Comic #5761: suffering-2

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Panel 1: Character 1: "Terrible news, Mr. President." Character 2: "We've discovered a mathematical quirk in the science of human behavior which has allowed us to completely eliminate human suffering forever."

Panel 2: Character 1: "Isn't that good?" Character 2: "No, Mr. President."

Panel 3: Character 1: "The main philosophical objection to eating living humans is that we're capable of suffering."

Panel 4: Character 2: "Now that we have a scientific economics, the inevitable result is widespread murder-cannibalism. As we speak, people are devouring each other in the streets."

Panel 5: Character 1: "Interesting."

Panel 6: Character 2: "But we've eliminated suffering?" Character 3: "Also hunger!"

Panel 7: Character 1: (smiling) "Mr. President."

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