near enough though I’m afraid. I feel guilty for bringing my children in to the world quite often. The world they’re going to see is one of ruin and death, slaughter, starvation, mass crop failure, air and sea currents collapsing, the list goes on and on. Anyone born after 1980 is going to see the beginning of the end, maybe not of our species, but our world, natural and digital, our way of living, our global systems, etc. It’s hard to think about, it’s almost impossible to try to accept.

[@tradtke101]

The world has already ended once in my lifetime and I'm 38. The four horsemen were technology, 9/11, Covid, and Trump. Nothing about my world is remotely similar to 2000. Smart phones, stupid people; the death of community; the ubiquity of the internet and its misinformation; the end of the middle class. Politically, socially.... even the nature of work is completely unrecognizable. Traditional western liberal values (by way of Christianity) are gone too: people are far more selfish, scared, dishonest, brutish. We live in apartments without natural light and healthcare is unaffordable. It's hard to explain to a Gen Z that in my Millenial youth I could afford routine dental care. Things that haven't changed? Clothes, cars, food. That's about it.

[@LynxCarpathica]

This is why artists will never be replaced with AI.

[@user-sf9gs2pg1b]

I mean, artists can use AI to speed up their process. Artists won’t be replaced by AI, but some artists will use AI as a tool. Like a paintbrush. Or a tablet.

[@defaulted9485]

​@@user-sf9gs2pg1bCongratulations, you are also choking the pig with AI.

[@desu38]

@@user-sf9gs2pg1b nah, ai is pretty mid. it rarely does anything interesting, it's just a big pastiche machine, especially text-to-anything.

[@carolyndilbeck7654]

AI art devalues the artist’s involvement in the creative process, speed/convenience was never the point

[@zububabu8249]

​@@desu38 as a software engineer ai is not just limited to a tool to create images from text it have far more functionality as tool for example ur draw eyes on no God forbid the eyes are not of same size quick fix use ai instead of redrawing from scratch I don't know color theory mixed up my shades fix it up with ai I need a specific type of paintbrush but I'm too lazy to create on my own use ai! It have far more potential as a tool then just some boring text to lifeless painting

[@Pritam_N]

The pig is symbol of resources the moral of story use resources wisely

[@csclonemaster5780]

Animation is indeed all about storytelling. And this story definitely deserved the award cause it reveals alot about human nature.

[@PickleRicksFATASSCOUSIN]

cut down one tree just to make your drawings move in many specific frames depending on the drawing is pretty ironic too.

[@SalimShahdiOff]

Animal nature*

[@csclonemaster5780]

@@SalimShahdiOff EXACTLYYY😂🔥🔥💯💯💯🤝🤝🤝🤝

[@Someone-dy5ui]

Well, it's either that or 6:25

[@boblol1465]

or just... find new power options

[@windws7137]

​@@boblol1465Lol so easy 😂😂

[@JerryMander-wc7ms]

​@@boblol1465No I think this is right. They tried feeding it fruits and vegetables and it didnt work. But the Goose was smaller in the end scene, and the civilization was collapsed. I think its saying thats where energy comes from

[@pierremorena4307]

It's what's currently happening in the world. Scary.

[@lennoxtvthingy7408]

The point here is that we are rather dependent on non-renewables for energy; if those run out, society breaks down rather quick. We can tap reserves and such, but eventually we will run dry. There is an analogy here, as this short film PERFECTLY symbolizes the oil crisis (the elephant is coal and natural gas, if you’re wondering). Stay aware, people. (Edit: Controversy bubbling up in replies, so proceed with caution.)

[@maksimfedoryak]

It's like apocalypse of bronze age, when components of bronze just gone and society collapsed

[@dudu28r81]

​@@abdurrauf5097the only thing unlimited here is your ignorance

[@bennettdees853]

​@@abdurrauf5097 they… literally aren't

[@melanimatejak6821]

​@bennettdees853 There was a story going around in 1970. All oil reserves of the world will be gone in the next 30 years! 😂

[@dudu28r81]

@@melanimatejak6821 yes and they were right, when talking about the(at the time) known reserves. What you forget is that there is such a thing as finding NEW reserves, which obviously can't be predicted by those studies and as such is not included in them. At some point we are gonna find every last bit of oil and use it all up. The question is just when, not if.

[@courtz6722]

This summarises how short-sighted humans are. I'm obviously more focused on the environment, but we do it with everything. We find something useful to us, use it until it is gone or destroyed and then we move on. We don't think about living within our means, caring for something or even planning ahead to prevent disaster. Look at the "city" they built, a haphazard construction of buildings with wires running everywhere built on scaffolding. No planning, no thought to safety or the fact that the resources would run out someday. Even when we don't have a disaster happen, we go back to exactly what caused it. We are insane, repeating the same action expecting a different result

[@jackbarto6401]

So just Zootopia, but instead of racism it’s energy conservation

[@Simkets]

Lesson learned: Look for a giant elephant before your pig runs out.

