Comic #4481: perpetual-motion

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Description

Here’s a detailed description of the comic:

Panel 1:

• A person with short red hair and a green shirt is speaking, looking somewhat frustrated or confused.
• They say: "God, why'd you create conservation of energy? Why can't you get something for nothing?"

Panel 2:

• Another character, with medium-length brown hair and a purple top, responds.
• They say: "You mean like… how we gain from intangible things, like friendship, love, compassion?"
• The first character looks at them, clearly unimpressed.
• There is a visual showing two circular shapes, one with dotted lines around it, representing intangible ideas.

Panel 3:

• The first character explains: "No, like from magnets."
• The second character looks slightly surprised or thoughtful.

Panel 4:

• The first character continues: "Watch, you just take magnets and put them in a circle. Drop in a piece of iron and WHAM! It goes around forever. Free energy."
• There is a visual of magnets arranged in a circle with an iron piece being dropped in.

Panel 5:

• The first character looks incredulous, saying: "Honestly, how did you guys miss this?"
• They have a confident expression.

Panel 6:

• The final character, again in a green shirt, leans in conspiratorially and says: "We have to kill all the physicists."
• The tone is humorous and absurd.

Overall, the comic plays with the idea of misunderstanding scientific principles in a comically exaggerated way.