Original credit goes to Scumtron over at the Something Awful forums forums.somethingawful.com/show... Music: Have A Nice Life - A Quick One Before the Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut
From what I gather, the story goes something like this: The foam man is not happy with his life, so he carves out a new version of himself in the shape of a tombstone to symbolize the death of his previous self. His new self is much happier with his life, but parts of his old self still linger around him, he then notices the old parts of himself and indulges in them, essentially watering the thoughts. as time passes, he adopts those thoughts into his new self, letting his old self slowly take over. Eventually the parts of his old self rips his new self apart, and in that moment the foam man realizes that he can only be himself and comes to accept who he is.
@@juckya9660 that gives it a new meaning! And I think this is actually what the creator was going for. The foam man tries to rebuild himself and come to terms with his past self, but kinda fails. I now feel exposed. It's too similar to me.
I just came across this today for the first time ever. It's frickin 16 years old. I'm old enough to remember a time before RU-vid or the Internet. Wtf RU-vid?
@@succulentravioli954 first, something that is cursed doesn't mean that it can't have meaning. Second, this has literally no meaning apart from intending to creep you out. i dare you to try and think of a valid metaphor that all of this video represents without any holes. some things are meant to simply exist y'know. look at the forums this was initially posted in.
@@earthpcCHClS What I said may have been ambiguous. I meant that it is not cursed from my opinion, not that it is not cursed because it has meaning. I am no literature expert, but there can be many metaphorical things that can pulled out from this, even those that aren't intended by the author. The eerie music paired with the scenes isn't something you'd find with conventional comedy. We can conclude that this piece's context isn't for humor, but for some other purpose. Did author take their time to make this to express some kind of emotion or message? And what kind of emotion or message? I'm not someone who is good a metaphors, but I can surely justify that this video has other meaning than to portraying cursed emotions.
Probably a metaphor for parenthood. The foam girl finally decides to have kids and cuts away her weird childhood self in order to be a "perfect parent". Note how the inner foam is a perfect rounded shape while the original has very jagged edges. When her kids are old enough, they rebel against her rigid standards and drive her to a breaking point. She decides that to be a good parent she needs her old, imperfect and silly self. The final scene with the clockface and keyhole is beautiful to me. The parent finally openning up to her kids and embracing her interests, and the kids immediately vibe with her.
The fact that this is 13 years old makes it so much better. It's like living in a house for 13 years and then one day discovering a secret room. It's been here the whole time, but you've somehow only just found it. There's something really unsettling about that to me, which adds even more creepiness and intrigue to the video.
@@isaiahp.4609 if we could make the trash videos invisible so we could see the good ones, just like those minecraft videos with the invisible cobblestone
@@nathanmcgill7249 If you look at it like that RU-vid may as well be the bureau from Control with how unfathomably massive it is and with the way it changes its policies every now and then.
this song is the intro to the album "deathconsciousness" by Have A Nice Life... it's wild to me that this video was uploaded just 11 days after the release of some unknown band's debut album that initially made zero splash outside of internet message boards. how did this person come across it? did they already have the idea for this video in mind? did this song inspire them to make it? also. one time i started listening to "deathconsciousness" and fell asleep, and I awoke from a horrible dream in a panic as this ambient noise rock crashed down around me and the lyrics muttered something unintelligible but I just knew in my gut were about desperately wanting to die & become dust. i have never again been able to listen to that album. so this video fills me with a quiet dread. today is the day.
It's very interesting but it may be a random thing. Maybe this person was one of a few people who knew that band and he was inspired. Some music genres can create a deep psychological effect on people. Be safe 🙏
RU-vid is weird, it keeps old videos until it suddenly recommends it to everyone at the same time, or sometimes it recommends everyone random videos from hours or even minutes after it's upload
I remember seeing this video many, many years ago but had no idea about have a nice life, when i finally got around to listening to deathconsciousness something got a strong hold over me telling me this album was one that'd stick with me forever. i didnt know itd stick because of a video of a foam dude though
Back then, albums would leak ahead of release dates. I mean I don't doubt that still being the case today but streaming music has really made me not force myself to look for music leaks.
