Artist Reveals What’s Wrong With Our Modern Society In These 30 Satirical Illustrations
Today we’d like for you to meet the artist Mahnaz Yazdani. Mahnaz’s deep and meaningful work often portrays society's problems in surrealistic illustrations that tend to show how everyday people (just like us) suffer from things that seemingly the rest of our modern society refuses to acknowledge more often than not.
One could say we probably have gotten used to the said problems just because we are always surrounded by them, so much that we don't even notice them anymore. However, things such as war, global pandemic, and problems revolving around our mental health aren’t going anywhere any time soon.
All in all, Yazdani’s work might give you a thought or two regarding the way we live currently.
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Seen this happen in front of me irl in a park, and it was frustrating to say the least
I have a policy when I am with my kids: no devices OR everyone on devices. Also: weekends: allocated device time. During the week: devices only after kids are asleep.
This is only one moment in time, with an awful lot of judgement attached to it. In the '60s, women worked less but spent about 45 minutes less with their children, daily, than the average mother does today. The expectations society has of us are unrealistic. Not to mention that we have no idea what parents are using their phones for when you see them in this situation. Last time my child was trying to get my attention when I was using my phone in public, I was being informed by our vet that our dog has terminal cancer and that treatment would cost around $40,000. I couldn't just hang up in the middle of the conversation and ask them to call back at my convenience, particularly given that I also had to pay the vet to call me. I am an excellent mother, but I'm sure anyone who was observing out of earshot would not have thought so.
I'm so sorry you had to receive that call from your vet. It's the kind of news none of us are ever prepared to hear. Cancer is an awful, horrible, terrible beast of a thing. I don't know when this happened or what came of it, but I hope you're hanging in there. 💜
Load More Replies...They say kids are addicted to these things, meanwhile our parents over here having conversations in the same room by texting.........
It is usually the kid on the tablet and the parents trying to get them to do literally anything else.
Bored Panda also reached out to the artist to find out a little bit more about her and her work.
"I am a storyteller who tells most of her stories in her comics and animations. I started my art journey as an animator and cartoonist twenty years ago. My focus was on making animation for years. Since 2015, I have been professionally drawing editorial cartoons. I had so many stories in my mind waiting to be created, but animating all of them needed lots of years, so I chose comic style to tell my stories faster."
I really like this one. Sharing ideas and love being where they all intersect. Very cute.
A representation of family home dinner conversations are meant to be.
Look at their hands... it's held in the position as if holding a phone or tablet...not really paying attention to each other, just pretending
Load More Replies...It's not a rating system. They're just being shown. Not being number 1 doesn't mean it's not as good, or not as meaningful.
Load More Replies...Thank you. Until I read your comment.. I didn't see the picture correctly
Load More Replies...Epic preciseness. We pay for and install BiG Brothers devices in our homes for him. And our grandparents fought for what freedom? What? Freedom? We have destroyed ourselves.
I love how people feel like they're being spied on by FBI agents. Yeah like there's millions of agents out there watching us individually. 🙄
what the f**k does this even mean?? computer has pots and pans as a new feature??
It's a surveillance camera. So it's representing the lack of privacy and security in a digital world, that you're always capable of being watched etc
Load More Replies..."Maybe the main characteristic of mine has led me to create such art: a humoristic outlook and thinking about the feelings of other people, for example, how does a kid feel under bombardment. Those help me to create a humorous story and then tell it in the shape of a comic, cartoon, or animation."
So beautifully illustrated, yet so devistately accurate and confronting. Currently we are being told to take our empty plastic bags back to our house, because the seahorses are dying.
🎶I wrote a song with my favorite courses, and if you dont know this song endorses, my favorite animal in the world; SEAHORSESS!!!!!!!!!🎶
Load More Replies...When a whale washed up and they took 40 pounds of plastic out of its stomach during the necropsy…There are just no words
My heart was so not ready for my mind to process the meaning of this
PEOPLE ARE HORRIBLE IF YOU CAN PLAY FORTNIGHT THEN YOU CAN THROW A PLASTIC FORK IN THE RECYCLING Bin
Honestly plastic bags aren't this issue. It's the fact that people put this crap in the ocean
Or at least bags that disintegrate over short amount of time. Plastic takes hundreds of years I believe.
Load More Replies...Precarious, but I see it another way too. (Isn't art great?). (Often and as depicted here) the man's work is in one place. The woman needs to be on the move as she has just as much work at home and with the kids and in society. Her desk needs to have wheel(s)! (Yes, I'm sure it's not always the case. I'm not looking for an argument just sharing an opinion about the picture.).
