age-of-war
Original: age-of-war on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (line graph): Title "MEDIAN AGE IN AVERAGE NATION". A line rises steeply over time. Y-axis is unlabeled; X-axis: TIME.
Panel 2 (line graph): Title "TOTAL PEOPLE OF PROPER AGE FOR MILITARY SERVICE". A line rises steeply over time. Y-axis is unlabeled; X-axis: TIME.
Panel 3: A scene labeled "OUR GLORIOUS FUTURE". An older gray-haired man speaks to a red-haired woman in a red jacket seated at a table.
Gray-haired man: "CANADA IS INVADING! THEY SENT BOTH OF THE GUYS IN THEIR ARMY."
Red-haired woman: "THEY HAVE TWO GUYS?"
Panel 4: An older man stands in the background; a brown-haired figure in the foreground (the red-haired woman) speaks.
Off-panel/woman (first speech bubble): "TWINS."
Woman: "TELL THEM AMERICA SURRENDERS."
Bottom caption: smbc-comics.com
Votey:
A woman's face (drawn loosely) with a speech bubble.
Woman: "Just kidding! Release the Killbots!"
Panel 2 (line graph): Title "TOTAL PEOPLE OF PROPER AGE FOR MILITARY SERVICE". A line rises steeply over time. Y-axis is unlabeled; X-axis: TIME.
Panel 3: A scene labeled "OUR GLORIOUS FUTURE". An older gray-haired man speaks to a red-haired woman in a red jacket seated at a table.
Gray-haired man: "CANADA IS INVADING! THEY SENT BOTH OF THE GUYS IN THEIR ARMY."
Red-haired woman: "THEY HAVE TWO GUYS?"
Panel 4: An older man stands in the background; a brown-haired figure in the foreground (the red-haired woman) speaks.
Off-panel/woman (first speech bubble): "TWINS."
Woman: "TELL THEM AMERICA SURRENDERS."
Bottom caption: smbc-comics.com
Votey:
A woman's face (drawn loosely) with a speech bubble.
Woman: "Just kidding! Release the Killbots!"
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic about an aging future population. The first two panels are simple line graphs, each with a red line rising steeply over time: panel one is titled "Median age in average nation," panel two "Total people of proper age for military service." The third panel, captioned "Our Glorious Future," shows an elderly gray-haired man telling a red-haired woman at a table: "Canada is invading! They sent BOTH of the guys in their army." She replies, "They have TWO guys?" In the fourth panel he answers "Twins," and she says, "Tell them America surrenders"—the joke being that in an extremely aged society even a two-person army is a credible invasion. Votey (bonus panel): a close-up of the woman's face as she adds, "Just kidding! Release the Killbots!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.