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2013-05-27

Original: 2013-05-27 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1: Close-up profile of a bald, smiling person leaning over an open book or large sheet of paper. Handwritten text on the page reads:
"ALL OF YOUR BIASES HAVE AT SOME POINT BEEN CONFIRMED BY ANECDOTE."

Caption below the panel:
"There. Now you never have to read anything written by a pundit."

Votey:
Handwritten text on a page:
"MORE GOOD NEWS! YOUR PET THEORIES ABOUT SOCIETY CAN BE CONFIRMED BY A INFO FROM A SURVEY COURSE IN PSYCHOLOGY"

Alt text

A close-up profile of a bald, smiling person leaning over an open book. Handwritten text on the page reads, 'ALL OF YOUR BIASES HAVE AT SOME POINT BEEN CONFIRMED BY ANECDOTE.' A caption beneath reads, 'There. Now you never have to read anything written by a pundit.' The joke mocks how anecdotal evidence can be used to validate any preexisting bias. The votey (aftercomic) shows another handwritten note continuing the gag: 'MORE GOOD NEWS! YOUR PET THEORIES ABOUT SOCIETY CAN BE CONFIRMED BY A INFO FROM A SURVEY COURSE IN PSYCHOLOGY,' poking fun at people who confirm sweeping social theories with shallow intro-psych knowledge.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.