i think one thing that i like alot about this is how he's called durian which is a fruit known to have an extremely pungent smell yet on the inside is also known to have a sweet-custard like taste as well ww
If anyone wonder why "eggplant" is because Mandarin speaker will say "茄子” (eggplant in Chinese) when taking photo, as it sounds like "cheese". So the director use it in this shot film as creativity idea to show how the boy struggling with his syndrome.
This short film tells about being different can be lonely but it also make ones special. The story inspiration comes from language barrier of the director when he/she study abroad.
The camera guy is the little boy's inner being. When he talks about how the boy used to stand out when the boy is all grown its really just the boy lamenting within himself at how he gave in to people's unwillingness to try to understand that he is just different but really harmless and so by wanting to be accepted so much he confirmed.
As someone who's always struggled to show emotions in a way that makes sense to others, this broke my heart. the line "you used to stand out" made me cry. How is one true to himself when the truth makes others unhappy?
This definitely feels reminiscent of people born with differences, especially neurodivergence, that they have to mask. As an ND person, sometimes people don't really listen when you say something isn't the way they are interpreting it.
Ironically, I love the part where durian laughs and suddenly everyone is taken out of the water. Not only did it previously show a literal immersion from the audience, but it also lowkey played along with the theme of beauty in oddness
i remember watching this a long time ago and resonating with it, somehow. i didn't know it felt so much like a symbol for masking, something I did regularly.
@@tacoandurmom masking is where someone hides their true self to fit in with what everyone else wants the term masking is most often used in the case of neurodivergent disorders such as autism and adhd
As someone with autism, this is pretty much what it feels like. Every day I need to remember which faces and behaviors I need to use in any given moment. When I was younger I didn't have a lot of friends because I didn't know how to express myself properly, and a lot of what I said was taken the wrong way. I remember something someone said, "It's like life is a play and everyone has the script except you." Side note: My name is Lena, and it got me when the boy said "and this is Lena."
Don't worry. The ones who know and love you will always be there for you. It's matter of time how soon you find these people. I hope your life is going well now.
I'm a teacher and I came to the comments looking for the Autistic person :). Sure makes social encounters difficult when someone needs to focus on and be deliberate about what facial expression to use
whenever i experience a death of a loved one i can’t help but laugh first. it’s not because i think it’s funny not even close. my body and face just reacts like that and then i start crying. i have to hide my laughter so people don’t think i’m weird
Ikr, it sucks. Whenever anyone mentions any kind of death around me or threatens me I just instinctively laugh and then I get looks. Can’t change it though.
this really resonates with me because i have issues with facial epressions at the wrong times. If something really bad happens ill smile or laugh not becaus that matches what im feeling, but i genuinely cant control it. It makes me seem strange and like a crazy person but im not.
Something similar happens to me i can't tolerate bright light so everytime i went outside i start to close my eyes and frown and my face looks really angry and intimidating and people thinks im either a rapist, a delincuent or that im insane but im really kind.
I cannot explain to you how long. i have been looking for this video. nearly a year. i saw it once and tried searching for it and was never able to find it again. i could only remember a vague description of the boy.
as a person with autism, this short film makes me extremely happy. everyone has their ways of expressing themselves, and especially so with autistic people. we're often seen as weird or even unnerving for our strange reactions, but they are just as real and genuine as anyone else's reactions. And whenever we mask (hide our autistic traits) we lose something that is special and primal to us. i think its important to accept others quirks, and be a lot less judgemental towards them before we know why they even react that way!
@@bullhuss didn't ask for you to respond, you shriveled up hag!!! give me your money as tax for being so god damn annoying in a youtob comment section!
this is so relatable of having opposite emotions, not being able to express them properly on your face, laughing and smiling when talking about how horrible i feel...i feel like this is a good metaphor for Neurodivergence....
