earned
Explanation
This comic plays on the idea of moral offsetting taken to an absurd extreme. A silhouetted figure (implied to be Superman) stands before a crowd, passionately arguing that his countless acts of saving the entire world entitle him to one deeply questionable indulgence. The audience looks on with visible discomfort.
The caption below delivers the punchline: "Once every seven years, Superman eats a baby monkey." The joke hinges on the concept that accumulating enough good deeds could somehow justify an act that is clearly monstrous. It satirizes utilitarian moral reasoning pushed to its logical extreme -- the idea that if you save enough lives, you "earn" the right to do something horrible. The humor comes from the absurdity of the specific transgression (eating a baby monkey) juxtaposed with the earnest, self-righteous tone of the speech, as well as from the uncomfortable reactions of the bystanders who apparently cannot argue with his math.