The story of a rodent's unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment.
Music:
'Habanera' by Bizet
'Morning Mood' by Edvard Grieg
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The story of a rodent's unrelenting quest for happiness and fulfillment.
Music:
'Habanera' by Bizet
'Morning Mood' by Edvard Grieg
www.stevecutts.com
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"Humans spend so much of their lives just waiting for things to be over." - Janet from the good place
The good place brings me happiness
Janet who?!
@@mimicatmoon A character of USA TV series "The Good Place"
Thats probably true
No that was Michael
"Every man is happy until happiness is suddenly a goal"
thats actually a bomb ass quote damn.
It’s the sad reality really
happiness for me is working towards a goal (and actually getting there). If I'm not constantly improving then I'm not happy.
@@user-hd4wf5gq8r What you described is what is shown in the video. You`re a fool if you believe any of it.
@@johnnada649 ah yes, the moron who believes he has finally attained nirvana, and believes that everyone ought to see the world the way he does. Delusional narcissist.
I have watched it many times, and everytime it gets deeper. This is a true masterpiece.
XD it's basically a whole explanation on how society works.
Not all that deep. The Bible has been professing this message for centuries
This is perfect matrix definition 🥶
I could answer your message like this but... eu vi seu nome e presumo que entenda perfeitamente o que escrevo agora. Não tome esta critica social superficial como uma verdade, isso pode confundir nossa mente! A felicidade está dentro de cada um, o desenho mostra o personagem sempre procurando-a no mundo, em coisas, lugares, situações e sensações. A felicidade é um estado e ela começa no momento em que voce decide entrar neste estado. Mudamos nossos olhos, mudamos nossa percepção, mudamos nossa realidade.
@@Interdactedhow capitalism works
Clearly you don't own an air fryer
A little ray of sunshine in an otherwise bland existence.
Funny because I do have one
I have one
Well done
Don’t forget a ball of tungsten
*Huh, thanks god that this are just rats.. imagine humans were like this*
@@robloxgamerafrocup2971 i got it dude... that was supposed to be a joke
robloxgamer afrocup whoosh
@@robloxgamerafrocup2971 dude ??? seriously ?? no way.
@Natalie 1234 seems so
ha..ha... yeah
He enters the elevator and does not collect the money. "Happiness" is about chasing money, not catching it
This is the first comment I've found with the most sense.
@@kagimonji yeah we agree
I think it means that sometimes money and our goals are right within our reach but we just don't go for it until it's too late
Its not fun unless it challenges you
@@Texzy21 youre wrong then
Shout out my middle school social studies teacher for showing me this video really opened my eyes at a early age
Social studies teachers have always been cool. Damm ahead of the average teachers.
The incessant search for happiness, to fill the void of an entire existence
This made my depression depressed
Foul Mood Central sorry fella but that’s not how depression works
Alex Martinez you would think right
IT also made my predicament predictable
Does that mean that your depression would commit die? If so, epic
Potata Playz i’m sorry do are you from america? Do you speak English?
The new season of Black Mirror is looking good.
Lol
At 2:33 that music distorting and starting to sound demonic was creepy as fuck
hahahahahhaa
Lol bruh you just made my day
this is presence
The best part is 48M people watched it and going to perform the same script from next morning 🙏
You are just as pretentious as he is.
Sighs
Tf they supposed to do next morning then
I’m actually really happy with my script. I either drive 10 minutes to work or bike there in 30 minutes. I have a boss I like and the job is never more than 40 hours a week with no weekend work. My spouse and dog think I’m good enough company to stick with and I like where I live. I really couldn’t ask for more.
@@MaDNug. Came to say the exact same thing dude
Happiness is in the moments we cherish only once they've passed.
This is the scariest Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episode I’ve ever seen.
You have a 1 hundred likes a day,how?
Chs Grate *magic*
I wish i had one
@@chsgrate5362 I liked ur reply
Such a good show
"It's not a bad thing to celebrate a simple life." - Bilbo Baggins
Always relevant
well this video shows that money can't buy happiness, it can only provide temporary pleasure
but yeah we need money just don't be a slave to it
What IS a bad thing is shitting on other people who want and have more.