While true, this would be a nightmare condition to have, first impressions are very important in general society, espicially for stuff like work, I can't see people who would have this condition making it past 99% of recruiters, and the job market already sucks even if you have everything in your favor
As an autistic person, this reminds me of the struggles autistic people go through with not being able to express certain emotions "correctly" and having to mask to fit in with society
@@bullhuss The hell is wrong with you guys? Like I get putting up an edgy front, but that’s a real person sharing their experiences, definitely not the time to say DiDnT aSk!!!1!!!! Like a wacko
I forgot about this video as I went about life but coming upon it once again, I was instantly taken down memory lane by the fluid animation and eye catching colors. One of my favorite animations on RUclips
Same here! I have quite a few memories from this short and I just randomly found it again. I’m really happy to find it since I can finally equate the relation I’ve felt towards it
1:23 Y'all when I tell you I almost cried for this poor kid. Imagine how many times he starved like this, the way he grabbed for the bottle ended me :((
It's an allegory. Nurses feed babies even if they don't cry. And more of that - they measure the weight of a baby to find out if a baby got malnutrition.
As someone with borderline personality disorder, this is sometimes how it feels. I often find myself laughing at inappropriate times and I’m disconnected with my own emotions. It’s a very interesting concept and I like this animation a lot. Makes me feel understood in a way Edit: people this is just how I view myself, I'm a diagnosed borderline who is schizotypal, and if I sounded odd or hateful towards anyone but myself I apologize. I have quiet borderline personality disorder, where I implode instead of explode. I usually inflict harm upon myself, not others
RUclips has been reccomending me this. For a year STRAIGHT, even after I put it to NOT reccomend me this. Finally decided to watch and I have no regrets
I watched this right after I was told someone close died and I laughed. My sister kept insisting on knowing why I always laugh when something tragic happens but i had no answer, its not something I can control. I will show her this next time haha
So...if there is no reason behind your laughter...and you aren't sad ..or sorry for doing something completely inappropriate...you are just like psychopathic or amoral...or....? I'm not sure how to interpret this as anything other than evil. Any explanation to the contrary would...be nice.
I relate to this a lot. I cry when I am really happy and laugh when I'm in pain, but sometimes my reactions will randomly be convential too. It makes it really hard for people to understand me. When i was a kid my mom and one of my teachers taught me to look in the mirror and to think of an emotion and make the correct face as a type of practice. I did it once and got bored.
This is one of my favorite animation videos. I sooooo wish the artist would return to animation work, as her style is simply amazing. Beautiful work, engaging story telling, powerful message about what is "normal"....bravo!
This has always been my favorite short animation. This animation deserves so much more attention because the animation style is beautiful and the story is so emotional it makes me want to cry. :')
oh no why am i crying this early when i realised it was self-reflections on his youth and his conformity to become someone popular over someone true to himself my gut TWISTED
This really resonates with me as a person who doesn't show emotions the same way as others. No matter how clearly I communicated my needs when I was younger, I was still ignored because I didn't show it with an onslaught of tears or a big smile. It proved to be very frustrating. So there were times I forced up some tearful mask just to get the help I needed. Thank you for this video! I hope it will help spread awareness about those who display emotions differently.
"How tragic that my sorrow looks like this" This thing got me. Its sad that nobody will understand you, if your sorrow looks like a grin. BTW, lets appreciate 4:55 for how cute this kid looks like.
I've been diagnosed with autism for a year and a half, so let's say, recently. And this brought tears to my eyes. This opened my perspective on my emotions. Thank you
oh my god, you actually don't understand how much i really love this animation. there's something so beautiful about it. honestly, i like to put myself in durian's shoes. when we are kids, we are different and out-standing but as soon as we grow up, we start to become the same overtime. that might not be the overall meaning to the animation but that is just my take on it.
This hits really hard for me, I’m currently in the process of being diagnosed with autism and all the time when someone tells me bad or tragic news I try SO hard to not smile. It’s not that I’m happy and I’m always devastated to hear, but my expressions just don’t match up. It’s a really socially embarrassing thing to deal with.
Same,bue im pretty sure i saw it on 2017... The last couple days i remembered and i couldnt find it anywhere until today. It's very weird,probably the original channel was deleted or changed.
Laughing can actually be a nervous habit a lot of times I laugh when I’m nervous and then my dad will get mad. It doesn’t mean your mentally ill it’s actually normal.
