I feel like in this one it was weirdly bittersweet? Like the idea of having that much job security and doing what you love is nice, but then also the thought this is all you’ll ever have is scary.
"If we're lucky" stuck out the most to me. They don't know if they'll have the security of a job tomorrow. They don't know if they'll have the job for the rest of their lives. That notion of your future depending on "luck" is scarier when you realize that the job that you have was the best thing to ever happen to you, that for all the years that you've worked there, it has essentially become *apart* of you. Yet, you don't know if it will last. Don't know what would happen to you if it was shut down and taken from you. Putting that amount of trust into something that lacks stability and certainty is terrifying. At the end of the day, everybody wants to feel secure in a place that fulfills them. You could have a colleague that wants to cheer you up, a workplace that gives you purpose, a cake that's ready to be cut, and yet the rain still won't go away because it's just as *real* as everything else that's good in your life. The gloom of the rain is also valid, just like how the joy of eating cake is valid. All these feelings exist in tandem. It's okay to not know what the future holds for you. It's okay to put your trust in "luck". It's okay to be afraid.
@@luleta1644could be, but it definitely feels like when an animation team is so close to finishing something, only for the studio to rip the rug out from under them at the last minute (most recent example i can think of is the yuri on ice movie. the whole thing was done, but will never be released)
@@citruslllad i've seen animators/storyboard artist/etc. speak about how they've been working on a series for years only for it to be cancelled. it breaks my heart ;;;
the animation for stubbing out the cigarette was so goddamn good and in an animation with great quality already it’s incredible how well made this is. i can tell you put your heart into this. do the guys ever kiss each other.
I saw post about this recently. Why 80s-90s anime feels "cozy". Why people like Ghibli etc They animate the mundane aspects of life, and for whatever reason people really like it.
@@htsunmikuit helps us see the beauty & meaning of the everyday :^) there's so much noise in overworking, fomo, trends, etc. all the superficial... but there's more than that to life. the connections we make with eachothers, the ones we lost with our local community, the ones we've gained online across the world... there's so much, but it's a smaller world than we think, & we are not as much of strangers than we thought. love you, be safe ♡
@@TheAMVDorf oh yeah. I don't think it's gone at all. It's just a point someone made regarding anime of the past. Though I think they were arguing we don't see it as much. But as you said: it's mainly seen in certain genres now.
Oh my God, I nearly spilled my tea when I got the alert. Also, beautiful monologue. That's life really, a series of uncertain realities that you never know for sure when they will shift or stop all together. However, I would rather scramble through the rough changes than remain stagnated in one same place. The left-over silence of the rain in the end really sank in on the realization. You either embrace uncertainty and head on, or you remain trapped inside a building with stale office cake. Sometimes, maybe it's best to bolt out into the rain, not looking back.
Beautifully said. The lingering rain scene at the end felt like so unnerving & cold, but somehow hopeful. Such an simple & powerful video and heartwarming comment section. Zalinki brings real humans together via drawings. Sick!
I felt this in my ribs. I'm sorry. Thank you. It also reminds me so much of that bit in Vonnegut's Player Piano (one of my favorites): “You think I'm insane?" said Finnerty. Apparently he wanted more of a reaction than Paul had given him. "You're still in touch. I guess that's the test." "Barely-barely." "A psychiatrist could help. There's a good man in Albany." Finnerty shook his head. "He'd pull me back into the center, and I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center." He nodded, "Big, undreamed-of things-the people on the edge see them first.”
I was just yesterday re-watching "it's raining" since there was a big storm in my city and it became flooded. That animation has a special place in my heart because no matter how loud the thunder is I can always remember that one asshole friend who didn't want to play twister and laugh with my family. Thank you Zalinki
The clarity afforded by that little animation of him crushing the cigarette and that 5 seconds of rain… that’s nice. That’s what it’s about. For every tension, there has to be a release.
As a creative, this hits me really hard. I've spent the better part of my life making art, animation, music, poetry, fiction, anything and everything I could use to express myself and as much as I wanna say it's for me, that's not really true. As humans we crave validation for the things we do regardless of if we want to or not. And while that might not be the point of this animation, that's where it hits me. In the sense that somewhere along the line, I lost myself to that desire to be validated and I'm slowly losing steam. Years I've spent giving up on project after project because nothing I make ever interests anyone. I dunno though. I don't think a Zalinki comment section is where I should be airing a majority of this out, but hey. Maybe someone out there vibes with this.
Hey man, whatever is happening I just want to say thank you so much of content you have put out. I, as many others, have been inspired by your work. I always like your take on things that are grounded that capture the human experience; dread, tiredness, and over all uncertainty. But in contrast the beauty, comradery, and just simply enjoying a rainy day. Thank you.
That ending was a really good metaphor (even if unintentional) for the exact thing the rest of this video is demonstrating. It's a long scene with no changes in movement, focus, or tone. Just one long shot of raindrops hitting the ground. It doesn't even get a proper conclusion or punchline... It abruptly ends with no fanfare. Such a simple video but so powerful all the same. And this is from the same guy who animated a worldwide virus getting jiggy with it.
