Life can seem tough at times, even though in reality we have probably never had it better or easier. Charles Hutton, AKA Insta-Chaz, knows this, and he likes nothing better than to poke fun at our petty angst with his brilliantly simple Post-It note cartoons.
“A lot of articles that publish my work point out that I make jokes about ‘the struggles of adulthood’ which I’ve always found a bit insulting, because I’ve just been making observations about my life - I wasn’t aware I was struggling until those bastards pointed it out,” Chaz told Bored Panda with a laugh.
The Australian cartoonist actually began his career as an architect, which comes out sometimes in his cartoons in the funny flowcharts and graphs that he cleverly uses to get his jokes across. His cartoonist career took off after his former collegues encouraged him to put his procrastination doodles up on Instagram. “I do miss architecture a bit, I think I probably miss being involved in serious projects, as fun and rewarding as drawing some funny comics is, designing a building is a bit more impressive and lasting,” he told us. “The flip side of this is how long projects take to come to fruition, and I quite enjoy the relatively quick project turnover that comes with making stupid jokes for a living.”
Now based in Berlin, after stints in London and New York, Chaz has over 100,000 Instagram followers and a book on the shelves. We have featured his previous Post-It cartoons before, as well as these hilarious observations about alcohol, and despite his procrastination habit he is an incredibly prolific artist. “When it comes to work I’m a bit all or nothing,” he explained. “So if I’ve got a deadline for a commision or a book, I tend to work obsessively starting at 6am, work through till the afternoon, go for a walk and that’s when I load up on ideas for the next day, which I’ll email to myself and then start the whole process the next day.”
“Then other times you’ll sit in front of a blank page for 4 hours, give up, and head to the pub. I still find a lot of joy in what I do, and yeah, it does sometimes feel like a bit of a chore at times - but I’d much rather have this chore than any other.”
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This exactly. I wish I didn't forget my tongue each and everytime :/
Phew! I thought I was the only one. My voice seems deeper in a recording but my friends say it's my normal voice
That also depends on the quality of your microphone and background noise.
Load More Replies...I saw a YouTube video (I think it was by SamuraiGuitarist) that explained this. Basically when we hear ourselves talk we are hearing it at 2 frequencies: the first one externally which is lower in pitch and another at a higher frequency which reverberates internally. The lower is what everyone else hears and what gets recorded, while the higher we only hear when we wear earplugs or block out the external sound somehow, otherwise what we hear regularly is a mix of the two. I've always wanted to record a song blended at both frequencies to show everyone: see I can actually sing, it's just out of your range ;)
That body on the right looks like those blowup guys in front of car dealerships.
Scientifically it is because the resonant cavities of your sinus cause a different tone to be hear by your ears as the sound vibrates around the inside of your head than the actual sound that comes out of your mouth. The sound you hear on a recording is what other people actually hear. Depressing as that is.
"The sound you hear on a recording is what other people actually hear" NOOOOOO!
Load More Replies...I sound like a man when my voice is recorded... Mind you I am a woman
I sound like a boy just entering puberty on recording (I am a woman too)
Load More Replies...my friends say my voice in a recorder is really satisfying and i should have an asmr account???
That’s why I have one almost flat first, and one normal size (very fluffy) one above. It’s perfect!
Somewhat doable at home but hotels never get it right with too few or too fluffy pillows.
(In response to Mixedupste) do you have a f*****g problem wirh it? Sorry I had to
Load More Replies...After extensive study I believe it's sleeping that gives you a hangover. I feel great when I go to sleep/pass out, waking up is when the hangover happens.
And my mom's voice inside my head going louder:" when you'll be my age... "
Ha ha ha haa!!! I love this one! But I'd add one more. Default settings is to automatically upgrade energy storage media under outer layer, which takes forever to remove unless product is used very vigorously.
And the upgraded media storage is not consistent throughout the model.
Load More Replies...1/5 Stars -inconsistent battery life, crashes often, many new upgrades are incompatible with older models, unreliable antivirus protection.
