you-are-loved
Original: you-are-loved on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1
Older woman (on phone): Hey sweetie! I just want you to know you are loved.
Panel 2
Older woman: I mean, not by everyone. Most people don't even know you.
Panel 3
Older woman: And those who do know you mostly wouldn't say they "love" you.
Panel 4
Older woman: But a small circle of people have stronger feelings. Though, not all the time.
Panel 5
Older woman: That's why I use the passive voice, saying "you are loved" instead of "I love you."
Panel 6
Younger woman (on phone): Thanks for calling, Mom.
Younger woman: Whoa. Don't get clingy.
Votey:
Older woman (close-up, on phone): No, you can't have my number.
Older woman (on phone): Hey sweetie! I just want you to know you are loved.
Panel 2
Older woman: I mean, not by everyone. Most people don't even know you.
Panel 3
Older woman: And those who do know you mostly wouldn't say they "love" you.
Panel 4
Older woman: But a small circle of people have stronger feelings. Though, not all the time.
Panel 5
Older woman: That's why I use the passive voice, saying "you are loved" instead of "I love you."
Panel 6
Younger woman (on phone): Thanks for calling, Mom.
Younger woman: Whoa. Don't get clingy.
Votey:
Older woman (close-up, on phone): No, you can't have my number.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. An older woman with glasses and gray hair talks on a corded phone across five panels. Panel 1: "Hey sweetie! I just want you to know you are loved." Panel 2: "I mean, not by everyone. Most people don't even know you." Panel 3: "And those who do know you mostly wouldn't say they 'love' you." Panel 4: "But a small circle of people have stronger feelings. Though, not all the time." Panel 5: "That's why I use the passive voice, saying 'you are loved' instead of 'I love you.'" Panel 6: A younger woman with dark hair on the other end of the call replies, "Thanks for calling, Mom," then adds, "Whoa. Don't get clingy." The joke is the mother delivering aggressively hedged, technically-accurate affection, then accusing her daughter of clinginess. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the older woman's face, eyes half-lidded, saying into the phone, "No, you can't have my number."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.