I watched this a long long time ago and it’s always stuck with me in my subconscious for whatever reason. It’s a wonderful animation that means a lot to me
Watching this again after a couple tears and it really resonates with me. I have permanent scars on the inner of my cheeks because I would bite my cheeks whenever I felt a smile coming on during a time where I shouldn’t be smiling. It’s not because I was happy in the moment, but the signal to smile was still getting triggered some how.
Omg every thing is excellent, the color, the character design, the animation. And the story telling too. I've cried a lot. This is one of the best film I've ever seen. Sorry for my bad english.
This is one of my favorite short films of all time. I remember it so well from childhood, but forgot the last part entirely. The main character was so relatable to me because of my autism, and coming back to this film and seeing him actually being missed when he fits in made me cry. This is good. Real good.
This film has touched me in so many ways. Firstly smiling when ur happy. When I'm most sad and in discomfort I tend to laugh and when I'm happy and comfortable, I'm usually calm and kinda cold. Another part is trying to change yourself, trying to be normal, "improve as a person", that need to always fit. And in so many other ways.
this is genuinely one of the best things i've seen today. the meaning behind this animation is beautiful and the ending scene left me amazed. this is literally so good. 😭
People don't understand why I'm so tired all the time. This is truly what it's like...a performance. Every single human interaction I've ever had, is a performance. That's why I'm so happy I met my fiance, he's the first person I don't feel like I have to pretend around. With him, I'm just...Me.
I liked this the moment I saw the first frame, what a great animation style. I feel like people don't get how complicated and hard animation is, this is next-level stuff.
i remember watching this a few years back and not really understanding it since i was just a kid. i had completely forgotten about this since then and gosh am i glad it somehow popped up on my recommended. what a work of art!
I’m autistic and this hit different. Durian learning how to expression is like us learning to mask, it feels like. It took a long time for me to unlearn the masking. And now, maybe people won’t like me as much. Maybe I stick out again, just like when I was a lonely kid. But now I’m me again.
I’ve seen others comment about how they relate this with their autism, it’s the same for me. At the part where he’s like « you used to stand out », it makes me think, I used to be myself all the time as a kid, but I was forced to be like everyone else because of the fact I could relatively « function » in society, so to me and everyone around me, I was just irregular. Now I just blend in and I can’t get out of the loop of masking, kind of the cycle that durian went through by him trying to smile, except for him, it didn’t loop
As someone who is an adult and autistic, this video absolutely hits the nail on the head. I've spent so long modifying my behavior to fit into society that it's become second nature to me - hardly an inconvenience. However, there are parts of myself that I will often hide from others out of fear of being weird or abnormal. This short film really spoke to me and I think it's encouraged me to try to embrace my "inner child" a little more and reconnect with my atypical parts - thank you for this gift, Omeleto.
Notice how much of a big part the colours and lights used played in this. I love such Illustration styles where negative-positive spacing and shadows are played with, it's so comforting, it's like eye candy. Love the animation
I’m happy that I stumbled upon this masterpiece of animation. I think this guy deserves more recognition, because this is a truly though-provoking tale.
he is a boy different from other's in a world where everyone is taught and expected to be the same. He eventually leans into it and becomes the same as everyone else
when i first watched it i didnt understand it, but now i think im getting it which is rlly smtn, ive been feeling more and more isolated from ppl and i think this explains it well
unfortunately, this our how our society works. people judge so much these days and some would hide their true emotions not to get judged, and people who suffer from depression, anxiety and other ones that are just as bad get judged for may get bullied from having something they cannot control, it is very sad.
ooo that was really cute !! The ending is nice, the animation is great and really original (as well as the character design) and the story is, I know metaphorical, but weird in a good way ^^ I really enjoyed it, thanks !
I love how he goes missing immediately after he gets it right and asks the girl out completely enthusiastically. He's mastered the act now, the real Durian would have asked her out sounding so forlorn and dreadful, the real Durian is as good as dead once he has the acting down. He's gone. Missing.
