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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 836 | | number = 836 | ||
− | | date = December 20, 2010 | + | | date = December 20,2010 |
| title = Sickness | | title = Sickness | ||
| image = sickness.png | | image = sickness.png | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | Do not 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" | + | Also, any sentence is instantly funny if, at the end of it, you address your audience as "bitches". |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | (The three panels are arranged diagonally, upper left to bottom right.)<br/> | |
− | + | [Two people are walking past a tree. One has a hat.]<br/> | |
− | + | Hat person: So, has this sickness opened you up to looking for answers beyond science?<br/> | |
− | + | Person: ... no, not really. | |
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− | + | [The person turns to face the one with the hat.]<br/> | |
− | + | Person: We've groped for comfort before the slings and arrows of fortune for millenia, and I begrudge nobody their sources of solace.<br/> | |
− | + | Person: But Science provides | |
− | + | ''tools'' | |
− | + | .<br/> | |
− | + | Person: $100 billion a year in scientific studies and medical R&D has bought us some pretty damn powerful slings and arrows of our own.<br/> | |
+ | Person: This world is amazing, and I'm going to live to experience more of it thanks to people who refused to gracefully accept the ineffability of reality.<br/> | ||
+ | Person: I find my courage where I can, but I take my weapons from science.<br/> | ||
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+ | Person: Because they | ||
+ | ''work'' | ||
+ | , bitches. | ||
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− | {{comic discussion}} | + | {{comic discussion}} |
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Medicine]] |
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