When Gravity Becomes a Lesson

Text on the meme

He is not getting up so that we can learn POINT 1

What it means

A rapid-fire montage shows skateboarders, costumed performers, TV footage, cyclists, and other people collapsing or stumbling in increasingly absurd ways, ending with a surreal swarm of tiny figures on a curved surface. The joke treats every spectacular fall as an educational demonstration, while Muse’s dramatic progressive rock song “Knights of Cydonia” makes the accidents feel comically epic and over-serious.

Sound

♪ Muse — Knights of Cydonia

music / музыка

Objects

skateboarder / скейтбордист skateboard / скейтборд backpack / рюкзак costumed performer / артист в костюме person falling / падающий человек television / телевизор TV stand / тумба под телевизор bicycle / велосипед cyclist / велосипедист road / дорога guardrail / дорожное ограждение map / карта desert / пустыня dust cloud / облако пыли crowd of bent figures / толпа согнувшихся фигур curved metallic surface / изогнутая металлическая поверхность tiny figures / маленькие фигурки black clothing / чёрная одежда sneakers / кроссовки