2013-10-18
Original: 2013-10-18 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Bald man: Do you think it's possible to be truly attentive?
Woman (with orange/red hair): What does that mean?
Panel 2:
Bald man: Humans are constantly experiencing hallucinations.
Panel 3:
Bald man: We "see" things where our blind spots are. We imagine people when we're alone. We hear phones ringing when all is silent.
Panel 4:
Bald man: We fail to see what's right in front of our faces.
Panel 5:
Bald man: And even when we see parts of things, we have no ability to conceptualize the totality.
Panel 6:
Bald man: If you walk through a cornfield, you know it's big and you know it's corn, but do you really understand it as a unit?
Panel 7:
Woman: I dunno. These discussions are silly of course you can't process everything at once. Even if you could, when would it ever be useful?
Panel 8 (a banner/sign):
DEAR READER OF THIS COMIC PLEASE ZOOM OUT
Votey:
Except Mom. Mom, do not zoom out.
Bald man: Do you think it's possible to be truly attentive?
Woman (with orange/red hair): What does that mean?
Panel 2:
Bald man: Humans are constantly experiencing hallucinations.
Panel 3:
Bald man: We "see" things where our blind spots are. We imagine people when we're alone. We hear phones ringing when all is silent.
Panel 4:
Bald man: We fail to see what's right in front of our faces.
Panel 5:
Bald man: And even when we see parts of things, we have no ability to conceptualize the totality.
Panel 6:
Bald man: If you walk through a cornfield, you know it's big and you know it's corn, but do you really understand it as a unit?
Panel 7:
Woman: I dunno. These discussions are silly of course you can't process everything at once. Even if you could, when would it ever be useful?
Panel 8 (a banner/sign):
DEAR READER OF THIS COMIC PLEASE ZOOM OUT
Votey:
Except Mom. Mom, do not zoom out.
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic. A bald man and a woman with orange-red hair converse. He asks if it's possible to be truly attentive; she asks what that means. He explains that humans constantly experience hallucinations: we "see" things in our blind spots, imagine people when alone, and hear phones ringing in silence. He says we fail to see what's right in front of us, and even when we see parts of things we can't conceptualize the totality, like walking through a cornfield and knowing it's corn but not truly grasping it as a unit. The woman replies dismissively that these discussions are silly, you obviously can't process everything at once, and even if you could it would never be useful. The final panel is a decorative banner reading "DEAR READER OF THIS COMIC PLEASE ZOOM OUT." The votey is a hand-lettered drawing on a white square reading: "Except Mom. Mom, do not zoom out."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.