2012-11-24
Original: 2012-11-24 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman with brown hair (handing a small box to a girl with orange hair): "Sweetie, this is a worry box."
Girl with orange hair: "Oh... is this one of those things where it's just an empty box and you tell it your worries and you feel like they're gone?"
Panel 2:
Woman: "No, this is a computer. Tell it your worries and when you wake up it provides solutions. That way the part of your brain that insists on worrying about everything can relax."
Panel 3:
Woman: "Then, you open the box later and it gives you the best solution. You see, all problems are solvable."
Panel 4:
The woman looks down at the girl, who looks up at her, the box in front of them. (No dialogue.)
Panel 5:
Woman: "I'm gonna need that back tonight."
Girl with orange hair: "Yeah."
Votey:
A caption in a speech bubble (from an unseen speaker, the same brown-haired woman): "Also don't tell her that her nose is weird."
Below, a man with curly/wavy hair rests his head in his hand, looking pensive, seated at a table.
Woman with brown hair (handing a small box to a girl with orange hair): "Sweetie, this is a worry box."
Girl with orange hair: "Oh... is this one of those things where it's just an empty box and you tell it your worries and you feel like they're gone?"
Panel 2:
Woman: "No, this is a computer. Tell it your worries and when you wake up it provides solutions. That way the part of your brain that insists on worrying about everything can relax."
Panel 3:
Woman: "Then, you open the box later and it gives you the best solution. You see, all problems are solvable."
Panel 4:
The woman looks down at the girl, who looks up at her, the box in front of them. (No dialogue.)
Panel 5:
Woman: "I'm gonna need that back tonight."
Girl with orange hair: "Yeah."
Votey:
A caption in a speech bubble (from an unseen speaker, the same brown-haired woman): "Also don't tell her that her nose is weird."
Below, a man with curly/wavy hair rests his head in his hand, looking pensive, seated at a table.
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. A brown-haired woman hands a small box to a young girl with orange hair and says, "Sweetie, this is a worry box." The girl asks if it's one of those empty boxes you tell your worries to so you feel like they're gone. The woman says no, it's a computer: tell it your worries and when you wake up it provides solutions, so the worrying part of your brain can relax. She explains that you open the box later and it gives you the best solution, because all problems are solvable. After a quiet panel where the two look at each other, the woman adds, "I'm gonna need that back tonight," and the girl replies, "Yeah" — implying the comforting 'worry-solving computer' is really the mother's own work laptop she has to keep using. Votey: a man with wavy hair sits resting his chin in his hand, looking troubled, while a speech bubble (from the woman) adds, "Also don't tell her that her nose is weird."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.