PANEL ONETERRY:Modern software and storefronts are designed to psychologically manipulate people into consuming as much as possible. It’s a trap that we don’t even know we’ve fallen into. GLOTT:What brought this up? PANEL TWO TERRY:Experience. I’ve been sucked into a system where products advertise how much time and hassle they could save me, when in…

PANEL ONEGlott plays their handheld gaming console. GLOTT:A lot of games rely on scarcity to create tension. There’s a finite resource between players, and they have to fight over it. TERRY:A zero sum game. PANEL TWOTerry half-shrugs.GLOTT:Exactly, but that’s not really the case in the real world. TERRY:Resources are finite in the real world, too.…

PANEL ONEGlott and Terry sit under the tree. GLOTT:There’s a myth that our brains just stop developing after we turn 25. Like someone decides to pack it up and turn out the lights on our 25th birthday. TERRY:That’s silly. PANEL TWOGlott smirks. GLOTT:You’re telling me! Our brains continue to develop over the course of our…

PANEL ONEGlott and Terry sit under the tree, Glott draped in an MLM flag. GLOTT:Happy Pride! PANEL TWOTerry smiles over at Glott. TERRY:Glott, you celebrate Pride? I’ve known you since we were lil’ goblings and this is the first time you’ve opened up to me about this…or anything personal about you, really. PANEL THREEClose on…