So true, I had to buy some softball equipment, but the only good bats and stuff were for the men!😤
I'd like to see the construction site or other dangerous/high risk jobs equivalent of this picture
Maybe something like women receiving tools that are visibly less stable?
Load More Replies...De fact that people still don't know what is going on is a bit disturbing. Because it's a really big problem. Many people who see it simply don't care. It's going about the fact that a workplace for man is way more stable than a workplace for women. It's called sexism. Many people (including woman's) don't get it. It also can be unstable for man but it is something that is more common with woman's. Weird creepy comments and sometimes someone is going to far(this happens way more than people might wanna believe)
Load More Replies...I'm not sure I agree with this as of where we are now. It's not perfect but I wouldn't say this is normal in society. So I think this is offensive to both sexes and offensive to average work space. I've seen plenty of companies where the environment is either equal or better for the female employees
Yuuuuuup. I have seen this so many times in my own workplace, and I'm sick of it. The bar for men is so low, yet they often expect praise for doing the absolute bare minimum. Then they come home and expect their wives to cook their dinner, clean up, feed the kids and get them ready for bed, and maintain everyone's schedules/set up appointments for him on top of all that. Even though they both work full time. Heck, even if she works more than he does! We call a career-focused woman "neglectful", yet call a career-focused man "ambitious".
This is so not the case anymore. Where do you guys live that women are still mistreated at work? I'd LOVE to be mistreated at work. That shits free money. My mistake, actually. I didn't realize what country the artist was from. My bad.
I personally see it as how women are expected to balance out work and home life. It's not easy. Many of the women in my family are forced to balance both while being the sole breadwinner ( we are American ) that's not to say that men never face harassment, but it's hella frequent for women.
Load More Replies...That's what happens when you build an entire culture hyper focused on generating only "likes" instead of realistic feedback. They post tripe for an endorphin hit and non-stop validation, and are absolutely destroyed when somebody, anybody has the gall to not fall down and worship their idiotic childish ramblings.
Social media and sites (media in general) was created through the constant, forever changing, impossible, societal standards placed upon three generations and counting going digitally social inducing the addiction to instant gratification and attention. Unfortunately it has become impossible for a single person to stay high on the amount of instant gratification and attention they recieve that they crave more and in turn do more, to where they are so out of character and become a shell of their former selves. Causing emptiness and feelings of worthlessness. This culture in itself is very harmful to anyone's mental health in one way or another. Honestly the best way to beat it, is to give little to no participation. After all when has Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc ever given any of their users a participation trophy for using their site? Also earning likes is not as rewarding when you had to become superficial and act so out of character for them.
Load More Replies...I think it's meant to show how children are excessively influenced by social media. Like in general.
Load More Replies...actually i find that without my phone it gets worse and i relapse into cutting more easily because i can't distract myself but cool
Load More Replies...The parents look concerned... so I think it's from the phone
Load More Replies...To me reminds me of Reddit when you are trying to ask for help/advice on something and ppl downvotes you but yet won't tell you the reason why they did that. OR Since that is a Doctor at the desk, I guess she disproves of something about the child(most likely too much time on line since little kid has phone in her dress pocket). BUT ppl doesn't realize it's not ONLY when kids are at home or in the car BUT AT SCHOOL also! My 13yr old has no text books just Chromebooks doing classwork from them. Gee 8hrs a day on Chromebook doing classwork that's already over the recommended screen time from Dr's.... When they get home from school they will get on the Chromebook to do homework... Welp there's another hr of screentime.... Then once your kid gets on their phone for random surfing, face time, social sites. Oops Johnny, you went over the recommend screen time. Nope sorry. Pediatrics needs to realize 8yrs of screentime is during SCHOOL HOURS instead of text books......
My school still uses text books and during free time we read a book, draw, color, do any papers we haven't finished yet, or sit and talk quietly with friends.
Load More Replies...Little does the guy know, that's Chris Hansen on the other side of the screen wearing a little girl mask.
And true. My biological father is Avery skilled child predator, online and in person. And too f-ing smart to get caught.
Load More Replies...When I was teenage n first time using a social media (FB) I was so excited to make a new friends. Thus the idiot me at that time just accept everyone who friend me without checking on them first. One day there's someone pm me n send a pic of his d**k n asked me to show mine. I was that time WTF!!!???
Load More Replies...So its an old man acting like a young boy to get the girl to trust him
This one is so sad that adults deceive children for sex. Children are so innocent, they don't deserve to be treated so bad.
My young brother had this weirdo on YouTube calling him cute or something and I told him to block him cuz that ain't right.
