2011-10-10
Original: 2011-10-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (title banner): COLLEGE NIHILIST
A blond young man in a sweater vest, surrounded by several other college-age people, speaks emphatically with a hand on his chest.
Blond man: Don't you guys get it? None of this matters! It's all pointless! I know because I've written four essays about it. FOUR!
Panel 2 (title banner): REAL NIHILIST
Night scene outside a large columned bank/temple-like building. A man stands small in front of it.
Man: I'm gonna make as much money as I can, and spend it on more money.
Votey:
A grinning bare-chested red-haired/bearded man gives two thumbs up.
Caption: * Addendum: Please buy SMBC products so I can become more nihilistic.
A blond young man in a sweater vest, surrounded by several other college-age people, speaks emphatically with a hand on his chest.
Blond man: Don't you guys get it? None of this matters! It's all pointless! I know because I've written four essays about it. FOUR!
Panel 2 (title banner): REAL NIHILIST
Night scene outside a large columned bank/temple-like building. A man stands small in front of it.
Man: I'm gonna make as much money as I can, and spend it on more money.
Votey:
A grinning bare-chested red-haired/bearded man gives two thumbs up.
Caption: * Addendum: Please buy SMBC products so I can become more nihilistic.
Alt text
Two-panel comic contrasting fake and real nihilism. Panel 1, labeled COLLEGE NIHILIST: a blond young man in a sweater vest, hand on his chest, lectures a group of college peers: 'Don't you guys get it? None of this matters! It's all pointless! I know because I've written four essays about it. FOUR!' His friends look unimpressed. Panel 2, labeled REAL NIHILIST: a lone man stands at night before a large columned bank building, saying, 'I'm gonna make as much money as I can, and spend it on more money.' The joke: true nihilism is hollow money-chasing, not earnest essay-writing. Votey: a grinning, bare-chested, red-bearded man gives two thumbs up, with a caption reading '* Addendum: Please buy SMBC products so I can become more nihilistic.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.