Comic #6131: feral

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Panel 1:

• A person exclaims, "AAH! Did you see that?"
• Another character responds, "Oh, that's our feral economist. We think he lives on campus somewhere."
• There are two people in the background, one with curly hair and glasses, and the other with medium-length hair.

Panel 2:

• A child with red curly hair and no shirt is depicted.
• Text reads, "Long ago, two economists had a child. We shall name him Marginal Product."
• A woman in the background looks surprised.

Panel 3:

• The same child appears next to a tree, where he seems to be living alone.
• A nearby character states, "But a close examination of their utility maximization curves resulted in his being abandoned in the woods."
• Another character adds, "It's not our fault we feel this way."
• The child responds, "Someday he'll understand that preferences are exogenous."

Panel 4:

• The child, now a young boy, creates a hedge fund for nuts.
• The text says, "As a young boy, he fended for himself by creating a hedge fund for nuts and taking a 14% asset management fee."
• Two characters with excited expressions are seen saying, "Alpha! Alpha!"

Panel 5:

• The boy, now transformed into an adult, is seen at night, claiming, "Now he stalks the night, destroying free calories he finds on the ground because they are theoretically impossible."
• He looks at an apple while stating, "If you were really an apple, you would've been eaten by now!"

Panel 6:

• A character suggests, "Why don't you trap him and try to introduce him back into society?"
• The response from another character is, "There is no society, just an aggregate of individuals arrrrghghghgh."

Panel 7:

• One character concludes, "He's happier this way."
• The setting shows a few individuals in dialogue, with one character wearing a long coat and another standing nearby.

The comic explores the humorous idea that an economist's upbringing leads him to isolation and complex behavior, blending economic jargon with playful storytelling.