truth-and-politics
Original: truth-and-politics on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Narration: It's easy to get people to believe anything just by who you said it.
Panel 2:
Narration: There've been studies where you tell a person that a certain policy was created by a Republican or a Democrat.
Panel 3:
Narration: Participants will tend to support a policy almost entirely based on who they believe proposed it.
Panel 4:
Narration: You can get people on the left to support extremely right wing positions, or vice versa.
Panel 5:
Narration: Is this causing you to reevaluate the way you think about your beliefs?
Panel 6:
Narration: Nah. But I do have an idea for a completely new type of gym.
Panel 7:
A man speaking to a muscular bald man lifting a barbell.
Man: A prominent Republican strategist says that you can't deadlift 400 pounds.
Muscular man: WROOOONG!
Votey:
First person: How are you so fit?
Second person: Tribal hatred.
Narration: It's easy to get people to believe anything just by who you said it.
Panel 2:
Narration: There've been studies where you tell a person that a certain policy was created by a Republican or a Democrat.
Panel 3:
Narration: Participants will tend to support a policy almost entirely based on who they believe proposed it.
Panel 4:
Narration: You can get people on the left to support extremely right wing positions, or vice versa.
Panel 5:
Narration: Is this causing you to reevaluate the way you think about your beliefs?
Panel 6:
Narration: Nah. But I do have an idea for a completely new type of gym.
Panel 7:
A man speaking to a muscular bald man lifting a barbell.
Man: A prominent Republican strategist says that you can't deadlift 400 pounds.
Muscular man: WROOOONG!
Votey:
First person: How are you so fit?
Second person: Tribal hatred.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. Over panels 1-4, a man jogging delivers narration about how easily people can be made to believe anything based on who is credited with saying it: studies show people will support or oppose a policy depending on whether they're told a Republican or a Democrat proposed it, and you can get people on the left to back extreme right-wing positions, or vice versa. In panel 5 he asks if this makes you reevaluate your beliefs; in panel 6 he says "Nah. But I do have an idea for a completely new type of gym." In the final wide panel, a man tells a muscular bald weightlifter holding a barbell, "A prominent Republican strategist says that you can't deadlift 400 pounds." The lifter roars "WROOOONG!" while hoisting the weight, exploiting tribal contrarianism as exercise motivation. Votey (a rough sketch aftercomic): one person asks a fit-looking person, "How are you so fit?" and they reply, "Tribal hatred."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.