roses-are-red
Original: roses-are-red on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An older bald man with a gray beard and round glasses (Daniel Dennett, per the caption) faces a red-haired woman who holds out a piece of paper.
Man: "A POEM?"
The woman reads from the paper she is holding:
"Roses are red
Violets are blue
But qualia don't exist
And neither do 'you.'"
Caption (below panel): Another night alone for Daniel Dennett.
Votey:
A close-up sketch of the bearded, glasses-wearing man (Dennett) with a thought/speech bubble above him.
Bubble: "Do it with Dennett."
An older bald man with a gray beard and round glasses (Daniel Dennett, per the caption) faces a red-haired woman who holds out a piece of paper.
Man: "A POEM?"
The woman reads from the paper she is holding:
"Roses are red
Violets are blue
But qualia don't exist
And neither do 'you.'"
Caption (below panel): Another night alone for Daniel Dennett.
Votey:
A close-up sketch of the bearded, glasses-wearing man (Dennett) with a thought/speech bubble above him.
Bubble: "Do it with Dennett."
Alt text
A purple-background comic panel: an older bald man with a gray beard and round glasses faces a red-haired woman. He asks, "A POEM?" She holds out a sheet of paper and reads a love poem: "Roses are red / Violets are blue / But qualia don't exist / And neither do 'you.'" A caption beneath reads, "Another night alone for Daniel Dennett." The joke: the philosopher's romantic poem denies the existence of conscious experience (qualia) and even of the self, undercutting any romance. Votey (aftercomic): a black-and-white close-up sketch of the same bearded, bespectacled man with a bubble reading "Do it with Dennett."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.