2010-06-30
Original: 2010-06-30 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (label: NORMAL PERSON)
A man in a blue suit standing at a podium.
Man: You cannot put a value on the life of a child.
Panel 2 (label: ECONOMIST)
A balding man with glasses in a gray jacket standing at a podium.
Economist: You cannot put a value on the life of a child! You MUST include error bars of +/- 50 dollars!
Votey:
A close-up sketch of the bespectacled economist looking offended/aghast.
Economist: Monsters!
A man in a blue suit standing at a podium.
Man: You cannot put a value on the life of a child.
Panel 2 (label: ECONOMIST)
A balding man with glasses in a gray jacket standing at a podium.
Economist: You cannot put a value on the life of a child! You MUST include error bars of +/- 50 dollars!
Votey:
A close-up sketch of the bespectacled economist looking offended/aghast.
Economist: Monsters!
Alt text
Two-panel comic comparing how different people talk about a child's life. Top panel, labeled NORMAL PERSON: a man in a blue suit at a podium says, "You cannot put a value on the life of a child." Bottom panel, labeled ECONOMIST: a balding bespectacled man in a gray jacket at a podium says the same opening line but adds, "You cannot put a value on the life of a child! You MUST include error bars of +/- 50 dollars!" The joke: the economist agrees in principle but reflexively demands statistical precision about the supposedly priceless value. Votey (small bonus panel): a close-up of the offended economist exclaiming, "Monsters!", as though appalled by imprecise pricing of children.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.