Comic #5812: expansion

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The comic features two characters in a conversation. One character has short, light brown hair and is wearing a black suit with a red tie. The other character has curly dark hair, glasses, and is wearing a red-orange shirt.

Panel 1: The male character says, "A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO SETTLE MARS, TO MAKE HUMANITY MULTIPLANETARY, PRESERVING THE SPECIES FOREVER."

Panel 2: He continues, "WE SHOULD NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE RISK ENTAILED IN SUCH AN ENDEAVOR."

Panel 3: Next, he states, "IF HUMANITY EXPANDS, TO THE INNER PLANETS, THE ASTEROIDS, THE OUTER PLANETS, THE STARS… EVERYTHING YOU WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS A 14 YEAR OLD WILL LIVE ON FOREVER."

Panel 4: The comic shifts to him saying, "IF WE CONFINE OURSELVES TO THIS ONE PLANET, EVENTUALLY THE SUN WILL ENGULF THE EARTH, RANDOMIZING COMPUTER MEMORY, ETERNALLY EFFACING YOUR TEENAGE OPINIONS ON GENDER FROM REALITY."

Panel 5: Then he asks, "WHAT IF SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE TRANSMITTED OUT INTO THE COSMOS AT LIGHT SPEED."

Panel 6: The final response is, "THEN WE CAN ONLY HOPE THIS IS A LIFELESS UNIVERSE."

The comic concludes with the source credit at the bottom, "smbc-comics.com."