Comic #2495: 2012-03-16

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Panel 1: "People decided putting water in a bottle made it better."

(An illustration of a bottle labeled "Perrier Spring" is shown.)

Panel 2: "The next step was inevitable." "‘You drink bottled water? How do you know it’s safe if it’s not bottled bottled water? I think it tastes better.’"

Panel 3: "The trend became a phenomenon." (There is a graph labeled "Plastic per oz. H2O" over time, showing an upward curve.)

Panel 4: "Eventually it became easier just to bottle everything else." (A scene showing numerous bottles of different sizes.)

Panel 5: "By the time we noticed our mistake, it was too late." "‘Oh GOD we’re running out of air! We need a chainsaw or a blow torch to get out!’"

Panel 6: "Some day, visitors will find our world." (An illustration of a spaceship observing the Earth from space.)

Panel 7: "They will be intrigued." "‘These creatures left a perfectly preserved record of their final day.’"

Panel 8: "But they will not be surprised." "‘Sadly, they did not survive the Sixth Test of Civilization.’" "‘Finding out the Higgs mechanism also generates recipes? That is the Seventh Test.’"

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