Life is a living hell, and it will remain so. There is no need to improve it, my friend. Joker's sayings
I find myself coming back to this every once in a while. Absolute masterpiece.
This is a masterpiece, it's so true that even the horror inside it is real, but hidden in plane sight. My compliments to the chef
"The trouble with being in the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat." ~ Lily Tomlin
Such a strong sentence is she an author?
Look for the meaning, not for the sentence
no, the problem is that the rats didn't have any more of those awesome drugs
“The trouble with being in the human race/star people race is that even if you do win,you’re stilla human.” ~ *The Qu*
Micah
The thing I fear the most in life, is getting caught in an ordinary 9 to 5 job, and realizing on my deathbed that I wasted this life.
becareful what you fear because your fears can become a reality if held for long enough
Don't be stuck doing the same job year after year. When I get bored with work every 2 to 3 years I move to something else. Dont be a slave to the same employer try different things.
Then make sure it doesn't happen. What are your true goals for the next five years?
Yes. This is my biggest fear too. And you know what? It manifested in my life as a paranoia.. inability to hold a job, money problems, entrepreneur dreams, desperately seeking something but never finding it. Until I found a way out.
Too bad welcome to America
This video will never get old. It's becoming more real as time passes
this video should be the dictionary definition of capitalism
The famous last words of a cashier during black friday: *Sigh*
Sigh
Sigh
@Charles Calvin Oh hey charles
@Charles Calvin Heeeeeeeey
sigh
I love the part in the elevator showing that it's not about getting the money, but the illusion of chasing it
That's a really good way of seeing it
I figured it was just for a bit of comedy.
@@nemesisurvivorleoneverything in this video has a deeper meaning u just need to see the metaphors
@@amazingperson9604same
Same here!.... and with no words. So amazing!
I love this so much! I spent about an hour looking at every detail. There is so much to take in that you don't see on the first time watching. I wish I could see this in 4k without compression. I love all of the little signs and Easter eggs. You did an amazing job! Beautiful work!
i love this so much, especially the meaning behind it, reflecting reality. seriously amazing, thank you !
How is it possible that we all watch this, we all agree, we all shake our heads yet we'll all get up tomorrow morning and do it all over again?
tf are we supposed to do?
Because how can a human not pursue happiness? It's within our nature to do so. Everything we do has happiness as its goal, but unfortunately happiness is not a goal that can be reached. So life is just a never ending hunt for happiness, as it's always been for everyone.
@@leov4404 Interesting, interesting.
@@leov4404 Well i don't know about you but I experience happyness quite often. Sadness is part as life as much as happyness but its not a hunt for happynes which never gets fullfilled. Thats a bunch of poetic bullsht.
@@myfairlady343 of course you can experience some pleasures in life, but they are not happiness, or, if you will, they're just short-term happiness. So after a short while, we're still on the hunt. We're never fulfilled and we always seek more, and that's what keeps us going. This at least is my opinion, then ofc you can call it bs how much you want
“We die when we’re 20, but we’re buried at 70”
We die when we are 30 but only burried at 75*
@@nchidzikeatshaba102 I'm actually born after 30. I'm currently 4
@Chuck Nourrizzz Oh jeez, I just graduated and just found my first job and my boss seems to be hated by my co-workers. And I'm doing things that is NOT on my job description; sitting with a computer doing some paperwork.
@Chuck Nourrizzz I'm a geologist in this exploration company and their employee is limited, no one is doing the paperworks, so i had too.
@Chuck Nourrizzz They already hired some people but the company don't want them to go to work yet haha end me
Genius! A lot more people should see this. Highly underrated.
"The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer ~
"Despite all your rage, You're still a rat in a cage."
Sour but true, well said...
