Original artwork, not a still
Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A cheerfully grim joke twisting the familiar idea that you get back what you put in. Comparing life to a sewer keeps the encouraging structure but swaps in an unpleasant image, so the comforting saying becomes a wry, slightly dirty warning.
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