2013-11-14
Original: 2013-11-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A bald man (caption-style narration over a scene): "YOU EVER WONDER WHAT IT'D BE LIKE IF MORE PEOPLE THOUGHT LIKE ECONOMISTS?"
(A dark-haired woman stands beside him.)
Panel 2:
The bald man (to an off-panel store clerk): "HOW MUCH FOR THIS CAN OF BEANS?"
A red-haired woman (clerk): "TO ANSWER THAT, I'LL NEED YOU TO DRAW SOME INDIFFERENCE CURVES!"
Panel 3:
The bald man: "I JUST WANT BEANS."
The red-haired clerk: "NOT AT NON-EQUILIBRIUM PRICING, YOU DON'T!"
Panel 4:
The bald man (smiling, satisfied): "SO... WONDERFUL..."
(The dark-haired woman stands beside him.)
Votey:
Caption above a close-up of the bald man's face, looking smug/blissful: "EFFICIENCY IS BEAUTY"
A bald man (caption-style narration over a scene): "YOU EVER WONDER WHAT IT'D BE LIKE IF MORE PEOPLE THOUGHT LIKE ECONOMISTS?"
(A dark-haired woman stands beside him.)
Panel 2:
The bald man (to an off-panel store clerk): "HOW MUCH FOR THIS CAN OF BEANS?"
A red-haired woman (clerk): "TO ANSWER THAT, I'LL NEED YOU TO DRAW SOME INDIFFERENCE CURVES!"
Panel 3:
The bald man: "I JUST WANT BEANS."
The red-haired clerk: "NOT AT NON-EQUILIBRIUM PRICING, YOU DON'T!"
Panel 4:
The bald man (smiling, satisfied): "SO... WONDERFUL..."
(The dark-haired woman stands beside him.)
Votey:
Caption above a close-up of the bald man's face, looking smug/blissful: "EFFICIENCY IS BEAUTY"
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A bald man stands next to a dark-haired woman and muses, "You ever wonder what it'd be like if more people thought like economists?" Panel 2: The bald man asks an off-panel clerk, "How much for this can of beans?" A red-haired woman clerk replies, "To answer that, I'll need you to draw some indifference curves!" Panel 3: The man says, "I just want beans." The clerk insists, "Not at non-equilibrium pricing, you don't!" Panel 4: The bald man smiles dreamily and says, "So... wonderful...", apparently delighted rather than frustrated by the economist-speak. The joke: he fantasizes about everyone thinking like economists, and finds the absurd jargon-laden exchange beautiful instead of annoying. Votey (aftercomic): An extreme close-up of the bald man's face wearing a smug, blissful expression, captioned "Efficiency is beauty."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.