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Can someone please explain this one to me?
I’m a bit dense and don’t get it.
I think the idea is that their life on this island is more enjoyable than their previous life. So they decide they want to stay there after all. Which honestly is understandable on an emotional level sometimes but realistically they would be dead after a few weeks from unclean water, wildlife, infection, illness, etc
I mean if they've been there for two years I'm sure that means they've learned how to purify water at least to a drinkable state, but also, has the rescue beacon even been working.
I bet the dude never actually turned it on and has just pretended he did, playing the long game to get the lady to wanna spend time with him.
...why does it have to be a predatory horror thriller? The comic has not even steered in the neighborhood of this
Reminds me of that romantic DS9 Ducat/Sisco episode
yeah, guys who use this pickup tactic on me win every time.
Or the comic was made by an incredibly sheltered individual who would get reality checked in a day in a survival situation.
Like that lady who killed herself, her sister, and her son because she thought you could just head into the woods and start banging rocks together or something.
Yeah, I get wanting to unplug and get away, but the first serious illness or injury will have them wishing they still had a way to call for help.
Even beyond that, I think this sentiment is easy to get into from the comfort of climate controlled, weatherproof structures, with abundant food that doesn't require months of forethought and planning to farm or energy expenditure to hunt or gather. I'd love to chuck up materialism and peer pressure, but I'm firmly attached to the various infrastructures that make my life so comfortable.
I think the flush toilet is the unsung hero of modern civilization.
When my mom had to poop as a kid, she had to stand on two planks of wood and squat over a hole in the ground, out in the open. I love my toilet.
A hole dug in the ground and filled in after use
Natures flushing toilet
I don't think that the beacon works that way. The way I interpreted the comic the beacon has been active for the two years and still no help arrived.
Destroying it doesn't really change anything, most likely it wasn't working anyhow because otherwise you aren't stranded for two years. It might just make it easier to accept rescue isn't coming. And doing it voluntary because you prefer the lifestyle could be good moral boost.
But yes, if you are voluntary on an island you want means to contact help. What Masafumi Nagasaki did sounds pretty sweet sometimes. Living naked and alone on an island just getting groceries every few weeks for 30 years.
You didn’t miss anything, it’s a terrible comic. It’s just saying the castaway wants to stay and the woman says yup 3 times in a row. The beacon is unexplained and makes no difference. There’s no point, no punch line, no depth, no dimension. It’s a small sentence about leaving material trappings that didn’t even need 3 panels, an island or a companion.
He says a thing, she’s say yup 3 times, they’re on an island…
People missing the fact this comic is using humor and hyperbole to make a point about the things that make us miserable.
The punchline is a bit on the nose, so there's not much "to get".