Planned Evanescence

actually just making products that last. But they had to go through it... Cuz the more chances we get, It feels planned. That was planned Evanescence.

A bearded man delivers a mock-explanatory monologue that begins with planned obsolescence in consumer products, then turns into a heartfelt reflection on aging, death, inheritance, and the cycle of life. The pun “planned evanescence” gradually becomes melodramatic, accompanied by Emile Mosseri’s wistful cinematic song “Jacob and the Stone,” before the speaker abruptly returns to the joke and admits the entire video was deliberately planned. EN: A bearded man delivers a mock-explanatory monologue that begins with planned obsolescence in consumer products, then turns into a heartfelt reflection on aging, death, inheritance, and the cycle of life. The pun “planned evanescence” gradually becomes melodramatic, accompanied by Emile Mosseri’s wistful cinematic song “Jacob and the Stone,” before the speaker abruptly returns to the joke and admits the entire video was deliberately planned.

What's going on? Planned obsolescence hitting a little sooner than you thought? It's because you planned evanescence. Planned obsolescence. What is this ancient Rome? Why are you saying Latin? Planned obsolescence. It's when companies design consumer goods so that they become rapidly obsolete and require replacing instead of actually just making products that last. So my phone is just getting sh***** ear on purpose? Planned evanescence. Nope. My laptop too. My car. If you look into it GM actually came up with the house. You okay? Get it to my back. It's getting worse as I get older. In human terms we just call it age. I don't want to be absent, no one does. But they had to go through it, my grandparents. And they will go through it. I'm a dad. But this has always been the plan. Every living thing, we're all playing with the same building blocks. And you have to pass those building blocks on. If you want everyone to get a turn. The more chances we get, the more chances we have at getting it right. You know, some animals die when they give birth by design. So isn't it amazing that we get to share our turn I'm not sure how it turned out, but the ones that came before me. Even if just for a sliver of time, it feels planned. Maybe it is, the planned evanescence. Now playing music by Evanescence. Oh, my phone was on for like 20 minutes, just a f***, really? It's not that deep, maybe these companies just suck at it. The biggest irony here is that this is just a video. I wrote it and so literally, that was planned evanescence.

♪ Emile Mosseri — Jacob and the Stone