Load More Replies...In the age of the Internet, the lack of access to stable and high-speed Internet means the deprivation of job opportunities, education, social, cultural and all the facilities that are just available online.
Ask you provider for "Internet Essentials" it's only $9.95 a month and they provide the highest available speed to you. this is strictly for internet access, not TV. They will give you options for how you might qualify: food stamps, social security income, "Elderly and Disabled", Section 8 housing. If you are receiving any of these they will begin your service and ask you to send copies of documents which you can do at a store where you will be given the latest and best equipment which they provide free of charge. Whenever there is new equipment you can take in the old for a switch out. Plus they provide installation. No charge.
Good luck getting disability if you have autism or ADD or any mental illness aside from severe schizophrenia and after they beat you down with antipsychotics, also good luck getting it if your transgender, basically if your not crippled or criminally insane your not getting disability. And trust me autism is every bit as crippling as a physical illness, Also good luck getting any benefits at all even food stamps I have autism, ADD and brain damage from certain things I won't get into and I cannot get food stamps or disability. I had to shoplift to feed myself and now have a criminal record I also cannot afford a lawyer and I have wealthy family members (millionaire) who refused to help me, let's my life fall apart and let me to in a jail cell. America is a joke I would have been much better off in Scandinavia.
Load More Replies...This effects me often. High speed internet isn't available where I live. Thankfully I get slower internet. How can you apply for a job today without internet? No one makes paper copies of applications anymore.
I live in a rural area. Moved to get away from the crime in Birmingham. I feel this pain. It's outrageous what we have to pay for internet service and satellite TV that doesn't work about 50% of the time. My child suffers as well because of virtual learning days every month.
think globally the more opportunities everyone has the better our world becomes
It's not even a financial reason for folks in my community who don't have internet. The internet providers can not provide them internet because of where they live. My inlaws live less than a half mile from me and don't have access to internet by any internet provider. It's not always because of money. I live in Michigan.
This has become so so visible with the pandemic and school going to online. I didn't realize how many people in my community do not have access to internet.
It's saying that only those from privilege (represented here by the kids flying in on dollars) have access to knowledge (the book fortress). The less privileged are locked out.
That's why you should support your local library and encourage people to visit.
Load More Replies...The wealthy have free access to books, information, and education.
Load More Replies...Not all children are born into enough money to learn. Sometimes just enough to survive. This egen chases you into adulthood and teens as you look for collage. Taking into consideration asking yourself. "What can i afford?" Because even scholarships cant save you. And loans are insane
I LOVE BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And to think of all the spoilt kids that complain about school being a nuisance, steeling their freedom... Wish they'd see and know this!
There was a study done that showed that hospital patients who had views of gardens and similar tended to have faster recovery times.
We all die alone, no matter how many people are there for our final moments. Better get used to the idea.
Load More Replies...While 2 have themselves closed off from looking outside and allowing depression and misery to rule, the one opened her window curtain and turned herself around and is making the best of the situation. Perspective is everything!
YES!! She is making the best of a bad situation and coping instead of being totally miserable
Load More Replies...Did she move her pillow herself? You can change your own perspective.
Change the way you view your world….if you don’t like what you see, change it…make the best of your situation, wherever you are…there are many ways to interpret this. Love it.
Instagram description: Afghan women fear 'dark' future, loss of rights and freedoms as Taliban seize control.
This one really hurt my heart. Then I read some of the comments. Everyone deserves wings.
The burqa does not necessarily represent this . For many women it's their religion.Women chose to wear this. Ironically this is what gives them wings No person can force a woman to wear this. If they force a woman then they are NOT Muslim or Islamic at all . It's written in the Qur'an that u cannot force a woman to do anything against their will. For many woman wear this because they feel safe and free in the burqa and hijab. So don't go on illustrating false news. Please stop this.
tell that to women forced into it by religious extremists. i wholly support women wearing it by choice. and i support women NOT wearing it. but your assertion that no one can force a woman to wear it is wrong. no one SHOULD but they do.
Load More Replies...She sits in a prison of religious rules imposed on her by men. The burqa prevents her from moving freely. It has cut off her wings of freedom.
Load More Replies...As a Muslim girl I find this really misleading. Our relegion never discouraged, underestimated or oppressed women, but society did. Please just live Islam and Muslim women alone.
It's about the burka and Afghanistan, the oppression of women in Afghanistan. It's not an attack on Islam.
Load More Replies...Even women in burkas are angels yet society has demonized them, thus ripping off their wings
Granny passes her wisdom down. Old people have a role to play and have the time, to give.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT BRUNO! NO! NO! NO! Sorry I had to😆
Load More Replies...The light and love of the ancestors continues to shine/ burn.