Then the next day you forget all about that and you do the same thing
the world is a vampire
❤
Wow, great taste of music
The elevator scene : Everyone runs after something But when it's around, you don't value them Life is just like a rat race
BlomBlom
Not like "It is"
@@akiraaoiichigo Blomblom
I think its just comedic relief
BlomBlom
dude this is so good i rarely comment on a KZhead video your video made me comment on it keep up the good work man the animation the editing and the background music was on point and what a great message
Truly we are not "living" a life, but just "survive"
god, i cant imagine how much time and effort was put in this animation, looks like it would take an entire month to do 1 frame.
It is very detailed . Hatsoff to the creators of this film
@@souravkumar-eb1wz haha u need to pronounce Happiness without'Ha' 😉kzhead.info/sun/ndWgYaqAmmh_oo0/bejne.html
There is a lot of rigs too. Of course that doesn't make this easy at all
Hahahaha exactly right siiiiir!!! The concept, the story and the message. All is amazing!!!
Ik
This is child friendly because it's animated.
Of course!
@@nightmareking7727 i dont agree. i think it is very dangerous to expose kids to this
@@lucasdangavs3548 dude that was a joke 🤦🏻♂️
LUCAS DANGAVS If you think it’s dangerous for kids to see this then I don’t think you understood the point of the video.
LUCAS DANGAVS r/wooosh
Happiness isn't something that you can consume. It's within you, you just gotta find it
🎯
"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." - Nathaniel Hawthorne
Happiness, like a butterfly, also lasts for one day only.
Morale of the story, don’t forget to retake your drugs kids.
Yes
*ok*
There is no morale to this story. I'm sure it has plenty of morals, though
OK sir
Moral*
The fact that he stood in the elevator with the money gets me every time.
Same bru
Can you please explain why did he do that
@@mooki3162 I myself, interpreted that scene as how humans always chase money but whenever they have a real chance to actually get it, they don’t jump at the opportunity. Something similar ig, maybe they don’t SEE the opportunity instead. (I might be wrong lmao)
@@mooki3162 My guess is that it was either meant as a metaphor for something, or was just a quick little gag. Or maybe a bit of both.
Thank you
One massive change I found was deleting all social media, this made me feel a lot less like this video
Then how are you commenting on yt?
@@burdenplayer1071 yt not really social media is it
@@Podders1991I 100% agree about the benefits of removing social media, but not sure the best way to categorize YT, but I do know it can be just as addictive and damaging if not kept in small doses.
@@Podders1991 I'm the same I quit drinking alcohol and switched to meths. Well, it's not really alcohol is it?
@@zantas-handle Social media, people posting statuses on to your news feed about how great their life is etc, and there is no way to not see this. YT, you can select what video you want to watch and consume the content of your choice. Sorry I had to explain this to you, I understand it can be hard to conceptualise for some. Hope it helps.
The problems which can be solved with money aren't problems they are expenses.
I'll see you in a year when this comes to recommend again
In fact I remember seeing this almost an year ago..😅😅
i'll be sure to bring water next time
Fancy meeting you, I got recommended just after an year. See you in another year!
TableForkTheThird k
See ya 😊
"The more you get, the more you want."
🆒
Listen to "Society" by Eddie Vedder
Then you buy it, and the next day you want something better and forget the previous thing you bought. You cant buy happiness.
so true!
Lol
The short film shows the reality of our life. Everyone thinks money is the happiness. And they force themselves to work to earn more. They lose the freedom. It is the most sad!
amazing.( 3:40 )the brightest sample of that the thing you are looking for is already near you,but we are still continue to wait and run for it.
Wait till my English teacher gets his hands on this and makes everyone find the "hidden meaning"
I'm literally doing an analysis on this for my ap lang homework :O
LMAOOO
To be honest you just write "this reminds me of my English teacher..." In the beginning and you will probably get an A+ or you know...be in school untill time itself becaumes irrelevant.
That’s why I am here.... even though I’ve seen the video before.
My Portuguese teacher did that lol
3:41 when he shows that he's only satisfied by the chase and never by the outcome is such a great moment.
