Comic #5146: treadmill
Description
Here’s the transcription of the comic text:
Panel 1:
- Character 1 (Knight): "Dragon King! Give back the princess!"
- Character 2 (Dragon): "Never! I will have all the destiny crystals and rule the world!"
Panel 2:
- Character 2 (Dragon): "Look, the sociology literature suggests you'll just be on the 'hedonic treadmill.'"
- Character 1 (Knight): "Sure, at first you'll be happy you've enslaved man and dwarf and elf and cast a dread shadow over all Imaginaryia. But then what?"
Panel 3:
- Character 2 (Dragon): "You'll just be in a steady condition. You'll get bored, then sad, then anxious, then self-hating."
Panel 4:
- Text: "Epochs later…"
- Character 2 (Dragon): "I should've run away with that art school girl in college instead of enslaving the universe."