2015-01-22
Original: 2015-01-22 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An elderly bearded philosopher speaks to a younger man seated across from him.
Philosopher: "Well, after years of study, I've concluded that the goal of life should be the maximization of personal pleasure. I have a discussion of the logic in this month's ANNALS OF PHILOSOPHY."
Panel 2 (below):
An open book/journal page is shown, headed with a hand-drawn title.
Title: "WHY I WISH I'D GOTTEN A FINANCE DEGREE INSTEAD"
Below the title is body text rendered as scribbled lines, with a small diagram/illustration in the upper right corner.
Votey:
A hand-drawn page on a whiteboard-like square.
Underlined heading: "Axiom 1"
Text: "Money ∝ Happiness"
Formula: "$ = K₀ ☺" (a dollar sign equals K-sub-zero times a smiley face).
An elderly bearded philosopher speaks to a younger man seated across from him.
Philosopher: "Well, after years of study, I've concluded that the goal of life should be the maximization of personal pleasure. I have a discussion of the logic in this month's ANNALS OF PHILOSOPHY."
Panel 2 (below):
An open book/journal page is shown, headed with a hand-drawn title.
Title: "WHY I WISH I'D GOTTEN A FINANCE DEGREE INSTEAD"
Below the title is body text rendered as scribbled lines, with a small diagram/illustration in the upper right corner.
Votey:
A hand-drawn page on a whiteboard-like square.
Underlined heading: "Axiom 1"
Text: "Money ∝ Happiness"
Formula: "$ = K₀ ☺" (a dollar sign equals K-sub-zero times a smiley face).
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Top panel: an old bearded philosopher tells a younger seated man that after years of study he's concluded the goal of life is the maximization of personal pleasure, and that he discusses the logic in this month's ANNALS OF PHILOSOPHY. Bottom panel: the journal page he refers to, headed in hand-drawn letters "WHY I WISH I'D GOTTEN A FINANCE DEGREE INSTEAD" over a block of scribbled text and a small diagram, revealing that the grand philosophical conclusion is really just regret about career and money. Votey: a hand-drawn page titled "Axiom 1," reading "Money ∝ Happiness" with the equation "$ = K₀" times a smiley face, mock-formalizing the idea that money equals happiness.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.