ohyesrobot.ordoliberal.com

2008-08-20

Original: 2008-08-20 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Main comic (single panel):

A group of distraught prehistoric cave people gathered together in a cave, looking horrified and despairing.

A woman with reddish hair: "NO... NO... IT CAN'T BE..."

A bearded man with his hand on his head: "THE GODS WOULDN'T BE SO CRUEL..."

Caption beneath the panel: "12,242 BC:
The sex-pregnancy connection is discovered."

Votey:

A bearded man, gesturing, speaks to a blonde person: "WOAH WOAH WOAH... THAT'S FROM BEFORE WE KNEW"

Alt text

A single-panel cartoon shows a group of distraught prehistoric cave people huddled together in a cave, faces frozen in horror and despair. A red-haired woman cries, 'No... no... it can't be...' while a bearded man clutches his head and moans, 'The gods wouldn't be so cruel...' A caption below reads: '12,242 BC: The sex-pregnancy connection is discovered' — the joke being that early humans are devastated to realize sex causes pregnancy. The black-and-white votey adds a bearded man gesturing toward a blonde companion and protesting, 'Woah woah woah... that's from before we knew,' deflecting blame onto the time before they understood the connection.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.