Dear BP can can you pls stop threating us with "brutal" stuff and random sticky notes that will haunt us forever -
Brutal and Brutally Honest have two separate intentions. They are not meant to be used interchangeably. A quirk of American English.
am i the only person who throws pasta on the wall to see if its cooked properly?
Nutella is chocolate flavored crisco filled with palm oil. Palm oil is not sustainable, monoculture agriculture f***s up environments for species like Orangutans.
yup.same here. Sitting on bp instead of doing something productive
Load More Replies...The trouble is, Congress is just as much of a disaster. After all, the legislative branch creates the laws for the executive branch to sign or veto. And remember folks, pro is opposite to con: congress is the opposite of progress!
Not sure why the down votes. I agree, regardless of how you feel about Trump, Congress has a huge impact on our lives, yet people can't be bothered to vote during the mid terms.
Load More Replies...I love it so much! Bones and House will always be my old but gold faves!
Load More Replies...My TV shows are LEGO Ninjago and Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. Trust me. They're WAY to addicting.
Breaking Bad - that emptiness after watching the last episode ... sigh ..
I discovered Dr Phil when I retired five years ago and now I get to watch RERUNS as well!! By now I've seen almost ALL of them but his show (with reruns) comes on TWELVE TIMES a day on weekdays now!! God help me!!
Or when you need to wait for next season!!!! How will I remember when it comes out?!
Me. And I liked how it started and ended with getting a dog :)
Load More Replies...Dealing with one problem at a time is the key. Stressing out about everything at once is killer... Calm, down, breathe, focus on one problem and solve it. It may take time (once I've been preparing myself mentally for dentist for about 6 months, now i just make an appointment and go...) but you will make it!
that's like when i work and someone ask me how's going? they don't want to know how i'm going, because sometime if i say how it's really going they won't know what to do with my answer. if you say how's going at least mean it! most people just say this like they say hello. they didn't want a 'bad' or 'not feeling well'.
No at first, but then I read your comment and I did! Damn you!
Load More Replies...I shop that way. Especially in a superstore. And given a big enough copy I can name the deparments each dot represents.
That is sooooo me. Drives my husband nuts. I have lists all over my desk at work but at the grocery store, I wing it.
Me! I know exactly whats in there and everything is used in time.
Load More Replies...I just can't wait to see the next one every time - these are just about ALL SO MEEE!!
I love how having OCD allows me to never have this happen and to also finish all my chap-sticks.
I have a FB account at work that I use solely for logging into one single news site. I don't use either at home. Last week I received an email at work from FB notifying me that I might like to be friends with my neice, who I didn't even know was on FB. I have no idea how FB made the connection unless they rifled through the CC field of my email contacts, and worked out that I used the same email account on two different computers.
Dude, that's exactly what they did. Companies would have been doing this decades ago as well, if they had access to the computing power necessary to organize all the information they could passively collect.
Load More Replies...Still trying to figure out how an add popped up on my office PC for the exact thing I spoke to my father on the phone about two days prior.....
They are listening. I always get ads for things I've talked about, at home, at yoga class, or at restaurants. The phone most definitely listens to me and then pitches commercials at me based on what I said. {in a few instances, I got ads for something I THOUGHT about. How tf do they do that?}
Load More Replies...I get loads of adds for things I have just bought, things that last a lifetime, so would not need to get one any more
I recently had a face to face conversation with my mother where she told me about some online subscription service my S-I-L uses. I'd never heard of it. For the next week, there were ads for it on every webpage I visited. It made me wonder if Gooogle records us through our phones.
Its connections to connections on facebook. You'd be surprised who is mutual friends with a mutual friend. Its true we're only 6 degrees from separation.
Forever alone people don't have that problem. So it's 85% music and 15% trying to avoid bodily harm from the mosh pit and drunk idiots.
