That stuff you thought you knew about gadgets? That’s all wrong, I’m afraid. The reality is much creepier.

This video shows a guy – a character named Max X – discovering the truth about how gadgets work. All those components and circuit boards are nice and all, but they still need little people to operate them.

We see a couple of phones getting smashed on the floor, at which point little people climb out and scoot off. Then we see that the radio, oven, and dishwasher are similarly-operated by little people.

But wait… Max X goes to his job at a random corporation and we realize he is also just a little person doing a thankless task providing the pixels for a widescreen television.

This is funny, clever, and a perfect analogy for the rat race.