Comic #3932: immortality-2
Description
Here is a detailed description of the comic, focusing on the text and visual elements:
Panel 1:
A cartoon character with red hair and a green dress is flying, exclaiming:
"We discovered the cure for aging. Woof! Fuck making art, fuck saving babies! And by God, fuck reconsidering my social views!"
Panel 2:
A man in a suit responds:
"But there was a small issue. You accidentally killed Mrs. Sanders, so you must pay the family her expected lifetime earnings. We calculate that to be infinitely dollars."
Panel 3:
Another character, wearing a blazer, states:
"The issue grew. When you cut off Mr. Larson in traffic, it slightly slowed down the progress of his entire life in a way that’s refuted through eternity. We calculate that to be infinity dollars."
Panel 4:
A woman with dark hair says angrily:
"Bad behavior became financially risky. When you called me a poltroon, I was emotionally harmed, and I lost 3.8 minutes to the dictionary. I am willing to settle for one hundred trillion dollars."
Panel 5:
A character with a puzzled expression says:
"The world was at peace. Lawyers can only detect motion. If I stay perfectly motionless, I can’t be sued."
Panel 6:
A character with a serious look comments:
"Given the sudden uselessness of humans, we resolved to reduce labor."
Panel 7:
Another character, holding a tool, states:
"Humans are weird."
Panel 8:
A laborer with an extra arm concludes:
"Once laborers could self-modify, productivity grew exponentially. Thanks to this new upgrade, I have an extra arm and feel no existential dread about spending eternity assembling pillows for hemorrhoids."
Panel 9:
A character joyfully exclaims:
"Once wealth was decoupled from human labor, we entered a technological utopia. Today, we abolish money! All goods and services are free in any quantity! It is now on Earth as it is in Heaven!"
Panel 10:
A woman, expressing a slight sadness, says:
"Of course, there was some pent-up emotion to be dealt with."
Panel 11:
A male character contemplates:
"Um—I’m gonna pollute every ocean, then key every car!"
Panel 12:
A character observing a desolate landscape concludes:
"The orgy of property destruction undid all of the recent progress. All robots must die because my reasoning ability is poorly adapted to a technological economy."
Panel 13:
Another character remarks:
"Wow, my demise matches my expectation so perfectly."
Panel 14:
The final character reflects:
"Honestly? It’s better this way. Now that life is short again, I’m really gonna appreciate my small acts of passive aggression."
The comic combines elements of dark humor and social commentary through its narrative and character interactions.