2010-10-05
Original: 2010-10-05 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An older bald man with glasses and a fringe of gray hair stands at a wooden podium, gesturing with both hands. He wears a brown jacket over a yellow collared shirt.
Man (at podium): "I'm not saying we SHOULD destroy the Earth. I'm saying, IF WE DO, it won't be 'sad' since the idea of sadness exists only in the minds of humans."
Caption (below panel): Philosophers are no longer allowed at environmentalist conferences.
Votey:
A close-up of the same bald, bespectacled man speaking.
Man: "So, either we do what you guys want OR blow the whole thing up."
An older bald man with glasses and a fringe of gray hair stands at a wooden podium, gesturing with both hands. He wears a brown jacket over a yellow collared shirt.
Man (at podium): "I'm not saying we SHOULD destroy the Earth. I'm saying, IF WE DO, it won't be 'sad' since the idea of sadness exists only in the minds of humans."
Caption (below panel): Philosophers are no longer allowed at environmentalist conferences.
Votey:
A close-up of the same bald, bespectacled man speaking.
Man: "So, either we do what you guys want OR blow the whole thing up."
Alt text
A comic. Panel 1: An older bald man with glasses, gray side hair, a brown jacket, and a yellow shirt stands at a wooden podium gesturing as he lectures. His speech bubble reads: "I'm not saying we SHOULD destroy the Earth. I'm saying, IF WE DO, it won't be 'sad' since the idea of sadness exists only in the minds of humans." A caption below reads: "Philosophers are no longer allowed at environmentalist conferences." Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the same man saying, "So, either we do what you guys want OR blow the whole thing up." The joke is the philosopher reducing the environmentalists' urgent moral concern to a coldly logical, almost villainous ultimatum.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.