Comic #5342: advertising

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Panel 1: Character 1: "LOOK AT THESE STUPID OLD ADVERTISEMENTS. THEY JUST SHOW SEXY PEOPLE DRINKING BEER AND EXPECT YOU TO BUY!"

Panel 2: Character 2: "WE’RE SO MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED NOW. FOR INSTANCE, I EXCLUSIVELY BUY FROM CORPORATIONS WHOSE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS DISPLAY A NON-THREATENING YET IRONIC SENSE OF HUMOR."

Panel 3: Character 1: "OLDER GENERATIONS WERE SUCKERED BY THE PROMISE OF BEAUTY AND POWER. NOT US! NOWADAYS WE WON’T SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN IMAGINING WE’RE PALS WITH THE DISEMBODIED SPIRIT OF BRANDED PRODUCTS."

Panel 4: Character 3: "IT FEELS SO GOOD TO BE SUPERIOR TO OUR ELDERS." Character 1 (off-screen): "YOU HAVE RUINED THE BURGER KING TWITTER ACCOUNT, MADAME. RUINED."