2010-02-23
Original: 2010-02-23 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (header banner): MYTH: COMPUTERS SUCK BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO WHAT YOU SAY.
A man with red hair sits at a computer, wrestling with the monitor, distressed.
Man: No! I don't download that file! It's a virus! No! Nooo!
Panel 2 (header banner): REALITY: COMPUTERS SUCK BECAUSE THEY DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY.
The same man sits calmly at the computer, looking pleased.
Man: Ooh... sexyladies.exe... this looks promising.
Votey:
A bearded, shirtless man (drawn loosely) listens as an off-panel speaker asks him a question.
Speaker (in speech bubble): Mr. Weiner... do you ever do comics based on your life?
A man with red hair sits at a computer, wrestling with the monitor, distressed.
Man: No! I don't download that file! It's a virus! No! Nooo!
Panel 2 (header banner): REALITY: COMPUTERS SUCK BECAUSE THEY DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY.
The same man sits calmly at the computer, looking pleased.
Man: Ooh... sexyladies.exe... this looks promising.
Votey:
A bearded, shirtless man (drawn loosely) listens as an off-panel speaker asks him a question.
Speaker (in speech bubble): Mr. Weiner... do you ever do comics based on your life?
Alt text
Two-panel comic contrasting a myth and a reality about computers. Top panel banner reads "MYTH: COMPUTERS SUCK BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO WHAT YOU SAY." Below it, a red-haired man frantically struggles with his computer monitor, shouting "No! I don't download that file! It's a virus! No! Nooo!" Bottom panel banner reads "REALITY: COMPUTERS SUCK BECAUSE THEY DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY." The same man now sits calmly and contentedly, saying "Ooh... sexyladies.exe... this looks promising." The joke: computers obediently run exactly the dubious file the user actually wants. Votey aftercomic: a bearded, shirtless man listens as an off-panel voice asks, "Mr. Weiner... do you ever do comics based on your life?" — implying the comic above is autobiographical.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.