Comic #2494: 2012-03-15

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Comic Description

Panel 1

• Text at the top: "By 2100, it is certain we have the solar system to ourselves."
• Character 1: A man with brown hair and wearing a suit stands at a podium.
• Speech Bubble: "We have explored every planet, moon, and asteroid, and we find no signs of extraterrestrial intelligence."

Panel 2

• Text at the top: "By 2300, it is certain we have the galaxy to ourselves."
• Character 2: A woman with gray hair, wearing glasses and a green dress, speaks from a podium.
• Speech Bubble: "We have found no intelligent signals anywhere in local spacetime that are non-human in origin."

Panel 3

• Text at the top: "By 3000, it is certain we have the universe to ourselves."
• Character 3: A blue-skinned figure stands with a yellow collar.
• Speech Bubble: "If any foreign mind's signal exists in spacetime, it exists outside our visible cosmos."

Panel 4

• Text at the top: "Being the only conscious entities in spacetime, we took up the responsibility with the solemnity it deserved."
• Character 4: A figure resembling Character 3, with an additional detail of a green collar.
• Speech Bubble: "It is therefore our duty to spread life to as many places in the universe with as much peace as possible."

Panel 5

• Text at the top: "Just kidding. We all did what you do when you have the house to yourself."
• Character 5: A blue figure with a yellow collar and a nearby silhouette.
• Speech Bubble from Character 5: "Mr. President—may I have the day off to masturbate and eat an entire pie?"
• Character 6: Another figure responds.
• Speech Bubble: "Can't talk! Too busy masturbating and eating an entire pie."