Employment Raises Cat Cortisol

Text on the meme

"Empl*yment" ❌ 😿 LOW MEDIUM HIGH CORTISOL Unemployment ✅ 😻 LOW NORMAL HIGH

What it means

A gray cat wearing a shirt collar and striped tie sits tensely beside a figurine, with a cortisol gauge showing high stress under “Empl*yment” and low, normal stress under “Unemployment.” The joke is that having a job is portrayed as stressful, while being unemployed makes the cat relaxed and happy. The clip uses TIA & Lê Thiện Hiếu’s upbeat Vietnamese pop remix “Ai đưa em về (Cukak Remix),” whose cheerful energy makes the anti-work punchline feel even more absurd and celebratory.

Sound

♪ TIA & Lê Thiện Hiếu — Ai đưa em về (Cukak Remix)

music / музыка

Objects

gray tabby cat / серый полосатый кот shirt collar / воротник рубашки striped tie / полосатый галстук anime figurine / фигурка аниме-персонажа long purple hair / длинные фиолетовые волосы black platform base / черная подставка striped bedspread / полосатое покрывало tiled floor / плиточный пол cortisol gauge / шкала кортизола stress meter / измеритель стресса red X / красный крестик green check mark / зеленая галочка crying cat emoji / плачущий смайлик-кот heart-eyes cat emoji / смайлик-кот с глазами-сердечками