I love this one. Our grandparents have the ability to pass on the light to the future generations. So lovely.
my problem are those vaccinated people that openly cough with their mouth weighs open then go "it's ok, im vaccinated" 😤😤
Right? BUT YOU ARE CLEARLY STILL SICK WITH SOMETHING
Load More Replies...I think this is more about how viruses are forever changing and will always be around and have tons of variations. Covid won't be eradicated like polio cuz its a viral vs bacterial thing. And you can be fully vaccinated and still get covid so ppl get the Vax and think they are free and get it again and spread it to other all the while acting like they saved everyone. It will keep transforming. In the US the last pandemic with The Spanish flu, it didn't go away it transformed into the many strains of flu we have today. A virus will not be fully eliminated by a Vax like a bacterial disease will. Just science. We'll be getting covid vaxxed the rest of our lives for all of the variations until its just like getting the annual flu Vax that covers a certain amount of them and just hoping you don't get it but still might but it's a less extem case of it etc. I'm sure I'll get a ton of down votes cuz people don't like hearing this. Sorry the truth hurts.
I wish you could announce this on a very loud intercom that could be heard all around the world!!! Lol!
Load More Replies...i see im not the only one expecting this as regions drop mask mandates now.
Illinois just drop their mask mandate and vaccine mandate. The terms are a bit contradicting. Out of 12.5 million in the population, 8 million are fully vaccinated 63.3% . We can obviously hope for better numbers but it's a good start. Though you still have to wear a mask and social distance in schools, daycares, hospitals, clinics, business facilities, state gov facilities such as the DMV, courthouses, public transportation, some restaurants and some stores. Some as in the owner gets to decide the requirements. We'll see how this goes. Yes, I'm pro vax. Don't down vote me too much.
Load More Replies...I didn't get it first then realize just because you're vaccinated doesn't mean to be careless just like annoys me with people pull down their mask and to talk and be like no it's fine I'm vaccinated
The way we would have been mask free and Covid free sooner if people just wore their masks for a couple of weeks
I believe that some expected Covid to disappear amid vaccines, gloves and masking. Enter 2022 and yes Covid is still here and will be for a long while.
I just stopped caring, which is impressive considering how much I cared before
Load More Replies...Colorado Springs has a *lot* of anti maskers and anti vaxxers. It's dangerous just to go to the store anymore. Morons are going to get us all killed.
Yasmín G. Serrano 4 minutes ago There’s a reason why they’re illegal. You think it’s because they want to be? They have no money to apply for permanent residence and they’re desperate for their lives so they have no choice. Governments ask for outrageous amounts of money for immigration and are very selective in who they bring and who they refuse. Of course I am not excusing it or saying it’s right, I am merely stating the reason why it happens. If you don’t believe me then it’s because you weren’t born in one of those countries so you can’t see the real reason
The Central American refugees have refused offers of asylum in Mexico because they want an even BETTER life in the US. Why wouldn't 80% of the world's population wanna come here? But throwing the doors open ain't the answer.
Load More Replies...Have you not seen the disaster at our borders recently? Lolol
Load More Replies...Definitely life in general but I get major Holocaust vibes off of this
Tldr, it's not about wiping out the poor, it's about having controlled assistance. We can only handle x amount of help in x ways. We can make laws that lean more towards helping if we band together to improve regions outside the US with those policies
Load More Replies...There will always be people with money and power so to make it fair, for every rich and powerful they let skate past they should give two unprivileged the same treatment. If the rich want to throw money to open a door then charge them enough that it opens the door for two more people too. It's the only way to make it fair because the rich aren't going to stop using their money to get what they want. So this guy paid for him and his 3 family members, so 8 people at the fence should get that same treatment. That's what we should be fighting for.
It's about how being poor limits opportunities for mobility, such as immigration, working abroad, travel. But mostly immigration.
Tbh, you can get lost in the world of your garden; time passes so differently there
Marjorie Keenan Rawlings wrote a story called "the Living Hand" She was the author of "The Yearling" that was required reading on into the 2000s in schools. It describes a black man, unable to connect with any in his world, because he just looks like such a criminal and scary man. ( Warning: if you read it it was written in the 1920s when Jim Crow was in full swing, so the n word is prevalent) but he can only fully realize himself through the Love and care of the plants in his garden, being described "as the good father" as he cradles the plants in his huge hands. That is how I feel, they give me the living, not me them.
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Load More Replies...With aggressive development and gentrification, there is still hope for the natural world, if we all do our parts.
