2015-02-26
Original: 2015-02-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (red hair): We're the only ones left alive.
Woman (red hair): You know what we have to do.
Man: No.
Man: What?
Panel 2:
Woman: Repopulate the earth.
Panel 3:
Woman: Are you insane?! All of the doctors are dead, all the hospitals are bombed out.
Man: But the human race will die out! There will be no one!
Panel 4:
Woman: If I die in childbirth, from my perspective, it's the same deal! What does the future matter to me if I'm dead?
Man: Where's your sense of duty?! Where's your sense of honor?! Have you no regard for those who came before us?!
Panel 5:
Woman: Imagine trying to raise a child without emotions.
Man: You know, humans have had a good run.
Votey:
Caption: Except for that last thing.
(A simple cartoon face looks contemplative.)
Woman (red hair): We're the only ones left alive.
Woman (red hair): You know what we have to do.
Man: No.
Man: What?
Panel 2:
Woman: Repopulate the earth.
Panel 3:
Woman: Are you insane?! All of the doctors are dead, all the hospitals are bombed out.
Man: But the human race will die out! There will be no one!
Panel 4:
Woman: If I die in childbirth, from my perspective, it's the same deal! What does the future matter to me if I'm dead?
Man: Where's your sense of duty?! Where's your sense of honor?! Have you no regard for those who came before us?!
Panel 5:
Woman: Imagine trying to raise a child without emotions.
Man: You know, humans have had a good run.
Votey:
Caption: Except for that last thing.
(A simple cartoon face looks contemplative.)
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. The last two people alive, a red-haired woman and a man, stand together amid a red apocalyptic background. The woman says they're the only ones left and that he knows what they have to do; he asks what. She says: repopulate the earth. He balks. She argues it's insane because all the doctors are dead and the hospitals are bombed out, but he protests that otherwise the human race will die out. She counters that if she dies in childbirth it makes no difference to her once she's dead, asking what the future matters to her if she's dead. He, increasingly indignant, demands to know where her sense of duty and honor is, and her regard for those who came before. She then says: imagine trying to raise a child without emotions. He suddenly relents: 'You know, humans have had a good run.' The votey aftercomic shows a simple doodled cartoon face looking thoughtful, with the caption: 'Except for that last thing.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.