Comic #4288: lastritely
Description
Comic Description
Panel 1
- Character 1 (person looking confused): "Huh?"
- Character 2 (person speaking, possibly a priest): "It's a device subcutaneously implanted into your neck. In the event of your death, it electrically causes your heart to beat, while forcing your vocal cords to confess to everything bad you ever did."
Panel 2
- Character 2: "Meanwhile, it conferences in a priest who absolves you, then releases a reservoir of holy water into your circulatory system."
- Character 3 (looks interested): "How much does it cost?"
- Character 2: "It's free if you sign our user agreement."
- Character 3: "I’ll take it!"
Panel 3
- Text: "Two weeks later…"
- Character 3: "Hey, priest! The device is great, but my phone keeps trying to sell me weird stuff."
- Character 2: "You didn’t sell my confession information to a third party, did you?"
- Character 1 (responding): "Really? Just meta-data. Why?"
Panel 4
- Character 3: "No reason."
- Text on the device's screen: "You might like: The Sodomy Pros - 'Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral' Buttress your savings with 30% off!"
Summary
The comic humorously discusses a fictional device that forces confessions post-mortem and explores themes of privacy and data transparency in a light-hearted manner.