2011-08-03
Original: 2011-08-03 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (image):
A crying baby is held between two parents. A man with graying hair and a green polo shirt smiles down at the baby while supporting it; a dark-haired woman seen from behind (in a blue top) holds the baby, which is wailing with its mouth wide open.
Caption text below the image:
Babies don't shout "waaahhh!" when they're little.
They shout "whyyyyy!?"
You can't tell because they can't pronounce the hard "y" sound, but they're in a complete existential crisis.
It takes 2 to 3 years before they finish their period of utter madness, at which point their brains are completely empty, and you can start teaching them about counting and animal noises.
Votey:
Close-up of the crying baby's head with a speech balloon: "BUT NONEXISTENCE SEEMS SO MUCH MORE LIKELY! WAAAAAH!"
A crying baby is held between two parents. A man with graying hair and a green polo shirt smiles down at the baby while supporting it; a dark-haired woman seen from behind (in a blue top) holds the baby, which is wailing with its mouth wide open.
Caption text below the image:
Babies don't shout "waaahhh!" when they're little.
They shout "whyyyyy!?"
You can't tell because they can't pronounce the hard "y" sound, but they're in a complete existential crisis.
It takes 2 to 3 years before they finish their period of utter madness, at which point their brains are completely empty, and you can start teaching them about counting and animal noises.
Votey:
Close-up of the crying baby's head with a speech balloon: "BUT NONEXISTENCE SEEMS SO MUCH MORE LIKELY! WAAAAAH!"
Alt text
Main comic: A wailing baby with its mouth wide open is held by two parents — a graying man in a green polo shirt smiling down at it, and a dark-haired woman in blue seen from behind. The caption reads: "Babies don't shout 'waaahhh!' when they're little. They shout 'whyyyyy!?' You can't tell because they can't pronounce the hard 'y' sound, but they're in a complete existential crisis. It takes 2 to 3 years before they finish their period of utter madness, at which point their brains are completely empty, and you can start teaching them about counting and animal noises." Votey: A close-up of the crying baby's head with a speech balloon revealing its true thought: "BUT NONEXISTENCE SEEMS SO MUCH MORE LIKELY! WAAAAAH!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.