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A four-panel SMBC comic showing a generational argument between a young man in a red shirt and an older bespectacled man in a blue shirt sitting in armchairs. Panel 1: The young man complains, "It's not fair! When you were a kid they just had violent movies where musclemen go around killing stuff! Or space movies where attractive people beat villains whose main thing is villainy!" Panel 2: The young man goes on, "Now all the movies with explosions have lessons about friendship! It sucks!" The older man replies, "I have friendship! I don't need a movie about it! What I don't have is giant flaming swords and scantily clad barbarian women!" Panel 3: The older man covers his face with his hand and deadpans, "I was only half listening, but would you like a short discourse on caring for the environment?" Panel 4: The young man, now off-panel-loud, screams "I hate your generation!" while the older man peers out warily from behind his tall chair. The joke flips the usual trope: it's the younger person ranting about the older generation's bad influence. Votey: A close-up of the older man looking exasperated with his hand on his chin as the young man's speech bubble shouts, "No supper until you admit that all of my problems are due to the behavior of the previous generation!"