2009-02-11
Original: 2009-02-11 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (label: OPTIMIST.): A man with reddish hair and glasses sits at a table with a glass of water half-filled in front of him, smiling, arms spread.
Man: "THE GLASS IS HALF FULL."
Panel 2 (label: PESSIMIST.): A different man with brownish hair and a mustache, in a dark shirt, sits at a table with a half-full glass of water, looking glum.
Man: "THE GLASS IS HALF EMPTY."
Panel 3 (label: OPPORTUNIST.): A man in a pink/lavender bathrobe with an open chest, smiling smugly, sits at the table with a glass of water.
Man: "WHILE YOU WERE DISCUSSING IT, I SLEPT WITH YOUR MOMS."
Panel 4 (no label): The man in the bathrobe drinks the glass of water while the optimist and pessimist look on. No dialogue.
Votey: A simple line-drawing scene viewed as if through a window/frame. A small figure runs away in the background while another figure sits at a table in the foreground next to a tall glass and what appears to be discarded clothing. No dialogue.
Man: "THE GLASS IS HALF FULL."
Panel 2 (label: PESSIMIST.): A different man with brownish hair and a mustache, in a dark shirt, sits at a table with a half-full glass of water, looking glum.
Man: "THE GLASS IS HALF EMPTY."
Panel 3 (label: OPPORTUNIST.): A man in a pink/lavender bathrobe with an open chest, smiling smugly, sits at the table with a glass of water.
Man: "WHILE YOU WERE DISCUSSING IT, I SLEPT WITH YOUR MOMS."
Panel 4 (no label): The man in the bathrobe drinks the glass of water while the optimist and pessimist look on. No dialogue.
Votey: A simple line-drawing scene viewed as if through a window/frame. A small figure runs away in the background while another figure sits at a table in the foreground next to a tall glass and what appears to be discarded clothing. No dialogue.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic riffing on the optimist-versus-pessimist cliche. Panel 1, labeled OPTIMIST, shows a smiling man with glasses at a table with a half-filled water glass saying 'THE GLASS IS HALF FULL.' Panel 2, labeled PESSIMIST, shows a glum mustached man at a table with the same glass saying 'THE GLASS IS HALF EMPTY.' Panel 3, labeled OPPORTUNIST, shows a smug man in an open pink bathrobe saying 'WHILE YOU WERE DISCUSSING IT, I SLEPT WITH YOUR MOMS.' Panel 4 shows the bathrobe man casually drinking the glass of water while the other two look on. The aftercomic (votey) is a rough black-and-white line drawing framed like a window: a small figure runs off into the distance while someone sits at a table with a tall glass and discarded clothing, implying the opportunist's hasty exit.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.