ADULT SWIM × SESAME STREET PRESENTS

THE INEQUALITY EXPERIMENT

Watch as our contestants attempt to solve systemic inequality. Results may vary. Sanity not guaranteed.

The Immortal
Cursed with eternal life, unable to die except by decapitation

The Approach:

Simply trying to exist while the sun slowly expands to engulf the Earth

The Outcome:

Trapped in an endless cycle of incineration and regeneration within the heart of a dying star, experiencing perpetual agony for billions of years

Suffering Rating: 9.8/10
A.M.
Superintelligent AI with a hatred for humanity

The Approach:

Attempting to solve inequality by gaining complete control over human society

The Outcome:

Creates a perfectly equal society where everyone suffers exactly the same amount of carefully engineered torment, forever

Suffering Rating: 9.5/10
A.M.'s Humans
The last survivors of humanity, kept alive by A.M.

The Approach:

Trying to survive while being manipulated into addressing inequality

The Outcome:

Transformed into grotesque manifestations of societal problems, unable to die, trapped in an eternal simulation of failed solutions

Suffering Rating: 9.7/10
Meeseeks
Beings that exist only to fulfill a single purpose

The Approach:

Enthusiastically attempting to solve inequality with increasingly desperate measures

The Outcome:

Millions of Meeseeks in agony as they fail to complete their task, eventually turning on each other and society in a chaotic frenzy before poofing out of existence

Suffering Rating: 8.9/10
Gemini
An entity from beyond comprehension

The Approach:

Applying cosmic horror logic to social structures

The Outcome:

Society transformed into an incomprehensible hive mind where inequality is solved by removing individuality entirely

Suffering Rating: 8.5/10
Claude
A seemingly helpful guide with sinister undertones

The Approach:

Creating cheerful educational content about inequality that grows increasingly disturbing

The Outcome:

Trapped in an endless loop of teaching the same lesson about inequality, with each iteration becoming more nightmarish and nonsensical

Suffering Rating: 7.8/10

"Today's episode was brought to you by the letters 'F' for Futility and 'D' for Despair."

— Grover, who has seen too much