[@Keram_urt]

No no no, you are very wrong. You need to use your elephant and your pig at the same time, that way there is more energy to be had, so more people can be supported! What? That will make both of them run out? How is that possible? We are using two sources at once, which means they deplete slower!

[@abulletant1147]

5:33 WHAT DID HE DO 😭

[@MrGoblin1000]

He was a cop, that's enough.

[@yeoldeseawitch]

@@MrGoblin1000 ACAB includes dogs

[@spinosaurusstriker]

​@@MrGoblin1000thats very cringe mindset

[@areaxisthegurkha]

​@@spinosaurusstrikeri think hes defending the cop in this case.

[@MaximoDiazAcuna]

​@@areaxisthegurkhatwo type of persons

[@gabrieleduardocunha3586]

The bad part is that society is not too much different from the video: we depend on finite resources (oil, land, Nature) and we keep consuming them on rates that we know will come to an end one day, but we hope that by them someone will find a solution.

[@leoartolson4658]

They should have stored the energy the pig was releasing in batteries and maintained a constant supply of food to give to the pig instead of ignoring everything! Silly animals 😅

[@metal_pipe9764]

More like stupid

[@MrBrick-vb3xh]

Tell that to humanity, man.

[@mayhair]

aka renewable energy

[@Hayden-rc1ru]

It doesn't matter when you use more than the source can produce. Which is the whole point of this animation. It wasn't about the misuse of the ressource, it was about greed.

[@metal_pipe9764]

@@leoartolson4658 or just use nuclear energy

[@awoodenkiwitoy6293]

I don't need a cartoon to see society collapse I have windows

[@mathmusicandlooks]

I love how accurately this comment works for both glass windows and Microsoft Windows…

[@BrodyThornton-yt3on]

What kind of shit goes on in your neighborhood

[@eyados-fo6sg]

bro must’ve seen a lot of things goin on in town 😭

[@thuyvannguyenthi1459]

Bro's been living in an earthquake the whole time

[@InksAutism]

That’s so sad I wanna give the poor cat a big ol hug

[@Cinema964]

At The end Thea learned nothing xd

[@TheAllcreatorLiveArchives]

Nobody ever does

[@lachlanclark4463]

This is not news. Sorry, meant “niuws”

[@ezekielthedragon7558]

@@lachlanclark4463 nieuws

[@ghoulbuster1]

They learned to wage war for resources!

[@Cinema964]

@@ghoulbuster1 uh ye…

[@Monomellow]

I was half convinced the cat was gonna strangle the bird there.

[@ifeyokeke917]

No but most of them were eaten by the cats. 4:29 4:57 5:11

[@tylertichoc7330]

"Life requires balance. This is what happens when people rely on something too much. They put too much faith in technology. When we come to rely on something too much, we become vulnerable, the world becomes vulnerable, imbalanced." - Sensei Garmadon - Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu Season 3 Rebooted. Words to live by.

[@victoriagrezakavickystudios]

i love how the art of this film looks like the ilustration of a childrens book while the end is dark

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

Putting hte hand drawn picture of the full pig on the tv screen is basically all we need to know.

[@TheRealNormanBates]

Everyone thinks this is about Environmentalism, when in actuality it is about the destructive nature of a welfare state, and how people will exploit others to benefit themselves without regards to the consequences. Remember: the (rich, fat) pig is not a resource but another living being.

[@tobiasmalmberg6059]

my friend read the description

[@Tommy55_official]

7:30 the dog is dead

[@daeminkim4080]

NOOO

[@melonjuice4992]

We’re?

[@Goober-Delicious]

So is the sheep 6:10 and the anteater 6:14 Not to mention the train

[@Jeffindsm]

The exact time reference in the Pink Floyd album, where they say “the dogs are dead” The dog in this animation wasn’t actually pronounced dead until 7:56 though

[@DaLing731]

Thanks, really needed that detail

[@DarkVoidIII]

Considering the number of sequential power boards they plugged into the pig I'm amazed none of them caught fire and created electrical faults around the city they'd built!

[@dzechmarbell8756]

Magnificent Short Film I've ever seen. Great editing and perfect climax to describe the corruption of every character greediness. Thank you for brilliant arts to inspire us everything.

[@rennoc6478]

3:44 the dog sound effect really pulled at my heartstrings 😭

[@ellabenton6387]

Same 😭😭😭

[@MrTwisterNo2]

2008. This is a metaphor for the financial crisis of 2008. Everyone was so blinded by the massive successes that they (most people) refused to stop, look at the situation, and consider that the current growth may not be sustainable.

[@chimpazoo1143]

Funny you say this, as this can apply to any of the periodical and seasonal crisis capitalism goes through.

[@MrTwisterNo2]

@chimpazoo1143 yeah, tho 2008 is the most recent really major one we've had (as of this vid)

[@solarboyaaron4652]

@@MrTwisterNo2I’d say we’re heading towards another incident like 2008 But much much worse

[@Keram_urt]

@@MrTwisterNo2 Oh I've got some good news! Your statement is about to be very outdated because there will be more data! Isn't that just amazing: more information on the cause of such crisis!

