a-higher-order
Original: a-higher-order on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man in a blue shirt speaks to a woman in a purple shirt.
Man: Hey, do you like pickup lines about pickup lines?
Woman: I've never heard one.
Panel 2: The man, looking pleased.
Man: I've never META girl who had.
Panel 3: The same couple lying in bed together at night, a lamp on the bedside table. They are smiling, implying the line worked.
Votey:
A different, sketchier scene. A weary-looking person leans toward another (whose face is partly obscured). A small face peeks in at the lower left.
Text (handwritten): Have you ever dated anyone?
Man: Hey, do you like pickup lines about pickup lines?
Woman: I've never heard one.
Panel 2: The man, looking pleased.
Man: I've never META girl who had.
Panel 3: The same couple lying in bed together at night, a lamp on the bedside table. They are smiling, implying the line worked.
Votey:
A different, sketchier scene. A weary-looking person leans toward another (whose face is partly obscured). A small face peeks in at the lower left.
Text (handwritten): Have you ever dated anyone?
Alt text
A four-part SMBC comic. Panel 1: A man in a blue shirt asks a woman in a purple shirt, "Hey, do you like pickup lines about pickup lines?" She replies, "I've never heard one." Panel 2: The man grins and says, "I've never META girl who had" — a pun on "met a" / "meta," the pickup line being about pickup lines. Panel 3 (wide): The same couple now lies smiling together in bed at night with a lamp glowing on the nightstand, showing the corny line actually worked. Votey: A loose black-and-white sketch where a tired-looking person leans toward another, with a small face peeking in at the bottom left, and the handwritten line "Have you ever dated anyone?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.