Comic #4114: what-if-i-never-existed

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Here is the transcription of the comic dialogue:

Panel 1:

• Character 1: "Do you ever worry the world would be better off if you never existed?"

Panel 2:

• Character 2: "Let's make that question more general."
• Character 1: "If a random individual never existed, would the world be better or worse?"

Panel 3:

• Character 2: "That's pretty clearly a 50-50 proposition."

Panel 4:

• Character 2: "Unless there's some reason you don't count as a statistically random individual, then your question practically answers itself."

Panel 5:

• Character 1: "I was obviously asking for sympathy in a moment of self-doubt."

Panel 6:

• Character 2: "Well, you asked in a dumb way."

The comic features two characters engaging in a philosophical conversation against a snowy, starry background.