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Any ones you'd like to point out that you didn't get? I can see if my interpretation was correct
"So, do please come along when we're promoting something new and need photos for the facebook page or to send to our regional manager, do please engage in our gaming when we're pushing something specific hard and need to get the little kiddies drifting past to want to come in an see what all the fuss is about. But otherwise, stay the feth out, you smelly, antisocial bastards, because we're scared you are going to say something that goes against our mantra of absolute devotion to the corporate motherland and we actually perceive any of you who've been gaming more than a year to be a hostile entity as you've been exposed to the internet and 'dangerous ideas'. " - MeanGreenStompa
"Then someone mentions Infinity and everyone ignores it because no one really plays it." - nkelsch
The monument is the nose of the puppet in Washington who lies so much.
Time as a gravekeeper.
The man on the podium (presumably a politician) is speaking bs.
.The revolution is a literal revolution.
Hooked on drinking.
This appears to be sort of a commentary on sequestering yourself away in your home, socializing through the limited means of Facebook, rather than actually experiencing the world yourself.
I don't get this one myself, to be honest. It appears that the man is feeding the animals to a cat. He appears to use cats frequently. Not sure if they represent something in Poland.
"Nose trapped in a book"
The nicer dressed kid is telling the shabbily dressed ones to stop cleaning his windshield. Sort of a commentary on adults acting like children, I think. Not sure.
This one makes me think of politicians as being commodities. When one is done, you throw it away and move on to the next one in line.
I think it's saying something about the quality of news being sewage.
The fat mouse appear to be using the little mouse as a carrot on a stick to get him somewhere. The use of cats could be some symbolism I don't get.
The rich are pigs.
I... well, the cause of the death is participating in the funeral.
The man is painting his chains gold to disguise that they are still chains.
There's a lot going on here. This could be a comment on how we're killing nature or the sky with urban sprawl. There's also a lot of disinterest in the man who fell to his death. There's something to takeaway there.
He sacrificed freedom for temporary comfort.
It's a dove cooperating with vultures. Sort of a fox in the hens house type of thing, I think.
It appears to be a less fortunate person shouldering much more load than the one in nicer clothes.
Similarly, the nicer dressed child is playing with toys, while the other one is eating them.
The place of worship of the almighty dollar.
Rolling out the carpet over bombs... carpetbomb. I think it's suggestive of imperialism and conquest.
I don't get this one myself.
The mouse driven chainsaw man is destroying paintbrushes? Maybe that computers are destroying traditional art?
The sheep are voters, the man is a politician, and he's trying to shepherd them in to vote for what's "good" for them (the pasture)
The child can only emulate all that he sees, even though the environment is toxic.
The reaper is trying to beat the person at the game of life.
The clearly old man is aging and regressing to a decreased metal state. In essence he's in "reverse"
That's what I get out of it, YMMV.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
The monument is the nose of the puppet in Washington who lies so much.
Time as a gravekeeper.
The man on the podium (presumably a politician) is speaking bs.
.The revolution is a literal revolution.
Hooked on drinking.
This appears to be sort of a commentary on sequestering yourself away in your home, socializing through the limited means of Facebook, rather than actually experiencing the world yourself.
I don't get this one myself, to be honest. It appears that the man is feeding the animals to a cat. He appears to use cats frequently. Not sure if they represent something in Poland.
"Nose trapped in a book"
The nicer dressed kid is telling the shabbily dressed ones to stop cleaning his windshield. Sort of a commentary on adults acting like children, I think. Not sure.
This one makes me think of politicians as being commodities. When one is done, you throw it away and move on to the next one in line.
I think it's saying something about the quality of news being sewage.
The fat mouse appear to be using the little mouse as a carrot on a stick to get him somewhere. The use of cats could be some symbolism I don't get.
The rich are pigs.
I... well, the cause of the death is participating in the funeral.
The man is painting his chains gold to disguise that they are still chains.
There's a lot going on here. This could be a comment on how we're killing nature or the sky with urban sprawl. There's also a lot of disinterest in the man who fell to his death. There's something to takeaway there.
He sacrificed freedom for temporary comfort.
It's a dove cooperating with vultures. Sort of a fox in the hens house type of thing, I think.
