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2005-12-19

Original: 2005-12-19 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
A woman with reddish-brown hair, standing beside a smiling man, gestures toward a dark, shadowed figure. The dark figure has the letters "AS" on a label on its chest. The smiling man has the letter "S" on a label on his shirt.

Woman: "HEY ANTI-STEVE, I WANT YOU TO MEET MY NEW BOYFRIEND - STEVE."

Caption (below panel): "Part of me wondered if she was just doing this to irritate me."

Votey:
A woman with a worried expression looks off to the side.

Woman: "DON'T FIGHT! YOU'LL TURN INTO GAMMA RAYS!"

Alt text

A comic panel: a woman with reddish-brown hair stands beside a cheerful man whose shirt bears a label reading "S." She gestures toward a menacing dark silhouette of a figure across from them, whose chest bears a label reading "AS." She says, "Hey Anti-Steve, I want you to meet my new boyfriend - Steve." A caption below reads, "Part of me wondered if she was just doing this to irritate me." The joke plays on matter meeting antimatter: introducing "Steve" to "Anti-Steve" implies they would annihilate. Votey (aftercomic): a worried-looking woman pleads, "Don't fight! You'll turn into gamma rays!" — referencing the gamma radiation released when matter and antimatter annihilate.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.