'Today Is The Day' is a youtube video uploaded in 2008. The video is very bizzare and sends many mixed messages, however my interpretation is as follows: The foam figure we see is representative of a once loving and fulfilled marriage. However, as the foam figure awakes, we see that the mundane life and unchanging nature of stability has caused meloncholy in the husband. Who then decides today is the day. The cutting of the foam flesh of the protagonists is the rending of the family through a divorce. Without their other half both partners are empty. The husband then leaves. The foot represents what was left behind and went unoticed by the husband. The wife was pregnant at the time of the divorce and hadn't realized it. The struggles of being a single mother paired with the uncanny ressemblence the children had of their father(seen as the cut out eyes on both as representative of genes) she reached out to reconnect. Upon seeing his children, the father decided to repair his family. And while it isn't the same. It is still whole again. Though somethings can not be mended.
I find it hilarious that I can’t find any mention of this video anywhere else on the internet. This video is fairly popular so it’s odd that no one ever brings this up. It’s like this video is an anomaly that shouldn’t exist edit: 69 likes nice
@@crossbo5345I'm so glad you commented my king my nutsack is about to give a fit young milf an allergic reaction in their ARSE to the point that they can't ride a horse like a traveller but can bounce by the ounce on my 2 inch wormie until I cream like a muller dairy factory. This is presented by your friendly neighborhood spiderboy and it comes with so much man cream SO MUCH man cream you sexy animal boy girl whatever you are you queeny king boy
This is beautiful art. Deep thought conveyed through creative ways, took me a while to get the film's meaning. To others this is a random post, but to legends, this is a masterpiece.
@@PizzaRanch_ Basically the original foam man isnt too happy with his life, so he cuts a gravestone shaped figure out of himself to signify the death of his old self, the new foam man is happy with his new life but a part of his old self was left behind. He watered his old thoughts and they grew, eventually, his old self consumed his new self and he was left broken. The moral of the film is that you can only be yourself.
"Why is this in my recommended?" Look man, you were the one who clicked on it, so the recommendation worked. Clearly RU-vid knows something about you that you don't.
To me, this tells a story of a person who is unhappy whit himself. So one day he decides to start over and be a different person. So he cuts out his core and throws the rest away. Be he starts missing parts of his old life so he takes those parts back and cuts of the leg from the old body. But these parts of himself (his old habits) start to take over with the help of the little paper people (his subconscious thoughts) and kill his new self, and he eventually goes back to the way he was stuck in a neverending cycle of self-loathing and guilt.
i think its about big man cut himself to make little man and then big man make littler men and they kill medium man and big man kills all of them and absorbs them
@@hat4621 but when big man cuts medium from little just when medium get bigg, then what if absorbing is just for littler man and none of big???? then is a draw
@@crazyBelluz wait big man cut into small men and small men get big in water but small men get absorb in big man so shouldnt big man be bigger man since little men got bigger
Somehow, I remember seeing this when I was a kid. It must have been around the time it came out. The vagueness of the memory was a unique experience. An interesting omen.
Being in yet another severe-ish depression period, this is both a surreal and beautiful video. And slightly frightening if you are a weak-willed piece of shit like myself and contemplate whether it would be a good idea to become a tree tassel.
@@rockycomet4587 You are one eager boy scout, ain't you? I'll have to remember to send you a picture when I go "woosh-creak-woosh" under the branch. You look the happy sort.
I'm pretty sure he's trying to talk about how when an integral part of you disappears, like the giant hole of foam in the body-like torso, it never fully comes back, like in the end of the movie, where all the bits and pieces are there, just not magically reassembling, forever changed.
truly the definition of ‘art should comfort the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable’. don’t know why youtube decided to recommend me this, but it feels like some sort of checkpoint. might stay here for a bit
Honestly, I'm here for all these old random videos that keep popping up. RU-vid can be like a time machine. Something that takes us to a place we could otherwise only imagine in our mind but with a lot less detail. It is our destiny to experience the things we do and well today...is the day - to define the rest of our lives. Make it worthwhile. Much love to those who took the time to read my rant. 😁
If I were to interpret a message from this it would be “coming to terms with the parts you don’t like about yourself, and accepting them”. “Today is the day” perhaps is the big foam guys day that he decides he’s going to change and be a different person (for whatever reason) so he literally cuts the pieces of himself he does not like. emerges a dopey looking foam chunk that is smoking and stuff, and then the other bits of foam. Then he is dragging himself into the woods perhaps meaning he is lost. In the end he combines with his traits he does not like and even though it looks weird, he comes to accept those parts of him and moves on..or it could just be a random thing someone decided to make hah.