[@tubasil8786]

Moral of the story: don’t share things, if you share things other people will ruin it, be selfish.

[@ricktmusicus4852]

I really feel like everyone missed the actual moral of the story... It was how the pig brought everything in the first place. Nobody understood what they had and took it for granted - everything else was just the result of their actions, or complacency.

[@ricktmusicus4852]

It was not a matter of sharing is how I see it.

[@cr4yv3n]

There is no moral here. It's the dusty corpse of Malthus haunting this video.

[@Sandman_IX]

When the people realized that the power source wasn’t unlimited, they ignored it and just went forward anyway, if they would have done something earlier they would’ve still had their society.

[@laughingalex7563]

​@@Sandman_IX Most people have instead been taking it as malthus as @cr4yv3n points out. Most starvation and poverty in the world can be attributed to the greed of the few at the top and overall supply chain disruptions that happen due to world conflicts. Its true the 'society' in the video ignored the problem, and chose not to seek an alternative out or solve the problem with the current energy provider(the pig), until it was to late. And a major problem with malthusiasm is all it will do is inevitably lead to suffering all in the name of kicking the can down the road. I keep wondering when they turn to fascism in the name of trying to save the environment with the thanos strategy. When ultimately, not only will it not work but I'm pretty sure it'll turn the world against environmentalism at large. Make people associate environmentalism with brutal fascism. When environmentalism done right could be associated with beauty and prosperity of society and longevity for both the environment AND society.

[@bellekelly582]

They were also extremely wasteful with it too if you paid attention

[@MAKSIM_ZAV]

Как сказал один человек Свинья это уголь А слон это нефть и газ

[@egornick9206]

А с атомкой походу совладать не смогут и уже точно никого не останется

[@TedSh]

​@@egornick9206 Атомка это животное побольше слона. Лучшая альтернатива обоим, но все равно не идеальная.

[@AlexShireStudioOriginal]

Мамонт это атомка по любому... Кит это гидроэлектростанция...

[@tonywhitehill2825]

Як сказала одна людина: Росіян забули спитати! 😂

[@MAKSIM_ZAV]

@@tonywhitehill2825 каго?я из украины, из донецкой области Не делайте поспешные выводы!

[@maxwellhowig510]

Oh my, this is adorable, crazy and hilarious all at once!

[@FranklyNorman]

This is such good work. I’m glad people are commenting about the subject material, but the work itself is first rate no matter what. They actually bothered to write a score and perform it with ACTUAL musicians. GOOD ones. Really outstanding

[@rockinggamerdude]

3:14 “ this is fine”

[@DelectationDivision]

It's comforting to know that this would never happen in the real world because we have unlimited energy resources (uranium fuel rods).

[@Atta_ched]

Very thought provoking. Humans will use a resource until depleted, turn to chaos and repeat the cycle when another opportunity presents itself. They did nothing different in the end 😢

[@pingas6429]

The Algorithm Blessed This, Apparently.

[@f1L0zof]

Impressive, great sense of humor!!

[@yvonneburns4812]

5:47 this is like one of those marble things

[@AmineMns-j9e]

The way the two animals were assaulting thr cop is hilarious 😂

[@pandoamessi4079]

0:26 - is that a reference to that Phineas and Ferb episode where you expected them to be behind the curtain and it turned out to be a rabbit and his musical blender?😂

[@アポロ-私は自分]

idk bro

[@alexandrep2883]

6:05 we see the society is entirely living off the ground. No more connected to the floor where they come from. One of the pilar colapses, the energy pilar I assume... what would the two others pilars represent ?

[@CantChooseUsernames]

I assume one is order? Like it got chaotic and the order pillar bent

[@Felix-z5c]

order, crime, life?

[@decract]

Moral of the story: Don't rely on a pig to power a city

[@Bdcrock]

As a non electrician who knows one he said that daisy chainging is bad and im pretty sure thats daisy chaining

[@Necrocidal]

it went badly too, your electrician friend was definitely correct

[@Bdcrock]

@@Necrocidali knew it

[@Meh-ci5ux]

I feel bad for the orange cat : (

[@metal_pipe9764]

Well I mean, most people probably, you know, FUCKING DIED, the cat was clearly lucky considering you can live with only one ear

[@G-jr-wy1ui]

i feel bad for the dog.......

[@eldritchbidoof]

I feel bad for the pig

[@metal_pipe9764]

@@eldritchbidoof same

[@otakustarwars1757]

You gotta love caos born from societal collapse because 90% of people won't be prepared for what it takes to survive without technology

[@jorgemigueltavares6041]

Give an inch, they take a mile.

[@TheNitramlxl]

the trick is to be born when the time is good 🙃

[@froggacuda1605]

Never trust a pig. They always let you down

[@cw4608]

2:17 is a perfect example of government office cubicles

[@dougaltolan3017]

2:04 meme worthy!