2011-11-09
Original: 2011-11-09 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: The Victorian Legitimacy Test:
Subtitle: If you can say your complaint like a Victorian Lord without it sounding stupid, the complaint is legitimate.
Panel 1:
A man in an orange shirt speaks to a red-haired woman seen from behind.
Man: YOU CHEATED ON ME!
Label (green check mark): LEGIT
Panel 2:
The same man, now looking sheepish, speaks to the woman.
Man: YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL I PREFER THE OTHER BRAND OF MACARONI SAL... OKAY, YOU WERE RIGHT. IT SOUNDS STUPID.
Label (red X): NOT LEGIT
Votey:
A man speaks, leaning back with a strained expression.
Man: YOU INCORRECT-MACARONI-SALAD-BUYING HARLOT!
Subtitle: If you can say your complaint like a Victorian Lord without it sounding stupid, the complaint is legitimate.
Panel 1:
A man in an orange shirt speaks to a red-haired woman seen from behind.
Man: YOU CHEATED ON ME!
Label (green check mark): LEGIT
Panel 2:
The same man, now looking sheepish, speaks to the woman.
Man: YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL I PREFER THE OTHER BRAND OF MACARONI SAL... OKAY, YOU WERE RIGHT. IT SOUNDS STUPID.
Label (red X): NOT LEGIT
Votey:
A man speaks, leaning back with a strained expression.
Man: YOU INCORRECT-MACARONI-SALAD-BUYING HARLOT!
Alt text
A two-panel comic titled "The Victorian Legitimacy Test," subtitled "If you can say your complaint like a Victorian Lord without it sounding stupid, the complaint is legitimate." Panel 1: a man in an orange shirt earnestly tells a red-haired woman, "YOU CHEATED ON ME!" A green check mark labels it "LEGIT." Panel 2: the same man, now sheepish, starts to complain, "YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL I PREFER THE OTHER BRAND OF MACARONI SAL..." then trails off and admits, "OKAY, YOU WERE RIGHT. IT SOUNDS STUPID." A red X labels it "NOT LEGIT," the joke being that a petty grievance can't be phrased grandly without collapsing. Votey: in a black-and-white panel, a man leans back and tries again with overwrought Victorian phrasing, declaring, "YOU INCORRECT-MACARONI-SALAD-BUYING HARLOT!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.