And dodging BIG purses they bang into you with, and idiots that have to carry their drinks onto a dance floor, in order to spill them on you. WTF
Went to an outdoor gig years ago and kept 3 feet of space on each side of me, wearing my bike leathers and occasionally growling at people. Normal behavior for me. Don't go out any more, outdoors is too cowded
As a teenager, I once spent most of a Jethro Tull concert trying to find my date. I think he though I abandoned him. We were in a closed arena & all the sections looked the same, and I forgot my ticket & what section we were seated in. I thought I checked every door, unless he moved. I had a few drinks too.
How about 20 somethings stop acting like they have the secret key to the internet. Guess what. Before your dad came on your mom's thigh, I was doing the interwebz.
Look at replies to the other person that commented "What? I don't understand" or Google it
Just two years...two years and we kick that blonde orange out of office.
He's just going to win again, so what does it matter? We're all doomed.
Not exactly. Conservatives weren’t directly harmed at the same frequency that they even are now, let alone when Obama was in. Conservatives are Americans too so bad trump policy hurts you the same way it hurts everyone.
Load More Replies...I don't eat when I first get up because I'm too tired to eat. I have coffee and then shower and brush my teeth. Then go to work and have breakfast at work. I am not going into work without brushing my teeth.
Load More Replies...My chemical romance, panic at the disco, and fallout boy were mine. I was soooooooo (not) edgy
Load More Replies...I’m 32 and play my favorite songs from when I was 16. I don’t give a s**t anymore. I like that music better.
Listen to my whole music collection that I have STORED on my phone. Only use data allowance for weather, tide times (dog walking on beach that gets flooded) and downloading e books. £7 a month for all mobile stuff inc calls and texts.
Depending on who you ask, every song is awful for someone.
Load More Replies...As a non drinker...failed to acquire a taste for alcohol... I am the party season driver. Just don't expect me to stay as I don't like crowds and noise, or people. Will raid the cake and leave, returning later to collect the bodies....and more cake
Apparently the Canadians are now considering a wall, and they want Trump to pay for it...
give him a phone with pretend-internet. like a toddler phone. he'll never know.
We also do this with series. Oh where did we see her/ him again. And i will go look on the laptop and name almost every serie we know ge or she has been ib and then we say ooh
I can't watch movies without IMDB anymore! 😒 And that the discussionboard is gone is still the worst!
Realise it's cheaper to wait and buy it second hand on DVD. Unless you can afford broadband fast enough to stream things and a film provider that provides what you want to watch included in monthly fee ( everything I want to watch, however old, seems to be extra)
My boyfriend and I do this and I think it drives us both a little nuts but we keep doing it!!
I grew up in the north east and we could watch the ball in NY drop at midnight every year. We'd just stay home (cuz it was bitterly cold outside) and have snacks and toast each other at midnight. Then I moved to Texas and my husband's family really doesn't celebrate at all. So sad!
Even worse... asking for a temporary passcode by text... Getting a text beep and getting angry becsuse someBody interupted your log-in!
There were two trainee service dogs in the supermarket, sooooo difficult just to walk away. They were Retrievers with the lovely floppy ears that I want to flubble (technical term)
senile nan is always nicer than she was when she was with it and asked all the questions the rest of the room are asking.
There is apps that do it for you soo it ain't that hard! But it's best if you use high quality photos!
Load More Replies...I avoid web stuff on the phone, too costly and mostly too small, even with my middle aged reading glasses
I'll join you! I too despise Love Actually. I did enjoy the die hard films though ☺
Load More Replies...Scottish Highlands, camping in June. Snow possible, got 35 degree C heatwave. Raided charity shops. Had thermals, rain wear, wellies, warm hat and gloves....one pair of shorts and a light weight shirt.
I just spent 6 hours driving in a sandstorm to and from a meeting that lasted 35 minutes. I spent the entire driving period contemplating the power of ancient languages, magic and who ever thought up the word 'Brood'. Very productive day.
Work, no time for phone, email or even lunch. Go home, fall asleep, wake up at 2 am, eat, make packed lunch, sleep
There are many situations that I'll be in until I die because it's just too awkward to change. I've tried quitting the gym at least 3 times. They keep giving me stuff and talking me out of it. I give up.