Books and written language are the greatest informational tools of all the centuries.
That's not necessarily true. Misplaced conviction in outdated sources held back the advancement of medicine for centuries; all over the globe.
Load More Replies...I tell my Nanny kids that people who read live many lives and explore infinite worlds.
Why are they opening the back cover? Is there some symbolism I missed?
Those who are lock behind 4 walls, but they are still creative and happy, see always the good but not every one see it. So when someone happy see that person behind 4 walls have a butt load of happiness, care givers and joys, they appreciate the time with them. No matter what their age tho.
Let's keep having huge get celebrations- just beware grim reaper is coming with his +1 madam covid
I don't get why people are acting like we are NOT in a deadly pandemic. 👿
Death toll for the California-hosted Superbowl is absolutely staggering.
Google translation of her post on Instagram: For my mother and aunts ... My mother and aunts spent many years of their lives behind the carpet, from childhood to the years they experienced motherhood. The weavers built a ladder to bring themselves and their families to what they are now and will be. I'm proud of having such strong women in my life. Women who, believing in better tomorrows, bought the hardest and continue to buy ... Your hard-working hands are the most beautiful hands ....
I love this. Thank you for the lovely explanation
Load More Replies...And at the top and generations past, comes the expensive hobby of hand weaving.
You can imprison or kill a thinker, you can not remove the tree of their thoughts and the free dreams that nest on it - description with photo on artist IG.
No matter what, once that seed is planted, the beauty is , the ideas and dreams continue to grow and thrive and cannot be contained or squashed out! Dream big my brothers and sisters. Don't forget to plant those seeds in the next generation!
We have locked our Forests & trees/nature into small areas as we grow our green areas become restricted.
That's not what it's about. It's about the person in the cage being imprisoned but their thoughts and ideas are still free.
Load More Replies...There are some states where it's illegal for inmates to play games where they imagine themselves outside the prison. Cough* Wisconsin * cough
If that's true, please seek help. You're only imprisoned as long as you keep silent. Unless you're literally in prison... Then God help you if you're in America...
Load More Replies...Almost...they should have ripped The kid in two...then..that's how it feels. You're even two different kids at each one of their houses after they split
Load More Replies...This is a good illustration of what family separation without communication and respect can do to a child/family. It doesn't always have to be this way though. I've worked with many families who seperate, because they don't want their child witnessing an unhappy relationship and repeating the cycle, and they keep communication and respect and find ways to coparent. Family counseling is a really positive way to help the transition.
I was a child of divorce and I didn't feel this way. I appreciated the two different perspectives on life I got growing up. I never felt like my identity was tied to either parent, so I never felt like I was being "torn" or tossed between the two (though custody did change hands a few times). I get why some people might have negative sentiment towards their experience as adults, but mine was very positive. I saw good and bad traits in the lifestyles of both parents, and I cherry picked what I liked to build my own life. I'm so glad my parents got divorced. It was the best thing for all of us.
Sounds like your parents were better at co-parenting than they were at marriage.
Load More Replies...Or ya know the relationship between parents was horrible because one of them is an abusive cheating spouse.
Load More Replies...The child's whole foundation of love is being consumed by bitter parents. Therefore her foundation is crumbling beneath her.
Divorce is vicious. Especially for kids. We must DO BETTER & make THEM & THEIR HEALTH, SAFETY, & WELL-BEING THE FOCUS, no matter what is going on!
We do need to consume less drinking water, but somehow I don't think this will solve this problem.
The point is dont waste water not drink less water /:
Load More Replies...11 companies use roughly 70% of our water resources. Telling households to use less is a distraction from the corporations causing the problems.
A lot of people are saying to not waste water, which is good advice, but I think the point of the illustration is that most of us are lucky things are convenient for us. A clean apartment, a flat screen TV and all the water we want with the turn of a faucet handle, instead of getting in line for as much water we can only carry. For some people in the world, this is their only option. Tap water, and other luxuries, is a convenience that most of us in this comment section forget. So, saving water can help make you feel better, but realizing to appreciate the things we have is another.
Google translation of her Instagram post: The per capita water consumption per person in Tehran is 300 liters and in Sistan and Baluchestan is 20 liters!
Don't leave the tap open because you're going to waste water which is cherished by others from its rarity
You know the vast majority of our water use is in agriculture (70% they claim, it's actually higher!). Of that most of it is used for meat production. If you really want to get water under control then eat less meat.
I was thinking that too! Maybe 'look at me, I got more = my junk is bigger than yours to swing around (clout?)'
