It's no secret that our society has its flaws - dependence on technology, taxes, obesity, devaluation of workers - to name a few. Some people may not even want to think about any of these problems in society but illustrator John Holcroft, on the other hand, he looks them straight in the eye and depicts them in a satirical way.
Though not all of us have to deal with such problems, it is a great reminder to pace yourself and to familiarize with the society today. Who knows, it might make you a better person in some way.
With a style based on 50's advertisements and a vintage feel - Holcroft perfectly captures today's social issues and modern behavior. Also, his illustrations do so in a brutally honest manner. Keep on scrolling to check them out, and you just might realize with what social media problems you have to deal every day.
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Ego Boost
Sending this to everyone who complains of my nonparticipation in Facebook.
Facebook is just an example. You can easily substitute it with an account on Disqus or whatever platform you have used to publish this comment.
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Facebook is ridiculous, it just gives people a reason to be in everyone else's business. I'm glad I don't have one.
Is it really bad tho to get some likes on a photo when you don't feel so good ? Sometimes your ego needs to get some food
It's a slippery slope. It starts with just one then spirals out of control in your hunger for more approval from others.
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Unfortunately a lot of people must have such a low self esteem to feel they have to broadcast their whole life and judge themselves by social media acceptance is tragic! Personally I'd rather enjoy my life have human contact and live it!
True. But you will not be safe of superego if you are not on facebook. You will still have to balance your ego. So you can on facebook.
I see this more from the POV of the one giving the thumbs up to others, to express agreement and appreciation.
Hmmm... People who have my back when it feels like the world is against me; people who understand without having to explain it, people who make me feel that everything is going to be OK, someone I can trust my heart with, or 1400 likes on FB... tough choice? Mine is simple: Control, Alt, Delete, and create your own network F2F.
Facebook and Twitter in particular, but all other social media in general have revealed an awful lot of needy insecure people out there, and unashamedly cater to them.
The Original from the Tree of Knowledge as a sources of being like a gods and goddesses knowing good ego and bad ego, turning to the paradise lost of the world and the first Mother Eve and Adam the Greatest 666 Progenitor, The Human DNA is a ''666-deoxyribonucleic-satanic-acid'' These are the results from the Rules & Ruins Policy, some say Survival for the 666 Wild Beast Kingdom!
But also a powerfull tool to citizen activism... You just have to use it the right way...
Isn't this the truth...Their are people that feel emotional hurt regarding likes on Facebook.
Ego that makes you criticize the other....even the one who acuses you of having ego for using fb.....
Ahem... *cough cough* From the point of view of someone who manages a buisness FB site.... Uhm.... Likes bring us.... Salaries...? Not directly, but it's a part of it anyway.
...and you do not see anything weird about the fact that 'fb likes' feed people...?
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Wasteful Industries
Justice
Found it! :) You will need time, 2 lawyers, a policeman and a choice between papers and worker :D
Bribes
Chain Of Command
New Face Each Day
I don't put on masks for a reason ... Having a fake face will only fetch me fake friends ... But I do understand that some people have to put it , it's not a choice for everyone ...
Fast Culture
Tobacco Addiction
Everything Is Money
Catfishing
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Energy Poor
Gender Equality
One Education For All
There's always that one question in a test where your brain's just like "Nope! Can't do it. I'm out. Bye."
Sugar Addiction
Overeating
Happy Pills
Standardized Happiness
But what the point of a corkscrew if you don't have the bottle? That's not happiness to me :D
Jammed Streets
Fulfilling Parent's Dreams
Sardines
Im normally the sardine at the bottom of the tin that tries to get eaten but is too greasy because its been sitting in sardine juice for an hour
Cheap Workforce
Treated As Items
Yes, people are meat. That does not mean cannibalism is ok. It is not. It is bad. Got it?
Starting Them Young
Owned By Contracts
All In One
Selling An Image
Today’s Problems
When I first saw this, I don't notice the the words BANK scrawled against the side
Love Trap
Immersed
Time To Heal
It's Ok To Be On Your Own
Addicted To Virtual Reality
No One's Irreplaceable
Expendable Love
Like shopping carts at some stores. Put in the quarter, use it, put it back.
Daily Dose
Housing Prices
I think this one represents paying rent, we all know that is a huge waste of money. Paying a mortgage on a home is an investment, when you sell you get your money back and more...this picture is shredding money, meaning it's not coming back to you in a usable fashion.
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The Perfect Employee
Illusion Of Freedom
Expendable, Replaceable, And Moulded To Your Needs
Data Surfing
Brexit
One Mould For All
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Money Covers All
Using money to cover up your lies and bad breath (uncouth, ill mannered, uncivilized)?
Bottled Feelings
Internet Troll
Fake Stats
Africa
Nicely Cooked
Fixing The World
Melting Planet
Fast Fashion
Under Pressure
Feeding On The Media
Slow Thinking
Controlling With Words
Belittling words of discouragement can immobilize a person so that he is afraid to step out of his comfort zone and move towards his dreams
Work To Survive
Pick One
Nobody Cares
Swimming With Sharks
And The Winners Are
Immobilized
Build Him Like You Want Him
Men are pressured with damaging stereotypes too. The perfect man is emotionless, fit ( but not too fit), and a income earner.
Trapped Inside Your Mind
Feeling like a bird trapped in a cage but it's all in your mind.. you hold the key to your happiness.. open the door and fly..