1:28 the statements "the longer i stay here the scarier it is knowing its all i have" and "crawling out further and further from shore on a ocean of thin ice" are some of the deepest things ive heard all year and idk if ill recover.
Love this. I feel like a lot of people talk about doing something "for the rest of their lives" as a dream, whereas for others it can literally be hell frozen over on a "thin sheet of ice". cant help but relate to that senitment
I love how both characters were picking up on each other’s non verbal queues. The smoking guy really wanted to know what was up but was also trying to play it as the cool, collected older coworker.
I love that you've been creating this little universe surrounding "THE PLAN", "Music for Sad People", "COVID-20", and now this. It's the rise and fall of this little company that represents your channel, and at this point, we all know what's going to happen because of Music for Sad People. I hope the janitor got out ok. That being said, I do hope you know that your channel has been an inspiration for thousands of people. I've been making videos for four years now and you were one of my earliest inspirations for the overall vibe and tone that I wanted to set. I made a video called "Our Brand" that very closely modeled "the Plan" and it has kind of set the overall tone of the last four years, so without "the Plan" I don't think my channel would be what it is today. I just hit 1.8k subs and I started at zippity zap. This is a tough industry and not one I would recommend to anyone who wants to make money, but it's also a vehicle for some of the most creative pieces of art I've seen. Your channel is one of those special gems that I'll always watch, no matter the upload. Break a leg out there.
Hey Zalinki. I know you're probably busy and all, but I just wanted to let you know that your animations have affected me on a deep and personal level. They give this special kind of solidarity, like someone living the life I'd always wanted and could have had but never reached because depression fucked my life up and stuck me in a hole too deep to ever dig myself out of, only for him to turn around and say "Hey man. It's alright. We're all in this shitshow together." I don't know. I'm not so good at words as I wish I was, but I just want you to know that your art has an impact. Whatever you decide to do with your life-whether you keep making art, or leave it all behind-I hope you can at least know that. We're all in this together, man.
These people being portrayed as so sane, so normal, so human, really makes it more tragic what happens next. They’re not 1-dimensional nobodies who turned on each other out of nowhere. They’re scared adults barely holding it together in a job that won’t give back to them.
i was just thinking about how i've been following you for almost 6 years now the other day-- literally heading into my freshman year of university in a month. good to see you're still around :)
i just started work. this has been the most powerful piece i have watched. it doesn't seem to end. i only keep on looking ahead at some distant future where i will not be stressed anymore. it's scary that, that day is not coming for the next few decade of my life. im running out of time, i am getting old. it's too much responsibility all at once to take in. i am losing touch. this short somehow resonates with me. there's so little detail said, there's so much expressed in between words. thanks for this
love how this contributes to the overall lore of his videos. also love that in the end i waited in suspense, hoping he'd come out, run, to go do something he enjoyed that didn't make him feel like it's all he had. and then i thought, i hope i'll run out to do more things I enjoy, that art wasn't the only thing i could do despite loving it. and i think that's what he is trying to say too. that he hopes art isn't all he has, cuz while he loves it, it's so unceartain. and if you've seen his other videos, you know that those characters die in there, thinking they'll have another chance to switch up, to do something different. maybe that's his hope dying with said characters but i'm hoping that we're both wrong, and art isn't all we have. and we won't die thinking we'll have a chance to discover what we were truly meant to do. i hope we won't waste our chance. i hope there'll always be another one
Holy shit, that was amazing. The fog, uncertainty but it’s present in both directions the characters face. Whether he steps away from work and the consistency that has been ever present in his life, or he returns and reforms to that very order, both directions were clouded in the end. Maybe I’m reading too much into this, but it speaks so much to me and I just wanna write my thoughts down. Joining the man outside in the rain, it’s not sad, but it isn’t happy either. A bitter sweetness. Hypocritical. To say you enjoy doing the same stressful action over and over. We all complain, yet work anyways. So why do we complain? Those that step away, might not succeed, and those who do succeed? Where do they end up? Do they succeed forever just like we toil forever in a cycle of pain and pleasure? Is there an eventual end to our failure and successes? I don’t want you to miss my point so I’ll refocus. Guy 2 joins Guy 1 on a smoke break. An addiction, something you can’t seem to stop doing, to something bad like smoking. He joins him for a minute. Guy 1, the smoker, is seemingly satisfied with the current “work environment” in their company. Constantly reassuring Guy 2 and downplaying his grievances. Each and everyone of Guy 2’s complaints being met with a simple retort. But Guy 2 joins Guy 1. He imagines what it would be like to walk away from it all. To step into the rain, and get wet. Drenched in uncertainty and possible failure. He imagines if he could ever leave the business to begin with. It has its faults, but like he said, they’re faults he’s grown accustomed to. Addicted to, even. But that’s Guy 2. Is Guy 