It appears to be a less fortunate person shouldering much more load than the one in nicer clothes.
Similarly, the nicer dressed child is playing with toys, while the other one is eating them.
The place of worship of the almighty dollar.
Rolling out the carpet over bombs... carpetbomb. I think it's suggestive of imperialism and conquest.
I don't get this one myself.
The mouse driven chainsaw man is destroying paintbrushes? Maybe that computers are destroying traditional art?
The sheep are voters, the man is a politician, and he's trying to shepherd them in to vote for what's "good" for them (the pasture)
The child can only emulate all that he sees, even though the environment is toxic.
The reaper is trying to beat the person at the game of life.
The clearly old man is aging and regressing to a decreased metal state. In essence he's in "reverse"
That's what I get out of it, YMMV.
I believe the cat one is a take on how we slaughter farm animals willy nilly but this small little cat we hold more precious.
My interpretation of the mouse riding the cat, the more powerful mice are using the mice weaker than them (Could be seen as the employer/employee relationship) as a prod to get the cat (Their business?) moving.
"So, do please come along when we're promoting something new and need photos for the facebook page or to send to our regional manager, do please engage in our gaming when we're pushing something specific hard and need to get the little kiddies drifting past to want to come in an see what all the fuss is about. But otherwise, stay the feth out, you smelly, antisocial bastards, because we're scared you are going to say something that goes against our mantra of absolute devotion to the corporate motherland and we actually perceive any of you who've been gaming more than a year to be a hostile entity as you've been exposed to the internet and 'dangerous ideas'. " - MeanGreenStompa
"Then someone mentions Infinity and everyone ignores it because no one really plays it." - nkelsch
Gentleman_Jellyfish wrote: I believe the cat one is a take on how we slaughter farm animals willy nilly but this small little cat we hold more precious.
That is what I got as well. I'm ok with eating some animals and not others, so this one did nothing for me.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
The monument is the nose of the puppet in Washington who lies so much.
Time as a gravekeeper.
The man on the podium (presumably a politician) is speaking bs.
.The revolution is a literal revolution.
Hooked on drinking.
This appears to be sort of a commentary on sequestering yourself away in your home, socializing through the limited means of Facebook, rather than actually experiencing the world yourself.
I don't get this one myself, to be honest. It appears that the man is feeding the animals to a cat. He appears to use cats frequently. Not sure if they represent something in Poland.
"Nose trapped in a book"
The nicer dressed kid is telling the shabbily dressed ones to stop cleaning his windshield. Sort of a commentary on adults acting like children, I think. Not sure.
This one makes me think of politicians as being commodities. When one is done, you throw it away and move on to the next one in line.
I think it's saying something about the quality of news being sewage.
The fat mouse appear to be using the little mouse as a carrot on a stick to get him somewhere. The use of cats could be some symbolism I don't get.
The rich are pigs.
I... well, the cause of the death is participating in the funeral.
The man is painting his chains gold to disguise that they are still chains.
There's a lot going on here. This could be a comment on how we're killing nature or the sky with urban sprawl. There's also a lot of disinterest in the man who fell to his death. There's something to takeaway there.
He sacrificed freedom for temporary comfort.
It's a dove cooperating with vultures. Sort of a fox in the hens house type of thing, I think.
It appears to be a less fortunate person shouldering much more load than the one in nicer clothes.
Similarly, the nicer dressed child is playing with toys, while the other one is eating them.
The place of worship of the almighty dollar.
Rolling out the carpet over bombs... carpetbomb. I think it's suggestive of imperialism and conquest.
I don't get this one myself.
The mouse driven chainsaw man is destroying paintbrushes? Maybe that computers are destroying traditional art?
The sheep are voters, the man is a politician, and he's trying to shepherd them in to vote for what's "good" for them (the pasture)
The child can only emulate all that he sees, even though the environment is toxic.
The reaper is trying to beat the person at the game of life.
The clearly old man is aging and regressing to a decreased metal state. In essence he's in "reverse"
That's what I get out of it, YMMV.
