2011-07-15
Original: 2011-07-15 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (header bar): HOW ARGUMENTS WORK IN YOUR HEAD.
A man with reddish hair in a green shirt speaks to a woman with dark hair seen from behind.
Man: "Your arguments are flawless. You've overturned my ignorance. Thank you, sir."
Panel 2 (header bar): HOW ARGUMENTS WORK IN REALITY.
Close-up on the two faces, now angry, against a red background, shouting at each other.
Woman: "My anecdotal evidence is loud!"
Man: "Mine is louder!"
Votey:
Close-up of the man's face, leaning in and shouting.
Man: "Mine is loud and too personal to argue with!"
A man with reddish hair in a green shirt speaks to a woman with dark hair seen from behind.
Man: "Your arguments are flawless. You've overturned my ignorance. Thank you, sir."
Panel 2 (header bar): HOW ARGUMENTS WORK IN REALITY.
Close-up on the two faces, now angry, against a red background, shouting at each other.
Woman: "My anecdotal evidence is loud!"
Man: "Mine is louder!"
Votey:
Close-up of the man's face, leaning in and shouting.
Man: "Mine is loud and too personal to argue with!"
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic contrasting fantasy with reality. The first panel, labeled 'HOW ARGUMENTS WORK IN YOUR HEAD,' shows a red-haired man in a green shirt calmly telling a dark-haired woman, 'Your arguments are flawless. You've overturned my ignorance. Thank you, sir.' The second panel, labeled 'HOW ARGUMENTS WORK IN REALITY,' is a tight, red-tinted close-up of both faces contorted in anger as they shout: the woman yells 'My anecdotal evidence is loud!' and the man yells back 'Mine is louder!' The votey (bonus panel) is a black-and-white close-up of the man leaning in and shouting, 'Mine is loud and too personal to argue with!' The joke: imagined debates end in graceful concession, but real ones just escalate into competitive shouting of personal anecdotes.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.