Actually
Actually
[Six people are standing upon a white circle as if it were a miniature planet. Each person is facing the reader and says something to the person on their right. All texts are displayed as a near-continuous stream over their heads to form one circle that encloses the whole picture.] [From topmost, going clockwise.] Cueball: Actually, measurements suggest it's flat. Ponytail: Actually, it's a sphere. White Hat: Actually, it's an oblate spheroid. Megan: Actually, it's a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients. Hairy 1: Actually, it's that plus local topography. Hairy 2: Actually, it's embedded in a universe that's curved.

The image shows a sphere, a simple model for the shape of the Earth. Six people stand on its surface, talking about ways to best describe it, starting with a flat surface, the first belief held, and ending with general relativity. As the statements form a circle, the very first statement can lead recursively off the last, as described below.
The statements in detail:
Actually, measurements suggest it's flat.
Actually, it's a sphere.
Actually, it's an oblate spheroid.
Actually, it's a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients.
Actually, it's that plus local topography.
Actually, it's embedded in a universe that's curved.
Actually, measurements suggest it's flat.
Actually...
Title text
The title text pulls the whole comic together, pointing out that each statement in the comic is more precise than the previous. Unlike the loop in the comic, someone who does this will likely eventually win any real-life debate. The victory will not necessarily be a result of actually proving your logical argument, however: the phrase "stand alone" refers to driving away all conversation, resulting in no one wanting to speak to the person.
[Six people are standing upon a white circle as if it were a miniature planet. Each person is facing the reader and says something to the person on their right. All texts are displayed as a near-continuous stream over their heads to form one circle that encloses the whole picture.] [From topmost, going clockwise.] Cueball: Actually, measurements suggest it's flat. Ponytail: Actually, it's a sphere. White Hat: Actually, it's an oblate spheroid. Megan: Actually, it's a shape defined by the EGM96 coefficients. Hairy 1: Actually, it's that plus local topography. Hairy 2: Actually, it's embedded in a universe that's curved.