Load More Replies...In "the oc",where I grew up, there are "pay to stay jails",which are in astounding contrast to the regular jail that is overrun with corruption and total lack of adherence to laws set up for prisoners. The pay jail has a t.v., microwave, small fridge., nice toilet facilities, free comfy slippers and this is per cell...not community tv, microwave, etc.- oh and you get to GO HOME AT NIGHT!!! So many want "the oc lifestyle", many of us who grew up there see the MASSIVE HYPOCRISY and leave as soon as we're able
That whole concept does not compute. Why would they call something a jail but run it basically like a day care for adults?
Load More Replies...They can afford better lawyers or corrupt judges, by when it does not work, their cells are still the same.
Ever seen al Capone's cell? https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/al-capones-prison-cell-with-fancy-furnishings-gm174934573-22382843
Load More Replies...I feel like this depends on the place otherwise it's not entirely accurate
Nice. So the point is... Get rich to get the better comfort. Will do.
This is the third cartoon that emphasizes the importance of money.
Yeah, predators of people who feed on families who lost someone, should be a felony IMHO...
Load More Replies...Bystanders are the worse. Just like when someone is choking, having a heart attack, gets hit by a car, are being bullied or sexually assualted/ harrassed there's people standing there with their phones out recording it instead of calling the police and moving out of the way. A test study was done that proved that the more people there are standing around a scene the less likely the person in crisis is going to get help because everyone in the crowd is waiting for someone else in the crowd to make the first move that doesn't involve recording the scene with their phones. See something, hear something? Then say something do something. That will help. Start by getting out of the way and being the person who doesn't use their phone to record the scene to post on social media.
Many times you will see things and can't do anything to stop it, either your life will be at risk or the person does something stupid and won't listen to your voice of reason... In this case the guy has no power over the situation and the kid probably didn't listen when he was told it was dangerous, so the man os stepping back and getting prepared...he makes coffins, it's dark but he could be a dr and still have to wait for the inevitable to happen and then do his job. Some ppl are Darwin award winners and there's nothing you can do about it
Load More Replies...Makes me think of how people are willing to watch(record) someone do something that may kill the other instead of stopping and helping or saying something.
Help do what? Tell the kid not to do that? Sure, he probably did it but the kid doesn't listen and helping him to get his kite is very dangerous...all he can do is step back and wait for the guy to fall after electricition
Load More Replies...Damn this is just funny not really relatable except for the fact that being stupid gets you killed lol
This is about the grass being always greener on the other side...
Load More Replies...it reminds me of my former neighbour, he used to grow the branches of his apricot tree, we used to grow the branches of our cherry tree :') <3
Most of these are cruel mirror to society, but then they also show "hey! Humans can be OK sometimes!" I think that's just as important to see as well.
Parents giving their kids wings and and support to survive this world with happiness
We might cast a shadow over our children, but we can manipulate the shape of it to empower them.
I don't think this one is talking about something positive any more than the rest of them are. Parents encourage their children too much, and convince them that they can be or do anything, when that's not always true. Young people enter the world with no plan thinking they can conquer any obstacle by willpower alone, and are surprised when they fail Maybe that's cynical, but it's what I've noticed.
This is that long ass Putins table and he cant hear the world telling him to stop being an a*****e...
I'm surprised Putin didn't have a taller chair so he could also look down on everyone too.
Load More Replies...This is law makers being so out of touch with the public that they don’t know what people are even saying. We will see how true this is with tonight’s SOTU address.
I agree there is the scales of justice printed on the chair back.
Load More Replies...Biden should be the one we beg to step up and lead. Putin knows Biden is no problem. Please support and pray for Ukraine.
Everytime biden is in office Russia invades Ukraine. Biden is 100% the reason Russia invaded
Load More Replies...He has the symbol of "justice" on his chair. He can't hear your legal rights, your freedoms, your common sense, or care about your proof of facts over the social distancing table, plexiglass and from his position of power.
The balance ⚖️ Scales of justice ♎ and they only pretend they cannot hear how they are harming the children - THEY DON'T CARE! Well justice, sir, those children will be your keepers when you are old, frail, and in need. I hope that puts fear of God within you.
If they don't want to hear you it won't matter how loudly you shout.
Ukraine is setting them up. Baiting them to keep coming. And their country is huge.
Me trying to tell the world that Trump and Putin are trying to annihilate the world... Ijs.
The other child is not only homeless, but also has no one to care for him. He is longing for someone to wash him and love him.
Load More Replies...We are so focused on our own kids, that we don't see other children who have less
We see them and may try to help. You can only do so much.