Ive been looking for this damn short film forever- asking friends, family, anyone really. I watched this when it first ever came out and its just as i remembered. :)
Кино
the fact that he made himself cry in order to receive the help and comfort he needed is the first thing that got me
I did that too when I was younger
@@monbub ayoo i did that when i wanted mac donalds
I know :(
@@Luh_katkat I also love mac donalds
@@Luh_katkat same
i think one thing that i like alot about this is how he's called durian which is a fruit known to have an extremely pungent smell yet on the inside is also known to have a sweet-custard like taste as well ww
Ohhh thats whyyy lol XD I was wondering why he named after a fruit
i love the taste and the smell of durian lol
@@Gustavo-xm2wt same lmao
Another detail is also how some people finds the smell of durian pleasing.
*Like me*
But it's also quite expensive
If anyone wonder why "eggplant" is because Mandarin speaker will say "茄子” (eggplant in Chinese) when taking photo, as it sounds like "cheese". So the director use it in this shot film as creativity idea to show how the boy struggling with his syndrome.
This short film tells about being different can be lonely but it also make ones special. The story inspiration comes from language barrier of the director when he/she study abroad.
How do you say eggplant in chinese?
XinLevii qie zi
Steven Tan I thought it was because when you say eggplant your face droops
In brazil we just say the letter "X" before the picture, which also sounds like "cheese"
The camera guy is the little boy's inner being. When he talks about how the boy used to stand out when the boy is all grown its really just the boy lamenting within himself at how he gave in to people's unwillingness to try to understand that he is just different but really harmless and so by wanting to be accepted so much he confirmed.
Oh, I thought he was the boy's father
@@Kilvieo i thought the dude was his older brother! Father seems a bit of a stretch
I dont know what you just said...
@@kerryzhou2493 you don't know who just said?
I thought he was the little boy as an adult
I truly cannot pin down the precise feeling this short film gives me. But it's a kind of sadness that's not quite sad.
Bittersweet? That's how i feel about it.
melancholy?
Rueful?
i think i know what ur feeling. u kind feel it in ur chest. im not sure what it is
I get how your feeling because it made me feel the same way.
As someone who's always struggled to show emotions in a way that makes sense to others, this broke my heart. the line "you used to stand out" made me cry. How is one true to himself when the truth makes others unhappy?
I feel u
That's a certified fr ong moment
You just must not CARE WAHT DE OTHER PEOPLE care it is the simple hardness of LIFE
surround yourself with people who are willing to listen and will be content with your truth
your truth is all i want 🥰
This definitely feels reminiscent of people born with differences, especially neurodivergence, that they have to mask. As an ND person, sometimes people don't really listen when you say something isn't the way they are interpreting it.
I think the whole animation is a metaphor for masking and how you lose yourself by doing that.
same
Yep as a ND person I felt it too
@@norainbowwithoutsomerain and as a ND with paralysis and neuromascular germination I feel the same
@@HisFanciness Having to mask who you are for a society that doesn't care to understand, it's painful, takes away all sense of self and individuality.
Ironically, I love the part where durian laughs and suddenly everyone is taken out of the water. Not only did it previously show a literal immersion from the audience, but it also lowkey played along with the theme of beauty in oddness
I very much related to that scene….
i remember watching this a long time ago and resonating with it, somehow. i didn't know it felt so much like a symbol for masking, something I did regularly.
OMG ME TOO
If you don’t mind me asking, what is masking?
I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY
@@tacoandurmom masking is where someone hides their true self to fit in with what everyone else wants
the term masking is most often used in the case of neurodivergent disorders such as autism and adhd
@@tacoandurmom hiding a part of you, commonly associated with neurodivirgent people hiding their disabilities to appear "normal"
also nice pfp
As someone with autism, this is pretty much what it feels like. Every day I need to remember which faces and behaviors I need to use in any given moment. When I was younger I didn't have a lot of friends because I didn't know how to express myself properly, and a lot of what I said was taken the wrong way. I remember something someone said, "It's like life is a play and everyone has the script except you."
Side note: My name is Lena, and it got me when the boy said "and this is Lena."
Don't worry. The ones who know and love you will always be there for you. It's matter of time how soon you find these people. I hope your life is going well now.
@@user-xi1xy4tq9b Thank you. That means a lot to me.
