ohyesrobot.ordoliberal.com

2013-09-01

Original: 2013-09-01 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
A blonde girl addresses a red robot with a single round red eye/light. A dark-skinned girl with dark hair and a man with dark hair look on.
Blonde girl: Okay, Auto-Tron 4000. Truth: who do you have a crush on?

Panel 2:
Auto-Tron 4000 (robot): Auto-Tron 4000 is incapable of love... input may return null.
Blonde girl: That's not fair! If that's so, you're not allowed to ask us about our crushes!
Robot: Fine.

Panel 3:
Robot: Truth or dare?
Blonde girl: Truth.

Panel 4:
The robot, with its red eye glowing.
Robot: Why does your brain release more nerve growth hormone whenever you look at Bobby?
Blonde girl (distressed): No reason.

Votey:
The robot's red eye fills the panel.
Robot (in a jagged speech bubble): Dubious.

Alt text

A four-panel comic. A blonde girl plays a truth-game with a red boxy robot called Auto-Tron 4000, which has a single round red eye, while two friends watch. She asks the robot who it has a crush on; the robot says it is incapable of love and may return null. She protests that if so, it can't ask about their crushes either; the robot agrees. The robot then asks her 'Truth or dare?' and she picks Truth. In the final panel, the robot's red eye glowing, it asks: 'Why does your brain release more nerve growth hormone whenever you look at Bobby?' The girl, flustered, answers 'No reason.' Votey: a close-up of the robot's glowing red eye, with a jagged speech bubble reading 'DUBIOUS.'

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.