ohyesrobot.ordoliberal.com

2014-08-30

Original: 2014-08-30 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
Woman (with curly black hair, teal shirt, reaching toward the man): HEY, WANNA COME INCREASE YOUR FITNESS WITH ME?
Man (with dark hair, blue shirt, facing away from her with a pleased expression): OH, NO THANKS. I HIT THE GYM THIS MORNING.

Caption (below panel): And so, the biologist's mating call went unheeded.

Votey:
Close-up of a distressed, teary-eyed face with a thought/speech bubble reading: FITNESS = 0

Alt text

A man with dark hair in a blue shirt stands in the foreground, facing away from a woman behind him who has curly black hair, a teal shirt, and wide startled eyes, reaching one hand toward him. She says, 'Hey, wanna come increase your fitness with me?' He replies obliviously, 'Oh, no thanks. I hit the gym this morning.' A caption below reads: 'And so, the biologist's mating call went unheeded.' The joke is that 'fitness' is a biological term for reproductive success, which he misreads as exercise, missing her flirtation. Votey: a close-up of a sad, teary, anguished face above a bubble reading 'FITNESS = 0,' indicating she had no reproductive success.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.