the-law-of-one-price
Original: the-law-of-one-price on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A bald man with a beard stands talking.
Bald man: The law of one price states that the price of a commodity is the same everywhere.
Panel 2: A man with brown hair raises his hands, looking ecstatic, while the bald man looks alarmed.
Brown-haired man: Oh my god I have so much power!
Bald man: Don't do it!
Panel 3: The bald man pleads, sweating.
Bald man: You can't stop me!
Bald man: Please!
Panel 4: The brown-haired man, wild-eyed and grinning, holds up his hands in triumph.
Brown-haired man: I am selling this grain of rice for $1,000!
Bald man: Noooooooo!
Bottom banner (newspaper-style headline): FAMINE RAVAGES ASIA!
Votey:
Handwritten note: The price of reading these words is $10,000. Thanks!
Bald man: The law of one price states that the price of a commodity is the same everywhere.
Panel 2: A man with brown hair raises his hands, looking ecstatic, while the bald man looks alarmed.
Brown-haired man: Oh my god I have so much power!
Bald man: Don't do it!
Panel 3: The bald man pleads, sweating.
Bald man: You can't stop me!
Bald man: Please!
Panel 4: The brown-haired man, wild-eyed and grinning, holds up his hands in triumph.
Brown-haired man: I am selling this grain of rice for $1,000!
Bald man: Noooooooo!
Bottom banner (newspaper-style headline): FAMINE RAVAGES ASIA!
Votey:
Handwritten note: The price of reading these words is $10,000. Thanks!
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: a bald bearded man explains, "The law of one price states that the price of a commodity is the same everywhere." Panel 2: a brown-haired man throws up his hands, ecstatic, shouting "Oh my god I have so much power!" while the bald man warns "Don't do it!" Panel 3: the bald man pleads, sweating, "You can't stop me!" / "Please!" Panel 4: the brown-haired man triumphantly declares, "I am selling this grain of rice for $1,000!" as the bald man screams "Noooooooo!" A newspaper-style banner beneath reads "FAMINE RAVAGES ASIA!" The joke: because the law of one price makes prices uniform everywhere, one person absurdly setting a single grain of rice at $1,000 catastrophically inflates all rice prices. Votey: a handwritten note reading "The price of reading these words is $10,000. Thanks!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.