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{{comic | number = 4250 | date = September 30, 2016 | title = getting-high | image = 1475248262-20160930.png | votey = 1475248279-20160930after.png | titletext = To generalize, I am high on eukaryotes. }} ==Explanation== The adjective "high" is used figuratively to mean intoxication from a typically illegal non-alcohol substance, a "drug". A parent would certainly be disappointed and worried if their child used such a substance. The phrase "high on life" means "very happy", only instead of addictive chemicals, the cause for being high is simply living a good life. However, the boy depicted in the comic turns out to be more literally "high on life", using different lifeforms such as {{w|Colorado River toad}}s and {{w|fly agaric}} mushrooms which produce chemicals that give him his fix. ==Transcript== :[An angry mother walks into her son's room.] :Mother: "Bobby? Are you getting high in here?" :[The son looks at his mother.] :Son: "The only thing I'm high on is life." :[The son holds a toad on one hand and a mushroom on the other.] :Son: "Specifically, kingdoms animalia and fungi." ==Votey Transcript== :[The son speaks.] :Son: "Nature is so beautiful" {{comic discussion}} [[Category:Comics tagged science]]
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