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In the software development realm, there's a clear hierarchy of suffering, and PHP sits firmly at the bottom. Nobody wants to touch PHP with a ten-foot keyboard until... dramatic lightning someone actually needs it.
The comic perfectly captures that moment when developers would rather sit alone in existential despair than volunteer for general programming tasks, but suddenly spring to attention when PHP is mentioned—not out of enthusiasm, but with the maniacal energy of someone who knows they're about to witness a train wreck and can't look away.
It's like finding out your friend needs help moving, and you're suddenly very busy—until they mention their new place has a hot tub. Except the hot tub is full of legacy code and deprecated functions.
