2013-02-18
Original: 2013-02-18 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Six-panel comic. In each panel, a young man with orange/red hair and a blue shirt speaks the saying "Don't hate the player, hate the game" recast in the language of a different discipline, addressed to a dark-haired person seen in profile at the right edge. Each panel has a header label in an orange banner.
Panel 1 (header: NORMAL): Red-haired man: "Don't hate the player. Hate the game."
Panel 2 (header: SOCIOLOGIST): Red-haired man: "Don't hate the player. Hate the social dynamic that produced him."
Panel 3 (header: ECONOMIST): Red-haired man: "Don't hate the player. His selfish behavior is improving outcomes for everyone."
Panel 4 (header: BIOLOGIST): Red-haired man: "Don't hate the player. Hate the effectiveness of his evolutionary strategy."
Panel 5 (header: PSYCHOLOGIST): Red-haired man: "Don't hate the player. The player had distant parents and is using feigned confidence to create emotional distance."
Panel 6 (header: MATHEMATICIAN): Red-haired man: "Don't hate the player. Hate the game. I believe we're playing a variant of the trust dilemma."
Votey:
Single panel (header: CARTOONIST). A red-haired man faces a computer monitor (seen from behind/side). Speech bubble: "Don't hate the player. Hate the game."
Panel 1 (header: NORMAL): Red-haired man: "Don't hate the player. Hate the game."
Panel 2 (header: SOCIOLOGIST): Red-haired man: "Don't hate the player. Hate the social dynamic that produced him."
Panel 3 (header: ECONOMIST): Red-haired man: "Don't hate the player. His selfish behavior is improving outcomes for everyone."
Panel 4 (header: BIOLOGIST): Red-haired man: "Don't hate the player. Hate the effectiveness of his evolutionary strategy."
Panel 5 (header: PSYCHOLOGIST): Red-haired man: "Don't hate the player. The player had distant parents and is using feigned confidence to create emotional distance."
Panel 6 (header: MATHEMATICIAN): Red-haired man: "Don't hate the player. Hate the game. I believe we're playing a variant of the trust dilemma."
Votey:
Single panel (header: CARTOONIST). A red-haired man faces a computer monitor (seen from behind/side). Speech bubble: "Don't hate the player. Hate the game."
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. In every panel the same red-haired man in a blue shirt restates the phrase "Don't hate the player, hate the game" in the jargon of a different field, speaking to a dark-haired person shown in profile at the right edge. Each panel is topped by an orange banner naming the discipline. NORMAL: "Don't hate the player. Hate the game." SOCIOLOGIST: "...Hate the social dynamic that produced him." ECONOMIST: "...His selfish behavior is improving outcomes for everyone." BIOLOGIST: "...Hate the effectiveness of his evolutionary strategy." PSYCHOLOGIST: "...The player had distant parents and is using feigned confidence to create emotional distance." MATHEMATICIAN: "...Hate the game. I believe we're playing a variant of the trust dilemma." The joke is the escalating academic over-explanation of a casual saying. Votey: a single panel labeled CARTOONIST shows the red-haired man facing a computer monitor, saying "Don't hate the player. Hate the game." -- implying the cartoonist just turns the saying into content.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.