feeling-stupid
Original: feeling-stupid on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man stands in profile, looking off to the side.
Narration: Whenever you feel silly or stupid...
Panel 2: The same man, now seen slightly differently against an orange/sunset background.
Narration: ...whenever you feel like a lot of people are smarter than you...
Panel 3: The man stands silhouetted on a hill under an orange sky.
Narration: ...just remember: on January 1, 2016 at 2PM, according to Google Scholar...
Panel 4: A close-up of an academic journal cover lying on a surface. The cover reads "XBR" in large block letters, with smaller text including "CAN BRIAN SOLVE A MAZE?" and "BRIAN" near the bottom. A man's face peeks up from the bottom edge of the panel, smiling.
Narration: ...there were 77 academic citations for a journal called "Experimental Brian Research."
Votey:
A plain panel showing journal masthead text:
Editor: Brian
Authors: Brian, et Brian
Acknowledgments: Dave
Narration: Whenever you feel silly or stupid...
Panel 2: The same man, now seen slightly differently against an orange/sunset background.
Narration: ...whenever you feel like a lot of people are smarter than you...
Panel 3: The man stands silhouetted on a hill under an orange sky.
Narration: ...just remember: on January 1, 2016 at 2PM, according to Google Scholar...
Panel 4: A close-up of an academic journal cover lying on a surface. The cover reads "XBR" in large block letters, with smaller text including "CAN BRIAN SOLVE A MAZE?" and "BRIAN" near the bottom. A man's face peeks up from the bottom edge of the panel, smiling.
Narration: ...there were 77 academic citations for a journal called "Experimental Brian Research."
Votey:
A plain panel showing journal masthead text:
Editor: Brian
Authors: Brian, et Brian
Acknowledgments: Dave
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Across the first three panels, a man stands looking out over an orange landscape and sky while narration reassures the reader: "Whenever you feel silly or stupid... whenever you feel like a lot of people are smarter than you... just remember: on January 1, 2016 at 2PM, according to Google Scholar..." The fourth panel shows the cover of an academic journal titled "XBR," with the cover line "Can Brian solve a maze?" and the word "Brian," as a smiling man's face peeks up from the bottom. The narration concludes: "...there were 77 academic citations for a journal called 'Experimental Brian Research.'" The joke is that a fake, self-aggrandizing journal entirely about a guy named Brian had accumulated dozens of real citations. Votey (bonus panel): the journal's masthead reads "Editor: Brian / Authors: Brian, et Brian / Acknowledgments: Dave" — every role filled by Brian except one passing nod to Dave.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.