Spoiler:
-Washington monument is the nose of Pinnochio, lying = it gets longer
-Digging our own grave as time goes on and the pendulum swings
-Politician talking bs -Revolving revolution/"revolution" is really an endless cycle of replacing one cult of personality with another
-Hooked on drinking
-Facebook/social media is a window through which we are viewing the world and thus creating a prison cell for ourselves as it gives us a limited perspective on things
-Its a statement about how the fat cats (corporations, etc.) benefit at the expense of the farm animals (the masses, the 99%), which are both tended to by the same person (the government) but with different standards for both. Also a commentary about how as humans we see the majority of animal life as food while a select few are given a place of honor in our homes... double standards and all that.
-'Cramming knowledge' - commentary on the inefficiency of our educational system, particularly higher ed.
-Notice that the white kid has the car, and the brown kids are the ones cleaning it? Also notice how whitey is waving them off and seemingly trying to protect his car from them? Yeah.
-Politicians are garbage
-Gutter press, note that its a full-sized newspaper, implication is that 'big media' is no better than a tabloid
-The fat mice (the 1%, etc.) control the cat (the government) and lead it where they want it to go at the expense of the thin mice (the masses, us)
-This is a two-fer, the rich are pigs, but the implication is that they are ultimately no different from the rest of the pigs (you and I) who aren't on the red carpet.
-The cat seems to be representative of the 'institution', i.e. government, being eaten by the cat represents either incarceration or military service, and being gak out represents exiting it, with the implication being that it will destroy your life.
-I think this one is more a social commentary about black culture. The man is still a slave, is still in chains, but he hides it by painting the chains gold (by achieving some basic level of 'success' intended to obscure reality). This might also simply be a statement of irony, black culture in America has its roots in chains (slavery), and even after being freed of said chains they choose to wear them because it is fashionable amongst a large part (or at least the most commonly stereotyped part) of the black american population to look 'gangsta' (which is achieved by wearing gaudy gold jewelery - frequently chains).
-Misplaced priorities. The people are more concerned about the spilled paint than they are the dead painter, I think this is commentary on the ongoing gun control/mental health debate thing.
-He sacrificed upward mobility for necessary survival. Its an education/economic commentary. The ladder is representative of increasing social status, something that it takes time to achieve, but only if you're able to climb. The manchild has had to cut the rungs of the ladder to burn for his fire so he could survive (i.e. he couldn't pursue an education, etc. to achieve upward mobility because he had to work just to eke out a living instead). It might also be commentary on how people make stupid decisions which screw them over in the long run (see also: student loans
-The dove is a symbol of peace, the vultures are scavengers and represent those who benefit from war. The vultures are "sheltering" the dove from the reality of war (note the bombed out city) so they can continue to benefit.
-First world children can play while third world children have to work
-Similar concept. First world children have the luxury of learning what an apple is, how to spell it, etc. while third world children are just happy to have apples to eat.
-We worship money
-Carpet bombing! Also a commentary about international relations, when an (American) plane shows up its either to roll out the red carpet for the president or to roll out a few thousand lbs of ordnance over your country.
-Christmas is made in China.
-Art commentary, digital art is destroying traditional painting.
-Politicians lead the sheep where the politicians want them to go. In other words, you don't really have a voice in an election because the establishment (politicians, media, corporations, etc.) lead you where they want you to go.
-Uhhh.... I think its trying to illustrate that we live what we learn and we set a bad example for our youth in our treatment of the planet and they learn from an early age to continue doing those things...
-People treat life as a game but Death is the one playing it.
-Do not understand this one at all...
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CoALabaer wrote: Wargamers hate two things: the state of the game and change.
The monument is the nose of the puppet in Washington who lies so much.
Time as a gravekeeper.
The man on the podium (presumably a politician) is speaking bs.
.The revolution is a literal revolution.
Hooked on drinking.
This appears to be sort of a commentary on sequestering yourself away in your home, socializing through the limited means of Facebook, rather than actually experiencing the world yourself.
I don't get this one myself, to be honest. It appears that the man is feeding the animals to a cat. He appears to use cats frequently. Not sure if they represent something in Poland.
"Nose trapped in a book"
The nicer dressed kid is telling the shabbily dressed ones to stop cleaning his windshield. Sort of a commentary on adults acting like children, I think. Not sure.
This one makes me think of politicians as being commodities. When one is done, you throw it away and move on to the next one in line.