I'm a teacher and I came to the comments looking for the Autistic person :). Sure makes social encounters difficult when someone needs to focus on and be deliberate about what facial expression to use
@@Dagfari yeah it certainly is difficult, but it's gotten better for me in more recent years :).
omg, i related as well and i’m autistic
whenever i experience a death of a loved one i can’t help but laugh first. it’s not because i think it’s funny not even close. my body and face just reacts like that and then i start crying. i have to hide my laughter so people don’t think i’m weird
Well i feel ya but i don't feel sad until about a couple years later
Same
Ikr, it sucks. Whenever anyone mentions any kind of death around me or threatens me I just instinctively laugh and then I get looks. Can’t change it though.
Weird af
Same I've been called psycho for it and stuff from people and people just mourn differently
The colors always portray the mood and everything felt like daggers to the chest. Poor kid.
The ending made me smile though.
this really resonates with me because i have issues with facial epressions at the wrong times. If something really bad happens ill smile or laugh not becaus that matches what im feeling, but i genuinely cant control it. It makes me seem strange and like a crazy person but im not.
Something similar happens to me i can't tolerate bright light so everytime i went outside i start to close my eyes and frown and my face looks really angry and intimidating and people thinks im either a rapist, a delincuent or that im insane but im really kind.
@@Chile-xo6do yeah ik, bcz "la muerte en persona" is really kind to those ppl with terminal conditions
Thats just a nervous reaction bro, it happens with alot of people
@@stevanlargacha5885 La Santa Muerte nos bendiga.
You are
I like that they’re both frowning at the end which means they’re really happy to see each other
I cannot explain to you how long. i have been looking for this video. nearly a year. i saw it once and tried searching for it and was never able to find it again. i could only remember a vague description of the boy.
i was in a similar situation. glad we both found it.
RickyIIx I had same case but with other Omeleto vid
@@rokukou YES such an amazing project deserves more exposure
Should have used r/HelpMeFind
I found it in a couple hours :3
CerberusProject r/tipofmytongue helps as well
as a person with autism, this short film makes me extremely happy. everyone has their ways of expressing themselves, and especially so with autistic people. we're often seen as weird or even unnerving for our strange reactions, but they are just as real and genuine as anyone else's reactions. And whenever we mask (hide our autistic traits) we lose something that is special and primal to us. i think its important to accept others quirks, and be a lot less judgemental towards them before we know why they even react that way!
i didnt ask though
I agree, this was really relatable as an autistic person
@@bullhuss hey bud I think you should make your way to RUclips kids instead, your maturity is more welcome there!
@@bullhuss didn't ask for you to respond, you shriveled up hag!!! give me your money as tax for being so god damn annoying in a youtob comment section!
@@bullhuss I mean, this comment wasn't specifically made for you. To me however, I totally enjoyed reading this comment! Others probably did too!
this is so relatable of having opposite emotions, not being able to express them properly on your face, laughing and smiling when talking about how horrible i feel...i feel like this is a good metaphor for Neurodivergence....
I feel like once you understand this condition it would be pretty easy to be friends with someone like this
Yes it indeed would
While true, this would be a nightmare condition to have, first impressions are very important in general society, espicially for stuff like work, I can't see people who would have this condition making it past 99% of recruiters, and the job market already sucks even if you have everything in your favor
Its pretty close to my experience with autism. And no, its not easy for others to adjust
As an autistic person, this reminds me of the struggles autistic people go through with not being able to express certain emotions "correctly" and having to mask to fit in with society
didnt ask
Didn’t ask
@@bullhuss The hell is wrong with you guys? Like I get putting up an edgy front, but that’s a real person sharing their experiences, definitely not the time to say DiDnT aSk!!!1!!!! Like a wacko
Numie didn’t ask
me too T-T also i love your pfp!! madoka magica is my favorite anime :3
"My instinctive expressions are always the opposites of the conventional ones"
Yea? That was a line
woah dude that was the thing he said
OMG that's one of the things he said😍
WOW so awesome you said what he did?! WHAAT???
Wow. Ok.