I was lucky. My gym changed owners so they had to make new contracts with everyone. I just never replied to their calls. 😃
Load More Replies...Got a different job, gave the boss almost 5 days notice (still a temp after 18 months) and his reply was "Take me with you, I hate it here" Civil Service was wonderful.
Used catalogues for years. Before that, I would go to a shop for a specific thing and find it did not exist. Then I stared phoning shops first so I did not need to go out to find stuff did not exist or did exist but was not stocked. Internet, ask questions about measurements and return stuff that the info was wrong about (for free, if the description and answers were incorrect). Sell/give to a neighbour or pass it to a charity shop if it would cost more to return it than it's worth
This took me too long to understand. Thought classroom. Cafeteria. Movies. Finally got it
2018... we should have way better systems for passenger comfort when flying but every year it gets worse.
What about the person behind you who takes off their shoes and puts their stinky feet on the back of your armrest?
Love sport and reality tv, gives me plenty of time to catch up on my reading
Maybe their primary position is to work on the companies profile, or perhaps that road splits further down.
Load More Replies...It's digital imaginary money, as opposed to paper imaginary money (promises to pay the bearer)Still different from the stocks and shares type of imaginary wealth. No one must ask for their funds in gold or the whole system will fall.
Load More Replies...I think I've had all of those seats. Though the one 'signing for things' in my case was having to go down a flight of stairs and let in all the muppets who'd forgotten their door pass.
Try working the Security Desk. You wouldn't believe how many people "left their badges in their desks" knowing full well that they could not get in the building without them. I felt like a babysitter.
Load More Replies...I would trade this for my “private” office I share part time with one other person who screams at the top of his lungs when he talks. Maybe.
Separately ? Nah, we like to munch our pizza on the same couch, but we live together, so... :-)
Does anyone else take a long-a*s time on diagrams like this, and then feel dumb because it takes them too long to understand them?
Yep... it takes time to untangle my brain from graphics to meaning. Then I have to see if it applies to me.
Load More Replies...Am I the only one who thinks the blue line should be at the bottom constantly except after bedtime and before morning?
Never. I frighten people enough when I am sober. My inhibitions are in place for your safety. (don't drink coz it tastes foul)
Your = shows possession or ownership. You're = you are. Take your time to understand what you are trying to say and you should be fine.
Load More Replies...They're = they are. Their = possession or ownership (my, your, our, their). There = location (here, there). Hope that helps.
Load More Replies...They love to point out when your doing it wrong. Whats wrong with them? its a nitemare!
Load More Replies...As the ads on tv say "Keep away from children" I obey. How to look after a baby...keep it away from me
Relationship + good job + mortgage. I’ll pass on the rest, personally.
Predictive text was fun on my old phone. It couldn't spell my dog's name but had no problem with "orgasmatron" (the name we used for my friend's inbuilt nerve stimulation device)
The second power pack can even charge up the first at the same time as heating my back. Til they explode or melt through me being smug
Smug me got a power pack (so I can keep reading books or listening to my music). Then I got a bigger power pack to power a heat pad, so I can be in less pain whilst reading etc
I would like to stay home if I didn't have to use earplugs to get some peace and quiet. Living in flats is fun especially when a neighbour collects novelty chiming clocks.
Text is handy for keeping in touch but not seeming to nag. Disabled and mentally ill can have a low stress chat over a few days as and when we are able to function. For those I really want to avoid, but have to communicate with, the is e mail. Family( that you don't really get on with, but are duty bound to talk to) is easier to keep up with by e mail. For family on Facebook I just friended them to see what everyone is up to.
Daylight savings is an outdated notion. We have lights. You can work when it's dark.
daylight saving was made in the 70's , it's not a matter of being able to put light, but to save electricity, and so resources used to produce this electricity (aka petrol)
Load More Replies...OK, this one has just pursuaded me that it's time to stop looking at this thread. Shame that it's currently at #56 and not #16!
Washing machine? I hate the new ones that lock the lid. It's like they don't want me to know what's going on in there (top load, can't afford a fancy front load).
