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Explanation
In this comic, a dejected-looking man sits while behind him a woman enthusiastically announces: "Long heavy sigh AND resigned droop of shoulders! COMBOOOOOOOOOOOO!" A machine next to the man displays "+100" and "2X," resembling a video game score multiplier.
The caption reads: "The movement to gamify everything hit its peak with the quantified misery movement."
The joke is a satirical extrapolation of two real cultural trends: gamification (adding game-like elements such as points, combos, and multipliers to non-game activities) and the quantified self movement (using technology to track personal metrics like steps, sleep, heart rate, etc.). The comic imagines these trends taken to their absurd logical endpoint: a system that tracks and scores your expressions of misery, complete with combo bonuses for performing multiple signs of despair simultaneously.
The humor comes from the contrast between the deeply sad man and the enthusiastic announcer treating his suffering like a video game achievement. The "+100" and "2X" multiplier make his resignation look like a high score. It satirizes how Silicon Valley-style optimization culture can strip the humanity out of human experience by turning everything -- even suffering -- into quantifiable metrics and gamified achievements.