The blue shirt guy thinks fast and comes to the conclusion that life isn’t worth living because of things like past due bills and intentionally gets hit in the head in order to die.
Yeah, I think this is where they were trying to go with the joke from the previous strip. That one just wasn’t absurd enough
I look forward to seeing it! Based on responses to other old comics that I’ve posted, people will understand that it was a product of its time, unless it’s really mean or something. See here for a recent example: https://discuss.online/post/18096035
The closest thing I could think of is https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AntiquatedLinguistics
See glowie if you’re confused about the joke:
From glow + -ie. Originated by Terry Davis, who stated in a 2017 video that “CIA removed glow in the dark”, implying that they are conspicuous. The term “glowie” would become popular on the 4chan /pol/ board around 2019.
Here’s mine (https://explosm.net/rcg/usjewjphe):