more-beautiful
Explanation
The comic features a conversation about robots and automation. In the first panel, a character optimistically declares: "I think once we have AI doing all the work, life's going to be a lot more beautiful. More art, more poetry, more peace." Another character counters: "Why? The robots have already been in charge for years." When asked what the major consumers of news opinion content are, the answer is "Retirees."
The comic then spells out the argument: "The people with the most time for contemplation, the people whose lives are most like what you'd expect in a post-work world -- a decent income, lots of free time, all their needs met -- these people have collectively chosen to devote their leisure to Facebook all day via poorly-reproduced memes." A character reacts in horror: "My God... in a post-work utopia, we'd all be overly-online uncles!" The punchline: "Unless there were in constant supply of service-sector jobs with no purpose... wait, are f**ing sht."
The comic dismantles the utopian vision of a post-work society by pointing out that we already have a test group: retirees. These are people who have financial security, free time, and no obligation to work -- exactly the conditions futurists promise automation will bring to everyone. And what do many retirees do? They spend their time consuming and sharing low-quality online content, getting into political arguments on Facebook, and becoming the stereotypical "overly-online uncle." The final punchline adds another layer: the characters realize that perhaps many existing service-sector jobs already serve no productive purpose other than keeping people occupied and out of the "overly-online uncle" trap -- and that this might actually be their hidden societal function.