Comic #3471: 2014-11-18

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Panel 1: Person 1: "You know how you work one hour a day, then secretly browse the internet for seven hours?" Person 2: "…Yeah."

Panel 2: Person 1: "We found a machine that can do that."

Panel 3: Text: "WEALTH IS ENORMOUS, BUT IN FEW HANDS." Text on a board: "To estimate the wealth held by the top 3% of earners, simply take any number and divide by zero."

Panel 4: Person 3: "In order to survive, humans must do jobs that only humans can do." Person 4: "Robots don’t need maternity leave. But, I’m hiring you to reassure me that firing you was ethical."

Panel 5: Text: "MAKING PEOPLE HAPPY BECAME THE OCCUPATION OF MOST CITIZENS." Person 5: "Hey, Bob. I’m feeling bad about my marriage…"

Panel 6: Person 3: "I’ll go well with your accomplishments and remarkable food."

Panel 7: Text: "But, the most efficient way to make someone happy is to have an inferior life." Person 6: "I live in a crappy apartment." Person 7: "I live in a dumpster."

Panel 8: Person 8: "One day, the people at the bottom of the suffering pyramid revolted." Person 9: "We will not suffer in silence, unless someone else suffers in even more silence!"

Panel 9: Text: "A solution was created." Person 10: "We will take a small number of especially pathetic people and make them suffer publicly. For this heroic act, they will be compensated financially."

Panel 10: Person 11: "But then, you already knew that." Person 12: "Next up, it’s Alcoholic Brides, season 1A!"

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