Comic #3937: the-definition-of-unlife
Description
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Panel 1:
- Child: "Grampa, I don't like the word 'undead.' It's chauvinistic."
- (There are large legs behind the child, indicating the presence of Grampa, who is off-panel.)
Panel 2:
- Grampa: "The undead can move, communicate, think. They have DNA, they're made of hydrocarbons, they create entropy."
Panel 3:
- Child: "They're just a form of life that happens to look similar to dead humans. So, we categorize them as not alive and not dead."
- (Child looks thoughtful in this panel.)
Panel 4:
- Child: "But, if the criterion for undeadness is just 'alive, but looks dead,' then we should call anyone over 60 undead!"
Panel 5:
- Grampa: "One quality of life is the ability to reproduce. Zombies, vampires, mummies… none of them can do it."
Panel 6:
- Child: "Oh my god. That's true of old people too."
Panel 7:
- Child: "Are you saying you're undead?!"
Panel 8:
- Grampa: "Technically, only Grandma is undead."
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