1 a villain? Some hidden antagonist that is perpetually pushing down Guy 2’s thoughts to keep him in the business? Yes and no. No, Guy 1 is not an antagonist in any regard. Guy 1, is us. We, the audience are Guy 1. We are addicts who constantly push down Zalinki’s thoughts and worries, under the guise that we’ll ALWAYS be there for him. Sometimes a supportive force, can become a burden. Zalinki definitely sees the comments about his long absences, the comments showing their adoration, or even the comments that have nothing to say at all. He feels a sense of obligation to himself and us, to create. It’s WHY he comes outside of the business to speak to Guy 1. He’s trying to speak to all of us on an even level. But despite all of us being addicts, we can’t halt the rush for a single person. That’s why Guy 1 is so willing to return to work. Because what is work if not watching videos, laughing, crying, and enjoying life? You wouldn’t think of it as a bad thing because you aren’t in Zalinki’s shoes. You aren’t Guy 2, you can’t hate the establishment or quit your job now because you either need it, feel an obligation of duty toward it, or can’t step away from it. It’s why Guy 1 doesn’t throw away the whole pack. He only puts one cigarette out, and then immediately walks into the building. Guy 2 hesitates BECAUSE he doesn’t know if he CAN do this forever. We as the audience have grown so addicted to just watching and commenting that we forget that there’s PEOPLE behind the content we make. We’ll say whatever we can so that they can pump out a new video and we can get our fix. Our next cigarette. So Zalinki can get his cake and eat it too, and we can stand right beside him, watching. Man. Amazing video. Nothing ai said here is factual or even correct. This is jus what I took away from this 2 minute video.
wow. i really like this video zalinki. its so mundane but like, in a good way. it feels like ive just peered into somebody else’s life kind of, and its normal. and i really like that.
I LOVED this omg Usually animations are about fantasy, or with enthusiastic songs in the background, this is just raw adult office life. As someone who worked for almost two years at one (then I quitted because I was just like that guy) it really catches that vibe really well. Your work with the expressions and voices is so amazing, I can't tell how wonderful it is, loved it, thank you so much for sharing this masterpiece!
Realistically, no matter what happens we are going to die eventually. So if even if the most horrible thing we can imagine happens to us, even that will come to an end someday. Until then, I’m going to get a slice of that cake. At the very least, I hope some janitor gets some fun out of dancing on my corpse while cleaning.
I don't know why but the blue tones, realistic dialogue and the sound of the rain just makes this feel so real. Made me imagine as if these were just real dudes having a chat outside in the rain so vividly, even though the monochromic color palette is so simple. Great vid
Zalinki I just want to let you know that whatever great things you are working on I think your art is great and it brings smile to my face seeing new things from you, work hard and don’t give up but also take rest when necessary and enjoy little things in life, love u man ❤
I just left a job I worked at for almost five years. It was my first job. I start my next one in a couple of days. I think I needed to see this in all that uncertainty I was feeling. Thank you. also the way you animated that dude’s foot stomping out the cigarette butt was sick 10/10 clean af
Absolutely in love with the juxtaposition of the immaculate 24 fps cigarette stamping to punctuate the dialogue. And saying "I don't know" twice really authenticated the scene for me, if that makes sense.
it's really rough right now in the animation industry. I've seen a lot of people being hurt and affected because of how much they love what they do. But, I know people will always love animation. Even if it feels like they don't care anymore. I don't know how you've been affected by all that is going on. But every thing you make has always been amazing. Whether it's funny, or existentially beautiful, I always enjoy what you've made.
I had a similar conversation with a co-worker at my old job, it was right after we were told the management was attempting to get two people to quit and not have to fire them to avoid issues. She mentioned that the job was good for her cause it was the only thing keeping her distracted from life, and it's never left my brain since.
I was just rewatching some of your older videos, and without a doubt I'm very glad to have grown up on youtube watching some of your stuff. If it means anything, seeing your art watching your animations has left a mark on a lot of people, and I'm very glad to be one of them.
This is oddly refreshing. Not just the rain sounds, but the conversation. Its so real that listening to it makes the soul feel a little lighter somehow.
Man this captured such a nuanced emotion but I think we all feel to some degree. The rain, the pauses and reiterating statements, the dismissal of the doubts at the end. It feels like conversations I've had and it's so well done.
It's a reference to one of his earlier animations, and also a reference to a game (I don't know if the latter is intentional or not, though). The cake is a lie.
Well, god damn I had a crisis going on in my life for like two or three months which I wasn't able to describe to my friends with words, and Zalinki just comes out of nowhere and condenses it in a 2:37 video. Glad you're back man
zalinki rember me i was with u in siege under the name budleg i wasnt aware of this poplularity but its preety cool i hope u have the bests of jorney in youir life
This is very lovely. It's very sincere, it still hangs through the fun lore, but it can be played up and interpreted in ways that can entice us. It even sounds like a meta commentary on UA-cam as a whole. It's pleasantly real.