I love his voice❤️
Same
Kaktuss yes
Your crush me too
Your crush yeah same
Me too (◍•ᴗ•◍)
I still can’t get over how masterful this animation is, like I’m astounded
I forgot about this video as I went about life but coming upon it once again, I was instantly taken down memory lane by the fluid animation and eye catching colors. One of my favorite animations on RUclips
Same here! I have quite a few memories from this short and I just randomly found it again. I’m really happy to find it since I can finally equate the relation I’ve felt towards it
Me too... Cried lots.
1:23
Y'all when I tell you I almost cried for this poor kid. Imagine how many times he starved like this, the way he grabbed for the bottle ended me :((
It's an allegory.
Nurses feed babies even if they don't cry. And more of that - they measure the weight of a baby to find out if a baby got malnutrition.
As someone with borderline personality disorder, this is sometimes how it feels. I often find myself laughing at inappropriate times and I’m disconnected with my own emotions. It’s a very interesting concept and I like this animation a lot. Makes me feel understood in a way
Edit: people this is just how I view myself, I'm a diagnosed borderline who is schizotypal, and if I sounded odd or hateful towards anyone but myself I apologize. I have quiet borderline personality disorder, where I implode instead of explode. I usually inflict harm upon myself, not others
I don't think that's borderline. Borderline means being a complete monster and sucking the life out of everybody who tries to care about you.
@@Pax_Mayn3 that is not borderline personality disorder at all… you villainizing it is incredibly ableist
(edit: fixed a typo)
@@lukeyaseen5755 I... I wouldn't call that ableist? I'd just say that they have the wrong idea of a disorder?
@@Pax_Mayn3 homie maybe seek help or find inner peace or something, my god
@@ABucketOfFish No.
RUclips has been reccomending me this. For a year STRAIGHT, even after I put it to NOT reccomend me this. Finally decided to watch and I have no regrets
HOW is this not trending i know it's been years but this is so emotional 😢😭😭😭😭😭😢😭😢😭
GOOD NEWSSS IT IS NOW
I watched this right after I was told someone close died and I laughed. My sister kept insisting on knowing why I always laugh when something tragic happens but i had no answer, its not something I can control. I will show her this next time haha
@@zakshei6967 and who said it was a condition? Lmao not everything is a mental illness, kid
@@voidbrick4554 why?
@@zakshei6967 it is a real thing. Nobody said it was a condition.
@@voidbrick4554 hmm
So...if there is no reason behind your laughter...and you aren't sad ..or sorry for doing something completely inappropriate...you are just like psychopathic or amoral...or....?
I'm not sure how to interpret this as anything other than evil.
Any explanation to the contrary would...be nice.
This needs way more recognition
this used to have millions of views but it seems as if it had been reuploded again...
I relate to this a lot. I cry when I am really happy and laugh when I'm in pain, but sometimes my reactions will randomly be convential too. It makes it really hard for people to understand me. When i was a kid my mom and one of my teachers taught me to look in the mirror and to think of an emotion and make the correct face as a type of practice. I did it once and got bored.
This is so good, it's been so long since I first saw this and I still find myself having the urge to watch it from time to time.
It’s been sooooo longgg-
@@Fr0gg37 Since I last have seen my son--
0:17 little eggplant
7:13 big eggplant
This is one of my favorite animation videos. I sooooo wish the artist would return to animation work, as her style is simply amazing. Beautiful work, engaging story telling, powerful message about what is "normal"....bravo!
she’s posted two new animations in the past year
This has always been my favorite short animation. This animation deserves so much more attention because the animation style is beautiful and the story is so emotional it makes me want to cry. :')
IKR?
oh no why am i crying this early
when i realised it was self-reflections on his youth and his conformity to become someone popular over someone true to himself my gut TWISTED
This really resonates with me as a person who doesn't show emotions the same way as others. No matter how clearly I communicated my needs when I was younger, I was still ignored because I didn't show it with an onslaught of tears or a big smile. It proved to be very frustrating. So there were times I forced up some tearful mask just to get the help I needed. Thank you for this video! I hope it will help spread awareness about those who display emotions differently.
Watched this 20 times..
Same
"How tragic that my sorrow looks like this"
This thing got me. Its sad that nobody will understand you, if your sorrow looks like a grin.