@@hunterketch989 that's true, but to improve the bad parts of yourself, you have to accept them as a part of yourself first. Plus, not everything you dont like about yourself is automatically a negative trait or even can be worked on
This video is like looking into someone else’s dream. It all probably makes sense to them but to us onlookers it feels like a random stream of consciousness
I know right, like why am I being shown this, am I getting something from this, or what's the deal. Maybe when I understand the message I'll become a transcendent being.
He thought his life would be better if he changed himself. When he did, he lost a part of himself he couldn't live without, and one night he realized that. He slept with the memory of what he was, and it haunted him. When he couldn't bear it, he looked for himself and he found it. The key was there and it was time (you can see these literally in the video). And so he came back to his senses.
His children helped him find the pieces. His facade broke after they'd grown up, when they seemed so alien to him. when he was reunited with them, everyone wore a mask, but they were shed after some time. Then he was able to become whole again and free his children from their alien nature.
what about his children turning into monstrosities? What about him tearing himself in two pieces? Cutting legs off? Small, paper humans? Face turning into a clock?? Many eyes appearing on your neck??
@@dawidek4267 It's hard to say if the children are even his offspring, they could just symbolize something else completely. Notice how they're gone as he's restored or that could even symbolize the innocence from children and parenthood restores something in you. Paper humans may be tied into theological meanings (angels?). Face turning into clock representing time troubling you, time is of the essence and you're changing with time. Many eyes appearing on your neck may be goosebumps, a telltale sign of worry.
number 1 way on how to terify your theripist. Step one: go to your therapist (with video) Step two: show the therapist the video and say that you relate to it a lot
Dunno if the uploader still sees comments but i think this is a lovely project and it has moved me to tears. Reminds me of the poem “The Morning After I Killed Myself” by Meggie Royer The morning after I killed myself, I woke up. I made myself breakfast in bed. I added salt and pepper to my eggs and used my toast for a cheese and bacon sandwich. I squeezed a grapefruit into a juice glass. I scraped the ashes from the frying pan and rinsed the butter off the counter. I washed the dishes and folded the towels. The morning after I killed myself, I fell in love. Not with the boy down the street or the middle school principal. Not with the everyday jogger or the grocer who always left the avocados out of the bag. I fell in love with my mother and the way she sat on the floor of my room holding each rock from my collection in her palms until they grew dark with sweat. I fell in love with my father down at the river as he placed my note into a bottle and sent it into the current. With my brother who once believed in unicorns but who now sat in his desk at school trying desperately to believe I still existed. The morning after I killed myself, I walked the dog. I watched the way her tail twitched when a bird flew by or how her pace quickened at the sight of a cat. I saw the empty space in her eyes when she reached a stick and turned around to greet me so we could play catch but saw nothing but sky in my place. I stood by as strangers stroked her muzzle and she wilted beneath their touch like she did once for mine. The morning after I killed myself, I went back to the neighbors’ yard where I left my footprints in concrete as a two year old and examined how they were already fading. I picked a few daylilies and pulled a few weeds and watched the elderly woman through her window as she read the paper with the news of my death. I saw her husband spit tobacco into the kitchen sink and bring her her daily medication. The morning after I killed myself, I watched the sun come up. Each orange tree opened like a hand and the kid down the street pointed out a single red cloud to his mother. The morning after I killed myself, I went back to that body in the morgue and tried to talk some sense into her. I told her about the avocados and the stepping stones, the river and her parents. I told her about the sunsets and the dog and the beach. The morning after I killed myself, I tried to unkill myself, but couldn’t finish what I started.
I think that this video has conveyed an emotion that most of the world has forgotten as time has passed. Back to when civilization was just the people you knew. The emotion of life, strange but comforting.
