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2008-03-11

Original: 2008-03-11 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Caption (yellow header): CONVERSATION TIPS: WITH EMPHASIS, ANY OBJECT ON THE BODY BECOMES AN INSULT

Panel: A man with brown hair in a green shirt gestures emphatically while talking to a balding man with glasses seen from behind.
Man in green shirt: "HEY THERE, SHOES." (the word "SHOES" is italicized for emphasis)

Votey:
A close-up of a frowning face.
Voice from off-panel (handwritten): "Nice face, nose." (the words "face" and "nose" are emphasized in larger script)

Alt text

A two-panel SMBC comic. The main panel has a yellow header reading "CONVERSATION TIPS: WITH EMPHASIS, ANY OBJECT ON THE BODY BECOMES AN INSULT." Below, a brown-haired man in a green shirt gesticulates while addressing a balding, bespectacled man seen from behind, saying "Hey there, SHOES" with sarcastic emphasis on "shoes," turning an ordinary greeting into a mocking jab. The votey aftercomic shows a hand-drawn close-up of a frowning face, with off-panel text reading "Nice FACE, nose"—emphasizing "face" and "nose" to insult body parts in the same backhanded way.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.