2010-11-08
Original: 2010-11-08 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man with reddish hair faces a smiling woman.
Man: "I think we're incompatible, but in the short term I'd rather not have an awkward breakup conversation."
Panel 2: The same man, now slightly older, speaks to a person seen from behind in an office chair.
Man: "I hate working for you, but in the short term, I'd like to afford a bigger TV."
Panel 3: The man, older and balding, holds a fork at a dinner table with a large plate of bacon.
Man: "I know you're killing me, but in the short term, I'd like to eat four pounds of bacon."
Panel 4: The man, now elderly, looks at his reflection in a bathroom mirror.
Man: "I'd like to recognize that the longterm is made up of the short term, but that would require some mental restructuring."
Panel 5: The man lies in a bed, very old, while a woman sits beside him.
Woman: "Do you have any words for posterity?"
Panel 6: A graveyard. A tombstone reads:
"HERE LIES STEVE
'I'LL GET AROUND TO IT'"
Votey:
One person asks: "Do you have a last name?"
The man (Steve) replies: "I'll get around to it!"
Man: "I think we're incompatible, but in the short term I'd rather not have an awkward breakup conversation."
Panel 2: The same man, now slightly older, speaks to a person seen from behind in an office chair.
Man: "I hate working for you, but in the short term, I'd like to afford a bigger TV."
Panel 3: The man, older and balding, holds a fork at a dinner table with a large plate of bacon.
Man: "I know you're killing me, but in the short term, I'd like to eat four pounds of bacon."
Panel 4: The man, now elderly, looks at his reflection in a bathroom mirror.
Man: "I'd like to recognize that the longterm is made up of the short term, but that would require some mental restructuring."
Panel 5: The man lies in a bed, very old, while a woman sits beside him.
Woman: "Do you have any words for posterity?"
Panel 6: A graveyard. A tombstone reads:
"HERE LIES STEVE
'I'LL GET AROUND TO IT'"
Votey:
One person asks: "Do you have a last name?"
The man (Steve) replies: "I'll get around to it!"
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic following one man, Steve, across his whole life as he repeatedly chooses short-term comfort over long-term consequences. Panel 1: young, he tells a smiling girlfriend he thinks they're incompatible but doesn't want an awkward breakup yet. Panel 2: older, he tells his boss he hates working there but wants to afford a bigger TV in the short term. Panel 3: balding, holding a fork over a plate piled with bacon, he says he knows it's killing him but wants to eat four pounds of bacon. Panel 4: elderly, looking in a bathroom mirror, he admits the long term is made up of short terms but says fixing that would require mental restructuring. Panel 5: very old and bedridden, a woman asks if he has any words for posterity. Panel 6: his tombstone in a graveyard reads 'HERE LIES STEVE / I'LL GET AROUND TO IT.' Votey: a close-up where someone asks Steve if he has a last name, and he answers, 'I'll get around to it!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.