I think it's saying something about the quality of news being sewage.
The fat mouse appear to be using the little mouse as a carrot on a stick to get him somewhere. The use of cats could be some symbolism I don't get.
The rich are pigs.
I... well, the cause of the death is participating in the funeral.
The man is painting his chains gold to disguise that they are still chains.
There's a lot going on here. This could be a comment on how we're killing nature or the sky with urban sprawl. There's also a lot of disinterest in the man who fell to his death. There's something to takeaway there.
He sacrificed freedom for temporary comfort.
It's a dove cooperating with vultures. Sort of a fox in the hens house type of thing, I think.
It appears to be a less fortunate person shouldering much more load than the one in nicer clothes.
Similarly, the nicer dressed child is playing with toys, while the other one is eating them.
The place of worship of the almighty dollar.
Rolling out the carpet over bombs... carpetbomb. I think it's suggestive of imperialism and conquest.
I don't get this one myself.
The mouse driven chainsaw man is destroying paintbrushes? Maybe that computers are destroying traditional art?
The sheep are voters, the man is a politician, and he's trying to shepherd them in to vote for what's "good" for them (the pasture)
The child can only emulate all that he sees, even though the environment is toxic.
The reaper is trying to beat the person at the game of life.
The clearly old man is aging and regressing to a decreased metal state. In essence he's in "reverse"
That's what I get out of it, YMMV.
Spoiler:
-Washington monument is the nose of Pinnochio, lying = it gets longer
-Digging our own grave as time goes on and the pendulum swings
-Politician talking bs -Revolving revolution/"revolution" is really an endless cycle of replacing one cult of personality with another
-Hooked on drinking
-Facebook/social media is a window through which we are viewing the world and thus creating a prison cell for ourselves as it gives us a limited perspective on things
-Its a statement about how the fat cats (corporations, etc.) benefit at the expense of the farm animals (the masses, the 99%), which are both tended to by the same person (the government) but with different standards for both. Also a commentary about how as humans we see the majority of animal life as food while a select few are given a place of honor in our homes... double standards and all that.
-'Cramming knowledge' - commentary on the inefficiency of our educational system, particularly higher ed.
-Notice that the white kid has the car, and the brown kids are the ones cleaning it? Also notice how whitey is waving them off and seemingly trying to protect his car from them? Yeah.
-Politicians are garbage
-Gutter press, note that its a full-sized newspaper, implication is that 'big media' is no better than a tabloid
-The fat mice (the 1%, etc.) control the cat (the government) and lead it where they want it to go at the expense of the thin mice (the masses, us)
-This is a two-fer, the rich are pigs, but the implication is that they are ultimately no different from the rest of the pigs (you and I) who aren't on the red carpet.
-The cat seems to be representative of the 'institution', i.e. government, being eaten by the cat represents either incarceration or military service, and being gak out represents exiting it, with the implication being that it will destroy your life.
-I think this one is more a social commentary about black culture. The man is still a slave, is still in chains, but he hides it by painting the chains gold (by achieving some basic level of 'success' intended to obscure reality). This might also simply be a statement of irony, black culture in America has its roots in chains (slavery), and even after being freed of said chains they choose to wear them because it is fashionable amongst a large part (or at least the most commonly stereotyped part) of the black american population to look 'gangsta' (which is achieved by wearing gaudy gold jewelery - frequently chains).
-Misplaced priorities. The people are more concerned about the spilled paint than they are the dead painter, I think this is commentary on the ongoing gun control/mental health debate thing.
-He sacrificed upward mobility for necessary survival. Its an education/economic commentary. The ladder is representative of increasing social status, something that it takes time to achieve, but only if you're able to climb. The manchild has had to cut the rungs of the ladder to burn for his fire so he could survive (i.e. he couldn't pursue an education, etc. to achieve upward mobility because he had to work just to eke out a living instead). It might also be commentary on how people make stupid decisions which screw them over in the long run (see also: student loans
-The dove is a symbol of peace, the vultures are scavengers and represent those who benefit from war. The vultures are "sheltering" the dove from the reality of war (note the bombed out city) so they can continue to benefit.
