2012-06-18
Original: 2012-06-18 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (dark hair): Dude, you have too much shit going on. That's why you're stressed.
Panel 2:
Man with red/flame-like hair: Sorry. I don't accept that. I need it said by an individual who is socially empowered to state the obvious.
Panel 3 (banner): LATER...
A robed bald monk gestures toward the man with red hair and the woman.
Monk: Simplify.
Panel 4:
Man with red hair (to the woman, looking pleased/relieved): Sooo... wiiiise.
The woman stares back flatly, unimpressed.
Votey:
A cartoonist figure with a beard makes a peace/come-hither sign with his hand toward the viewer.
Speech: Come onnnn hatemail...
Woman (dark hair): Dude, you have too much shit going on. That's why you're stressed.
Panel 2:
Man with red/flame-like hair: Sorry. I don't accept that. I need it said by an individual who is socially empowered to state the obvious.
Panel 3 (banner): LATER...
A robed bald monk gestures toward the man with red hair and the woman.
Monk: Simplify.
Panel 4:
Man with red hair (to the woman, looking pleased/relieved): Sooo... wiiiise.
The woman stares back flatly, unimpressed.
Votey:
A cartoonist figure with a beard makes a peace/come-hither sign with his hand toward the viewer.
Speech: Come onnnn hatemail...
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a dark-haired woman tells a red-haired man, "Dude, you have too much shit going on. That's why you're stressed." Panel 2: the red-haired man replies, "Sorry. I don't accept that. I need it said by an individual who is socially empowered to state the obvious." Panel 3, labeled "LATER...": the same pair stand before a robed bald monk who raises a hand and says simply, "Simplify." Panel 4: the red-haired man turns to the woman with a satisfied, awed expression and says, "Sooo... wiiiise," while she stares back flatly, unimpressed. The joke: he dismisses identical advice from his friend but treats it as profound wisdom when a robed authority figure says it. Votey: a small black-and-white sketch of a bearded cartoonist making a beckoning peace sign at the reader, saying "Come onnnn hatemail..."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.