economically-sensible
Original: economically-sensible on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Narration: Economists have long tried to predict the behavior of the world's economy.
A woman with dark hair in a red top stands talking.
Panel 2:
Woman: They have failed.
Panel 3:
Woman: The problem is that humans don't behave in a predictable, economically sensible manner.
Panel 4:
Woman: In order to fix this problem, we've hired a vast team of theoretical economists who will be placed in every household of this nation in order to correct all irrational behavior.
Panel 5:
Woman (off-panel caption): And so...
A bald man with glasses (a theoretical economist) leans into the doorway of a room where a man in a blue shirt sits on a couch.
Economist: Bob, I couldn't help but notice you're watching the same amount of TV even though the price has dropped.
Panel 6:
Bob: I watch what I want to watch.
Economist: Uh huh. Sure. I guess all of supply and demand theory is wrong.
Panel 7:
Bob: Fix yourself.
Panel 8:
Economist: Also, I see you made the non-rational choice to split up with your business partner.
Bob: He shot my dog.
Economist: Call me when that's quantifiable.
Votey:
The bespectacled economist's face in close-up, speech bubble:
Economist: Now, your low-ROI friends. Lose them.
Narration: Economists have long tried to predict the behavior of the world's economy.
A woman with dark hair in a red top stands talking.
Panel 2:
Woman: They have failed.
Panel 3:
Woman: The problem is that humans don't behave in a predictable, economically sensible manner.
Panel 4:
Woman: In order to fix this problem, we've hired a vast team of theoretical economists who will be placed in every household of this nation in order to correct all irrational behavior.
Panel 5:
Woman (off-panel caption): And so...
A bald man with glasses (a theoretical economist) leans into the doorway of a room where a man in a blue shirt sits on a couch.
Economist: Bob, I couldn't help but notice you're watching the same amount of TV even though the price has dropped.
Panel 6:
Bob: I watch what I want to watch.
Economist: Uh huh. Sure. I guess all of supply and demand theory is wrong.
Panel 7:
Bob: Fix yourself.
Panel 8:
Economist: Also, I see you made the non-rational choice to split up with your business partner.
Bob: He shot my dog.
Economist: Call me when that's quantifiable.
Votey:
The bespectacled economist's face in close-up, speech bubble:
Economist: Now, your low-ROI friends. Lose them.
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic. A dark-haired woman in a red top addresses the reader: economists have long tried to predict the behavior of the world's economy, and they have failed. The problem, she explains, is that humans don't behave in a predictable, economically sensible manner. To fix this, she says they've hired a vast team of theoretical economists to be placed in every household to correct all irrational behavior. "And so..." a bald, bespectacled economist leans into the doorway of a man named Bob, who sits on a couch in a blue shirt. The economist notes Bob is watching the same amount of TV even though the price has dropped. Bob says he watches what he wants to watch; the economist sneers that all of supply and demand theory must be wrong. Bob snaps, "Fix yourself." The economist then observes Bob made the non-rational choice to split up with his business partner. Bob replies, "He shot my dog." The economist says, "Call me when that's quantifiable." Votey: a close-up of the economist's deadpan glasses-wearing face, saying, "Now, your low-ROI friends. Lose them."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.