Nice detail.
that's whole point
@@motherisape that's good analysis
The other meaning can be when you are alone (as the mouse is) you don't chase money but when you are in public you chase it to be like others
@@Secular_hinduhu but WHY? your interpretation isn't complete
Happy ness is plowing thru your week to hang with ur fam on weekends
Excellent symbolism, who ever made this hat's off to him ❤❤❤
Man you and I remember Ratatouille really differently.
Remy really let himself go after the movie
These are mice though?
@@bruhdabones No
This made my fucking day
I don't remember seeing alcohol and drugs on Disney as a kid
"We buy things we don't need With money we don't have To impress people we don't like"
epic bro epic...
Where is the quote from again. I forgot
Its called a life without Jesus.
this video and that movie are great dives into consumerism and capitalism.
@@jamoriah unfortunately it seems that religious folks are the ones pushing profane excessive materialism on America and the world, whether they intend it or not that is the effect of neoliberalism
This movie was a game changer for me. I used to be in the rat race, but not anymore. Thanks a lot, dude.
MAGNIFICENT. BEST ONE I HAVE SEEN IN RECENT.THANKU DIRECTOR🎉
"The problem with quotations on the internet is that it is diffucult to verify their authenticity." -Socrates
I like that Robert Downey Junior screaming pfp.
“ People that put quotes that a person never said are idiots” -Sun Tzu
@@Sprite-od4xl no it was a joke too
😂
Lmao
I am watching this while traveling in Mumbai Local train at 9AM peak time. And 15 people crammed around me are watching too
Haha🤭🤭
Lol
The biggest one of them slaps the sh!t out of you while commenting
👍👍👍👍👍😄😄😄😄😄 💪💪💪💪💪
The fucking irony
Perfect, absolutely perfect. Thanks.
Watching this the day before going back to college hits diff icl 😭
This man had to draw so many rats Just imagine how long this probably took to animate
Izzy 46 u just copy and paste buddy
@@shemsoahmed3956 Im aware that the rats outline was most likely copy and pasted, but he had to draw a bunch of clothes for those hundreds of rats
@@izzysavage4634 if u know how to draw its a childs play lmao
@@fuzkforyouWell writing a simple sentence once is something that most people find really easy but having to rewrite that sentence hundreds of times is much harder and more tedious.
@@izzysavage4634 lmao nah bro. U dont draw right?
As a software engineer, it hits me harder after seeing the last scene with computer.
I m currently pursuing my bachelors in SE and I don't wanna end up like that lol
If you enjoy life, then continue, if you don't, then you will need to start meditating
*Kismat ho gandu* *To kya kareda pandu..*
brother, I am an engineer too. Please, do not feel disheartened. Happiness comes through the fact that no matter what is happening you always have a choice. Being an engineer might have been bestowed upon you but in every moment you have a choice to get out of it. Of course, you have to face the consequences of your choices but it all ends in death, no matter what you do the end state cannot be changed. Even when you die fearing hell, you won't be there to experience it, at least not as you. So how to be happy? Just change your perspective.... When you feel no stimulation, like when you are meditating......there is a type of meditation where you sit and try to feel everything, the frustration, sadness, happiness....whatever you are feeling during meditation you explore that feeling till you exhaust all the feelings to feel and you cannot feel anything further. After getting up from this kind of meditation you will welcome all sorts of experiences.... even pain......to some extent. Because the absence of any feeling is worse than bad feelings. This would not mean death is bad.....because if there is no one to feel there wouldn't be anyone to feel the absence of feeling.
It doesn't symbolize anything related to software/technology or engineering. Rather, it is an example of burden of overwork and the pursuit of materialism which causes one to be bound to one's workspace and spares one with little room to relax or enjoy.
They say happiness is about balance
_”Happiness is the moment before you need more happiness”_ -Don Draper
right it's the best mean for happiness
OliveBurger I got u fam
@@olivekimbrell3391 it's the neediness that makes us cling. The desire to live happy is still fine.
