ohyesrobot.ordoliberal.com

2011-08-06

Original: 2011-08-06 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1: A red-haired woman in a pink shirt and a dark-haired woman in an orange shirt lie on the grass looking up at the sky.
Red-haired woman: WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE CLOUDS?

Panel 2: Close on the dark-haired woman, who looks irritated.
Dark-haired woman: THIS IS STUPID! EVERYONE KNOWS CLOUDS ARE RANDOM MOISTURE BLOBS. CLAIMS OF SHAPES ARE JUST REFLECTIONS OF WHAT'S ON THE MIND OF THE CLAIMER.

Panel 3: A wide shot of the sky full of clouds, with the dark-haired woman lying in the grass in the foreground.

Panel 4: The red-haired woman lies in the grass, eyes nearly closed, looking content.
Red-haired woman: I SEE A BITCH.

Votey:
A crudely drawn white dog floating against a blue sky, baring its teeth.

Alt text

Four-panel comic. A red-haired woman and a dark-haired woman lie in the grass cloud-watching. The red-haired woman asks, 'What do you see in the clouds?' The dark-haired woman snaps, 'This is stupid! Everyone knows clouds are random moisture blobs. Claims of shapes are just reflections of what's on the mind of the claimer.' A wide panel shows the cloudy sky. In the final panel the calm red-haired woman replies, 'I see a bitch' — turning the dark-haired woman's own claim (that cloud shapes reflect the claimer's mind) back on her as an insult. Votey: a crudely drawn white dog floating against a blue sky, teeth bared — the cloud-dog, i.e. the 'bitch.'

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.