the-police
Original: the-police on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title banner: FUNTIME ACTIVITY: Refer to any who disagrees with you as "the [area of disagreement] police"
Panel 1: A woman speaks to a man. Woman: "I guess THE BED POLICE are here to confiscate my crumbcake." (A small child sits crying on the floor in the background.)
Panel 2: The man (in a shirt and tie) gestures, a bald figure visible behind him. Man: "Oh, so THE ILLUSTRIOUS MONEY POLICE say you can't withdraw negative dollars."
Panel 3: The woman, against a fiery background, gestures angrily. Woman: "Apparently, THE FIRE POLICE can tell me what to do with my COUCHFIRE!"
Panel 4: The man is being handcuffed and pushed against a police car by an actual police officer. Man: "I guess THE LAW POLICE just DECIDE who can shoplift."
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Votey: Ornate cursive calligraphy reading: "Prediction: Couchfire to be O.E.D.'s word of the year."
Panel 1: A woman speaks to a man. Woman: "I guess THE BED POLICE are here to confiscate my crumbcake." (A small child sits crying on the floor in the background.)
Panel 2: The man (in a shirt and tie) gestures, a bald figure visible behind him. Man: "Oh, so THE ILLUSTRIOUS MONEY POLICE say you can't withdraw negative dollars."
Panel 3: The woman, against a fiery background, gestures angrily. Woman: "Apparently, THE FIRE POLICE can tell me what to do with my COUCHFIRE!"
Panel 4: The man is being handcuffed and pushed against a police car by an actual police officer. Man: "I guess THE LAW POLICE just DECIDE who can shoplift."
smbc-comics.com
Votey: Ornate cursive calligraphy reading: "Prediction: Couchfire to be O.E.D.'s word of the year."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic mocking the rhetorical trick of dismissing anyone who disagrees with you by calling them "the [topic] police." A yellow title banner reads: "FUNTIME ACTIVITY: Refer to any who disagrees with you as 'the [area of disagreement] police.'" Panel 1: A woman tells a man, "I guess the BED POLICE are here to confiscate my crumbcake," while a small child cries on the floor behind her. Panel 2: The man, in shirt and tie, says, "Oh, so the ILLUSTRIOUS MONEY POLICE say you can't withdraw negative dollars," with a bald figure behind him. Panel 3: The woman, now against flames, shouts, "Apparently, the FIRE POLICE can tell me what to do with my COUCHFIRE!" Panel 4: The joke pays off as the man, complaining "I guess the LAW POLICE just DECIDE who can shoplift," is literally being handcuffed against a police car by a real officer. Votey (aftercomic): elaborate cursive calligraphy reads, "Prediction: Couchfire to be O.E.D.'s word of the year."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.