Comic #5148: coffee-2
Description
Here’s a detailed description of the comic:
Panel 1:
- The text at the top reads, “DID YOU KNOW IF YOU SKIP YOUR MORNING COFFEE, YOU COULD SAVE A BUNDLE EVERY YEAR?”
- A character on the left (with short hair and glasses) responds, “I DON’T CAAAAARE.”
Panel 2:
- The right character begins speaking: “IF YOU JUST SAVED ONE DOLLAR EVER AND DEPOSITED IT, AND EARNED A CONSERVATIVE RATE OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT, IN A SINGLE MILLENNIUM IT’D BE WORTH A TRILLION BILLION DOLLARS.”
Panel 3:
- Text: “GIVEN THAT THE CURRENT ESTIMATED VALUE OF A HUMAN LIFE IS ABOUT TEN MILLION DOLLARS, I FIND THAT BY HAVING A STARBUCKS LATTE INSTEAD OF BREWING AT HOME…”
Panel 4:
- The character continues: “BY THE YEAR 3000, YOU’VE EFFECTIVELY MURDERED APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE.”
Panel 5:
- One character is shown looking concerned, and the other is checking a device, speaking: “PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME ENJOY MY DRINK.”
Panel 6:
- The final text reads: “ALTERNATIVELY, YOU ARE THREE MEGA-HITLERS THIS MORNING!”
The comic uses humor to play with statistics and hypothetical scenarios about coffee consumption and the value of human life. The characters express exaggerated reactions to emphasize the absurdity of the calculations presented.