nanobots

A six-panel SMBC comic. A red-haired woman speaks gravely to a man named Stan. Panel 1, woman: 'Stan, we need to talk.' Stan, worried: 'Are you in love with someone else.' Panel 2, woman: 'The water you just drank was filled with self-replicating nanobots.' Panel 3, Stan, relieved: 'Soon, yes.' Panel 4, woman: 'They are now embedded in your body, multiplying rapidly.' Panel 5, woman: 'One by one, each of your cells will be replaced. The process will be so slow, no one, not even you, will notice the change.' Panel 6, woman: 'Until finally, after all of your neurons are replaced, all that will remain is a copy of you who doesn't wear cargo shorts to nice restaurants.' Stan, outraged: 'Murderer!' The joke: she is describing a gradual fashion-improvement makeover via nanobots, which Stan treats as an existential identity-killing crime. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of Stan looking distressed in a speech bubble: 'Hey! Where'd my fanny pack go?!' - the nanobot replacement has already begun erasing his questionable accessories.