2007-04-25
Original: 2007-04-25 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An older woman with orange hair and glasses (a marriage counselor or older relative) addresses a younger couple.
Woman with orange hair: "One of our marriage strategies is that whenever you feel the urge to say something hurtful, just say 'I love you.'"
Panel 2:
Caption: SOON...
The younger couple is in bed at night. The woman, looking angry/strained, leans over the sleeping man.
Woman: "I love you! You know why? Because I love you!"
Votey:
A close-up of an angry, gritted-teeth face.
Handwritten text: "So much."
An older woman with orange hair and glasses (a marriage counselor or older relative) addresses a younger couple.
Woman with orange hair: "One of our marriage strategies is that whenever you feel the urge to say something hurtful, just say 'I love you.'"
Panel 2:
Caption: SOON...
The younger couple is in bed at night. The woman, looking angry/strained, leans over the sleeping man.
Woman: "I love you! You know why? Because I love you!"
Votey:
A close-up of an angry, gritted-teeth face.
Handwritten text: "So much."
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: An older woman with orange hair and glasses tells a younger couple, "One of our marriage strategies is that whenever you feel the urge to say something hurtful, just say 'I love you.'" Panel 2: Captioned "SOON...," the couple is in bed at night; the woman, face contorted with anger, leans over her sleeping partner and snarls, "I love you! You know why? Because I love you!" The joke: the substitution doesn't hide the hostility, it just makes loving words sound like a threat. Votey: a close-up of a furious, gritted-teeth face with the handwritten words "So much."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.