2009-07-19
Original: 2009-07-19 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An older man with glasses, holding papers, addresses a group of seated people.
Older man: I have a confession. You weren't actually taking personality surveys. This was a psychological experiment to see if you'd lie about yourself.
Panel 2:
A blonde woman holding papers responds to the older man.
Blonde woman: No, no, I have a confession. You weren't actually teaching students. It was a psychological experiment to see if you could be convinced that you had professional credentials.
Panel 3:
A man with red/ginger hair and glasses speaks up from among the group.
Ginger-haired man: No, sorry, I have a confession. I was conducting an experiment to see if you would deceive a person into thinking he was a psychologist.
Panel 4:
The older man and a man with brown hair face each other.
Brown-haired man: But... I was conducting an experiment on you to see if a professor would change behavior when pretending to be a student.
Panel 5:
The blonde woman and the older man, both looking distressed.
Older man: But then...
Blonde woman: How could...
Panel 6:
The brown-haired man, alarmed, with motion/shock marks.
Brown-haired man: Who started the experiment?
Panel 7:
Three people in lab coats stand watching a screen that displays the group of confused people. The screen shows the distressed faces from the previous panels.
Observer: Good. Just as expected.
Votey:
A close-up monitor/screen image of the older bald man with glasses, looking sad and resigned, rendered in flat blue monochrome with scuffs across the screen.
An older man with glasses, holding papers, addresses a group of seated people.
Older man: I have a confession. You weren't actually taking personality surveys. This was a psychological experiment to see if you'd lie about yourself.
Panel 2:
A blonde woman holding papers responds to the older man.
Blonde woman: No, no, I have a confession. You weren't actually teaching students. It was a psychological experiment to see if you could be convinced that you had professional credentials.
Panel 3:
A man with red/ginger hair and glasses speaks up from among the group.
Ginger-haired man: No, sorry, I have a confession. I was conducting an experiment to see if you would deceive a person into thinking he was a psychologist.
Panel 4:
The older man and a man with brown hair face each other.
Brown-haired man: But... I was conducting an experiment on you to see if a professor would change behavior when pretending to be a student.
Panel 5:
The blonde woman and the older man, both looking distressed.
Older man: But then...
Blonde woman: How could...
Panel 6:
The brown-haired man, alarmed, with motion/shock marks.
Brown-haired man: Who started the experiment?
Panel 7:
Three people in lab coats stand watching a screen that displays the group of confused people. The screen shows the distressed faces from the previous panels.
Observer: Good. Just as expected.
Votey:
A close-up monitor/screen image of the older bald man with glasses, looking sad and resigned, rendered in flat blue monochrome with scuffs across the screen.
Alt text
A seven-panel comic. Panel 1: an older man in glasses holding papers tells a seated group, "I have a confession. You weren't actually taking personality surveys. This was a psychological experiment to see if you'd lie about yourself." Panel 2: a blonde woman replies, "No, no, I have a confession. You weren't actually teaching students. It was a psychological experiment to see if you could be convinced that you had professional credentials." Panel 3: a ginger-haired man in glasses says, "No, sorry, I have a confession. I was conducting an experiment to see if you would deceive a person into thinking he was a psychologist." Panel 4: a brown-haired man counters, "But... I was conducting an experiment on you to see if a professor would change behavior when pretending to be a student." Panel 5: the older man and blonde woman, distressed, stammer "But then..." and "How could...". Panel 6: the brown-haired man, alarmed, asks "Who started the experiment?" Panel 7: three people in lab coats watch a monitor showing the confused group, and one says, "Good. Just as expected" - revealing the whole nested chain of deceptions was itself a higher experiment. Votey: a blue monochrome close-up on the older bald man's sad, resigned face shown on a scuffed monitor screen.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.