2011-11-05
Original: 2011-11-05 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man (balding, with glasses and brown hair, wearing a green shirt) holds a young child with red hair against his chest. The child looks up at him adoringly.
Man: SWEETIE, IF YOU WORK REAAAALY HARD, AND FOCUS REAAAALY WELL, AND THERE AREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL BETTER AT WHAT YOU DO THAN YOU ARE DESPITE YOUR BEST EFFORTS, YOU CAN BE WHATEVER YOU WANT.
Votey:
A close-up sketch of the same man's face, now looking slightly aside with a wry expression, hand near his chin.
Man: IF YOU DON'T DIE.
A man (balding, with glasses and brown hair, wearing a green shirt) holds a young child with red hair against his chest. The child looks up at him adoringly.
Man: SWEETIE, IF YOU WORK REAAAALY HARD, AND FOCUS REAAAALY WELL, AND THERE AREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL BETTER AT WHAT YOU DO THAN YOU ARE DESPITE YOUR BEST EFFORTS, YOU CAN BE WHATEVER YOU WANT.
Votey:
A close-up sketch of the same man's face, now looking slightly aside with a wry expression, hand near his chin.
Man: IF YOU DON'T DIE.
Alt text
A man with glasses, balding brown hair, and a green shirt cradles a young red-haired child who gazes up at him adoringly. He says: "Sweetie, if you work reaaaaly hard, and focus reaaaaly well, and there aren't that many people who are still better at what you do than you are despite your best efforts, you can be whatever you want." The heartwarming parental encouragement is undercut by a string of grim qualifiers. Votey: a loose sketched close-up of the same man's face, wearing a wry look, adding the final deadpan caveat: "If you don't die."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.