Comic #6840: mittening

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Panel 1:

• Character 1: "NOBODY WANTS TO FUND THIS SCIENTIFIC MEGAPROJECT, BUT IT'S ONLY $25 BILLION! THAT'S LESS THAN A QUARTER THE COST OF MITTENING EVERY CEPHALOPOD!"

Panel 2:

• Character 2: "WELL YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THE TRADEOFF IF THOSE FUNDS— WAIT WHAT?"

Panel 3:

• Character 1: "ASSUME A POPULATION OF 1 BILLION CEPHALOPODS, 8 TO 10 'HANDS' A PIECE, WITH ECONOMIES OF SCALE IN MITTEN PRODUCTION DRIVING DOWN—"
• Character 3: "WHY IS THIS RELEVANT?"

Panel 4:

• Character 1: "USUALLY SCIENTISTS SAY A PROJECT SHOULD BE FUNDED BECAUSE IT'LL COST LESS THAN THE MOST RECENT STUPID WAR, SO I THOUGHT 'IT'LL COST LESS THAN THAT DUMB THING' WAS A VALID ARGUMENT FOR FUNDING."

Panel 5:

• Character 2: "I'M… I FEEL LIKE YOUR POINT IS BOTH CORRECT AND STUPID."

Panel 6:

• Character 1: "TO BE CLEAR I AM IN FAVOR OF THE MITTENING PROJECT."

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