Panel One: Drawing of a stick figure seated at a desk with an open laptop, turning to speak to a standing stick figure wearing a hat.
“What’s with this negative review? You liked that hotel.”
“I have a script that posts a bad review for every hotel I stay at. – It reduces demand, which means more vacancies and lower prices next time.”
Panel Two: Drawing of stick figure wearing a hat.
“What if the place sucks?”
“I change the review to positive to steer other people there.”
Panel Three: Drawing of a stick figure seated, talking to stick figure wearing a hat.
“You punish companies you like!”
“The odds of my review putting a hotel out of business are negligible.”
“If we all did that, the system would collapse!”
“Doesn’t affect my logic. Tragedy of the commons.”
Fourth Panel: Drawing of a stick figure seated, talking to stick figure wearing a hat.
“That’s not even the tragedy of the commons any more. That’s the tragedy of you’re a dick.”
“If you’re quick with a knife, you’ll find the invisible hand is made of delicious invisible meat.”
Hover text: 1/5. Room filled to brim with semen, and when front desk clerk opened mouth to talk, bedbugs poured out.
Comic by xkcd.com. Described by BlindGadget.
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