Homeless Man in Seattle

«Oh boy I love living in Seatt-» Homeless man with a heroin needle: Does it hurt?

A low-resolution video-game character in a futuristic city performs increasingly wild, violent-looking movements directly over the camera while holding weapons. The caption sets up someone enjoying life in Seattle before cutting it off, then compares the chaotic scene to a homeless man with a heroin needle; the final “Does it hurt?” makes the absurd contrast the punchline. Kit Walters’s “The Stains of Time (Maniac Agenda Mix)” plays underneath, adding dramatic, high-energy electronic music that makes the game footage feel like an over-the-top drug-induced spectacle.

♪ Kit Walters — The Stains of Time (Maniac Agenda Mix)

• @afrosidemoon / 50692 2022-08-23