2011-07-05
Original: 2011-07-05 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with reddish-brown hair and a beard stands at a podium, gesturing as he speaks to an audience.
Man at podium: "Thanks to the magic of exponential population growth, the future is bright! Imagine driving to work in a carriage made of babies! You stop in a restaurant made of babies for a tender baby sandwich. When you get to work, it's easy, because your boss is a baby and can't verbalize commands!"
Caption (below panel): What if Malthus had been an optimist?
Votey:
Two people in conversation.
First person: "What do the babies eat?"
Second person: "Babies. Circle of life, man."
A man with reddish-brown hair and a beard stands at a podium, gesturing as he speaks to an audience.
Man at podium: "Thanks to the magic of exponential population growth, the future is bright! Imagine driving to work in a carriage made of babies! You stop in a restaurant made of babies for a tender baby sandwich. When you get to work, it's easy, because your boss is a baby and can't verbalize commands!"
Caption (below panel): What if Malthus had been an optimist?
Votey:
Two people in conversation.
First person: "What do the babies eat?"
Second person: "Babies. Circle of life, man."
Alt text
A bearded man stands at a podium giving an enthusiastic speech. He says: "Thanks to the magic of exponential population growth, the future is bright! Imagine driving to work in a carriage made of babies! You stop in a restaurant made of babies for a tender baby sandwich. When you get to work, it's easy, because your boss is a baby and can't verbalize commands!" A caption beneath reads: "What if Malthus had been an optimist?" The joke imagines runaway population growth reframed as a cheerfully grotesque utopia where everything is made of babies. Votey: A two-panel exchange where one person asks, "What do the babies eat?" and the other replies, "Babies. Circle of life, man."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.