2006 / Video / Creator-owned animated observation
Tales of Mere Existence: Procrastination
Lev had a lot to get done, which naturally required buying cereal, oiling a chair, and watching The Twilight Zone.
The original is hosted off-site; this page provides context and a link to it.
What was this?
Yilmaz’s hand-drawn narrator turns one ordinary plan to work into a calm chain of increasingly defensible detours.
Why it spread
The short’s plain visual style and specific inner monologue made it a shareable recognition joke for anyone who had reorganized a room instead of starting a task.
What happened
Yilmaz’s hand-drawn narrator turns one ordinary plan to work into a calm chain of increasingly defensible detours.
Where it came from
Levni Yilmaz posted Procrastination to his creator-run Tales of Mere Existence YouTube channel in October 2006.
Why it mattered
It is an early creator-video example of everyday private thoughts becoming the entire comic engine, without a big premise or character costume.
How it spread
The short’s plain visual style and specific inner monologue made it a shareable recognition joke for anyone who had reorganized a room instead of starting a task.
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