bullying
Original: bullying on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (caption above two men greeting each other in a hallway):
Hey guys! I'm not sure if you remember me, but we went to high school together.
Panel 2 (the man who approached, speaking):
I wanted to apologize for what a jerk I was to you back then. The pushing and shoving and name-calling. I guess it made me feel tough.
Panel 3 (the other man):
Oh, well... that's okay. I forgive you. It's just nice to know you've changed.
Panel 4 (the apologizing man):
I haven't changed.
Panel 5 (the apologizing man):
I'm on a 20 year delayed apology schedule. If I do find things, then I get consequence-free people having moved on.
Panel 6 (the apologizing man):
I'll never have learned a single lesson, and I get to far my actions have been consequence-free!
Panel 7 (the apologizing man):
In fact, when I ask people for forgiveness, they're so surprised that they pay me compliments. They thank god that I repeat the same behavior that created the need for forgiveness in the first place!
Panel 8 (the other man):
You're remarkably well-spoken.
Panel 9 (the apologizing man):
Gimme yer wallet.
Votey:
A bald, droopy-faced man says: Please wedgie yourself. It hurts my joints to do it.
Hey guys! I'm not sure if you remember me, but we went to high school together.
Panel 2 (the man who approached, speaking):
I wanted to apologize for what a jerk I was to you back then. The pushing and shoving and name-calling. I guess it made me feel tough.
Panel 3 (the other man):
Oh, well... that's okay. I forgive you. It's just nice to know you've changed.
Panel 4 (the apologizing man):
I haven't changed.
Panel 5 (the apologizing man):
I'm on a 20 year delayed apology schedule. If I do find things, then I get consequence-free people having moved on.
Panel 6 (the apologizing man):
I'll never have learned a single lesson, and I get to far my actions have been consequence-free!
Panel 7 (the apologizing man):
In fact, when I ask people for forgiveness, they're so surprised that they pay me compliments. They thank god that I repeat the same behavior that created the need for forgiveness in the first place!
Panel 8 (the other man):
You're remarkably well-spoken.
Panel 9 (the apologizing man):
Gimme yer wallet.
Votey:
A bald, droopy-faced man says: Please wedgie yourself. It hurts my joints to do it.
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic. In a hallway, a man cheerfully greets another, saying he's not sure he's remembered but they went to high school together. He apologizes for being a jerk back then -- the pushing, shoving, and name-calling that made him feel tough. The other man graciously forgives him and says it's nice to know he's changed. The first man flatly replies, 'I haven't changed.' He explains he's on a '20 year delayed apology schedule' so that by the time he apologizes, people have moved on, his actions are consequence-free, and he's learned no lesson. He gleefully adds that people are so surprised by his apologies that they pay him compliments, thanking him while he keeps repeating the exact behavior that needed forgiving. The other man says, 'You're remarkably well-spoken.' The first man immediately demands, 'Gimme yer wallet.' In the votey aftercomic, a bald, droopy, weary-faced man says, 'Please wedgie yourself. It hurts my joints to do it.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.