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 ==Explanation==
-This comic is about '''steroid''' usage to {{w|Performance-enhancing substance|enhance humans performance}}; it is likely inspired by {{w|Lance Armstrong}}'s then-recent confession to {{w|blood doping}} in a televised interview with {{w|Oprah Winfrey}} (although Armstrong's confessions did not itself include {{w|anabolic steroid}} use; "steroids" is a common catch-all phrase often misused to reference other forms of {{w|Doping in sport|doping}}).
+This comic is about '''steroid''' usage to {{w|Performance-enhancing substance|enhance human performance}}; it is likely inspired by {{w|Lance Armstrong}}'s then-recent confession to {{w|blood doping}} in a televised interview with {{w|Oprah Winfrey}} (although Armstrong's confessions did not itself include {{w|anabolic steroid}} use; "steroids" is a common catch-all phrase often misused to reference other forms of {{w|Doping in sport|doping}}).
 This comic is making the point of the opinion that the criterion about which chemicals (steroids) humans may or may not take in to be considered the strongest or fastest is an artificial criterion. This is demonstrated by [[Megan]] explaining the whole concept to an energy sphere representing a non-humanoid intelligence; when framed the way Megan explains it, the explanation sounds rather trivial and silly. A better explanation would be to say that some chemicals make humans faster and stronger but also damage the human body, so these chemicals are banned so the competitors won't destroy themselves. Another point Megan has missed is that the competitions aren't unrestricted, they're designed around specific rules and structures, to which all participants agree. The chemicals in question are a violation of those rules, and so are both dishonest and subvert the entire purpose of the competition.

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 The comic was published on {{w|Ash Wednesday}} (Western liturgical start of Lent). The dust to dust reference calls to mind the charge, "Remember man that thou art dust and unto dust you shall return," which is traditionally spoken by priests as they place ashes on the foreheads of observers on Ash Wednesday, in addition to the idea that all atoms in the universe other than Hydrogen, Helium, and some Lithium, were created after the big-bang via {{w|Stellar nucleosynthesis}}, with further production and dispersal via {{w|Supernova nucleosynthesis}}. Thus the reference by {{w|Joni Mitchell}} in the song {{w|Woodstock (song)|Woodstock}}: "We are stardust..."; and echoed by {{w|Carl Sagan}}: "We are star stuff."
-Similar talking floating energy spheres have been used later in [[1450: AI-Box Experiment]], where it was clearly a different sphere and then in the [[:Category:Time traveling Sphere|Time traveling Sphere]] series. There is no indication of it here, but the sphere here could be another time traveler as well, back to try and understand humanity.
+Similar talking floating energy spheres have been used later to represent super intelligent AIs both in [[1450: AI-Box Experiment]] and [[2635: Superintelligent AIs]], where it is clearly a different sphere and then in the [[:Category:Time traveling Sphere|Time traveling Sphere]] series. There is no indication of it here, but the sphere here could be another time traveler as well, back to try and understand humanity.
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