Everywhere you look these days there is some sort of news article that is spreading the word on some new disaster, piece of technology, or other advancement. It is hard to avoid the news, media, and the general happenings of life. While it is good to stay informed, sometimes seeing everything that is going on can be exhausting. On top of that, there is barely a space left in the world that is free from advertising. All day long companies are trying to sell and upsell products, and as a result, the billionaires keep getting richer while mostly everyone else struggles to get by. The world we live in, while maybe not seen by most as a dystopia, kind of is one, in some ways.

When you take a step back to see what is going on, how much technology is advancing and taking over, and the amount of consumerism in the world, it is kind of shocking. Novels and movies depict dystopian universes as being pretty intense, but isn't all of the chaos that goes on in this world also kind of dystopian? Maybe it is just a very boring version of one.

Some people have captured many dystopian-like moments found in the wild and online to share with everyone. These kinds of images really put things into perspective, here are 26 examples.