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[-] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 32 points 1 year ago

The structure of this feels off, the punchline already happened in panel two and the text in panel three isn't adding anything. A panel 3 without text would be funnier imo because it would let the joke soak, I also think moving the punchline to panel 3 would have worked better.

[-] Tenkard@lemmy.ml 55 points 1 year ago

I think the punchline is him opening the vat so it can kill humanz and solve the climate crisis, without the third one it could just be him inventing random stuff/wasting money (I only got the joke on panel 3)

[-] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I assumed this is the new form of the human race

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Why does he look sad and say "you can go"

Instead of "Precisely! Spring Terror!" Or something like that?

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

That is quite funny. Well done.

[-] Fraqual@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is he looking sad?

He seems to be looking down and speaking into a microphone.

[-] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think you're right. Still not clear to me and that other commenter made a better comic.

[-] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Oh I guess I missed the joke, then. I thought it was a bit of a non-sequitur. I think I still prefer my version

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org -1 points 1 year ago

Overanalyzing a comic. Why do I even bother reading lemmy comments?

[-] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah sounds like you're straining yourself

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Maybe they could have described the assignment better. Like "Solve Climate change without killing the majority of the world population" or something.

[-] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

This is why the fantasy of asking AI to solve global warming will either end up with no benefit (possible) or with us being converted to carbon-neutral paperclips.

[-] JATtho@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I understood the paperclips reference! :D

[-] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ChatGPT, how can we solve climate change?

Okay! Climate change is the largely man-made phenomenon of the Earth's temperature gradually increasing, leading to more severe weather events and mass species extinctions. To solve climate change, here's what you should do: plan that only vaguely helps on the individual level assuming it's coherent at all

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah. That's really on the oversight committee.

[-] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Maybe it eats plastic waste, absorbes three forests worth of carbon, and shits gold?

[-] yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 17 points 1 year ago

Or maybe it eats people. Arguably way more effective.

[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago

That's right. "Reduce" is the first priority on "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle", after all.

[-] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Only one of those features would help with the climate and marginally so.

[-] Magister@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I like it, he looks like the alien from Pitch Black

[-] essell@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I know Vin Diesel is a unique character but that's harsh.

[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Yup, no scientist ever has dedicated their lives to fighting climate change.

They're all fucking around doing things they weren't told to do by their obviously even keeled superiors.

[-] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

I think the joke is that he is solving climate change by releasing a monster to kill humanity.

[-] EightLeggedFreak@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I interpreted it a bit differently. He made the sharkpeople so we can inhabit the rising oceans, in a way. Climate change isn't getting solved, so might as well force us to adapt.

[-] SacralPlexus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I like this and you might be right because there is no indication in the last panel that the creature is attacking them.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yet we're still waiting for cat girls?

[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Basically, FEV.

[-] YoFrodo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is literally the backstory of Blue Submarine No. 6

[-] Dempf@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

I remember watching this when I was 9 years old and feeling vaguely traumatized.

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