2014-07-30
Original: 2014-07-30 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman with dark red hair (seen from behind, facing a man) speaks in a large speech bubble:
Woman: "You have your truth, and I have mine. All knowledge is theory-laden. All perception is internal to the perceiver. There is no meaningful “reality.” In the shadow cast by this knowledge, I decide for myself what is good and what is not."
The man with orange/red hair (in a maroon shirt) sits across from her with a skeptical, uncomfortable expression, hand on his chest. On a small side table between them is a glass of dark liquid and a green snack on a stick (a piece of black licorice rendered green).
Caption (below panel):
Postmodernism is the only explanation for black licorice.
Votey:
Handwritten text in a square panel: "I assert that this comic is NOT anachronistic"
A woman with dark red hair (seen from behind, facing a man) speaks in a large speech bubble:
Woman: "You have your truth, and I have mine. All knowledge is theory-laden. All perception is internal to the perceiver. There is no meaningful “reality.” In the shadow cast by this knowledge, I decide for myself what is good and what is not."
The man with orange/red hair (in a maroon shirt) sits across from her with a skeptical, uncomfortable expression, hand on his chest. On a small side table between them is a glass of dark liquid and a green snack on a stick (a piece of black licorice rendered green).
Caption (below panel):
Postmodernism is the only explanation for black licorice.
Votey:
Handwritten text in a square panel: "I assert that this comic is NOT anachronistic"
Alt text
A man with orange hair in a maroon shirt sits across a small table from a dark-red-haired woman (shown from behind). She delivers a long postmodernist monologue in a big speech bubble: "You have your truth, and I have mine. All knowledge is theory-laden. All perception is internal to the perceiver. There is no meaningful 'reality.' In the shadow cast by this knowledge, I decide for myself what is good and what is not." The man looks skeptical and uneasy, hand on his chest. On the table sits a drink and a piece of black licorice on a stick. The caption reads: "Postmodernism is the only explanation for black licorice." The joke: only a worldview that denies objective good and bad could explain why anyone considers black licorice good. The votey (a small follow-up panel) shows handwritten text: "I assert that this comic is NOT anachronistic."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.