Forced to Live a Civilian Life

Text on the meme

me being forced to live my civilian life (go to school) instead of liberating planets, and spreading righteous democracy (playing helldivers)

What it means

A young office worker in a shirt and tie moves through a fluorescent workplace before the clip cuts to a close-up of his exhausted, expressionless face. The caption contrasts the drudgery of going to school with the grand fantasy of liberating planets and spreading democracy in Helldivers, making the reaction useful for joking about being forced into ordinary responsibilities. The clip is set to Mr.G’s “Intro,” whose electronic music and somber, dramatic mood amplify the feeling of reluctant civilian suffering and make the deadpan punchline land harder.

Sound

♪ Mr.G — Intro

music / музыка

Who

Edward Norton as the Narrator (Эдвард Нортон) — Fight Club

Objects

office worker / офисный работник man in a shirt and tie / мужчина в рубашке и галстуке office interior / интерьер офиса fluorescent lights / люминесцентные лампы desk / стол computer monitors / компьютерные мониторы office partitions / офисные перегородки coworkers / коллеги white shirt / белая рубашка black tie / чёрный галстук close-up portrait / крупный план лица school / школа planets / планеты spacesuit soldier / солдат в космическом костюме