2012-07-12
Original: 2012-07-12 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: THINGS I HATE: ALPHA NERDING
Panel 1 (banner: NORMAL NERD...):
A woman reading a magazine labeled CELEBS: WHOA. JAN AND ALLAN BROKE UP.
A man at a computer: OH, I THINK I'VE HEARD OF THEM.
Panel 2 (banner: ALPHA NERD...):
The woman reading the CELEBS magazine: WHOA. JAN AND ALLAN BROKE UP.
The man, leaning in close and gesturing emphatically: IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE!
Votey:
The man, cheek-to-cheek with the woman, eyes wide: I WOULD'VE LOVED HER.
Panel 1 (banner: NORMAL NERD...):
A woman reading a magazine labeled CELEBS: WHOA. JAN AND ALLAN BROKE UP.
A man at a computer: OH, I THINK I'VE HEARD OF THEM.
Panel 2 (banner: ALPHA NERD...):
The woman reading the CELEBS magazine: WHOA. JAN AND ALLAN BROKE UP.
The man, leaning in close and gesturing emphatically: IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE!
Votey:
The man, cheek-to-cheek with the woman, eyes wide: I WOULD'VE LOVED HER.
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC titled "THINGS I HATE: ALPHA NERDING." In the first panel, banner "NORMAL NERD...": a woman reading a magazine labeled CELEBS says, "Whoa. Jan and Allan broke up." A man at a computer replies, "Oh, I think I've heard of them." In the second panel, banner "ALPHA NERD...": the same woman says the same line, but now the man leans in close and declares emphatically, "It is important that you know that I don't know who they are!" The joke is the alpha nerd's aggressive insistence on his ignorance of celebrity gossip as a status display. Votey: the man presses his cheek against the woman's, eyes wide with mock sincerity, adding, "I would've loved her."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.