"Convince the examiner that he's a computer." I didn't really understand this short comic when I first viewed it, however it makes perfect sense. The examiner is being convinced that he himself is not sure of himself because he is unable to determine the reasons why the other participant is a computer. This type of situation can be related to the online gaming today compared to the past. Basically, people are losing there identities over online games and solely being known as what they are in the game. Today there are games like World of Warcraft, Ever Quest, Guild Wars, Lineage and much more that individuals are addicted too. People can choose to be how they would want to be or wished to be in these certain types of games that have a wide variety of customizations. From there the computer creates your identity not the other way around which is what is happening in the comic where the stick man can no longer identify himself.
Here is an article where this type of situation can become extremely serious.
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=31536
World of Warcraft Vs Real Life
http://versus.bix.yahoo.com/vs/World_of_Warcraft-vs-Real_Life
Youtube Clip on Addiction
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