I love normal conversations like this, it just feels like you're seeing a tiny slice of someone's actual life before pulling out again knowing that other people go through the same challenges as everyone else
@@Ashash197its because you said nothing of value. you came rushing through the door with nothing to hold, screaming “iM heRE eVeryOnE! ME ME ME! im me and here and fUrSt!!!” When literally nobody cares about that. Did you want a round of applause? A congratulations for popping up and not acknowledging the work before you? That’s obnoxious. You are obnoxious. So naturally, everyone else will get hundred’s of likes, while they ignore you. Because youre only talking about yourself. How about next time when you go rushing through that door, instead of being empty handed, you come in presenting something of actual VALUE, something people can resonate with, and not just your ego.
Oh I feel this. I'm really deep into a career I'm not sure I want to do forever and quickly running out of time to find and build a new one. That's even if I can afford to build a new one. With each passing year the difficulty of changing that career gets higher to one point it'll be insurmountable
I love how this can be (and is) interpreted as the struggles of being an artist and making art, no matter what it is. It's not all perfect because we love it, it's difficult and challenging and frustrating and enraging. We're proud of where we are but it doesn't mean its perfect, or easy. I love this
This video feels like a take on how the animation industry or even the art industry is. Being an artist myself, it gets tough when your 'company' slowly feels like it's going under. Esspecially, it doesn't help when animators are falling on deaf ears to big animating companies who dont give them viable work hours or quota; and even certain art jobs are being taken by A.I. And so I, too, hope we get to do this for the rest of our lives.
Hey, that wasn’t funny at all!
I'm kinda feeling like this was a cry for help-
@@sleep6837 I think most videos on the channel are at this point
This whole video felt like a setup for a punchline that never comes. Just like real life.
400 hundo
@@penjamin1479 The punchline already here years ago. This is the prequel, before they cut the cake.
“It’s Raining”
Yeah yea it is
@@carmennarvaez5664...so are you gonna leave dude, because it's 2am, and everybody else has gone home-
So, are you going to leave dude? Because it's 2 am and everyone already left so
Yeah got those vibes immediately as I started watching - thought it was gonna be the same two guys arguing about cake instead of pizza lol
@@Flamingaaa the pizza is going to be cold
"You know, if we're lucky, we get to do this for the rest of our lives"
What a haunting statement.
Very haunting, considering the rest of their lives came very quickly...
I feel like in this one it was weirdly bittersweet? Like the idea of having that much job security and doing what you love is nice, but then also the thought this is all you’ll ever have is scary.
"If we're lucky" stuck out the most to me. They don't know if they'll have the security of a job tomorrow. They don't know if they'll have the job for the rest of their lives. That notion of your future depending on "luck" is scarier when you realize that the job that you have was the best thing to ever happen to you, that for all the years that you've worked there, it has essentially become *apart* of you. Yet, you don't know if it will last. Don't know what would happen to you if it was shut down and taken from you. Putting that amount of trust into something that lacks stability and certainty is terrifying.
At the end of the day, everybody wants to feel secure in a place that fulfills them. You could have a colleague that wants to cheer you up, a workplace that gives you purpose, a cake that's ready to be cut, and yet the rain still won't go away because it's just as *real* as everything else that's good in your life. The gloom of the rain is also valid, just like how the joy of eating cake is valid. All these feelings exist in tandem.
It's okay to not know what the future holds for you. It's okay to put your trust in "luck". It's okay to be afraid.
@@Conmonkeywookie wait what?
"welcome back, zalinki" we all say in unison
Damnit the TikTok comments are flooding over
He’d probably feel a lot better if he just finished his sudoku puzzle ngl
Haha.. I stopped doing a sudoku puzzle to check UA-cam… what are the odds?
@@BlooGhostsame bro
@@frogsquared7867 eyoooo sudoku buddies
"Finnish the puzzle Steve!
Doh, shit-"
I just noticed that these two are some of the characters that zalinki made on the past
NO IF THIS FOLLOWS THE LORE OF THE OTHER VIDEOS THEN THEY TOTALLY DIED WHEN THEY WENT BACK INSIDE 😭😭
oh thank god
Bruj
zalinki lore goes deep
Now that I think about it, this is like the 4th video that takes place in that building...
which ones????
WTF did i just watch??!!!
(An extremely well-made animation)
Hot diggidy demon . Cawm
@@Zalinkiyou do the why too??
@@Zalinkiworrying
A CARTOON ON THE INTERNET
I understood that reference!
Is this talking about being an artist? This is talking about being an artist.
But then the rain sound at the end was really nice.
i think this is just life, imma be honest haha
@@luleta1644could be, but it definitely feels like when an animation team is so close to finishing something, only for the studio to rip the rug out from under them at the last minute
(most recent example i can think of is the yuri on ice movie. the whole thing was done, but will never be released)
@@citruslllad given the cake stuff it is also definitely specifically about zalinki's channel and art (see the plan and music for sad people)
@@citruslllad i've seen animators/storyboard artist/etc. speak about how they've been working on a series for years only for it to be cancelled. it breaks my heart ;;;
Zalinki is one talented fellow
You're more talented ngl
Edit: i failed at starting beef, there'll be no zalinki and adam boxing match 😔
@@jamueI I miss the days when we could dislike comments.
