2010-06-27
Original: 2010-06-27 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (header banner): NEXT YEAR...
A rolled-up newspaper with a headline: "SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS REJECTS NEW DISCOVERY"
Panel 2 (header banner): SOON AFTER...
A balding older man with glasses sits at a panel table: "We hijacked sperm as a nano-medicine delivery mechanism. The results are incredible!"
A woman with red hair, gesturing emphatically: "I don't CARE about the results! I care about the CONSEQUENCES!"
Panel 3 (header banner): IN BETWEEN...
A woman (off-panel, foreground) addressing a man at the panel table: "So... any time a woman has a health problem, any man can reasonably recommend a-"
The man at the table, interrupting: "Sperm injection, yes."
Votey:
A rolled-up newspaper with a headline: "ALL PEDIATRICS NOW REALLY CREEPY"
A rolled-up newspaper with a headline: "SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS REJECTS NEW DISCOVERY"
Panel 2 (header banner): SOON AFTER...
A balding older man with glasses sits at a panel table: "We hijacked sperm as a nano-medicine delivery mechanism. The results are incredible!"
A woman with red hair, gesturing emphatically: "I don't CARE about the results! I care about the CONSEQUENCES!"
Panel 3 (header banner): IN BETWEEN...
A woman (off-panel, foreground) addressing a man at the panel table: "So... any time a woman has a health problem, any man can reasonably recommend a-"
The man at the table, interrupting: "Sperm injection, yes."
Votey:
A rolled-up newspaper with a headline: "ALL PEDIATRICS NOW REALLY CREEPY"
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic about a medical discovery with disturbing social implications. Panel 1, labeled "NEXT YEAR...": a rolled-up newspaper with the headline "SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS REJECTS NEW DISCOVERY." Panel 2, labeled "SOON AFTER...": at a panel table, a balding older man with glasses says, "We hijacked sperm as a nano-medicine delivery mechanism. The results are incredible!" A red-haired woman replies sharply, "I don't CARE about the results! I care about the CONSEQUENCES!" Panel 3, labeled "IN BETWEEN...": a woman in the foreground asks a man at the table, "So... any time a woman has a health problem, any man can reasonably recommend a-" and he calmly finishes, "Sperm injection, yes." The joke: a real medical breakthrough is socially nightmarish because it lets any man prescribe injecting sperm. Votey (aftercomic): a rolled-up newspaper with the headline "ALL PEDIATRICS NOW REALLY CREEPY," extending the unsettling implications to children's medicine.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.