Comic #6714: shining

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Here's the transcription of the comic:

Panel 1:
Person 1: Do you think modern humans struggle because of their alienation?
Person 2: NO! The problem is that our alienation is really boring.

Panel 2:
Person 1: I mean imagine you grew up among religious heretics or a deep resistance movement. You’re alienated from society but in a meaning-filled way!
Person 2: I’m socially alienated because there are games on my phone that are REALLY FUN and so when a polite stranger wants to talk, I brush them off and then perceive THEM as the rude party!

Panel 3:
Person 1: That level of isolation should require you to stake a position in the world and defend it. To break yourself like a sword against stone, in battle against the wicked forces arrayed around you!

Panel 4:
Person 2: But I am not broken into shining pieces! I am a corroded lump of goo!
Person 1: A corroded lump of goo!

Panel 5:
Person 2: I’m sorry, sir. But, you have me now.
Person 1: Thank you, chatbot. I am healed.