@@Mothbean Use me as the dislike (Sorry Jamuel gotta friendly fire on this one. Zalinki way more talented than me)
Everyone is a talented fellow if you put effort into it
@@SomeThingElseYT I want to clarify that I don't think you're not talented, I just think the guy's comment was uncalled
somebody find the location on geoguesser
Finally a good joke in this comment section
Silent hill
Got me tearing up on a Saturday at 3:10 PM
Love your stuff!
the animation for stubbing out the cigarette was so goddamn good and in an animation with great quality already it’s incredible how well made this is. i can tell you put your heart into this. do the guys ever kiss each other.
LMAO i was gonna comment the same thing. Very cool video, ok when do they kiss?
maybe they kiss?
@@thefakejoel7323never cuz they died
I love just… conversations. It’s really nice to watch animated people converse so organically, you know?
I saw post about this recently.
Why 80s-90s anime feels "cozy". Why people like Ghibli etc
They animate the mundane aspects of life, and for whatever reason people really like it.
@@htsunmikuit helps us see the beauty & meaning of the everyday :^) there's so much noise in overworking, fomo, trends, etc. all the superficial... but there's more than that to life. the connections we make with eachothers, the ones we lost with our local community, the ones we've gained online across the world... there's so much, but it's a smaller world than we think, & we are not as much of strangers than we thought. love you, be safe ♡
@@htsunmikuI don’t think it’s confined to a specific era of anime, seeing how popular and common slice of life anime is currently
@@TheAMVDorf oh yeah. I don't think it's gone at all.
It's just a point someone made regarding anime of the past.
Though I think they were arguing we don't see it as much. But as you said: it's mainly seen in certain genres now.
@@MossTunicyou should look into writing for a living
Oh my God, I nearly spilled my tea when I got the alert. Also, beautiful monologue. That's life really, a series of uncertain realities that you never know for sure when they will shift or stop all together. However, I would rather scramble through the rough changes than remain stagnated in one same place. The left-over silence of the rain in the end really sank in on the realization. You either embrace uncertainty and head on, or you remain trapped inside a building with stale office cake. Sometimes, maybe it's best to bolt out into the rain, not looking back.
Beautifully said. The lingering rain scene at the end felt like so unnerving & cold, but somehow hopeful. Such an simple & powerful video and heartwarming comment section. Zalinki brings real humans together via drawings. Sick!
Babe wake up new Zalinki existential crisis
I could cry, our dad is finally back
But for how long?
find a dad who's stable
me working 30 hrs a day at the ball crushing factory
another long day at the long day factory...
there is so much wrong with these two sentences.
I felt this in my ribs. I'm sorry. Thank you.
It also reminds me so much of that bit in Vonnegut's Player Piano (one of my favorites):
“You think I'm insane?" said Finnerty. Apparently he wanted more of a reaction than Paul had given him.
"You're still in touch. I guess that's the test."
"Barely-barely."
"A psychiatrist could help. There's a good man in Albany."
Finnerty shook his head. "He'd pull me back into the center, and I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center." He nodded, "Big, undreamed-of things-the people on the edge see them first.”
I was just yesterday re-watching "it's raining" since there was a big storm in my city and it became flooded.
That animation has a special place in my heart because no matter how loud the thunder is I can always remember that one asshole friend who didn't want to play twister and laugh with my family.
Thank you Zalinki
NO LITTLE EMPLOYEE MAN, DON'T GO GET THE CAKE SLICE
The clarity afforded by that little animation of him crushing the cigarette and that 5 seconds of rain… that’s nice. That’s what it’s about. For every tension, there has to be a release.
too much talent im angry
As a creative, this hits me really hard. I've spent the better part of my life making art, animation, music, poetry, fiction, anything and everything I could use to express myself and as much as I wanna say it's for me, that's not really true. As humans we crave validation for the things we do regardless of if we want to or not. And while that might not be the point of this animation, that's where it hits me. In the sense that somewhere along the line, I lost myself to that desire to be validated and I'm slowly losing steam. Years I've spent giving up on project after project because nothing I make ever interests anyone. I dunno though. I don't think a Zalinki comment section is where I should be airing a majority of this out, but hey. Maybe someone out there vibes with this.
The way you draw suits and collars is the best, I just had to say that.
I’ve never seen existential dread so beautifully illustrated. Bravo, another banger
Dad came back with the milk!
with a cake even!
It's a sour milk, but still milk!
And cake
Hey man, whatever is happening I just want to say thank you so much of content you have put out. I, as many others, have been inspired by your work. I always like your take on things that are grounded that capture the human experience; dread, tiredness, and over all uncertainty. But in contrast the beauty, comradery, and just simply enjoying a rainy day. Thank you.