Ingredients For the filling 575g Bramley apple (3 medium apples), peeled, cored and sliced to 1cm thick 2 tbsp golden caster sugar For the crumble 175g plain flour 110g golden caster sugar 110g cold butter For the topping (optional) 1 tbsp rolled oats 1 tbsp demerara sugar double cream , clotted cream or custard, to serve Method STEP 1 Heat the oven to 190C/170 fan/gas 5. STEP 2 Toss 575g peeled, cored and sliced Bramley apples with 2 tbsp golden caster sugar and put in a 23cm round baking dish at least 5cm deep, or a 20cm square dish. Flatten down with your hand to prevent too much crumble falling through. STEP 3 Put 175g plain flour and 110g golden caster sugar in a bowl with a good pinch of salt. STEP 4 Slice in 110g cold butter and rub it in with your fingertips until the mixture looks like moist breadcrumbs. Shake the bowl and any big bits will come to the surface - rub them in. Alternatively, pulse in a processor until sandy (don’t over-process). STEP 5 Pour the crumb mix over the apples to form a pile in the centre, then use a fork to even out. STEP 6 Gently press the surface with the back of the fork so the crumble holds together and goes crisp, then lightly drag the fork over the top for a decorative finish. STEP 7 Sprinkle 1 tbsp rolled oats and 1 tbsp demerara sugar over evenly, if you wish. STEP 8 Set on a baking tray and put in the preheated oven for 35-40 minutes, until the top is golden and the apples feel very soft when you insert a small, sharp knife. Leave to cool for 10 minutes before serving. RECIPE TIPS PEELING APPLES If you do this with a knife rather than a peeler, it is easier to cut them into quarters first. Alternatively, for a more rustic effect, leave the apples unpeeled. MAKE IT YOUR OWN If you make apple crumble all the time, you may feel like varying it. - Mix ½ tsp mixed spice, cinnamon or allspice, or the scraped seeds of half a vanilla pod, into the sugar when tossing apples - Add a handful of blackberries to the apples APPLE VARIETIES You can use other apples, rather than Bramley, for this recipe, but if you do, slice them thinly so they soften during baking, and test carefully with a knife before removing from oven. Try this old-school indulgent apple crumble from our sister title olivemagazine.com/apple-crumble. GOES WELL WITH Honeycomb ice cream Whisky cream Vanilla custard View all comments Read what people think about this recipe Exclusive offer from Good Food Deals: Get a dinner set, plus wine glasses, for just £65.58 Get offer Advertisement You may also like Rhubarb & apple crumble Rating: 4 out of 5.12 ratings Vegan apple crumble Rating: 5 out of 5.12 ratings Apple crumble energy balls Rating: 4 out of 5.6 ratings Apple crumble sundae Rating: 4 out of 5.18 ratings Next level apple crumble Rating: 4 out of 5.5 ratings Apple crumble & custard cupcakes Rating: 5 out of 5.17 ratings Raspberry & apple crumble squares Rating: 5 out of 5.80 ratings Apple crumble loaf Rating: 5 out of 5.44 ratings Related recipe collections Apple crumble Plum and apple Apple & blackberry Apple dessert Sponsored content Visit us on Facebook Visit us on Twitter Visit us on Instagram Visit us on RU-vid Visit us on Rss Privacy policy Terms & conditions Cookies policy Complaints escalation Advertise Contact us
@@johnchambers3312 time is something humans made, so without us there would be no time and there for no one could ever come to late anywhere. So for al the animals that get too their work late now, pls go back to monke or get ya ass out of here, cause your confusing everyone.
This was uploaded on the 4th of February 2008. The song being used in the video was released on the 25th of January off of the album "Deathconsciousness" by Have A Nice Life, who were at the time virtually unknown, as it was their debut album. Since then, the album has seen immense underground success. The uploader of this video was WAY ahead of the curve. Respect.
I came to comment exactly this. I was so weirded out when I saw the this video somewhere else with the HaNL music, even more when I saw the date lmao And I even knew the video because of a gif but didn't know A Quick One was the soundtrack for it
