motivation-3
Original: motivation-3 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (narration): A PERSON WAS IN A NOT-GOOD SITUATION.
[A stick figure stands alone.]
Panel 2 (narration): THE NOT-GOOD SITUATION WAS NOT GOOD.
[The stick figure lies flat on the ground under a blank sun/horizon.]
Panel 3 (narration): THE PERSON REALIZED IT WOULD BE BETTER TO NOT BE IN A NOT-GOOD SITUATION.
[The stick figure stands again.]
Panel 4 (narration): THE PERSON DID THINGS TO IMPROVE THEIR FINANCES, EDUCATION, JOB PROSPECTS, AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.
[Four stick figures shown, including one cheering with raised arms and one with a different hairstyle.]
Panel 5 (narration): LATER, THE PERSON ACHIEVED EITHER SELF-ACCEPTANCE OR HIGH SOCIAL STATUS.
[The stick figure lies on the ground again under the sun/horizon.]
Panel 6 (narration): YOU COULD BE LIKE THAT PERSON.
[A smiling stick figure points outward at the reader.]
Panel 7:
[A woman stands behind a seated man at a computer.]
Woman: I DON'T THINK YOU'RE CUT OUT FOR WRITING MOTIVATIONAL COMICS.
Man (at computer): THIS IS A NOT-GOOD SITUATION.
Votey:
[Close-up of the man's face, looking glum.]
Man (thought/speech bubble): I'LL DRAW MYSELF ALL PRETTY.
[A stick figure stands alone.]
Panel 2 (narration): THE NOT-GOOD SITUATION WAS NOT GOOD.
[The stick figure lies flat on the ground under a blank sun/horizon.]
Panel 3 (narration): THE PERSON REALIZED IT WOULD BE BETTER TO NOT BE IN A NOT-GOOD SITUATION.
[The stick figure stands again.]
Panel 4 (narration): THE PERSON DID THINGS TO IMPROVE THEIR FINANCES, EDUCATION, JOB PROSPECTS, AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE.
[Four stick figures shown, including one cheering with raised arms and one with a different hairstyle.]
Panel 5 (narration): LATER, THE PERSON ACHIEVED EITHER SELF-ACCEPTANCE OR HIGH SOCIAL STATUS.
[The stick figure lies on the ground again under the sun/horizon.]
Panel 6 (narration): YOU COULD BE LIKE THAT PERSON.
[A smiling stick figure points outward at the reader.]
Panel 7:
[A woman stands behind a seated man at a computer.]
Woman: I DON'T THINK YOU'RE CUT OUT FOR WRITING MOTIVATIONAL COMICS.
Man (at computer): THIS IS A NOT-GOOD SITUATION.
Votey:
[Close-up of the man's face, looking glum.]
Man (thought/speech bubble): I'LL DRAW MYSELF ALL PRETTY.
Alt text
A seven-panel comic that parodies a vague motivational comic, drawn in crude stick figures with plain narration captions. Panel 1: 'A PERSON WAS IN A NOT-GOOD SITUATION' over a lone stick figure. Panel 2: 'THE NOT-GOOD SITUATION WAS NOT GOOD' with the figure lying flat on the ground. Panel 3: 'THE PERSON REALIZED IT WOULD BE BETTER TO NOT BE IN A NOT-GOOD SITUATION' as the figure stands again. Panel 4: 'THE PERSON DID THINGS TO IMPROVE THEIR FINANCES, EDUCATION, JOB PROSPECTS, AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE' with several figures, one cheering. Panel 5: 'LATER, THE PERSON ACHIEVED EITHER SELF-ACCEPTANCE OR HIGH SOCIAL STATUS' with the figure lying on the ground under a sun. Panel 6: 'YOU COULD BE LIKE THAT PERSON' with a figure pointing at the reader. The final panel reveals the meta-joke: a woman stands behind a man at a computer and says 'I DON'T THINK YOU'RE CUT OUT FOR WRITING MOTIVATIONAL COMICS,' and the man replies 'THIS IS A NOT-GOOD SITUATION.' Votey: a glum close-up of the man's face as he says 'I'LL DRAW MYSELF ALL PRETTY.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.