2011-09-02
Original: 2011-09-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (narration banner): You think of yourself as a single unified life form.
A black silhouette of a human figure with a single speech bubble where its head/thought is, reading: ME
Panel 2 (narration banner): But you're more like an agreement between hundreds of trillions of tiny life forms.
The same silhouette, now shown made up of countless tiny gold/yellow specks.
Panel 3 (narration banner): Those life forms have billions of tiny parliaments to which you are not privy.
Tiny purple/pink cell-like structures on a surface. A speech bubble: Fellow histamine receptors! We agree! Cat dander is evil, and must be defeated at any cost!
Panel 4 (narration banner): Those parliaments form into larger parliaments, which make up still larger parliaments.
A close-up of skin/tissue. Speech bubble: Greetings, parliament of facial skin! Yes, we generate plenty of oil. But are we generating enough?
Smaller bubble from the other side: Enough?
Panel 5 (narration banner): So really, you aren't the executive authority of your body. You're just an arbiter between nations that are often at odds with each other.
The black silhouette figure stands between two speech bubbles.
Left bubble: Penis does what penis wants!
Right bubble: Last time you said that, immune system had to clean up your mess for six months!
Votey:
Two stacked speech bubbles.
Top bubble: Bladder needs use of the urethra for just--
Bottom bubble (interrupting): Penis does what penis wants!
A black silhouette of a human figure with a single speech bubble where its head/thought is, reading: ME
Panel 2 (narration banner): But you're more like an agreement between hundreds of trillions of tiny life forms.
The same silhouette, now shown made up of countless tiny gold/yellow specks.
Panel 3 (narration banner): Those life forms have billions of tiny parliaments to which you are not privy.
Tiny purple/pink cell-like structures on a surface. A speech bubble: Fellow histamine receptors! We agree! Cat dander is evil, and must be defeated at any cost!
Panel 4 (narration banner): Those parliaments form into larger parliaments, which make up still larger parliaments.
A close-up of skin/tissue. Speech bubble: Greetings, parliament of facial skin! Yes, we generate plenty of oil. But are we generating enough?
Smaller bubble from the other side: Enough?
Panel 5 (narration banner): So really, you aren't the executive authority of your body. You're just an arbiter between nations that are often at odds with each other.
The black silhouette figure stands between two speech bubbles.
Left bubble: Penis does what penis wants!
Right bubble: Last time you said that, immune system had to clean up your mess for six months!
Votey:
Two stacked speech bubbles.
Top bubble: Bladder needs use of the urethra for just--
Bottom bubble (interrupting): Penis does what penis wants!
Alt text
A vertical SMBC comic with red narration banners. Panel 1: 'You think of yourself as a single unified life form.' A black human silhouette has a speech bubble reading 'ME' where its head would be. Panel 2: 'But you're more like an agreement between hundreds of trillions of tiny life forms.' The same silhouette is now composed of countless tiny gold specks. Panel 3: 'Those life forms have billions of tiny parliaments to which you are not privy.' Purple cell-like receptors say, 'Fellow histamine receptors! We agree! Cat dander is evil, and must be defeated at any cost!' Panel 4: 'Those parliaments form into larger parliaments, which make up still larger parliaments.' Skin tissue speaks: 'Greetings, parliament of facial skin! Yes, we generate plenty of oil. But are we generating enough?' Panel 5: 'So really, you aren't the executive authority of your body. You're just an arbiter between nations that are often at odds with each other.' The black silhouette stands between two arguing bubbles: 'Penis does what penis wants!' and 'Last time you said that, immune system had to clean up your mess for six months!' Votey: Two speech bubbles, one saying 'Bladder needs use of the urethra for just--' interrupted by 'Penis does what penis wants!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.