Shut It Down

Feb 19, 2026 — Comic #355
An officer with a clipboard says, “Alright, we’re officially in a shutdown. Turn everything off.” At dusk, a Coastie switches off a lighthouse (“click”), a boat crew covers a buoy with a sheet, a cutter goes dark except for a red mast light, and a helicopter falls from the sky with its rotor stopped.

For everyone furiously typing a reply: we actually do the opposite. That’s the joke

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Alright, we’re officially in a shutdown. Turn everything off / click

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