BTW, lets appreciate 4:55 for how cute this kid looks like.
*_07:13_**_ OMG , Handsome_*
I've been diagnosed with autism for a year and a half, so let's say, recently. And this brought tears to my eyes. This opened my perspective on my emotions. Thank you
I watch this whenever I feel bad. Helps me cope.
oh my god, you actually don't understand how much i really love this animation. there's something so beautiful about it. honestly, i like to put myself in durian's shoes. when we are kids, we are different and out-standing but as soon as we grow up, we start to become the same overtime. that might not be the overall meaning to the animation but that is just my take on it.
lain pfp hiiii
As an immigrant flying over a half of the earth from my hometown, it kinda feels like this sometimes.
This hits really hard for me, I’m currently in the process of being diagnosed with autism and all the time when someone tells me bad or tragic news I try SO hard to not smile. It’s not that I’m happy and I’m always devastated to hear, but my expressions just don’t match up. It’s a really socially embarrassing thing to deal with.
I feel like I seen this years ago already and it had way more views
Mandela effect?
Same,bue im pretty sure i saw it on 2017... The last couple days i remembered and i couldnt find it anywhere until today. It's very weird,probably the original channel was deleted or changed.
Laughing can actually be a nervous habit a lot of times I laugh when I’m nervous and then my dad will get mad. It doesn’t mean your mentally ill it’s actually normal.
I watched this a long long time ago and it’s always stuck with me in my subconscious for whatever reason. It’s a wonderful animation that means a lot to me
Watching this again after a couple tears and it really resonates with me. I have permanent scars on the inner of my cheeks because I would bite my cheeks whenever I felt a smile coming on during a time where I shouldn’t be smiling. It’s not because I was happy in the moment, but the signal to smile was still getting triggered some how.
half way in i realised the camera guy is wearing a mask and i realised that it's just the grown up version of the boy
Omg every thing is excellent, the color, the character design, the animation. And the story telling too. I've cried a lot. This is one of the best film I've ever seen. Sorry for my bad english.
Your English is great!
what bad english 💀
This is one of my favorite short films of all time. I remember it so well from childhood, but forgot the last part entirely. The main character was so relatable to me because of my autism, and coming back to this film and seeing him actually being missed when he fits in made me cry. This is good. Real good.
This film has touched me in so many ways.
Firstly smiling when ur happy. When I'm most sad and in discomfort I tend to laugh and when I'm happy and comfortable, I'm usually calm and kinda cold.
Another part is trying to change yourself, trying to be normal, "improve as a person", that need to always fit.
And in so many other ways.
this is genuinely one of the best things i've seen today. the meaning behind this animation is beautiful and the ending scene left me amazed. this is literally so good. 😭
If I show opposite facial expressions to my emotions, I would never stop smiling.
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People don't understand why I'm so tired all the time. This is truly what it's like...a performance. Every single human interaction I've ever had, is a performance.
That's why I'm so happy I met my fiance, he's the first person I don't feel like I have to pretend around. With him, I'm just...Me.
Watching this while half asleep makes it feel different in a way
I have slight autism and ADHD it's hard to regulate emotions and socialize. It's like putting on a mask to blend in. This is what it feels like.
I saw this film years ago, and it's so good to have found it again. Everything about this film is just fascinating. I love the art style to boot.
I can't better im just finding this video right now after 5 years, it just kinda hits home
I liked this the moment I saw the first frame, what a great animation style. I feel like people don't get how complicated and hard animation is, this is next-level stuff.
Ohhh the whole time the camera man was the boy grown up looking back at himself hating himself later to realize he likes himself and his flaws
i remember watching this a few years back and not really understanding it since i was just a kid. i had completely forgotten about this since then and gosh am i glad it somehow popped up on my recommended. what a work of art!
i come back to this short film every few months or so. it's stuck with me.
0:17 young eggplant
7:13 old eggplant
I’m autistic and this hit different. Durian learning how to expression is like us learning to mask, it feels like.
It took a long time for me to unlearn the masking. And now, maybe people won’t like me as much. Maybe I stick out again, just like when I was a lonely kid.
But now I’m me again.
