2014-01-02
Original: 2014-01-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A young person with glasses, holding a sheaf of papers, speaks excitedly to an older woman.
Young person: "I solved it! I solved that homework problem!! It took 3 days and 40 pages of calculation but it's DONE!"
Panel 2: The older woman responds, smiling thinly.
Older woman: "That's very nice. You could've also looked it up here in step 4 where our 6th grade math book is just doing."
Panel 3: The young person, now in dramatic close-up with an intense expression, declares defiantly.
Young person: "I REGRET NOTHING! NOTHING!"
Panel 4: A dramatic action-movie tableau of figures in sunglasses and a devilish red-faced figure, parodying an over-the-top heroic/villainous lineup.
Votey:
A simple black-and-white drawing of a smiling face. Two empty thought bubbles float above the head, leading up to a speech bubble that says: "THAT'S NICE."
Young person: "I solved it! I solved that homework problem!! It took 3 days and 40 pages of calculation but it's DONE!"
Panel 2: The older woman responds, smiling thinly.
Older woman: "That's very nice. You could've also looked it up here in step 4 where our 6th grade math book is just doing."
Panel 3: The young person, now in dramatic close-up with an intense expression, declares defiantly.
Young person: "I REGRET NOTHING! NOTHING!"
Panel 4: A dramatic action-movie tableau of figures in sunglasses and a devilish red-faced figure, parodying an over-the-top heroic/villainous lineup.
Votey:
A simple black-and-white drawing of a smiling face. Two empty thought bubbles float above the head, leading up to a speech bubble that says: "THAT'S NICE."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. A young person with glasses excitedly waves a thick stack of papers at an older woman, saying they solved a homework problem after 3 days and 40 pages of calculation. The woman replies that it was very nice, but they could have just looked the answer up in the textbook. In the third panel the young person, shown in an intense dramatic close-up, shouts 'I REGRET NOTHING! NOTHING!' The final panel cuts to an absurd action-movie lineup of cool figures in sunglasses and a red devil-faced character, mocking the misplaced heroic intensity of refusing to regret wasted effort. Votey aftercomic: a simple cartoon smiling face with two empty thought bubbles rising into a speech bubble that flatly says 'THAT'S NICE.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.