Comic #2487: 2012-03-08

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Panel 1: A woman with shoulder-length red hair, wearing a purple and white top, stands in front of a man who is in a green shirt. The woman looks apologetic. Text: “Oh, sorry… I don’t have sex on a first date.”

Panel 2: The background includes a blue wall and a light-colored table. The man is speaking animatedly with a somewhat serious expression. Text: “Look… all of reality is constructed in the brain. You may think you have simple sensory mechanisms that perceive phenomena, but you see an apple as red, even when local lights put ‘blue’ wavelengths on the apple into your eyes.”

Panel 3: The man continues to speak, gesturing with his hands. The woman appears intrigued but slightly skeptical. Text: “The only confirmation that reality exists is the shared experiences of human beings in known contexts. If we don’t have those experiences, we lose the only tunnel to a belief in objective reality!”

Panel 4: Two silhouettes are shown, representing a sense of shared experience.

Panel 5: The scene returns to the initial characters. The man is asking a philosophical question. Text: “Sandy… if we don’t have sex on the first date, do we even exist?!”

Panel 6: Sandy responds confidently with a simple “Yes.”

Panel 7: The man adds, “A handjob would also confirm reality.” The couple stands in front of the wall, engaging in a banter.

Panel 8: Transitioning to a bar scene, the same man sits across from a woman with dark hair. He is smiling as he reminisces. Text: “And that was when she stopped returning my calls.”

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