texting-in-class
Original: texting-in-class on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Teacher (woman at front of classroom): SENDING A NOTE IN CLASS, EMILY ANDERSON?
Panel 2:
Teacher: YES, MA'AM. PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND READ IT TO THE CLASS!
Panel 3:
Note being read aloud: TODAY ONLY! GO TO WWW.DISNEY.COM FOR 10% OFF T-SHIRTS AND HATS!
Panel 4:
Teacher (at left, sitting/reacting): MILLIONS OF KIDS REACHED? AND YOU PAY THEM IN CANDY.
Other person (man at right): WHOA, CANDY. WE CAN'T USE THE WORD 'PAY'.
Votey:
An off-panel voice: They are entrepreneurship interns.
(A woman looks on with a flat, unimpressed expression.)
Teacher (woman at front of classroom): SENDING A NOTE IN CLASS, EMILY ANDERSON?
Panel 2:
Teacher: YES, MA'AM. PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND READ IT TO THE CLASS!
Panel 3:
Note being read aloud: TODAY ONLY! GO TO WWW.DISNEY.COM FOR 10% OFF T-SHIRTS AND HATS!
Panel 4:
Teacher (at left, sitting/reacting): MILLIONS OF KIDS REACHED? AND YOU PAY THEM IN CANDY.
Other person (man at right): WHOA, CANDY. WE CAN'T USE THE WORD 'PAY'.
Votey:
An off-panel voice: They are entrepreneurship interns.
(A woman looks on with a flat, unimpressed expression.)
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic set in a classroom. Panel 1: a teacher confronts a student, 'Sending a note in class, Emily Anderson?' Panel 2: she adds, 'Yes, ma'am. Perhaps you'd like to come up and read it to the class!' Panel 3: the note is read aloud and turns out to be an advertisement: 'Today only! Go to www.disney.com for 10% off T-shirts and hats!' Panel 4: two adults discuss it like marketers, one saying 'Millions of kids reached? And you pay them in candy,' the other replying, 'Whoa, candy. We can't use the word pay.' The joke: kids passing notes are reframed as a corporate ad-distribution scheme. Votey: a close-up of a deadpan woman as an off-panel voice clarifies, 'They are entrepreneurship interns.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.