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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The term "identity theft" refers to a thief acquiring various types of a victim's identification (for example, bank account number and/or Social Security number), thus allowing the thief to pretend to be the victim and commonly steal money from the victim's bank account, etc. | + | {{Incomplete|not sure about title text explanation}} |
+ | The term "identity theft" refers to a thief acquiring various types of a victim's identification (for example, bank account number and/or Social Security number), thus allowing the thief to pretend to be the victim and (commonly) steal money from the victim's bank account, etc. | ||
− | This comic exaggerates the term, interpreting it as the thief literally acquiring the victim's whole personality | + | This comic exaggerates the term, interpreting it as the thief literally acquiring the victim's whole personality, where the victim here appears to be Randall himself. The thief has apparently taken on Randall's [[786: Exoplanets|love of space]] as well as his existentialism. (Megan's [[625: Collections|existentialism]] may have rubbed off on him.) Thus, the thief is now completely overwhelmed by having an entirely new personality, not to mention one whose parts clash with each other. |
− | The title text | + | The title text is spoken by Randall, where he wonders if the identity thief has merely made a copy of his personality, or whether they now share the same personality (copy by reference?). If the latter, then until the trains of thought of the two people diverge, they are essentially the same person. Someone else comments that Randall may be overthinking the situation, and that the thief only took his credit card information (a common method of identity theft), but Randall's anxiety has overwhelmed him and he ignores the speaker. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[A man sitting in front of a laptop, looking at his hands] |
− | : | + | :Hairy: I feel paralyzed by overwhelming existential dread. |
− | : | + | :Hairy: ...and yet for some reason I'm ''really'' excited about space? |
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:The thief who stole my identity has a lot to deal with. | :The thief who stole my identity has a lot to deal with. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | ||
[[Category:Philosophy]] | [[Category:Philosophy]] | ||
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