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2008-12-30

Original: 2008-12-30 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Main comic (single panel):

A man with reddish-brown hair, seen from behind/profile, sits at a dinner table across from a smiling red-haired woman in a green top. The man holds up several handwritten cards/coupons toward the viewer.

The coupons read:
Coupon 1: "DON'T TALK ABOUT SELF WHOLE TIME"
Coupon 2: "APPEAR TO ENJOY SELF"
Coupon 3: "MAKE EYE CONTACT"

Caption (below panel): "I decided to give Ted some sex coupons for our tenth anniversary."

Votey (aftercomic):

Close-up of the man's face, eyes closed, looking displeased.
Man: "UGH. NOT TONIGHT."
A coupon at the bottom of the panel reads: "EYE CONTACT"

Alt text

An SMBC comic. Main panel: a reddish-brown-haired man sits at a dinner table, seen from behind, across from a smiling red-haired woman in green. He holds up three handwritten coupons reading 'DON'T TALK ABOUT SELF WHOLE TIME', 'APPEAR TO ENJOY SELF', and 'MAKE EYE CONTACT'. The caption reads: 'I decided to give Ted some sex coupons for our tenth anniversary.' The joke: instead of romantic favors, the coupons are pleas for basic relationship decency. Votey: a close-up of the man's face with eyes closed, saying 'UGH. NOT TONIGHT.' as a coupon labeled 'EYE CONTACT' sits below him, refusing even the minimal request of eye contact like a spouse declining sex.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.