2012-10-20
Original: 2012-10-20 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Brain (speech bubble): HEY! It's your brain. Remember that one guy you know from a while back who's doing better than you?
Panel 2:
Man: So what?! Lots of people are. And on the whole, I've got it really good. So switch to some other thought.
Panel 3:
Brain (speech bubble): No can do. I evolved in a society with no tribes over a hundred members. So, I conceptualize all people you know as local competitors who have better luck than you.
Panel 4:
Brain (speech bubble on left): I wonder if his brain does the same thing.
Man (speech bubble on right): With HIS superior genetics? I doubt it.
Votey:
Close-up of a face with a speech bubble: OTHER PEOPLE ARE SOOOOOOOO AMAZING!
Brain (speech bubble): HEY! It's your brain. Remember that one guy you know from a while back who's doing better than you?
Panel 2:
Man: So what?! Lots of people are. And on the whole, I've got it really good. So switch to some other thought.
Panel 3:
Brain (speech bubble): No can do. I evolved in a society with no tribes over a hundred members. So, I conceptualize all people you know as local competitors who have better luck than you.
Panel 4:
Brain (speech bubble on left): I wonder if his brain does the same thing.
Man (speech bubble on right): With HIS superior genetics? I doubt it.
Votey:
Close-up of a face with a speech bubble: OTHER PEOPLE ARE SOOOOOOOO AMAZING!
Alt text
A four-panel comic depicting a balding man having an argument with his own brain (the brain speaks from off-panel speech bubbles). Panel 1: The brain says, "HEY! It's your brain. Remember that one guy you know from a while back who's doing better than you?" Panel 2: The man, shown from behind, replies, "So what?! Lots of people are. And on the whole, I've got it really good. So switch to some other thought." Panel 3: The brain refuses: "No can do. I evolved in a society with no tribes over a hundred members. So, I conceptualize all people you know as local competitors who have better luck than you." Panel 4: The man faces forward. His brain muses, "I wonder if his brain does the same thing," and the man bitterly retorts, "With HIS superior genetics? I doubt it" — showing he has fully bought into the brain's envy. Votey (a single small black-and-white panel): A hand-drawn close-up of a face with a speech bubble exclaiming, "OTHER PEOPLE ARE SOOOOOOOO AMAZING!", capping the joke about reflexively idealizing everyone else.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.