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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic was published 2 months after [[Randall]]'s then fiancée, now wife, was diagnosed with breast cancer (see [[:Category:Cancer]]), which is likely what inspired this comic | + | This comic was published 2 months after [[Randall]]'s then fiancée, now wife, was diagnosed with breast cancer, (see [[:Category:Cancer]]), which is likely what inspired this comic, (even though [[Cueball]] sounds like he is the one afflicted by the sickness). The comic is thus about the existential questions that might arise from such a crisis. The moral could be interpreted as that you shouldn't begrudge your fellow human being, regardless of where they find comfort. |
Also, any sentence is instantly funny if, at the end of it, you address your audience as "bitches". It may also be a reference to [[54: Science]]. | Also, any sentence is instantly funny if, at the end of it, you address your audience as "bitches". It may also be a reference to [[54: Science]]. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[The three panels are arranged diagonally, upper left to bottom right.] | :[The three panels are arranged diagonally, upper left to bottom right.] | ||
− | :[Two people | + | :[Two people are walking past a tree. One has a hat.] |
− | : | + | :Hat person: So, has this sickness opened you up to looking for answers beyond science? |
− | :Cueball: ...no, not really. | + | :Cueball: ... no, not really. |
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− | :[Cueball turns to face | + | :[Cueball turns to face the one with the hat.] |
− | :Cueball: We've groped for comfort before the slings and arrows of fortune for | + | :Cueball: We've groped for comfort before the slings and arrows of fortune for millenia, and I begrudge nobody their sources of solace. |
:Cueball: But Science provides ''tools''. | :Cueball: But Science provides ''tools''. | ||
:Cueball: $100 billion a year in scientific studies and medical R&D has bought us some pretty damn powerful slings and arrows of our own. | :Cueball: $100 billion a year in scientific studies and medical R&D has bought us some pretty damn powerful slings and arrows of our own. | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
[[Category:Cancer]] | [[Category:Cancer]] | ||
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[[Category:Religion]] | [[Category:Religion]] |