A comic by Dr. Lex (a.k.a. Alexander Thomas)
inspired by geeky classics like User Friendly
Latest strip: 223 – Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Current story arc: Idiocraception – chapter: The Future Will Be Televised
References: capsule hotel
Setting: a corridor of an apartment building
Alfred: Here is my apartment. It is pretty small, but at least I can afford not having to live in a capsule condo.
Zhang: Is that what I think it is?
Alfred: It is like a capsule hotel, but then permanent. There is not enough space to provide good housing for everyone.
We see Alfred's apartment from the inside, there are stacks of books everywhere.
Alfred: Come in, sorry for all the clutter.
Heidi: Wow, so many books!
Alfred: You actually know what books are?
Heidi: Sure, why wouldn't I?
Alfred: The only books people really know of are in museums, and you know, not many visit them. Any printed text longer than one page, is now on scrolls.
Zhang: Scrolls?
Alfred: All devices recovered after The Event presented information in this way, it was all we knew.
Alfred: Here is my apartment. It is pretty small, but at least I can afford not having to live in a capsule condo.
Zhang: Is that what I think it is?
Alfred: It is like a capsule hotel, but then permanent. There is not enough space to provide good housing for everyone.
We see Alfred's apartment from the inside, there are stacks of books everywhere.
Alfred: Come in, sorry for all the clutter.
Heidi: Wow, so many books!
Alfred: You actually know what books are?
Heidi: Sure, why wouldn't I?
Alfred: The only books people really know of are in museums, and you know, not many visit them. Any printed text longer than one page, is now on scrolls.
Zhang: Scrolls?
Alfred: All devices recovered after The Event presented information in this way, it was all we knew.
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