Comic #3881: false

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Panel 1:

• Character 1: "THIS STATEMENT IS FALSE."
• Character 2: "NO IT ISN'T. IT'S TRUE."

Panel 2:

• Character 1: "BUT IF IT'S FALSE, IT'S TRUE AND IF IT'S TRUE, IT'S FALSE!"
• Character 2: "ONLY BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T DEFINED WHAT A LOGICAL STATEMENT IS."

Panel 3:

• Character 3: "ACCORDING TO THE DIURNAL THEORY OF LOGIC, ALL SELF-REFUTING STATEMENTS ARE TRUE DURING THE DAY, AND FALSE AT NIGHT."
• Character 4: "IN LOCAL TIME, IT IS EXACTLY 2PM. DAYTIME. THUS, THE STATEMENT IS TRUE. IN FIVE OR SIX HOURS, THE STATEMENT WILL BE FALSE."

Panel 4:

• Character 5: "THAT DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT."
• Character 6: "YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT? RUNNING AROUND CLAIMING YOU'VE FOUND A PARADOX WHEN YOU HAVE NO STATED AXIOMATIC SYSTEM, LIKE A CHUMP."

Panel 5:

• Character 7: "THE GOAL OF DISCUSSION ISN'T WINNING."
• All characters: "LIKE A CHUMP."

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