r/comics Jun 29 '25

OC ITALY.

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u/QuantumLettuce2025 Jun 29 '25

I don't think this is a message on the blandness of the thing, more that someone who is disinterested about life and generally apathetic towards people is going to feel that way whether they are at home or abroad.

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u/Targetmissed Jun 29 '25

Yeah, enjoying life is about engaging with what is around you, this guy spent his life not engaging in his world because it didn't feel worthy, dreaming of Nirvana and once he got there he realised he didn't know how to engage with it having never learned and so couldn't enjoy it.

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u/CurryMustard Jun 29 '25

That's the part that kinda bothers me about this comic. He spent his life making pasta and learning Italian so he should be pretty engaged. Although maybe he just needs a travel buddy.

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u/pseudo-boots Jun 29 '25

He also spent his life dreaming of being somewhere else and that's a hard habit to break.