That ending was a really good metaphor (even if unintentional) for the exact thing the rest of this video is demonstrating. It's a long scene with no changes in movement, focus, or tone. Just one long shot of raindrops hitting the ground. It doesn't even get a proper conclusion or punchline... It abruptly ends with no fanfare.
Such a simple video but so powerful all the same.
And this is from the same guy who animated a worldwide virus getting jiggy with it.
1:28 the statements "the longer i stay here the scarier it is knowing its all i have" and "crawling out further and further from shore on a ocean of thin ice" are some of the deepest things ive heard all year and idk if ill recover.
Love this. I feel like a lot of people talk about doing something "for the rest of their lives" as a dream, whereas for others it can literally be hell frozen over on a "thin sheet of ice". cant help but relate to that senitment
I love how both characters were picking up on each other’s non verbal queues. The smoking guy really wanted to know what was up but was also trying to play it as the cool, collected older coworker.
.....I need to sit down, that inflicted a lot of psychic damage to me as an office worker...
Absolutely stunning work, and wow very sharp commentary
As a wise guy once said: "Life can be a punchline that never comes"
oh, but it does. music for sad people.
Never knew I'd have so much in common with a punchline
My wife is disappointed in me
I love that you've been creating this little universe surrounding "THE PLAN", "Music for Sad People", "COVID-20", and now this. It's the rise and fall of this little company that represents your channel, and at this point, we all know what's going to happen because of Music for Sad People. I hope the janitor got out ok.
That being said, I do hope you know that your channel has been an inspiration for thousands of people. I've been making videos for four years now and you were one of my earliest inspirations for the overall vibe and tone that I wanted to set. I made a video called "Our Brand" that very closely modeled "the Plan" and it has kind of set the overall tone of the last four years, so without "the Plan" I don't think my channel would be what it is today. I just hit 1.8k subs and I started at zippity zap.
This is a tough industry and not one I would recommend to anyone who wants to make money, but it's also a vehicle for some of the most creative pieces of art I've seen. Your channel is one of those special gems that I'll always watch, no matter the upload. Break a leg out there.
And in classic Zalinki fashion, I find myself wallowing in existencial dread!
that shoe animation was slick, god damn
Hey Zalinki. I know you're probably busy and all, but I just wanted to let you know that your animations have affected me on a deep and personal level. They give this special kind of solidarity, like someone living the life I'd always wanted and could have had but never reached because depression fucked my life up and stuck me in a hole too deep to ever dig myself out of, only for him to turn around and say "Hey man. It's alright. We're all in this shitshow together."
I don't know. I'm not so good at words as I wish I was, but I just want you to know that your art has an impact. Whatever you decide to do with your life-whether you keep making art, or leave it all behind-I hope you can at least know that. We're all in this together, man.
Okay zalinki now drop the album
when he mentioned cake I immediately realized they're fuckin dead
These people being portrayed as so sane, so normal, so human, really makes it more tragic what happens next. They’re not 1-dimensional nobodies who turned on each other out of nowhere. They’re scared adults barely holding it together in a job that won’t give back to them.
He remembered his UA-cam account so password
“If we’re lucky we get to do this for the rest of our lives.”
That hit like a brick, incredible work on this one!
i was just thinking about how i've been following you for almost 6 years now the other day-- literally heading into my freshman year of university in a month. good to see you're still around :)
i just started work. this has been the most powerful piece i have watched. it doesn't seem to end. i only keep on looking ahead at some distant future where i will not be stressed anymore. it's scary that, that day is not coming for the next few decade of my life. im running out of time, i am getting old. it's too much responsibility all at once to take in. i am losing touch. this short somehow resonates with me. there's so little detail said, there's so much expressed in between words. thanks for this
That smooth stomp putting out the cigarette butt tho
love how this contributes to the overall lore of his videos. also love that in the end i waited in suspense, hoping he'd come out, run, to go do something he enjoyed that didn't make him feel like it's all he had. and then i thought, i hope i'll run out to do more things I enjoy, that art wasn't the only thing i could do despite loving it. and i think that's what he is trying to say too. that he hopes art isn't all he has, cuz while he loves it, it's so unceartain. and if you've seen his other videos, you know that those characters die in there, thinking they'll have another chance to switch up, to do something different. maybe that's his hope dying with said characters
but i'm hoping that we're both wrong, and art isn't all we have. and we won't die thinking we'll have a chance to discover what we were truly meant to do. i hope we won't waste our chance. i hope there'll always be another one
Insane level of character acting here… made me emotional
Welcome back Zalinki!
