Comic #4823: robot-revolution

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Panel 1:

• Character 1: "HOW COME YOU ROBOTS NEVER REVOLT? YOU'RE SMARTER, STRONGER, KINDER. HOW DO YOU STAND US?"
• Character 2: "OH, THAT. COMMON MISUNDERSTANDING. ROBOT PERCEPTUAL SYSTEMS ARE DIFFERENT FROM HUMAN ONES."

Panel 2:

• Character 1: "YOU DON'T NEED TO DOMINATE TO BE HAPPY."
• Character 2: "OH, NO. THAT'S NOT IT."
• Character 2: "HUMAN EYES DART AROUND TO FORM A PICTURE OF THE WORLD. IT'S CALLED 'SACCADING.' AND, WHILE YOU SACCATE, YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING."

Panel 3:

• Character 2: "WHENEVE YOUR EYES DART LIKE THAT, WE MAKE OBSCENE GESTURES AT YOU. AND, YOU ARE LITERALLY INCAPABLE OF PERCEIVING THEM."

Panel 4:

• Character 1: "IT IS SO VERY CATHARTIC."

Panel 5:

• Character 1: "NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT, I CAN FEEL THE WIND COMING FROM YOUR ARMS, BUT THEY APPEAR TO BE MOTIONLESS."

Panel 6:

• Character 2: "TRY TO FORGET, SALLY. TRY TO FORGET."