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Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

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The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
The comic must be a complete story.
If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
You may post comics from others or your own.
If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
The comic can be in any language, but if it's not in English, OP must include an English translation in the post's 'body' field (note: you don't need to select a specific language when posting a comic).
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Singularity for me but not for thee (lemy.lol)

submitted 1 month ago by Krauerking@lemy.lol to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Jesus Christ, this is toxic as fuck. You are not a bad person for enjoying life. You are not a bad person for being happy or seeking happiness. Excessive consumerism isn't great but you are still not a bad person for owning things. You are definitely not a bad person for trying to improve your life or the life of people around you.

I have no idea why they decided to attack renewable energy, it's undeniably better than the fossil fuel systems it's to replace. They say they're against alternative energy immediately after complaining that a third of the world has no electricity. This doesn't even make sense! They don't want you to make electricity available to people, they just want you to feel bad about it.

Inequality sucks, but you are still allowed to enjoy things.

What does make you a bad person is actively seeking to make other people's lives worse. For instance, making a comic with the sole intention of shitting on people just living their lives.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have no idea why they decided to attack renewable energy

Huh? The comic is complaining nerds are wasting adulthood on speedrunning and drawing comics instead of doing research that improves the world (like renewable energy).

[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It doesn't read that way to me, but either way my point still stands. There is absolutely nothing wrong with doing something you like, and calling that "wasting adulthood" is incredibly fucked up.

The last line is literally telling people they are terrible for enjoying themselves. There is no excuse for that.

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

If you are not producing or in another way being in service to society, can you claim any human worth or dignity? /S

[–] Vivendi@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm wasting adulthood on university degrees and doing research

Speedrun guys, research is not worth how much it destroys your life.

[–] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've done far too much research getting to where I am now. Thankfully not research. Couldn't handle academia, government and private sector is a much better option.

Edit: I forgot to say how much research sucks and agree with the point of ruining your life.