2014-10-25
Original: 2014-10-25 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title caption (top banner): CONVERSATION TRICK: INSULTS THAT SOUND LIKE COMPLIMENTS
Panel 1:
A woman with dark hair in a green turtleneck (left) and a man with dark hair seen in profile (right) face each other against a red background.
Woman: SO, WHAT'D YOU THINK OF MY BOOK MANUSCRIPT?
Man: IT READ JUST AS GOOD BACKWARD AS IT DID FORWARD!
Votey:
A simply drawn cartoon face smiles.
Voice (off-panel speech bubble): OR UPSIDE DOWN. OR EVEN WITHOUT THE WORDS!
Panel 1:
A woman with dark hair in a green turtleneck (left) and a man with dark hair seen in profile (right) face each other against a red background.
Woman: SO, WHAT'D YOU THINK OF MY BOOK MANUSCRIPT?
Man: IT READ JUST AS GOOD BACKWARD AS IT DID FORWARD!
Votey:
A simply drawn cartoon face smiles.
Voice (off-panel speech bubble): OR UPSIDE DOWN. OR EVEN WITHOUT THE WORDS!
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic titled "CONVERSATION TRICK: INSULTS THAT SOUND LIKE COMPLIMENTS." In the main panel, against a red background, a smiling woman with dark hair and a green turtleneck asks a man (shown in profile) "So, what'd you think of my book manuscript?" Grinning, he replies "It read just as good backward as it did forward!" — a backhanded insult implying the writing was meaningless in any order. In the votey aftercomic, a crudely drawn smiling face adds, "Or upside down. Or even without the words!", piling on the insult.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.