-First world children can play while third world children have to work
-Similar concept. First world children have the luxury of learning what an apple is, how to spell it, etc. while third world children are just happy to have apples to eat.
-We worship money
-Carpet bombing! Also a commentary about international relations, when an (American) plane shows up its either to roll out the red carpet for the president or to roll out a few thousand lbs of ordnance over your country.
-Christmas is made in China.
-Art commentary, digital art is destroying traditional painting.
-Politicians lead the sheep where the politicians want them to go. In other words, you don't really have a voice in an election because the establishment (politicians, media, corporations, etc.) lead you where they want you to go.
-Uhhh.... I think its trying to illustrate that we live what we learn and we set a bad example for our youth in our treatment of the planet and they learn from an early age to continue doing those things...
-People treat life as a game but Death is the one playing it.
-Do not understand this one at all...
Perhaps the last one is the person wishing they could go back in time in their life? Reverse the direction?
"So, do please come along when we're promoting something new and need photos for the facebook page or to send to our regional manager, do please engage in our gaming when we're pushing something specific hard and need to get the little kiddies drifting past to want to come in an see what all the fuss is about. But otherwise, stay the feth out, you smelly, antisocial bastards, because we're scared you are going to say something that goes against our mantra of absolute devotion to the corporate motherland and we actually perceive any of you who've been gaming more than a year to be a hostile entity as you've been exposed to the internet and 'dangerous ideas'. " - MeanGreenStompa
"Then someone mentions Infinity and everyone ignores it because no one really plays it." - nkelsch
The monument is the nose of the puppet in Washington who lies so much.
Time as a gravekeeper.
The man on the podium (presumably a politician) is speaking bs.
.The revolution is a literal revolution.
Hooked on drinking.
This appears to be sort of a commentary on sequestering yourself away in your home, socializing through the limited means of Facebook, rather than actually experiencing the world yourself.
I don't get this one myself, to be honest. It appears that the man is feeding the animals to a cat. He appears to use cats frequently. Not sure if they represent something in Poland.
"Nose trapped in a book"
The nicer dressed kid is telling the shabbily dressed ones to stop cleaning his windshield. Sort of a commentary on adults acting like children, I think. Not sure.
This one makes me think of politicians as being commodities. When one is done, you throw it away and move on to the next one in line.
I think it's saying something about the quality of news being sewage.
The fat mouse appear to be using the little mouse as a carrot on a stick to get him somewhere. The use of cats could be some symbolism I don't get.
The rich are pigs.
I... well, the cause of the death is participating in the funeral.
The man is painting his chains gold to disguise that they are still chains.
There's a lot going on here. This could be a comment on how we're killing nature or the sky with urban sprawl. There's also a lot of disinterest in the man who fell to his death. There's something to takeaway there.
He sacrificed freedom for temporary comfort.
It's a dove cooperating with vultures. Sort of a fox in the hens house type of thing, I think.
It appears to be a less fortunate person shouldering much more load than the one in nicer clothes.
Similarly, the nicer dressed child is playing with toys, while the other one is eating them.
The place of worship of the almighty dollar.
Rolling out the carpet over bombs... carpetbomb. I think it's suggestive of imperialism and conquest.
I don't get this one myself.
The mouse driven chainsaw man is destroying paintbrushes? Maybe that computers are destroying traditional art?
The sheep are voters, the man is a politician, and he's trying to shepherd them in to vote for what's "good" for them (the pasture)
The child can only emulate all that he sees, even though the environment is toxic.
The reaper is trying to beat the person at the game of life.
The clearly old man is aging and regressing to a decreased metal state. In essence he's in "reverse"
That's what I get out of it, YMMV.
Thanks! I didn't actually expect anyone to get all those or to post them here just for me!
Kovnik Obama wrote: I like the technique, but most of those themes are hamfisted and bored beyond salvation.
Yeah. Other than the ladder one, which I felt was a little more interesting that it wasn't trying so hard to fit the surrealist visual theme, I wasn't a fan. They're about as subtle as those political cartoons they label everything, i.e. not.
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For some reason, they put me in mind of Robert Crumb. Probably the pencil style.
Other than that they were basically just a series of left-wing 'I-see-what-you-did-there'-s. Still, mildly diverting. There are worse ways to spend five minutes.
