2011-10-18
Original: 2011-10-18 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (main comic):
A man with reddish hair lies in bed under blankets, eyes half-open, with a large thought bubble above him.
Thought (the man): "Wait a sec... did I close the windows so tightly that air can't get in? Oh god... I bet I did... and the whole family will suffocate by morning if I don't do something! ...But... it's so warm in these blankets..."
Caption below panel:
"The sleepy brain:
Dangerous because stupid. safe because lazy"
Votey:
The same man, now drawn in rough black-and-white sketch style, lying asleep in bed with a thought bubble.
Thought (the man): "Well, they're probably all dead by now. No sense losing sleep over it."
A man with reddish hair lies in bed under blankets, eyes half-open, with a large thought bubble above him.
Thought (the man): "Wait a sec... did I close the windows so tightly that air can't get in? Oh god... I bet I did... and the whole family will suffocate by morning if I don't do something! ...But... it's so warm in these blankets..."
Caption below panel:
"The sleepy brain:
Dangerous because stupid. safe because lazy"
Votey:
The same man, now drawn in rough black-and-white sketch style, lying asleep in bed with a thought bubble.
Thought (the man): "Well, they're probably all dead by now. No sense losing sleep over it."
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel showing a red-haired man lying in bed under blankets, eyes drooping. A large thought bubble reads: "Wait a sec... did I close the windows so tightly that air can't get in? Oh god... I bet I did... and the whole family will suffocate by morning if I don't do something! ...But... it's so warm in these blankets..." A caption beneath reads: "The sleepy brain: Dangerous because stupid. safe because lazy." Votey: A rough black-and-white sketch of the same man now fully asleep in bed, thinking: "Well, they're probably all dead by now. No sense losing sleep over it." The joke: his sleepy laziness wins out, and he rationalizes letting his family suffocate rather than get out of the warm bed.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.