Miyazaki Sunset Reality Check

Text on the meme

It really is beautiful. When you die, you can’t see sunsets.

What it means

Hayao Miyazaki watches a beautiful sunset, then bluntly points out that dead people cannot see sunsets. The joke comes from contrasting poetic appreciation of nature with a morbidly practical reminder of mortality, making it useful as a dark reaction to enjoying something while remembering life is temporary. EN: Hayao Miyazaki watches a beautiful sunset, then bluntly points out that dead people cannot see sunsets. The joke comes from contrasting poetic appreciation of nature with a morbidly practical reminder of mortality, making it useful as a dark reaction to enjoying something while remembering life is temporary.

Who

Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎駿)

Objects

sunset / закат pink sky / розовое небо silhouette of a person / силуэт человека older man with white hair / пожилой мужчина с белыми волосами glasses / очки white shirt / белая рубашка trees / деревья bushes / кусты grass / трава power lines / линии электропередач electricity pylon / опора ЛЭП telegraph pole / электрический столб