2014-08-10
Original: 2014-08-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (yellow banner at top): LIFE TIP: ANYTHING PHILOSOPHERS HAVE NEVER BOTHERED CONSIDERING CAN BE SAID TO HAVE NO ETHICAL JUSTIFICATION.
Child: Daddy! I found a turtle!
Father (a man with red/orange hair): There is no ethical justification for turtles!
(The father places a hand on the smiling child's head; the child holds up a small green turtle.)
Votey:
Child: Can we go to McDonald's?
Father: There is no formal proof of its existence!
Child: Daddy! I found a turtle!
Father (a man with red/orange hair): There is no ethical justification for turtles!
(The father places a hand on the smiling child's head; the child holds up a small green turtle.)
Votey:
Child: Can we go to McDonald's?
Father: There is no formal proof of its existence!
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Main panel: A yellow caption banner reads "LIFE TIP: ANYTHING PHILOSOPHERS HAVE NEVER BOTHERED CONSIDERING CAN BE SAID TO HAVE NO ETHICAL JUSTIFICATION." Below, a smiling brown-haired child holds up a small green turtle and says, "Daddy! I found a turtle!" A red-haired father, looking stern and gesturing with a raised hand, replies, "There is no ethical justification for turtles!"
Votey (aftercomic): The same child asks, "Can we go to McDonald's?" The father, drawn in simple sketch style, answers, "There is no formal proof of its existence!" The joke: the father weaponizes philosophical-sounding objections to dismiss whatever his kid wants.
Votey (aftercomic): The same child asks, "Can we go to McDonald's?" The father, drawn in simple sketch style, answers, "There is no formal proof of its existence!" The joke: the father weaponizes philosophical-sounding objections to dismiss whatever his kid wants.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.