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Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

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The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
The comic must be a complete story.
If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
You may post comics from others or your own.
If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
The comic can be in any language, but if it's not in English, OP must include an English translation in the post's 'body' field (note: you don't need to select a specific language when posting a comic).
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submitted 2 weeks ago by notobias1 to c/comicstrips

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[–] over_clox 41 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Can you imagine being in a coma for like 10 years or whatever, and you have family in the room visiting one day, then you wake up to scratch an itch on your butt, then conk right back out?

[–] toynbee 15 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I remember something like this from a Bruce Coville book where they're trying to get a character out of suspended animation or something. The protagonist of the book enters the room alone and the suspended character "slowly" winks at them. This "burst of activity" brings scientists rushing into the room because it was so unexpected, but the suspended character is back to inactivity by the time they get there.

Unfortunately, that's all I remember.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Reminds me of that SCP Buddhist monk who has been in deep meditation for over 200 years, except he doesn't troll people, and he can be roused if absolutely necessary. The hardest part is communicating because Japanese has evolved beyond the language he speaks.

Edits: ... As a reply points out, he's SCP-1520 and he's apparently more aware of his surroundings and more interacted with than I remembered. Still mostly meditating though.