new-sensations
Original: new-sensations on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman in a lab coat (a researcher, dark hair, glasses), speaking to a bearded red-haired man in a yellow shirt: "All potential flavors have been exhausted. For this consumer test, we're branching out into different sensations."
Panel 2:
The researcher holds up a drink. Caption / label box: "This beverage is called Melon-Cholia. The more you drink, the more you remember how much of your potential you've already wasted."
The bearded man, drinking: "Sssp"
Panel 3:
Close on the bearded man's face, looking glum.
Thought / caption: "I could've been a doctor."
Panel 4 (left):
The bearded man: "Would you drink it again?"
Panel 5 (middle):
The bearded man: "Sure. I don't deserve better."
Panel 6 (right):
The researcher, now writing on a clipboard, cheerfully: "Great!"
Votey:
The bearded red-haired man, slumped, says in a speech bubble: "It doesn't even taste like melon."
Woman in a lab coat (a researcher, dark hair, glasses), speaking to a bearded red-haired man in a yellow shirt: "All potential flavors have been exhausted. For this consumer test, we're branching out into different sensations."
Panel 2:
The researcher holds up a drink. Caption / label box: "This beverage is called Melon-Cholia. The more you drink, the more you remember how much of your potential you've already wasted."
The bearded man, drinking: "Sssp"
Panel 3:
Close on the bearded man's face, looking glum.
Thought / caption: "I could've been a doctor."
Panel 4 (left):
The bearded man: "Would you drink it again?"
Panel 5 (middle):
The bearded man: "Sure. I don't deserve better."
Panel 6 (right):
The researcher, now writing on a clipboard, cheerfully: "Great!"
Votey:
The bearded red-haired man, slumped, says in a speech bubble: "It doesn't even taste like melon."
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A woman in a lab coat (a product researcher) tells a bearded red-haired man in a yellow shirt that all flavors have been exhausted, so this consumer test is branching out into different sensations. She presents a drink labeled "Melon-Cholia": the more you drink, the more you remember how much of your potential you've wasted. The man sips it ("sssp") and, shown glum in close-up, thinks "I could've been a doctor." Asked if he'd drink it again, he replies "Sure. I don't deserve better," and the researcher cheerfully notes "Great!" on her clipboard. Votey (bonus panel): the dejected bearded man complains, "It doesn't even taste like melon."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.