2012-05-14
Original: 2012-05-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title caption (top banner): IN THE FUTURE, DOG TAGS WILL BE MORE FUNCTIONAL
Panel 1:
An older man in military uniform and a brown hat hands a pair of dog tags to a younger bald soldier.
Older soldier: "Here you go. First one lists your name, number, and blood type. Second destroys your browser history if your heart stops beating."
Votey:
The younger bald soldier: "Wait, what if I'm only brain dead?"
Older soldier (off-panel, in speech bubble): "War is hell, son."
Panel 1:
An older man in military uniform and a brown hat hands a pair of dog tags to a younger bald soldier.
Older soldier: "Here you go. First one lists your name, number, and blood type. Second destroys your browser history if your heart stops beating."
Votey:
The younger bald soldier: "Wait, what if I'm only brain dead?"
Older soldier (off-panel, in speech bubble): "War is hell, son."
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic with the caption "In the future, dog tags will be more functional." In the main panel, an older soldier in a brown hat hands a pair of dog tags to a younger bald soldier and says, "Here you go. First one lists your name, number, and blood type. Second destroys your browser history if your heart stops beating." In the votey (aftercomic, black and white), the bald soldier looks worried and asks, "Wait, what if I'm only brain dead?" The older soldier replies from off-panel, "War is hell, son." The joke is the deadpan suggestion that a soldier's most sensitive concern is hiding their browser history at death.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.