2013-05-17
Original: 2013-05-17 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (above the comic): THIS IS WHY PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN STATISTICS
Panel 1:
A balding man with glasses, speaking emphatically with his fist raised: "WE MUST TAKE ANY ACTION AND PAY ANY COST TO LIMIT THE RISK OF A TERRORIST ATTACK!"
Panel 2 (banner across the top reads: LATER...):
The same man sits at a desk across from a younger man with brown hair, who is helping him.
Salesman (brown-haired man): "WOULD YOU LIKE ANY ADDED SAFETY FEATURES ON YOUR CAR?"
Glasses man: "NAH. TOO EXPENSIVE."
Votey:
The glasses man, in close-up, adds: "THOUGH... DO YOU HAVE ANY SHARK REPELLANT?"
Panel 1:
A balding man with glasses, speaking emphatically with his fist raised: "WE MUST TAKE ANY ACTION AND PAY ANY COST TO LIMIT THE RISK OF A TERRORIST ATTACK!"
Panel 2 (banner across the top reads: LATER...):
The same man sits at a desk across from a younger man with brown hair, who is helping him.
Salesman (brown-haired man): "WOULD YOU LIKE ANY ADDED SAFETY FEATURES ON YOUR CAR?"
Glasses man: "NAH. TOO EXPENSIVE."
Votey:
The glasses man, in close-up, adds: "THOUGH... DO YOU HAVE ANY SHARK REPELLANT?"
Alt text
Title above the comic: "THIS IS WHY PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN STATISTICS." Panel 1: A bald, bespectacled man passionately raises his fist and declares, "We must take any action and pay any cost to limit the risk of a terrorist attack!" Panel 2, labeled "LATER...": The same man sits at a car dealership desk across from a salesman. The salesman asks, "Would you like any added safety features on your car?" The man replies, "Nah. Too expensive." The joke contrasts his willingness to pay any price against a tiny terrorism risk with his refusal to spend on car safety, despite car accidents being statistically far more dangerous. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the man, who adds, "Though... do you have any shark repellant?" — another comically improbable, low-risk threat he's irrationally willing to guard against.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.