fandom
Original: fandom on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with a beard and red shirt: My clothing, my home decorations, the mug on my desk... all of them are part of the internet of things.
Panel 2:
Bearded man: They communicate with a database that predicts which baseball teams are currently most likely to win the World Series, then they change their display to the current leader.
Panel 3:
Bearded man: My wall-hangings even switch to faces of beloved team members from the
Panel 4:
Bearded man: When there's no clear leader, the software uses a genetic algorithm to spawn hybrid memorabilia.
Panel 5:
Bearded man (holding up a tablet): ...past or crucial moments from team history!
Panel 6:
(A wall poster on a red background shows a baseball cap logo that merges the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers interlocking monograms.)
Poster text: NEW ANGELES YANKDODGERS
(A woman with glasses and a man stand looking at the poster.)
Panel 7:
Bearded man: This will completely disrupt the sports fandom business. No longer shall we be forced to pick and choose from teams created by corporate overlords!
Panel 8:
Bearded man: We can live the dream of always supporting the winning team!
Panel 9:
Woman with glasses: You've designated a satisfactory institution as a problem, just so you can offer an expensive solution to people who think technology will make them happy.
Panel 10:
Bearded man (sobbing, pressing thick stacks of cash to his eyes like tissues): Sorry! I can't hear you through all this venture capital!
Votey:
Handwritten caption: My favorite source of traffic for SMBC is facebreddit
Man with a beard and red shirt: My clothing, my home decorations, the mug on my desk... all of them are part of the internet of things.
Panel 2:
Bearded man: They communicate with a database that predicts which baseball teams are currently most likely to win the World Series, then they change their display to the current leader.
Panel 3:
Bearded man: My wall-hangings even switch to faces of beloved team members from the
Panel 4:
Bearded man: When there's no clear leader, the software uses a genetic algorithm to spawn hybrid memorabilia.
Panel 5:
Bearded man (holding up a tablet): ...past or crucial moments from team history!
Panel 6:
(A wall poster on a red background shows a baseball cap logo that merges the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers interlocking monograms.)
Poster text: NEW ANGELES YANKDODGERS
(A woman with glasses and a man stand looking at the poster.)
Panel 7:
Bearded man: This will completely disrupt the sports fandom business. No longer shall we be forced to pick and choose from teams created by corporate overlords!
Panel 8:
Bearded man: We can live the dream of always supporting the winning team!
Panel 9:
Woman with glasses: You've designated a satisfactory institution as a problem, just so you can offer an expensive solution to people who think technology will make them happy.
Panel 10:
Bearded man (sobbing, pressing thick stacks of cash to his eyes like tissues): Sorry! I can't hear you through all this venture capital!
Votey:
Handwritten caption: My favorite source of traffic for SMBC is facebreddit
Alt text
A ten-panel comic. A bearded man in a red shirt enthusiastically pitches a product to a skeptical woman with glasses. He explains that all his internet-of-things possessions (clothing, home decorations, his mug) communicate with a database predicting which baseball team is most likely to win the World Series, then update their displays to show the current leader; his wall-hangings switch to faces of beloved team members and crucial moments from team history. When there's no clear leader, a genetic algorithm spawns hybrid memorabilia. A wall poster shows the result: a mashed-up cap logo blending the Yankees and Dodgers monograms, reading 'NEW ANGELES YANKDODGERS.' He declares this will disrupt sports fandom so no one is forced to support teams created by corporate overlords, letting everyone always support the winning team. The woman flatly replies that he has designated a satisfactory institution as a problem just to sell an expensive solution to people who think technology will make them happy. In the final panel the man sobs, pressing thick wads of cash against his eyes like tissues, crying, 'Sorry! I can't hear you through all this venture capital!' Votey (bonus panel): a handwritten note reads, 'My favorite source of traffic for SMBC is facebreddit.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.