impostor
Explanation
This comic tackles impostor syndrome -- the feeling of being a fraud despite evidence of competence. A character lying in bed confesses that despite studying and working for decades, they still feel like they don't know anything and can't add to the conversation. This is a relatable experience for many professionals and academics.
The twist comes when it's revealed that this person is a conspiracy podcaster who believes the 2020 election was rigged, thinks Hitler had positive qualities, believes lizard people are governing via solar panels, and holds other absurd conspiracy theories. Their partner points out that they are, in fact, one of the actual impostors -- someone who genuinely doesn't know what they're talking about. The comic flips impostor syndrome on its head: while competent people irrationally feel like frauds, here is someone who is genuinely unqualified yet applies the sympathetic framing of impostor syndrome to themselves. It's a commentary on how the Dunning-Kruger effect and impostor syndrome can be mirror images of each other.