2012-12-29
Original: 2012-12-29 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (standing, holding a drink): Playing a video game? Aren't you worried about the cost?
Woman (sitting on couch with a controller): What? There's no cost beyond the cost of the game.
Panel 2:
Man: There's the opportunity cost. You're a professional who makes 50 dollars every hour playing this game is 50 dollars lost.
Panel 3:
Man (off-panel, speaking): The six hours you've spent on this RPG have lost you 300 dollars already.
Panel 4:
Man: If you play through the weekend, you'll lose two grand.
Panel 5:
Woman (now looking distraught): Oh my god. I understand why money doesn't buy happiness.
Graph (below panels):
Y-axis label: MONEY LOST BY HAVING FUN
X-axis label: JOB SKILLS
A red curve rises steeply upward from left to right.
Votey:
Panel 1:
Man: I need to get rich so I can enjoy myself
Panel 2:
Man (looking strained): I can't enjoy myself because I might stop being rich.
Man (standing, holding a drink): Playing a video game? Aren't you worried about the cost?
Woman (sitting on couch with a controller): What? There's no cost beyond the cost of the game.
Panel 2:
Man: There's the opportunity cost. You're a professional who makes 50 dollars every hour playing this game is 50 dollars lost.
Panel 3:
Man (off-panel, speaking): The six hours you've spent on this RPG have lost you 300 dollars already.
Panel 4:
Man: If you play through the weekend, you'll lose two grand.
Panel 5:
Woman (now looking distraught): Oh my god. I understand why money doesn't buy happiness.
Graph (below panels):
Y-axis label: MONEY LOST BY HAVING FUN
X-axis label: JOB SKILLS
A red curve rises steeply upward from left to right.
Votey:
Panel 1:
Man: I need to get rich so I can enjoy myself
Panel 2:
Man (looking strained): I can't enjoy myself because I might stop being rich.
Alt text
A six-panel comic. Panel 1: a bald man holding a drink stands over a woman sitting on a red couch playing a video game with a controller. He asks, "Playing a video game? Aren't you worried about the cost?" She replies, "What? There's no cost beyond the cost of the game." Panel 2: the man explains, "There's the opportunity cost. You're a professional who makes 50 dollars every hour playing this game is 50 dollars lost." Panel 3: from off-panel he adds, "The six hours you've spent on this RPG have lost you 300 dollars already." Panel 4: "If you play through the weekend, you'll lose two grand." Panel 5: the woman, now visibly distraught, says, "Oh my god. I understand why money doesn't buy happiness." Below the panels is a graph titled with the y-axis label "MONEY LOST BY HAVING FUN" and x-axis label "JOB SKILLS," showing a red curve climbing steeply upward as job skills increase. Votey (aftercomic): two panels of a man's face. Panel 1: "I need to get rich so I can enjoy myself." Panel 2: the man looks strained as he says, "I can't enjoy myself because I might stop being rich."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.