#1314: Photos explain

[White Hat stands next to Cueball on a roof. There’s a colourful sunset; in the distance, there are three people (a blonde girl, a Cueball-like guy and Megan) taking photos of the skyline as the sun sets.]

White Hat: Ugh, I hate how people take pictures instead of just enjoying the view.

Cueball: Why?

[White Hat turns to Cueball.]

White Hat: Documenting your life distracts you from living it. You’re not really—

Cueball: Oh, come on.

[Only both their faces.]

Cueball: Trying to take a picture of a thing makes me pay more attention to it. Some of my best adventures are built around trying to photograph something.

[The panel zooms in on Cueball’s face.]

Cueball: If “other people having experiences incorrectly” is annoying to you, think how unbearable it must be to have a condescending stranger tell you they hate the way you’re experiencing your life at just the moment you’ve found something you want to remember. Why the fuck do you care how someone else enjoys a sunset?

[Zoom back out.]

White Hat: Well, they…

White Hat: Because I just, uh…

White Hat: …

[Cueball takes out a camera.]

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