I’ve seen others comment about how they relate this with their autism, it’s the same for me. At the part where he’s like « you used to stand out », it makes me think, I used to be myself all the time as a kid, but I was forced to be like everyone else because of the fact I could relatively « function » in society, so to me and everyone around me, I was just irregular. Now I just blend in and I can’t get out of the loop of masking, kind of the cycle that durian went through by him trying to smile, except for him, it didn’t loop
i'm gonna xry
Aww, this is super cool! The end kinda caught me by surprise. I like how it uses colours and music to set the atmosphere.
As someone who is an adult and autistic, this video absolutely hits the nail on the head. I've spent so long modifying my behavior to fit into society that it's become second nature to me - hardly an inconvenience. However, there are parts of myself that I will often hide from others out of fear of being weird or abnormal. This short film really spoke to me and I think it's encouraged me to try to embrace my "inner child" a little more and reconnect with my atypical parts - thank you for this gift, Omeleto.
Came back to this gem and it still makes me cry 😭
So... the guys hid his feelings to be what everyone wanted and disppeared
I called it I said “dude with the mustache is Durian :D”
found this in my recommendeds after watching amogus shitposts and now Im feeling an emotion that doesnt exist
Notice how much of a big part the colours and lights used played in this. I love such Illustration styles where negative-positive spacing and shadows are played with, it's so comforting, it's like eye candy. Love the animation
Kind of like we often feel we have to pretend we're happy when all we want to do is cry. Or show sadness when we don't feel any. BEAUTIFUL ANIMATION
I’m happy that I stumbled upon this masterpiece of animation. I think this guy deserves more recognition, because this is a truly though-provoking tale.
Amazing how even though he’s smiling you can see the pain in his eyes.
7:11 Anyone else think this guy got a major glow up??
my brain had a hard time comprehending some of this and im still sobbing
When I’m angry, I smile and laugh and people think I’m joking but I’m extremely angry. I always have to scream so people understand I’m upset.
Whoo buddy... I've got autism, and this video right here is probably the best representation I've seen.
This is like waking up and realizing how your inner child is wounded, and figuring out how to heal it yk
If I ever had something like this, my mom would say “fix your face before I fix it for you” 💀💀💀
As somebody who cries whenever they experience anything positive, I can understand this on some level.
he is a boy different from other's in a world where everyone is taught and expected to be the same. He eventually leans into it and becomes the same as everyone else
the kid's friends in the grad picture who pushed his smile up with their faces...RIGHT IN THE FEELS
ultimate hide the pain harold
when i first watched it i didnt understand it, but now i think im getting it
which is rlly smtn, ive been feeling more and more isolated from ppl and i think this explains it well
There is something so intensely relatable about this that I just can't grasp.
*leans forward in psychiatrist chair* hmm interesting *writes “neurodivergent” on my little notepad*
this is as unique as it gets..
i can't even explain the feeling it gives me
unfortunately, this our how our society works. people judge so much these days and some would hide their true emotions not to get judged, and people who suffer from depression, anxiety and other ones that are just as bad get judged for may get bullied from having something they cannot control, it is very sad.
society count: 2
STOP LAUGHING AT GRANDMA’S ASHES!
Kid: Why am I still here just to suffer?
I remember watching this four years ago when it first popped up. And rewatching it gave me a lot of nostalgia
I loved the animation, the feeling its trying to project, and especially the ending. Overall I loved everything about this!
The VA is absolutely adorable - and I remember watching this a while back.. it’s still one of my favorites
This animation clip is soooo well done that deserves a lot more of viewers.... Well done and congratulations
The animation and storytelling work of this is simply incredible
ooo that was really cute !! The ending is nice, the animation is great and really original (as well as the character design) and the story is, I know metaphorical, but weird in a good way ^^ I really enjoyed it, thanks !
I love how he goes missing immediately after he gets it right and asks the girl out completely enthusiastically. He's mastered the act now, the real Durian would have asked her out sounding so forlorn and dreadful, the real Durian is as good as dead once he has the acting down. He's gone. Missing.
Ive been looking for this damn short film forever- asking friends, family, anyone really. I watched this when it first ever came out and its just as i remembered. :)