I don't get all the friend requests from people I don't know? A friend of a friend of a friend......
Some people need that affirmation. They measure their worth by the number of their "friends", and are more likely to get more positive feedback from a bigger audience.
Load More Replies...I just got my first friend request from a random (and very well muscled)English speaker, all others have been friends of friends or family and mostly foreign. I declined all (yes, I do regret not friending the pretty pictures guy, but he's a person, not just scenery and I am socially awkward)
Some job applications require you have a Linkdin account :(
Load More Replies...Twins. Once his age exceeds yours you start saying "uncle".
Load More Replies...Try adding motorcycle gear (winter level layering interleaved tucking in). Stiptease between the door and the nearest loo.
So you should avoid people who never drink, are really excited about the party and hate their job, or am I not reading this right?
Everyone. Sneak in, eat cake, leave. Better still, buy own cake, go home with cake, eat whole cake alone
And that, kids, is how democracy died and crazy-arsed narcissistic authoritarianism became the national system of governance...
Horror movies, videos of kittens and The Bumper Book of Bunny Suicides
Go alone at a time when it will be mostly empty, scowl at anyone trying to sit in your row, enjoy (apart from the smell). Have not been able to do this since 2001 ( firstly lack of funds, now can afford it but can't face it) Only 5 people in cinema last time I went
In hospital I have used a handle that oozed anti bacterial gel onto the hands that touched it. Freaky feeling.
Then post it on FB, so everyone will think you're special.
Load More Replies...No no no, cutlery up of course so soapy drip fall down to the handles. It is YOU who are monsters, not I!!!
If I had a dishwasher I'd have to read the instructions to find out how to load it
Knives down for safety, spoons & forks up, spoons separated so as to avoid ‘spooning’
In my home it's "stabby parts down" - knives, forks, peelers, etc. I've lost enough blood to justify that rule.
Load More Replies...Any film, any time. Got depression, so embarrassing crying, shaking etc likely to hit whenever I am tired or out. The more inconvenient the time, the more likely it is to happen (like giggling at a funeral)
Nevermind the main character. But if the dog dies, I go from 0 to 100 in a nano second.
Load More Replies...We have way more toothbrushes than people but I don't dare throw any of them away...
I'd have to have a group toothbrush claiming to see if anyone thought mine was theirs. Might even keep mine in my room.
There is a new key keeper that is supposed to hold all your keys together and silent. 4 of the keys on my keyring are way too big to fit it. And where would the "Certified crazy person" tag my mum bought me for seeing a looney doc go?
If you never buy gifts, you won't create the expectation.
Load More Replies...Only tried this once. All I wanted was coffee with milk. No other customers thankfully. 10 minutes of questions that were answered by me with more questions. How strong ? How strong is your coffee? etc. A colour chart would have fixed this. Poor server was nearly crying by the end (as was I).
Always think of small donkeys with the American spelling
Load More Replies...What else am I supposed to do while I poop? The best conversations start in the bathroom.
Haha I'm reading this post it note about sitting on the toilet with your phone while sitting on the toilet with my phone. Lol
What part of your like would be American cheese in a spray can? British cheese in a squeezy tube?
But what if your work and their work are the same? Or you live in the same building/block?
But *mine* was definitely the cutest ever. (At the time, looking at his newborn pics now all I see is a squinty peanut.)
Our second son had a pretty tough birth and his head was misshapen for a couple weeks. He was one of the ugliest babies I've ever seen - but he turned out OK anyway.
When you are starving, it does not matter... There. The final comment for the last Post it #144. The End.
Funny except for the Trump ones. Making fun of him is old hat already.
I don't have time to go through all 15 pages, but I hope they have the one that compares the different levels of sleep with covers, without covers and with covers, but one leg out ...
Funny except for the Trump ones. Making fun of him is old hat already.
I don't have time to go through all 15 pages, but I hope they have the one that compares the different levels of sleep with covers, without covers and with covers, but one leg out ...