That animation of the cigarette being put out was so satisfying to watch
Holy shit, that was amazing. The fog, uncertainty but it’s present in both directions the characters face. Whether he steps away from work and the consistency that has been ever present in his life, or he returns and reforms to that very order, both directions were clouded in the end. Maybe I’m reading too much into this, but it speaks so much to me and I just wanna write my thoughts down. Joining the man outside in the rain, it’s not sad, but it isn’t happy either. A bitter sweetness. Hypocritical. To say you enjoy doing the same stressful action over and over. We all complain, yet work anyways. So why do we complain? Those that step away, might not succeed, and those who do succeed? Where do they end up? Do they succeed forever just like we toil forever in a cycle of pain and pleasure? Is there an eventual end to our failure and successes? I don’t want you to miss my point so I’ll refocus. Guy 2 joins Guy 1 on a smoke break. An addiction, something you can’t seem to stop doing, to something bad like smoking. He joins him for a minute. Guy 1, the smoker, is seemingly satisfied with the current “work environment” in their company. Constantly reassuring Guy 2 and downplaying his grievances. Each and everyone of Guy 2’s complaints being met with a simple retort. But Guy 2 joins Guy 1. He imagines what it would be like to walk away from it all. To step into the rain, and get wet. Drenched in uncertainty and possible failure. He imagines if he could ever leave the business to begin with. It has its faults, but like he said, they’re faults he’s grown accustomed to. Addicted to, even. But that’s Guy 2. Is Guy 1 a villain? Some hidden antagonist that is perpetually pushing down Guy 2’s thoughts to keep him in the business? Yes and no. No, Guy 1 is not an antagonist in any regard. Guy 1, is us. We, the audience are Guy 1. We are addicts who constantly push down Zalinki’s thoughts and worries, under the guise that we’ll ALWAYS be there for him. Sometimes a supportive force, can become a burden. Zalinki definitely sees the comments about his long absences, the comments showing their adoration, or even the comments that have nothing to say at all. He feels a sense of obligation to himself and us, to create. It’s WHY he comes outside of the business to speak to Guy 1. He’s trying to speak to all of us on an even level. But despite all of us being addicts, we can’t halt the rush for a single person. That’s why Guy 1 is so willing to return to work. Because what is work if not watching videos, laughing, crying, and enjoying life? You wouldn’t think of it as a bad thing because you aren’t in Zalinki’s shoes. You aren’t Guy 2, you can’t hate the establishment or quit your job now because you either need it, feel an obligation of duty toward it, or can’t step away from it. It’s why Guy 1 doesn’t throw away the whole pack. He only puts one cigarette out, and then immediately walks into the building. Guy 2 hesitates BECAUSE he doesn’t know if he CAN do this forever. We as the audience have grown so addicted to just watching and commenting that we forget that there’s PEOPLE behind the content we make. We’ll say whatever we can so that they can pump out a new video and we can get our fix. Our next cigarette. So Zalinki can get his cake and eat it too, and we can stand right beside him, watching. Man. Amazing video. Nothing ai said here is factual or even correct. This is jus what I took away from this 2 minute video.
youre a big inspiration dude, seriously, one of the reasons I went to college for animation. keep up the great work!!!
wow. i really like this video zalinki. its so mundane but like, in a good way. it feels like ive just peered into somebody else’s life kind of, and its normal. and i really like that.
I LOVED this omg
Usually animations are about fantasy, or with enthusiastic songs in the background, this is just raw adult office life. As someone who worked for almost two years at one (then I quitted because I was just like that guy) it really catches that vibe really well.
Your work with the expressions and voices is so amazing, I can't tell how wonderful it is, loved it, thank you so much for sharing this masterpiece!
Father has finally decided to upload
Strange timing too. I just looked up their music for sad people video this morning and then they post later on.
Gotta love how solid the dialogue is written, you feel the exhaustion
Realistically, no matter what happens we are going to die eventually. So if even if the most horrible thing we can imagine happens to us, even that will come to an end someday. Until then, I’m going to get a slice of that cake. At the very least, I hope some janitor gets some fun out of dancing on my corpse while cleaning.
You are genuinely one of my favorite artists.
Beautiful animation as always.
I don't know why but the blue tones, realistic dialogue and the sound of the rain just makes this feel so real. Made me imagine as if these were just real dudes having a chat outside in the rain so vividly, even though the monochromic color palette is so simple. Great vid
Zalinki I just want to let you know that whatever great things you are working on I think your art is great and it brings smile to my face seeing new things from you, work hard and don’t give up but also take rest when necessary and enjoy little things in life, love u man ❤
congrats on 10 million subs!
Erm… what the sigma 🤡
@@ReinigenDieWelt don't be rude, congratulate them for 10 million already
I just left a job I worked at for almost five years. It was my first job. I start my next one in a couple of days. I think I needed to see this in all that uncertainty I was feeling. Thank you.
also the way you animated that dude’s foot stomping out the cigarette butt was sick 10/10 clean af
I audibly made a rather guttural noise when I checked my UA-cam and saw THE GUY made a new animation
Man this is my favorite type of animation, just simple stuff executed perfectly. This feels so real and human, i needed to see a video like this today
Yowch. Felt this whole thing in my damned soul.
Absolutely in love with the juxtaposition of the immaculate 24 fps cigarette stamping to punctuate the dialogue. And saying "I don't know" twice really authenticated the scene for me, if that makes sense.
