2010-08-27
Original: 2010-08-27 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (top): HOW TO REACT TO A CONTROVERSIAL JUDICIAL RULING:
The comic is a flowchart.
Start node (orange box): DO YOU AGREE WITH THE JUDGMENT?
- YES branch -> (blue box) CEASE THOUGHT. BEGIN PARTY! (a cheering egg-shaped figure holding a noisemaker)
- NO branch -> (yellow diamond) DO YOU UNDERSTAND CIVICS?
DO YOU UNDERSTAND CIVICS?
- YES branch -> (yellow diamond) ARE YOU A LAWYER, POLITICIAN, OR BUSINESSMAN?
- NO branch -> (blue box) ACCUSE JUDGE OF OVERTURNING DEMOCRACY. DEMAND RETURN TO TWO BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AS FOUNDING FATHERS INTENDED. (an angry mustachioed egg-shaped figure with raised fists)
ARE YOU A LAWYER, POLITICIAN, OR BUSINESSMAN?
- YES branch -> (yellow diamond) CAN THE RULING BE OVERTURNED?
- NO branch -> loops to ACCUSE JUDGE OF OVERTURNING DEMOCRACY... box
CAN THE RULING BE OVERTURNED?
- YES branch -> (green box) TO COURT! (a determined egg-shaped figure pointing forward)
- NO branch -> loops to ACCUSE JUDGE OF OVERTURNING DEMOCRACY... box
Votey:
Text (top): INSERT INTO ANY FLOW CHART:
An arrow points into a green box reading: Party at your mom's place.
The comic is a flowchart.
Start node (orange box): DO YOU AGREE WITH THE JUDGMENT?
- YES branch -> (blue box) CEASE THOUGHT. BEGIN PARTY! (a cheering egg-shaped figure holding a noisemaker)
- NO branch -> (yellow diamond) DO YOU UNDERSTAND CIVICS?
DO YOU UNDERSTAND CIVICS?
- YES branch -> (yellow diamond) ARE YOU A LAWYER, POLITICIAN, OR BUSINESSMAN?
- NO branch -> (blue box) ACCUSE JUDGE OF OVERTURNING DEMOCRACY. DEMAND RETURN TO TWO BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT AS FOUNDING FATHERS INTENDED. (an angry mustachioed egg-shaped figure with raised fists)
ARE YOU A LAWYER, POLITICIAN, OR BUSINESSMAN?
- YES branch -> (yellow diamond) CAN THE RULING BE OVERTURNED?
- NO branch -> loops to ACCUSE JUDGE OF OVERTURNING DEMOCRACY... box
CAN THE RULING BE OVERTURNED?
- YES branch -> (green box) TO COURT! (a determined egg-shaped figure pointing forward)
- NO branch -> loops to ACCUSE JUDGE OF OVERTURNING DEMOCRACY... box
Votey:
Text (top): INSERT INTO ANY FLOW CHART:
An arrow points into a green box reading: Party at your mom's place.
Alt text
A hand-drawn flowchart titled "How to react to a controversial judicial ruling." It starts with an orange box: "Do you agree with the judgment?" If YES, an arrow leads to "Cease thought. Begin party!" beside a cheering egg-shaped figure with a noisemaker. If NO, it goes to "Do you understand civics?" If you don't understand civics, you arrive at "Accuse judge of overturning democracy. Demand return to two branches of government as founding fathers intended," shown with an angry mustachioed figure shaking its fists (a joke, since the US has three branches). If you do understand civics, the chart asks "Are you a lawyer, politician, or businessman?" If no, you loop right back to the accuse-the-judge box; if yes, it asks "Can the ruling be overturned?" If no, again to the accuse box; if yes, "To court!" The aftercomic (votey) reads "Insert into any flow chart:" with an arrow pointing into a green box that says "Party at your mom's place."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.