Load More Replies...A homeless child is dirty but if an adult would help take care of him he could be clean and happy like the other child
People only tend to care about their own children in this world . We should care about all children like the homeless or orphaned that need our help .
You can be the change. You can adopt some children.
Load More Replies...She is using potable water to wash her hands while the dirty child in poverty watches on. Two sides of the street one spacious the other crowded and littered.
Literally happened to a friend. Her house was older and NOT in a flood zone. Developer put in condos that caused her property to periodically flood when it rained. It was loveable until hurricane Irma came through and her house got 4 ft of water in it. No flood insurance (because again, NOT IN A FLOOD ZONE), but homeowner's insurance refused to pay because it was a flood event. Turns out the permits for the condos were illegally issued because it was pretty clear what works happen to the properties on the downward slope of the ground they built up to build the condos, bus sure couldn't find an attorney to take the case to sue the county and the contractor for the damage.
That's why they keep doing it too, because they get away with it.
Load More Replies...Pretty sure it's waste water from the privileged people. A gift to the poor.
This happens a lot, unfortunately! Developers are only concerned with profits.
I’m willing to bet that they would market it as “cozy family home, made with sustainable materials”
Load More Replies...Stuffed like sardines. Lack of affordable housing. I have been sleeping in my living room for years for lack of space and money to get something bigger
I grew up in a family of six in a two room apartment. I started talking to my mom the other day and she told me why we lived their half the time. Money problems, they would have to pay hundreds of dollars a month (Not including water bills etc) To live there.
I can actually relate to this. The other night I even broke down and cried to my mother that I wasn't comfortable sleeping on the couch. We live with our g-ma in a 2 bedroom house with 1 full bathroom and 1 half bathroom. There is 6 of us + a dog. I sleep on the couch and it gets uncomfortable. I don't get proper sleep and I have to go to school really early but I have to stay awake late because I have to wait for the pup to go to sleep and I wait till everyone is asleep. It's really hard to get a house because we don't have enough money and because there isn't really any job for my parents to have if we move.
A matchbox home not big enough for the family but all they could afford
Translation of Instagram description: hope for a piece of bread! (Wave of Iranian workers moving to work in Iraqi Kurdistan)
haha! my mother also takes a glass of water and throws it behind me every time I leave the house! it's a superstition, like knock on wood!! I am Tunisian I did not know that this tradition existed elsewhere
In turkey people pour water to the ground when a family member leaves their village for a long an probably hard journey. It says: May your journey be like water-easily floating around obstacles. It's for luck. Or like Bruce Lee said : Be water, my friend..
Load More Replies...This means that people leave there homes and go to different countries to find work to support there families because there is no work in there own countries. It’s an immigrants tale. It happens too often. These people are often gone for years at a time.
Committed father will do whatever it takes to support family, sacrifice much and persevere forever if necessary. However, it is sad that we live in a world where basic necessities for a family are unachievable by even the most committed parent.
Absolutely! Rethuglicans brainwash the ignorant into equating Democrats with Communists, then screw those who vote for them by refusing to raise the minimum wage, removing reasonable environmental protections, subsidizing Big Business with corporate welfare, giving the richest people huge tax breaks, etc.
Load More Replies...Frickin' "fake" beggers make more than some people with regular paying jobs
Fake beggars are one of the worst scams. Preying on charity is disgusting
I put out the city recycle bin every Thursday but I have often wondered what they REALLY do with it! :-(
I try hard to recycle, but I wonder about this too. Do they really recycle ♻️ the plastic and glass?
Load More Replies...Grim reaper wins because the guys can't afford to pay the hospital.
This is kind of why alot of folks won't put organ donor on their drivers licence. In an accident: will they help me or let me die to harvest organs? Guess it depends on whether ya got insurance or not or if there is some rich person in the next room who needs a new heart!
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams // his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream // his wings are clipped and his feet are tied // so he opens his throat to sing.
Had that happen to me, made a five miniutes video all by myself got all the points, except for the teamwork ones. Lost all but one because I was the only one to do anything, got a B.
Load More Replies...So Trump was the puppet of a Jewish conspiracy? Hmmm... I expected nothing from this artist and I am still let down.
What about Biden brothers and son. Watch this comment get moderated and hidden.
Generic "Arab" and then Israel before you even get to Russia? That's some serious political bias oozing out there. And so many of the others here are very on point, it's a shame to see such easy bigotry.
I raise you: almost 1 million dead americans. There. Death rate 3x worse than "shithole" countries as the ""president"" (so-called) called them.
Load More Replies...Tala engelska? Parlez l'Anglais? Sprechen sie Englisch? Govorisch pa Angliskiy?
