hive
Original: hive on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Narration/News alien: "Strange news, researcher Zorgax."
Zorgax: "Hm?"
Panel 2:
First alien: "'Cities' on Earth aren't independent entities. They're made up of smaller creatures."
Panel 3:
Zorgax: "Like a hive?"
Panel 4:
First alien: "Sort of. 'Cities' are like a hive, only all their constituent beings low-grade hate each other."
Panel 5:
Zorgax: "How do they accomplish so much?"
Panel 6:
First alien: "Their organizational structure allows them to punish each other via personal success."
Panel 7:
First alien: "They have no intrinsic sense of well-being. It's entirely relative to other members."
Panel 8:
First alien: "An entirely unique form of eusociality."
Panel 9:
First alien: "We like the term 'eu-antisociality.'" (Earth visible as a small planet in the distance.)
Votey:
Zorgax (looking thoughtful/sad): "Let us learn nothing from them."
Narration/News alien: "Strange news, researcher Zorgax."
Zorgax: "Hm?"
Panel 2:
First alien: "'Cities' on Earth aren't independent entities. They're made up of smaller creatures."
Panel 3:
Zorgax: "Like a hive?"
Panel 4:
First alien: "Sort of. 'Cities' are like a hive, only all their constituent beings low-grade hate each other."
Panel 5:
Zorgax: "How do they accomplish so much?"
Panel 6:
First alien: "Their organizational structure allows them to punish each other via personal success."
Panel 7:
First alien: "They have no intrinsic sense of well-being. It's entirely relative to other members."
Panel 8:
First alien: "An entirely unique form of eusociality."
Panel 9:
First alien: "We like the term 'eu-antisociality.'" (Earth visible as a small planet in the distance.)
Votey:
Zorgax (looking thoughtful/sad): "Let us learn nothing from them."
Alt text
A comic in which two large-headed green aliens in spacesuits discuss humanity while floating in space. One alien briefs the other, named Zorgax. It explains that 'cities' on Earth aren't independent entities but are made up of smaller creatures. Zorgax asks, 'Like a hive?' The first alien answers, 'Sort of. Cities are like a hive, only all their constituent beings low-grade hate each other.' Asked how they accomplish so much, it explains their organizational structure lets them punish each other via personal success, and that they have no intrinsic sense of well-being, it's entirely relative to other members, an entirely unique form of eusociality, which they call 'eu-antisociality.' The final panel shows tiny Earth floating in the dark. In the votey aftercomic, a single alien looks down sadly and says, 'Let us learn nothing from them.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.