2013-12-03
Original: 2013-12-03 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man: The NSA.
Woman: What?
Panel 2:
Man: Oh sorry, that's the punchline to a knock-knock joke.
Woman: Why didn't you do the knock part?
Panel 3:
Man: Because terrorism changed everything.
Votey:
Caption (in a speech balloon from a man's face): If you've done nothing wrong, you don't NEED the first part of the joke.
Man: The NSA.
Woman: What?
Panel 2:
Man: Oh sorry, that's the punchline to a knock-knock joke.
Woman: Why didn't you do the knock part?
Panel 3:
Man: Because terrorism changed everything.
Votey:
Caption (in a speech balloon from a man's face): If you've done nothing wrong, you don't NEED the first part of the joke.
Alt text
A three-panel comic. A bald man talks with a woman. Panel 1: the man says "The NSA." and the woman replies "What?" Panel 2: the man says "Oh sorry, that's the punchline to a knock-knock joke," and the woman asks "Why didn't you do the knock part?" Panel 3: the man answers, "Because terrorism changed everything." The joke skips the "knock knock / who's there" setup entirely, parodying NSA surveillance justifications. Votey: a crudely drawn man's face says, "If you've done nothing wrong, you don't NEED the first part of the joke" — mocking the "nothing to hide" argument for mass surveillance.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.