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genius_retard t1_je78fnn wrote

Based on these comments it seems like a lot of people don't get this comic. It seems to me that the patient is an NPC and the items in his torso is the loot they would drop when the player kills them. Also the person who needs gems to upgrade their sword is another doctor or nurse, hence the white gloves.

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Lespaul42 t1_je7l1fa wrote

Honestly... This just isn't very good. Like who kills a human NPC that is wearing clothes and thinks the shit was in their body and not like... in the pockets?

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[deleted] t1_je7pk6k wrote

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FleetStreetsDarkHole t1_je88vmo wrote

My dude you don't play enough games with looting mechanics if you haven't run into several variations of "this thing has no pockets, how is it carrying a bazooka?"

The last bit is just a deviation used narrativley at times to add in an extra joke layer. It tends to make up for the need to shoehorn it with the comedy of the statement. In this case, that ten random gems enhances someone's sword and alludes to the fact that, in a very narrow view, these mechanics turn players into little loot goblins searching for random crystals inside dead things to improve items.

OP did a mash-up of video games and real life to turn the absurd logic that results into a joke. You're just taking it too literally. And I say that as someone who often does the same.

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Lespaul42 t1_je7s10u wrote

Also the fact the dude is like "Here is a magic crystal" but is shocked at the mention of a sword is weird as well.

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genius_retard t1_je83yd3 wrote

> the person being operated upon says "I need 10 of those to upgrade my sword."

That's not the person on the bed that says that, it is another doctor or nurse. The person on the bed has there head on the left side of the frame. Where the breathing tube is.

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ReyGonJinn t1_je7ygnv wrote

Skyrim and Fallout where you literally just takes the clothes off their backs.

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dontshowmygf t1_je8dsol wrote

I mean, there are plenty of games where you can kill people with little to no clothes, and they still drop loot.

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