2010-08-13
Original: 2010-08-13 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title/header (above the panels):
THE LAW OF FUTUROLOGY:
y - t = 0
y = approximate number of years left in the life of a futurist
t = years futurist thinks it will be until immortality is discovered
Panel 1 (young man with red/brown hair, blue shirt, on a lime-green background):
Young man: THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE IN 60-70 YEARS.
Panel 2 (middle-aged balding man, brown jacket, on a red background):
Middle-aged man: THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE IN 30-40 YEARS.
Panel 3 (elderly man with round glasses, suspenders, looking at his watch, on a purple background):
Elderly man: THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE BY 3PM TOMORROW.
Votey:
A bearded man hunched over, writing/drawing with a pen, shouting upward.
Man: TAKE THAT, HOPEFUL PEOPLE!
THE LAW OF FUTUROLOGY:
y - t = 0
y = approximate number of years left in the life of a futurist
t = years futurist thinks it will be until immortality is discovered
Panel 1 (young man with red/brown hair, blue shirt, on a lime-green background):
Young man: THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE IN 60-70 YEARS.
Panel 2 (middle-aged balding man, brown jacket, on a red background):
Middle-aged man: THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE IN 30-40 YEARS.
Panel 3 (elderly man with round glasses, suspenders, looking at his watch, on a purple background):
Elderly man: THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE BY 3PM TOMORROW.
Votey:
A bearded man hunched over, writing/drawing with a pen, shouting upward.
Man: TAKE THAT, HOPEFUL PEOPLE!
Alt text
A comic titled "THE LAW OF FUTUROLOGY: y - t = 0," where y = approximate number of years left in the life of a futurist, and t = years the futurist thinks it will be until immortality is discovered. Three panels show progressively older men, each predicting immortality will arrive within their remaining lifespan. A young man (lime-green background) says, "Things are gonna change in 60-70 years." A middle-aged balding man (red background) says, "Things are gonna change in 30-40 years." An elderly man in round glasses, glancing at his watch (purple background), says, "Things are gonna change by 3pm tomorrow." The joke: futurists always forecast immortality conveniently within whatever time they have left. Votey: a bearded man hunched over a drawing board, pen in hand, shouting triumphantly, "Take THAT, hopeful people!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.