lamarckianism
Original: lamarckianism on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (lying in bed with a man): Ever since we got pregnant, when we lie in bed together I get this strange tingling feeling at the small of my back. Like someone's drawing on it with a marker.
Panel 2:
Man: Weiiiird.
Man: Hey, unrelated: are you familiar with Lamarck's theory of evolution, in which changes in the parents' bodies are inherited by their offspring?
Woman: Sure, why?
Panel 3:
Man: No reason.
(Visible on the small of the woman's back, written in marker: "DAD IS MY FAVORITE")
Votey:
Handwritten note: Idea: Lamarckian Paternity Test
Woman (lying in bed with a man): Ever since we got pregnant, when we lie in bed together I get this strange tingling feeling at the small of my back. Like someone's drawing on it with a marker.
Panel 2:
Man: Weiiiird.
Man: Hey, unrelated: are you familiar with Lamarck's theory of evolution, in which changes in the parents' bodies are inherited by their offspring?
Woman: Sure, why?
Panel 3:
Man: No reason.
(Visible on the small of the woman's back, written in marker: "DAD IS MY FAVORITE")
Votey:
Handwritten note: Idea: Lamarckian Paternity Test
Alt text
A three-panel comic. Panel 1: a couple lies together in bed; the woman says that ever since they got pregnant, lying in bed gives her a strange tingling at the small of her back, like someone is drawing on it with a marker. Panel 2: the man says "Weiird," then casually asks if she's familiar with Lamarck's theory of evolution, in which changes in the parents' bodies are inherited by their offspring; she says "Sure, why?" Panel 3: he answers "No reason" while we now see the woman's bare lower back, where he has secretly written in red marker "DAD IS MY FAVORITE" — he's trying to use the discredited Lamarckian idea to bias the unborn child toward him. Votey (aftercomic): a handwritten note reading "Idea: Lamarckian Paternity Test."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.