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The image shows two panels with the same young woman, each featuring her with a distinctive, overly enthusiastic facial expression. In the first panel, she has wide eyes and a broad smile, which convey an exaggerated sense of optimism. The speech bubble coming from her mouth reads, "I'm pretty sure we'll be able to control the Earth's climate with a tax..."
In the second panel, the woman’s face has been manipulated to an even more extreme version of excitement, with her eyes widened and her grin stretched comically wide. This hyperbolic expression is paired with a speech bubble that reads, "That's how we solved poverty, homelessness, health care crisis, high cost of college…" Sarcasm is evident in this statement as the issues listed are all persistent societal problems which have not been easily resolved.
The humor in the image arises from the use of satire and exaggeration to address a complex issue such as climate change and the adequacy of policy responses to societal issues. The image pokes fun at the notion that a tax could straightforwardly ‘control’ the Earth's complex climate system, which is a simplification of a multifaceted challenge.
Additionally, the second speech bubble's sarcastic comment highlights the irony in believing that taxes have been successful in addressing other deep-seated societal issues. The humor deepens with the recognition that these problems—poverty, homelessness, health care crises, and the high cost of college—are indeed far from solved, and that solutions to such issues I M PRETTY SURE WE LL BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE EARTH S CLIMATE WITH A TAX THAT S HOW WE SOLVED POVERTY HOMELESSNESS HEALTH CARE CRISIS HIGH COST OF COLLEGE
