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Discomforting xkcd

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=797

Strip by: Wibi

{A friend is standing behind Cueball, who is typing at a computer.}
Friend: You should be more careful what you write. You never know when a future employer might read it.
{Cueball stops typing.}
Cueball: Every ill man is an enemy. Because he's a reflection of your own illness.
Friend: What?
{Cueball gets up from his computer.}
Cueball: Every ill man is an enemy. Because he's a reflection of your own illness. Every dead man is an enemy. Because he's the image of your own death. Did you see the latest news on the TV? Did you see the town torn apart? Human beings are less than beasts. Violence is everywhere. Cruelty is your mother, and your victims could be your own children. Every ill man is an enemy, because he's the reflection of your own illness. Every dead man is an enemy, because he's the image of your own death. Did you see your latest newspaper? Photos of corpses on the first page. Human beings are less than insects. Stupidity is everywhere. Stupidity is your mother. And your victims could be your own children. Every ill man is an enemy, because he's the reflection of your own illness. Every dead man is an enemy, because he's the image of your own death. Did you hear the latest news on the radio? The story of men who murdered children.
Cueball: Human beings are less than nothing. Illness and madness are everywhere. Illness is your mother. And your victims could be your own parents.
{The friend has left.}
{Beat.}
{Beat.}

The author writes:

Original xkcd strip: #137 Dreams.

Original song: "Every Ill" Man by Human Flesh.