Living In A Bubble
His work is suffocating.. he needs to stop taking his work with him wherever he goes
Energy Prices
No, i think the prices are so high that you dont even use heat
Attracting The Workforce
Controlled By Others
Our Work For Their Wins
Today’s Problems
I like. This states it very well. This is the image I see , having lived through the technological advances in electronics as they've evolved over the past 30 plus years. Especially since I started in IT when it was a pioneering work just to build a PC. And being one of the first women in my state to own her own electronics business, it speaks on other levels. Good job.
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Idk but it's full of animal products and it's decorated with leaves...
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This is about the 15th picture making the same point — that folks are addicted to their smart phones, computers, etc. to the point of not interacting with living people around them.
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As usual. Some are ingenious, others are exaggerated. All in all, although repetitive, these images are always interesting and thought provoking.
Have you noticed that your vices are the ones that are "exaggerated"?
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You know what's really wrong with society? Simplistic pictures criticizing complex problems.
Sometimes to make something stand out and/or reach a wider audience, complex problems have to be oversimplified or a specific point highlighted... Don't see anything wrong if it brings the main point across. :)
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It's kinda ironic how there's a lot on social media, while this is shared on social media, and agreed with on social media. Not saying that I'm doing any different, but it is kinda funny to think about.
Would be nice to get something good about society out of these artists for a change...
I'd like to see that man depicting what he thinks could be good for society
Pretentious c**p. The "artist" thinks they're being all edgy and cool when in reality they're a pathetic bullying loser.
#44 Actually it would be more fitting if the UK buffalo would be sitting on an island while the other buffalo stick together and invite the predators into their group...
More pretentious a******s making a big deal out of non-issues such as likes and the 'death' of literature, but the Trump one made me chuckle pretty easily.
Mind sharing some of that fruit? They seem to be low-hanging so you should be able to get a lot
Trump came after the democratic screw ups he is not responsible for the tripe he inherited.
These were a good effort. Thoughtful. Showing it to be more difficult than apparent.
that artist made a woman look like a piece of meat, HES A SEXIST CIS WHITE MALE!!! DOWN WITH THE PATRIARCHY!!!! (sarcasm obviously)
To be really honest, it seems to be missing drug and porn addiction
Looking over them all, basically, modern life or rather how we live in the modern age is based around consume, breed, be ignorant, be greedy/jealous, be shallow/superficial. Its a trap to drain you monetarily and emotionally dry.
Looking over them all, basically, modern life or rather how we live in the modern age is based around consume, breed, be ignorant, be greedy/jealous, be shallow/superficial. Its a trap to drain you monetarily and emotionally dry.
I would like to add http://cseamunchkin.deviantart.com/art/The-Price-610761114
Would be nice to see something good about society coming from these artists for a change...
A lot of these are just surreal rather than illustrations of "today's problems." Nothing wrong with that, but there isn't always an interpretation.
Change the title to: "What’s Wrong With Today’s Society as Seen by Someone Who Has No Idea How Society Works".
Ugh such b******t. You cannot be fat and healthy. That is a fact proven by scientists. Stop with 'fat positivity' you will get diabetes
Load More Replies... As usual. Some are ingenious, others are exaggerated. All in all, although repetitive, these images are always interesting and thought provoking.
Have you noticed that your vices are the ones that are "exaggerated"?
Load More Replies... You know what's really wrong with society? Simplistic pictures criticizing complex problems.
Sometimes to make something stand out and/or reach a wider audience, complex problems have to be oversimplified or a specific point highlighted... Don't see anything wrong if it brings the main point across. :)
Load More Replies... It's kinda ironic how there's a lot on social media, while this is shared on social media, and agreed with on social media. Not saying that I'm doing any different, but it is kinda funny to think about.
Would be nice to get something good about society out of these artists for a change...
I'd like to see that man depicting what he thinks could be good for society
Pretentious c**p. The "artist" thinks they're being all edgy and cool when in reality they're a pathetic bullying loser.
#44 Actually it would be more fitting if the UK buffalo would be sitting on an island while the other buffalo stick together and invite the predators into their group...
More pretentious a******s making a big deal out of non-issues such as likes and the 'death' of literature, but the Trump one made me chuckle pretty easily.
Mind sharing some of that fruit? They seem to be low-hanging so you should be able to get a lot
Trump came after the democratic screw ups he is not responsible for the tripe he inherited.
These were a good effort. Thoughtful. Showing it to be more difficult than apparent.
that artist made a woman look like a piece of meat, HES A SEXIST CIS WHITE MALE!!! DOWN WITH THE PATRIARCHY!!!! (sarcasm obviously)
To be really honest, it seems to be missing drug and porn addiction
Looking over them all, basically, modern life or rather how we live in the modern age is based around consume, breed, be ignorant, be greedy/jealous, be shallow/superficial. Its a trap to drain you monetarily and emotionally dry.
Looking over them all, basically, modern life or rather how we live in the modern age is based around consume, breed, be ignorant, be greedy/jealous, be shallow/superficial. Its a trap to drain you monetarily and emotionally dry.
I would like to add http://cseamunchkin.deviantart.com/art/The-Price-610761114
Would be nice to see something good about society coming from these artists for a change...
A lot of these are just surreal rather than illustrations of "today's problems." Nothing wrong with that, but there isn't always an interpretation.
Change the title to: "What’s Wrong With Today’s Society as Seen by Someone Who Has No Idea How Society Works".
Ugh such b******t. You cannot be fat and healthy. That is a fact proven by scientists. Stop with 'fat positivity' you will get diabetes
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