so-we-beat-on
Original: so-we-beat-on on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A blond man in a brown suit with a dark red tie stands in front of a group of silhouetted listeners, gesturing as he speaks.
Man: "SO WE BEAT ON, BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT, BORNE BACK CEASELESSLY INTO THE PAST."
Caption below the panel:
Fun Fact:
F Scott Fitzgerald's first job was selling wave pools.
Votey:
A close-up of the same man's face, now scowling/annoyed, with a speech bubble.
Man: "Why does everyone think it's a metaphor?! That's how boats work!"
A blond man in a brown suit with a dark red tie stands in front of a group of silhouetted listeners, gesturing as he speaks.
Man: "SO WE BEAT ON, BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT, BORNE BACK CEASELESSLY INTO THE PAST."
Caption below the panel:
Fun Fact:
F Scott Fitzgerald's first job was selling wave pools.
Votey:
A close-up of the same man's face, now scowling/annoyed, with a speech bubble.
Man: "Why does everyone think it's a metaphor?! That's how boats work!"
Alt text
A blond man in a brown suit speaks earnestly to a crowd of silhouetted listeners, reciting the famous closing line of The Great Gatsby: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." A caption underneath reads, "Fun Fact: F Scott Fitzgerald's first job was selling wave pools." In the votey, a sketchy close-up of the same man scowling complains, "Why does everyone think it's a metaphor?! That's how boats work!" The joke: he meant the literary line literally, as practical advice about boats and currents, because he sold wave pools.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.