2011-07-07
Original: 2011-07-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: WHY I WORRY ABOUT EXTENDED LONGEVITY
Panel 1 (labeled BEFORE):
A bearded man in period clothing with a high collar (resembling Shakespeare) reads a scroll, looking thoughtful.
His thought: "THIS WORK... SHALL BE MY IMMORTALITY."
Panel 2 (labeled AFTER):
The same kind of man, now with modern hair and a plain shirt, looking content.
His thought: "LIVING FOREVER... SHALL BE MY IMMORTALITY."
Votey:
A long-haired, bearded nude man reclines, gesturing toward himself while drawing.
His speech: "DRAWING MYSELF NAKED... SHALL BE MY IMMORTALITY"
Panel 1 (labeled BEFORE):
A bearded man in period clothing with a high collar (resembling Shakespeare) reads a scroll, looking thoughtful.
His thought: "THIS WORK... SHALL BE MY IMMORTALITY."
Panel 2 (labeled AFTER):
The same kind of man, now with modern hair and a plain shirt, looking content.
His thought: "LIVING FOREVER... SHALL BE MY IMMORTALITY."
Votey:
A long-haired, bearded nude man reclines, gesturing toward himself while drawing.
His speech: "DRAWING MYSELF NAKED... SHALL BE MY IMMORTALITY"
Alt text
Title: "Why I worry about extended longevity." Two stacked panels. BEFORE: a bearded man in a high Renaissance collar (evoking Shakespeare) reads a scroll and thinks, "This work... shall be my immortality." AFTER: the same man, now with modern hair and a plain shirt, thinks, "Living forever... shall be my immortality." The joke: when people can actually live forever, lofty artistic ambitions get replaced by simply not dying. Votey: a nude long-haired bearded man reclines and sketches himself, saying, "Drawing myself naked... shall be my immortality" a cruder downgrade of immortal aspiration.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.