2013-03-04
Original: 2013-03-04 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (with dark bob haircut, green shirt): I'm sorry, I just want to be with someone more interesting. Someone who just does something wild and lets the chips fall where they may!
Panel 2:
Man (with glasses, pink shirt, holding a coffee mug): I plan to never take any action toward fulfilling any of my hopes and dreams. What could possibly be riskier than that?
(To the right, a close-up of the woman looking unimpressed/skeptical.)
Panel 3:
Woman (green shirt, seated): I was thinking something more like hang-gliding.
Man (close-up of his face at right): I guess you're not much of a daredevil.
Votey:
Man (smiling, leaning in): And get this, baby. I don't have ANY savings.
Woman (with dark bob haircut, green shirt): I'm sorry, I just want to be with someone more interesting. Someone who just does something wild and lets the chips fall where they may!
Panel 2:
Man (with glasses, pink shirt, holding a coffee mug): I plan to never take any action toward fulfilling any of my hopes and dreams. What could possibly be riskier than that?
(To the right, a close-up of the woman looking unimpressed/skeptical.)
Panel 3:
Woman (green shirt, seated): I was thinking something more like hang-gliding.
Man (close-up of his face at right): I guess you're not much of a daredevil.
Votey:
Man (smiling, leaning in): And get this, baby. I don't have ANY savings.
Alt text
A three-panel comic. Panel 1: A woman with a dark bob and green shirt speaks against a red background: "I'm sorry, I just want to be with someone more interesting. Someone who just does something wild and lets the chips fall where they may!" Panel 2: A man with glasses and a pink shirt, holding a coffee mug, replies: "I plan to never take any action toward fulfilling any of my hopes and dreams. What could possibly be riskier than that?" Beside him, a close-up shows the woman looking unimpressed. Panel 3: The woman, seated, says "I was thinking something more like hang-gliding," and the man (shown in close-up at right) responds, "I guess you're not much of a daredevil." The joke: he reframes total passivity and avoidance of his own dreams as the ultimate reckless gamble. Votey: A close-up of the smiling man leaning in, adding: "And get this, baby. I don't have ANY savings"—doubling down on financial recklessness-by-inaction as if it were thrilling.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.