Hop

A four-panel comic. Two adults—a woman with light hair and a man—stand watching several children. The woman asks, "Why do you think kids play all the time?" The man explains, "Play is an evolved behavior designed to prepare children for actual life." In the lower panels, two kids play hopscotch on a chalk court: a girl in a pink shirt tells a child in a green shirt, "I think we could speed up this game of hopscotch with AI," and when the green-shirted child starts "But boss, how—" she cuts in, "I didn't ask for excuses," mimicking a corporate boss. The man, oblivious to the bleak office dynamics, smiles and says, "Gosh, they're cute." Votey: a close-up of the man's face, delighted, saying, "Look! He's giving up his hobbies so he can play overtime!"—the joke being that childhood play is preparing kids for soul-crushing corporate work life.