Comic #5810: think

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Panel 1:

• Character 1: "DO YOU THINK THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING?"
• Character 2: "UH, DO EXISTENTIALISTS SEEM HAPPY TO YOU?"

Panel 2:

• Character 1: "PEOPLE GO THEIR WHOLE LIVES WITHOUT CONDUCTING A DEEP ANALYSIS OF THE MEANING OF IT ALL. THEY ACCEPT THAT EVERYTHING MUST HAVE A POINT TO IT AND THEY MOVE ON ABOUT THE PRAGMATIC ACTIONS OF THE 16 WAKING HOURS A DAY."
• Character 2: "IMAGINE IF WE APPLIED THIS LOGIC IN ANY OTHER DOMAIN. IS THE UNEXAMINED CAR NOT WORTH DRIVING? IS THE UNEXAMINED PIE NOT WORTH EATING?"

Panel 3:

• Character 1: “IT’S THE EXAMINED STUFF THAT SUCKS! THE EXAMINED YOGURT IS A LITERAL CESSPOOL FOR BACTERIA. THE EXAMINED STEAK WAS FEELING THE WARMTH OF A PASTURE SUN LAST TUESDAY.”
• Character 2: "WHAT ABOUT SCIENCE? WHAT ABOUT EXAMINING THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE?"

Panel 4:

• Character 1: "GO AHEAD AND TRY! DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE THAT THE LOCATION OF AN OBJECT CAN BE DETERMINED BY AN EQUATION WITH AN IMAGINARY TERM? BAH!"

Panel 5:

• Character 1: "EXAMINED THINGS ARE INEVITABLY CONFUSING, DISGUSTING OR BOTH. WHY DO WE WANT TO INVOKE THESE QUALITIES OF EXISTENCE?"

Panel 6:

• Character 2: "SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE EXAMINED THIS PROBLEM CAREFULLY."
• Character 1: "THAT'S WHY I'M SHOUTING!"