0007 - Prescription Ultimatum - 2017.11.20

Comic!

Comment:

You all know a Lee Caldavera or two, don't you? I certainly know a few.

I tend not to "judge" them quite as much as they think I do. I just strive to not be in their presence as much as is practical.

Transcript:

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0007 - 2167/07/05/17:49 - Lee Caldavera's apartment, living room
Doc: You want a solution? You want a fix to stop feeling the way you feel?
LC: Yes! Yes, of course I do! That's what I've been saying!
Doc: Leave your home and talk to somebody.
LC: A real solution!
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Doc: Alright, baby steps. One or the other - either go out for a half-hour walk in the sunshine-
LC: A half an hour?
Doc: OR have someone - some human - come to your apartment. Someone who isn't being paid to perform a service and with whom you have to converse as an equal.
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LC: Oh, sure, I'll just throw open my doors and random strangers can come in and criticize my whole life.
Doc: That's not what I-
LC: Sure, I'll just put out a big public notice - HEY, EVERYONE, COME INVADE LEE CALDAVERA'S HOME AND JUDGE EVERYTHING.
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Doc: Well, I certainly don't recommend that course of action, Lee, but if you were to publicly request companionship, it would likely-
LC: FINE, I'LL DO IT. If only to PROVE YOU WRONG.
Doc: I really don't think th-
LC: PAUSE.
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