2013-04-19
Original: 2013-04-19 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (green background):
Caption: INTERESTING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IDEAS.
Two blue cartoon figures face each other, each with a speech bubble. The left figure's bubble contains an abstract diagram of connected dots and lines (a network/graph). The right figure's bubble contains a jagged waveform.
Panel 2 (yellow background):
Caption: BORING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
The two figures face each other again. The left figure's bubble shows stick figures: one gesturing/talking while two others stand together. The right figure's bubble shows two stick figures running.
Panel 3 (red background):
Caption: INTOLERABLE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DRANK LAST NIGHT.
The two figures face each other, both looking annoyed/grimacing. Each speech bubble is filled with rows of drinking glasses, shot glasses, and bottles. The right figure's bubble includes one red cup among the drinks.
Votey:
A scratchy hand-drawn panel. A figure with glasses (at upper left) says: "I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW STODGY YOU'VE BECOME."
A second figure (lower center, smirking) replies: "BRACE YOURSELF."
Caption: INTERESTING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IDEAS.
Two blue cartoon figures face each other, each with a speech bubble. The left figure's bubble contains an abstract diagram of connected dots and lines (a network/graph). The right figure's bubble contains a jagged waveform.
Panel 2 (yellow background):
Caption: BORING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
The two figures face each other again. The left figure's bubble shows stick figures: one gesturing/talking while two others stand together. The right figure's bubble shows two stick figures running.
Panel 3 (red background):
Caption: INTOLERABLE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DRANK LAST NIGHT.
The two figures face each other, both looking annoyed/grimacing. Each speech bubble is filled with rows of drinking glasses, shot glasses, and bottles. The right figure's bubble includes one red cup among the drinks.
Votey:
A scratchy hand-drawn panel. A figure with glasses (at upper left) says: "I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW STODGY YOU'VE BECOME."
A second figure (lower center, smirking) replies: "BRACE YOURSELF."
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic, each panel a different colored background, showing two blue cartoon figures conversing via speech bubbles whose contents are drawn pictures rather than words. Panel 1 (green), captioned 'INTERESTING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IDEAS.': both bubbles contain abstract diagrams (a connected-dot network and a jagged waveform). Panel 2 (yellow), captioned 'BORING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.': the bubbles contain stick figures of people talking and running. Panel 3 (red), captioned 'INTOLERABLE PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DRANK LAST NIGHT.': the two figures now grimace, and their bubbles are crammed with drinking glasses, shot glasses, bottles, and a red cup. The joke escalates conversation topics from ideas to gossip to drunken bragging. Votey (extra panel, crude hand-drawn style): a bespectacled figure says 'I can't believe how stodgy you've become,' and a smirking figure replies 'Brace yourself.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.