FATHER CAME HOME
“Thank you Zalinki” We all say in unison
Prequel to music for sad people?
that guy just littered when there is a trash can right next to him
THE RETURN OF THE KING
that guy was most certainly NOT all about theatrics and evil
This gave me an immense amount of dread. Thank you.
0:13 Would I be wrong in saying this dude looks like a grown up Charlie Brown?
it's really rough right now in the animation industry. I've seen a lot of people being hurt and affected because of how much they love what they do. But, I know people will always love animation. Even if it feels like they don't care anymore. I don't know how you've been affected by all that is going on. But every thing you make has always been amazing. Whether it's funny, or existentially beautiful, I always enjoy what you've made.
Ok, now that was hilarious!
I had a similar conversation with a co-worker at my old job, it was right after we were told the management was attempting to get two people to quit and not have to fire them to avoid issues. She mentioned that the job was good for her cause it was the only thing keeping her distracted from life, and it's never left my brain since.
I like how the rain is animated
I was just rewatching some of your older videos, and without a doubt I'm very glad to have grown up on youtube watching some of your stuff. If it means anything, seeing your art watching your animations has left a mark on a lot of people, and I'm very glad to be one of them.
but what pops up in the background at 2:14?
This is oddly refreshing. Not just the rain sounds, but the conversation. Its so real that listening to it makes the soul feel a little lighter somehow.
*HE’S BAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!*
Man this captured such a nuanced emotion but I think we all feel to some degree. The rain, the pauses and reiterating statements, the dismissal of the doubts at the end. It feels like conversations I've had and it's so well done.
It’s raining.
BABE WAKE UP, NEW ZALINKI ANIMATION!!!!!
Edit: Damn that hit a lot harder than I thought it would............
There are some very bleak undertones about purpose, relationship to work, your value as a person...why it called Cake tho
It's a reference to one of his earlier animations, and also a reference to a game (I don't know if the latter is intentional or not, though).
The cake is a lie.
@@MelancholicSeraph which older one? I have been a fan for years and literally blast through this channels videos every few months
@@sleep6837 Music for Sad People had a party go horribly wrong. The first thing you see in it is a slice of cake.
oh heavens HE COOKED AGAIN
I thought that zalinki was unemployed but he makes videos complaining about having to work and stuff.
Well, god damn I had a crisis going on in my life for like two or three months which I wasn't able to describe to my friends with words, and Zalinki just comes out of nowhere and condenses it in a 2:37 video.
Glad you're back man
zalinki rember me i was with u in siege under the name budleg i wasnt aware of this poplularity but its preety cool i hope u have the bests of jorney in youir life
hi i know you
Aaaaand reported and blocked
@@Zalinki why
This is very lovely. It's very sincere, it still hangs through the fun lore, but it can be played up and interpreted in ways that can entice us. It even sounds like a meta commentary on UA-cam as a whole. It's pleasantly real.
😮
I love normal conversations like this, it just feels like you're seeing a tiny slice of someone's actual life before pulling out again knowing that other people go through the same challenges as everyone else
**watches it in 2x speed so I finish the video before anyone else**
goober activities
@@thehomestead8831 quite rambunctious, I know
I’m the actual first one to comment and yet I only have three likes while others already have over a hundred
@@Ashash197its because you said nothing of value. you came rushing through the door with nothing to hold, screaming “iM heRE eVeryOnE! ME ME ME! im me and here and fUrSt!!!” When literally nobody cares about that. Did you want a round of applause? A congratulations for popping up and not acknowledging the work before you? That’s obnoxious. You are obnoxious. So naturally, everyone else will get hundred’s of likes, while they ignore you. Because youre only talking about yourself. How about next time when you go rushing through that door, instead of being empty handed, you come in presenting something of actual VALUE, something people can resonate with, and not just your ego.
@Ashash197 Well, ain't that just the way
Oh I feel this. I'm really deep into a career I'm not sure I want to do forever and quickly running out of time to find and build a new one. That's even if I can afford to build a new one. With each passing year the difficulty of changing that career gets higher to one point it'll be insurmountable
1 view in 8 seconds fell off
Astronomical fall off
it's 8 seconds, what do you expect 10,000,000
my eyes teared up towards the end like- the way that heaviness *lingers* just- I love this so much ughhhhh
It's been ages since I've been over here but the art is still as mesmerizing as ever.
I love how this can be (and is) interpreted as the struggles of being an artist and making art, no matter what it is. It's not all perfect because we love it, it's difficult and challenging and frustrating and enraging. We're proud of where we are but it doesn't mean its perfect, or easy. I love this
This video feels like a take on how the animation industry or even the art industry is. Being an artist myself, it gets tough when your 'company' slowly feels like it's going under. Esspecially, it doesn't help when animators are falling on deaf ears to big animating companies who dont give them viable work hours or quota; and even certain art jobs are being taken by A.I. And so I, too, hope we get to do this for the rest of our lives.
Everything revolves around that single godforsaken office party, huh…
Truly one of the Videos of All Time