Thought that said dry raper for a second
@@Mr0Anonymous0 "I have come to realize that the invincible force that drives the world is not happy love but contrary love." Progress, actually, is just a form to forget about how meaningless life is. But u don't need to be pessimist about all of this
Imagine the PAIN to animate this So mach MOVEMENTS and rats to DRAW
Path Finder *much
3:59 Is the most painful part
@@FotoStudios418 not really, its just copy and pasted. the 2d animation segment was probably the most painful part
@@FireCat_P oh
Imagine someone saying so mach movements instead of so much movements.....
the things i got from this is happiness isn't smth you looking for but you have to create your own happiness
I love the part in nature ...is really a Happiness..way to esape the dark world🌿🌿
“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” -Socrates.
To further that point, I believe it was Socrates who explained that the more intense the pleasure, the worse the pain afterwards. So in conclusion, the 'ideal' life is to not overindulge in pleasure, so that you can diminish as much suffering as possible.
We get it, you watched a pewdiepie lecture video
I think it is true.who has too much are ever happy.hitler had 16 coutries but he was not satified.so he lost everything.he didnt enjoy simple things.
Dominic that is exactly what religion is for it is for having a balanced life and praying to God. and yet people thinking religion is limited your freedom. Freedom from what? All these things exhibited in the video ? True freedom is freedom from being a slavery to desires and material objects and not centering your entire life around your wealth but rather spiritual fulfillment
Chi compie il male lo fa per ignoranza del bene. Socrate
Nobody will know why this got so many likes now. Happiness.
PRESIDENTIAL underrated comment
How could you forget! That was my favourite part!
It's actually the second half of the book xD
This needs more Likes
It's on the bonus DVD with the directors cut
I love this . I watch it all the time
It's the mindset that we should all develope now. That we're all living in the pursuit of happyness. It started with us, but we want to work more, to earn more, to bring best out of ourselves, only because we wanna see our families in better place. Thats it.
This video alone could put someone in a severe depression.
truth is rarely pleasant.
"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad." -Aldous Huxley
I see it as a motivation more than anything
But I didn't need to watch that to have it.....
but regrettably ourselves created this reality
This video makes Thanos look like a Hero.
He was
How i wish he won
I’m his daddy
HHhahah
the fact that that mouse dranked 3 beers then took prescription drugs is Impossible*
This video is the purest form of false advertisement ever.
how to find REAL HAPINEES : be the guy that stole his car
I thought this was gonna be some lofi music lol
lmao
sAME tho
lfg oof that’s why I clicked 🤣😂🤣😂
Lmao I did too
LOL...
I'm really impressed by the artists knowledge of rats, their behaviors, and movements. The anthropomorphism is top notch.
Persona Slates So fuckin underrated comment
If you play Mordhau long enough you learn to sniff out rats having studied their every move
Tomas Ithurburu yes
The WHAT 😅
Almost choked reading this
So many commentaries about the elevator scene being about chasing instead of getting. I felt it's simply a gag about waiting in the elevator, then returning to the chase after arrival. Tom & Jerry and Looney Toons are full of those.
Steve Cutts, you are brilliant.
Moral of the story. You’ll never truly find happiness if you are pursuing it through material possessions.
So fucking true
This!!!!!!
This!!!!!!
real Happiness comes at you. When you actively pursue for happiness, it is fake happiness
So very true 💯
The last scene where rat is trapped to work when he grabbed that money was so perfect and intelligent.
What did it mean?
@@bdfwhhsb The whole video seems to illustrate how are being is derived from a monetary reward that we think will make us happy because we can get all this stuff only to feel empty and trapped.
@@bdfwhhsb It's just like the real world. if you want money, you have to work
@@bdfwhhsb your mom
@@Vibrant_HEHO sherlock
I can't...this is too relatable😢
"Even if you win in the rat race, you're still a rat."
You are right bro because you are fighting in the wrong battle The true win is when you get in Jannah 😊
@@slimaneds7704 This life is a prison for the Believers and a Jennah for the nonbelievers.