Load More Replies...ooohhh, would love to have one of those book flash drives in my brain! Saves me from actually reading the boring obligatory stuff.
City of Seattle repealed its law requiring helmets, claiming the law was racist.
You got that right, Nijlenna Rusty! This is true. In any conflict, both in macrocosm and microcosm, humans are savage and innocents are hurt. Will we ever learn a better way? I swear, the more I see this in the world, the more I like my dogs. We could learn a lot from dogs.
Aaarrrggghhh! Really dark. We do not treasure our children the way they deserve to be treasured. Broken abused children grow up to be broken adults who often are abusive and/or victimize the next generation. The social and human costs of this destructive cycle are devastating. We need to do a better job of prioritizing intervention, protection and support for both abusers and victims of domestic abuse. My heart hurts.
no cutting onions jokes i love this thread and its art but this is sick
somehow I think the bullet will still hit and the doves will stop coming.
one offers peace, one offers violence. unfortunately, violence always wins
I wish we had people tweeting from paradise to tell us if it exists and how it's been lmao
Load More Replies...Oh c'mon it's paradise....surely our devices will have unlimited battery life?
Load More Replies...I don't see how that affects the ability to access the internet. We don't need an iPhone for that.
Load More Replies...Instagram description translated: The best teammates in the world, happy birthday
Instagram description translated: Landless ... Thirty-five years ago, the Burmese military government passed a new law declaring the Rohingya people non-Burmese and stripping them of their citizenship. The United Nations calls them the largest landless population in the world ... #rohingya
The only peace for some who have been trampled by politics and hatred and war is in the grave.
they detroyed there country and now are try to make peace or take something i think
Load More Replies...Serves him right. If only everyone was subject to suck dire consequences for their actions
Supposed to be a dove protecting innocent people from bloodshd
Load More Replies...How close to 18 are you? Is there a relative you can go to who can help you? In the meantime, wear your mask, wash your hands, and practice social distancing. I wish you the best of luck.
Load More Replies...The head and the hand boi I’m having trouble interpreting but I like these illustrations alot
The injection in the arm helps prevent COVID, and the injection in the thought bubble helps prevent worries about COVID
Load More Replies...It's looks like that are trying to vaccinate and spread (vaccinate) the truth about vaccines
Got all 3 of my vaccines still I am at home stuck in bed with covid... I hate it😔
I thought it was the paper you make blueprints on like to mean that they are building something ?
Load More Replies...When our spirits and minds catch up to the level of our technology we will have solved so much suffering.
I believe it's about overreacting and making a big deal out of nothing.
I took it to mean that it's better to be prepared.
Load More Replies...Looks like someone bought up all the boats and now only those with money can reach safety
No. You have to know the story of the little Dutch boy by Hand Brinker Snderson
Load More Replies...This also looks like my government, yet I know it is meant differently.
When I die, I would like for my friends to get together for a memorial service and talk about their best memories of me. And get drunk. No need for a fancy, solemn service.
Load More Replies...Comment on cost of a funeral? Or...I read somewhere that some unethical morticians will remove valuables between service and burial. Also that sometimes even dental gold is removed from corpses when preparing body for burial by enethical practitioners. I am going to have mine removed and made into rememberences for my kids when I am ready to take the next step. Wink!
What all our children should be given as opposed to what some religious fanatic terrorist wants for them.. I really hate it when children are used this way. It is abhorrent to me.
I don't get why the family have drumsticks stuck in their throats...
Instagram description translated: The stolen chicken he brought before is stuck in their throats
Yes, they are powerful! Made me think and some made me not so proud to be a human being. These are a call to action for all of us.
To the people saying these made no sense or were "completely wrong"(?) Did you not notice that this is not an American cartoon, these may not be America's problems, but they used to be, and they still are problems in other countries. All like is not like you live in the states, they DO have rampart problems over discrimination of women, their poor populations have no way of bringing themselves out of poverty, most of their children have no access to education. How can you say something didn't make sense or that the message was wrong when in reality you just didn't get it...
⬆️When you try to be funny and you fail...
Load More Replies...Yes, they are powerful! Made me think and some made me not so proud to be a human being. These are a call to action for all of us.
To the people saying these made no sense or were "completely wrong"(?) Did you not notice that this is not an American cartoon, these may not be America's problems, but they used to be, and they still are problems in other countries. All like is not like you live in the states, they DO have rampart problems over discrimination of women, their poor populations have no way of bringing themselves out of poverty, most of their children have no access to education. How can you say something didn't make sense or that the message was wrong when in reality you just didn't get it...
⬆️When you try to be funny and you fail...
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