2011-08-17
Original: 2011-08-17 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A red parrot (scarlet macaw) speaks:
Parrot: "RAAHHHK! My trained use of words and phrases in appropriate context is not fundamentally different from human communication which is ascribed to consciousness! RAAHHHK!"
Caption (below panel): The philosophy department is no longer allowed to keep pets.
Votey:
A simply-drawn parrot speaks:
Parrot: "RAAHHK! Truth is never reachable in even the most tenebrous form! Also, I deserve tenure! RAAHHK!"
A red parrot (scarlet macaw) speaks:
Parrot: "RAAHHHK! My trained use of words and phrases in appropriate context is not fundamentally different from human communication which is ascribed to consciousness! RAAHHHK!"
Caption (below panel): The philosophy department is no longer allowed to keep pets.
Votey:
A simply-drawn parrot speaks:
Parrot: "RAAHHK! Truth is never reachable in even the most tenebrous form! Also, I deserve tenure! RAAHHK!"
Alt text
A close-up cartoon of a vividly colored red parrot (scarlet macaw) with a large orange-and-black beak. It squawks a long, articulate speech: "RAAHHHK! My trained use of words and phrases in appropriate context is not fundamentally different from human communication which is ascribed to consciousness! RAAHHHK!" A caption beneath the panel reads: "The philosophy department is no longer allowed to keep pets." The joke: a pet parrot has absorbed the philosophy department's jargon and now makes pretentious arguments about consciousness between its squawks. Votey (aftercomic): a loosely sketched parrot continues squawking academic-sounding nonsense: "RAAHHK! Truth is never reachable in even the most tenebrous form! Also, I deserve tenure! RAAHHK!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.