2012-07-16
Original: 2012-07-16 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman with reddish-brown hair (in blue): "What's the point of giant particle colliders? You can't feed the hungry with them, you can't cure cancer with them, you can't stop poverty with them!"
Panel 2:
Woman with black hair (in green): "I agree! That's why I think we should scrap the Eiffel Tower for iron, quarry the pyramids, and turn the Statue of Liberty into copper wiring."
Panel 3:
Woman with reddish-brown hair (in blue): "I'm not sure that's—"
Woman with black hair (in green), eyes closed, gesturing dismissively: "Sorry, can't hear you. I only listen to noises that might save babies."
Votey:
A roughly-drawn figure: "Too preachy. Your complaint won't save the whales."
Woman with reddish-brown hair (in blue): "What's the point of giant particle colliders? You can't feed the hungry with them, you can't cure cancer with them, you can't stop poverty with them!"
Panel 2:
Woman with black hair (in green): "I agree! That's why I think we should scrap the Eiffel Tower for iron, quarry the pyramids, and turn the Statue of Liberty into copper wiring."
Panel 3:
Woman with reddish-brown hair (in blue): "I'm not sure that's—"
Woman with black hair (in green), eyes closed, gesturing dismissively: "Sorry, can't hear you. I only listen to noises that might save babies."
Votey:
A roughly-drawn figure: "Too preachy. Your complaint won't save the whales."
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A woman with reddish-brown hair in a blue shirt rants, "What's the point of giant particle colliders? You can't feed the hungry with them, you can't cure cancer with them, you can't stop poverty with them!" Panel 2: A woman with black hair in a green shirt replies cheerfully, "I agree! That's why I think we should scrap the Eiffel Tower for iron, quarry the pyramids, and turn the Statue of Liberty into copper wiring." Panel 3: The blue-shirted woman starts to object, "I'm not sure that's—" but the green-shirted woman closes her eyes and waves her hand dismissively: "Sorry, can't hear you. I only listen to noises that might save babies." The joke skewers the utilitarian argument that valuable things must directly save lives by absurdly extending it to demolishing monuments. Votey (a rough, sketchy bonus panel): a crudely drawn figure says, "Too preachy. Your complaint won't save the whales."—mockingly turning the same dismissive logic back on the comic itself.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.