2010-10-02
Original: 2010-10-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A red-haired man stands next to a smiling woman. He thinks (thought bubble): "OH NO. I WANT TO READ WHAT'S ON HER SHIRT, BUT IF I DO, SHE'LL THINK I'M STARING AT HER BOOBS."
Panel 2: Close-up on the man's troubled face. He thinks: "BUT WHY SHOULD THAT BE BAD? IT'S NOT A SEX THING. SHE PUT WORDS ON HER SHIRT! PEOPLE READ WORDS!"
Panel 3: Extreme close-up on the man's intense, sweating face against a yellow background. He thinks: "I'M AN ADULT! SHE'S AN ADULT! IT'S JUST A BODY PART! BIG DEAL! WE'RE ADULTS FOR GOD'S SAKE!"
Panel 4: The man has leaned in and is now hunched down level with the woman's chest, staring fixedly, sweating, with a strained expression. The woman, looking down at him, says: "UH... CAN I HELP YOU?" The man (gritting his teeth, still staring) thinks/says: "OH, GROW UP!"
Votey: A simply-drawn man in a collared shirt says with a calm, smug expression: "THANK YOU FOR YOUR MATURITY."
Panel 2: Close-up on the man's troubled face. He thinks: "BUT WHY SHOULD THAT BE BAD? IT'S NOT A SEX THING. SHE PUT WORDS ON HER SHIRT! PEOPLE READ WORDS!"
Panel 3: Extreme close-up on the man's intense, sweating face against a yellow background. He thinks: "I'M AN ADULT! SHE'S AN ADULT! IT'S JUST A BODY PART! BIG DEAL! WE'RE ADULTS FOR GOD'S SAKE!"
Panel 4: The man has leaned in and is now hunched down level with the woman's chest, staring fixedly, sweating, with a strained expression. The woman, looking down at him, says: "UH... CAN I HELP YOU?" The man (gritting his teeth, still staring) thinks/says: "OH, GROW UP!"
Votey: A simply-drawn man in a collared shirt says with a calm, smug expression: "THANK YOU FOR YOUR MATURITY."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. A red-haired man stands beside a smiling woman wearing a shirt with text on it. In a thought bubble he panics: "Oh no. I want to read what's on her shirt, but if I do, she'll think I'm staring at her boobs." Panel two, close on his troubled face, he reasons: "But why should that be bad? It's not a sex thing. She put words on her shirt! People read words!" Panel three, extreme close-up of his intense, sweating face on a yellow background: "I'm an adult! She's an adult! It's just a body part! Big deal! We're adults for God's sake!" Panel four: having psyched himself up, he has hunched down to stare fixedly and sweatily at her chest. The woman, looking down at him uneasily, asks, "Uh... can I help you?" He, still gritting his teeth and staring, retorts "Oh, grow up!" The joke: his self-righteous internal pep talk about maturity collapses into the exact creepy behavior he was trying to avoid. Votey (bonus panel): a simply-drawn man in a collared shirt says with a smug calm, "Thank you for your maturity."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.