@@slimaneds7704 100 percent correct
A happy rat.
No.you re the best rat.not just a rat.
I love the amount of detail in Cutts' work. You can freeze frame a single scene and chuckle for minutes.
Right?! "Missing: Toe. Last Seen: On Foot" lmao genius
Indeed
Society
And also go: Eww, that was Me Yesterday!
How many minutes is it to be exact?
There is no word for this film, literary extraordinary.
I agree 100%, this is remarkable! Not just the animation, but the message too. By the way my friend you have a typo - I presume you meant 'literally'.
Micky Mouse after his contract ends
XD
So cruel
My goofy ass: thats hyucked up
草
Hahaha😂😂😂 why theres no miney mouse
poor black friday salesman rat, i feel you bro
ABSOLUTELY! IT WAS HILLARIOUS! :D
I worked retail for 30 years. I don't like people anymore.
@@sueb2898 same here bro, i feel that :/
T4r4g0n the sigh lol
Everything about this was brilliant.
If you don't need anything and living with contentment, that is real happiness. Happiness is inside, not outside. 😃
🎯
It’s scary how much this hits close to reality
this is the reality, by design.
Yeah and the end hits harder than anything , running for the bait and getting trapped in a vicious cycle
The pursuit of happiness is a fool’s errand. I find that great stability is found in the mere absence of suffering. The average state of mind should not be feared, as it has a comfort all its own.
E realidade
That's the point...
The advertisement in every corner is so spot on. "The better you", "Be the real you", "Be the best", "You are nothing without it", ”Drink. Forget. Smile".
Yeah, great animation for sure :).
Yeah and u watched this animation, said "wow this is deep" and forgot about it
I made an edit and added things as a part two to this film. It only goes for 60 seconds kzhead.info/sun/qrJ6o9OsjGt6g5E/bejne.html
It's deep af for sure
Very nice short film. You always see a new detail, even after watching it for the 100. time
Happiness is not outside but lies In one's self. This video explains it very well
“We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like.” Dave Ramsey
If everyone else around you is happy it make you happy
We post quotes we didn’t write, under videos we didn’t make, to impress people who don’t care.
@@viktor7712 to impress people we dont know
This is from Fight Club.
We buy things we don’t need, with money we don’t have, to impress people we don’t like.” -Dave Ramsey
"It's a big disgrace to see the human race, in a rat race!" - Bob Marley
I wouldn't trade no places to be in rat races
😢indeed
Jay L lol what?
Rats are great creatures ... unlike human pests.
Lov Bob Marley
It teaches us how many people in this world try to search for satisfaction, both in material things and in addictions that harm our bodies, but in the end we are unhappy and we never manage to fill that void inside us and we learn that the worldit may be unfair
If you want happiness then search inside yourself, " don't try to find outside....."
The animation here is spectacular, it carries a sense of emptiness and reality which fits the tone.
Jose Ortiz you can say that again
Jose Ortiz smelling your farts again are we?
What?
On point
Me in my English exam when I have no fucking clue what the question means
They really didn’t have to expose New York like this
man they didn't need to expose the entire population of young adults in france
That's a funny way to spell 'Beijing'
Lmao
funny way to spell modern society
I thought it was London.... I don't even live there.
This made me want to both laugh and cry at the same time
Happiness is a warm gun.
″They don't want to end their life, they just want to end their pain″
But the life is pain in different ways, Schopenhauer said.
Pala do yanna...
You look kinda sus
So true
ඔබ ශ්රී ලාංකිකයෙක්ද?
Moral of the story: We're fucked
Except me. I will be a politican and i will be puppet of President. In my fucking country politicans earning 20.000 lira (Turkish money) I will be rich in 10 years.
@@Nokia-fi6em lol u r kidding🤣🤣🤣🤣
EG: No point, no morality, no empathy. Destroy everything.
@@Nokia-fi6em if you be a corrupt politician you will be rich in only 5
@@Nokia-fi6em u gotta live long enough to make it there.
Really, happiness is short lived 😢