Adulting on Low Battery · Wednesday comic · November 11, 2026

Open the full-size comic. Original Radical Orion story, illustrated with AI.

Apparently a second trip would invalidate my entire adulthood.

So now I’m outside my own house, holding twelve bags, negotiating with a doorknob while an orange makes a break for it.

Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.
Tonight’s prize: retrieving your groceries individually.

The comic, panel by panel

1. At the car, our TV-headed hero declares: “Two trips? A personal defeat.”
2. Loaded with bags and balancing toilet paper on his head: “I have optimized the process.”
3. At the locked door, the fatal discovery: “KEYS: IN POCKET.” A grocery bag begins to split.
4. Sitting among scattered groceries as oranges roll away: “Good. I was worried I’d have to make two trips.”

An easier mission

Choose a manageable load; use a trolley or ask for help when needed. The groceries do not grade your performance.

Practical source: the UK Health and Safety Executive’s Manual handling at work: Reduce the risk of injury recommends handling aids where possible and smaller, lighter, easier-to-grasp loads. This is workplace guidance informing the practical tip—not research testing this comic or a treatment for burnout. Reviewed November 11, 2026.

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