Comic #7005: sympathy-2

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Here’s the transcription of the comic text:

Panel 1:

• Text: "HOW COME SUBSTANCE ADDICTION IS CONSIDERED REAL AND WORTHY OF SYMPATHY WHILE BEHAVIORAL ADDICTION IS CONSIDERED FAKE AND PATHETIC?"

Panel 2:

• Text: "LIKE YOU CAN’T DO A MOVIE WHERE A SINGLE DAD IS TRYING TO DO HIS BEST FOR HIS TEEN DAUGHTER, BUT LOSES HIS CONSTRUCTION JOB BECAUSE HE CAN’T STOP WATCHING CATS PUSH THINGS OFF TABLES."

Panel 3:

• Text: "I THINK THE FACT THAT ENDLESS MILD AMUSEMENTS ARE AS ADDICTING AS HARD DRUGS IS SO EMBARRASSING THAT WE AS A SPECIES ARE NOT COLLECTIVELY READY TO ACCEPT IT."

Panel 4:

• Text: "NOR HAVE WE ADMITTED THAT THE BARRIER BETWEEN 'REAL LIFE' AND LIFE ONLINE IS NO LONGER MEANINGFUL. MOST OF OUR HOURS ARE NOW NON-REAL, AND SO WE CLASS THE RUINATION OF THE MAJORITY OF OUR LIVES AS NON-REAL."

Panel 5:

• Text: "AND WHO WOULD BE SYMPATHETIC FOR A PROBLEM THEY CONSIDER IMAGINARY?"

Panel 6:

• Text: "THAT’S WHY I STICK TO HEROIN."

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