2008-09-20
Original: 2008-09-20 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A bald man (the father) sits in a chair with his arm around a young red-haired boy (his son), comforting him.
Father: "Son, I know you're sad that the cat ate your hamster, but, you know, that's just part of the great circle of life."
Son: "The great circle of life?"
Panel 2 (diagram):
A hand-drawn circle with arrows showing a cycle. Along the top curve of the circle: "CRAPPY STUFF HAPPENS TO YOU". At the bottom-left point of the circle: "BIRTH". At the bottom-right point of the circle: "DEATH".
Votey:
A man addresses another person (shown from behind).
First man: "So, when you stole my piggy bank for beer..."
Second person: "Circle of life."
A bald man (the father) sits in a chair with his arm around a young red-haired boy (his son), comforting him.
Father: "Son, I know you're sad that the cat ate your hamster, but, you know, that's just part of the great circle of life."
Son: "The great circle of life?"
Panel 2 (diagram):
A hand-drawn circle with arrows showing a cycle. Along the top curve of the circle: "CRAPPY STUFF HAPPENS TO YOU". At the bottom-left point of the circle: "BIRTH". At the bottom-right point of the circle: "DEATH".
Votey:
A man addresses another person (shown from behind).
First man: "So, when you stole my piggy bank for beer..."
Second person: "Circle of life."
Alt text
A two-panel comic. In the first panel, a bald father sits in a chair with his arm around his young red-haired son, consoling him: "Son, I know you're sad that the cat ate your hamster, but, you know, that's just part of the great circle of life." The son replies, "The great circle of life?" The second panel shows a hand-drawn circular diagram parodying the "circle of life." The bottom-left point is labeled "BIRTH" and the bottom-right point is labeled "DEATH," with arrows running between them. Curving across the top of the circle are the words "CRAPPY STUFF HAPPENS TO YOU" — reducing life to: you're born, bad things happen, you die. Votey (aftercomic): A man confronts another person (seen from behind), saying, "So, when you stole my piggy bank for beer..." The other person flatly answers, "Circle of life." — weaponizing the philosophy to excuse petty theft.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.