Yeah, I think that the comic is pretty dumb, the conception of hedonism is dumb, and his life being essentially a day-laboring hermit doesn’t sound great, but beyond that, I don’t see this as an existential thing at all. You continue living continuously, no matter how many individual cells of yours die. And if you live for a while, you’ll recognize that who you are and how you see the world changes over time too. The way you process things changes, the way you live changes. I can look back and see my life 20 years ago completely differently than the one 10 years ago, which is also completely different than my life now. I am the same. The same person, the same consciousness, but also, different.

Change does not equal death, if anything change equals life. All living things are in a state of continuous change.