nightmares
Original: nightmares on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman: HEY, BRAIN! WHAT'S WITH NIGHTMARES?!
Brain: IT'S YOUR FAULT!
Panel 2:
Brain: I'M DESIGNED TO SPEND YOUR SLEEPING HOURS SIMULATING SCENARIOS YOU'RE LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER.
Panel 3:
Brain: AND WHAT INPUT DO YOU FEED ME? HORROR MOVIES AND WORKPLACE ANXIETY.
Panel 4:
Brain: SO WHAT DO I DO? I SIMULATE ZOMBIE ATTACKS AND SLIDE PRESENTATIONS GONE AWRY.
Panel 5:
Brain: AND THEN YOU COME ALONG AND GET UPSET, LIKE I DIDN'T TRY TO MAKE A MEAL WITH THE INGREDIENTS YOU GAVE ME.
Panel 6:
Brain: YOUR ANCESTORS HAD DREAMS ABOUT LION ATTACKS, THEN GOT BETTER AT FIGHTING LIONS. YOU HAVE DREAMS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES, AND THEY MAKE YOU WORSE AT YOUR OWN LIFE!
Panel 7:
Brain: DOES THAT TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES?
Panel 8:
Woman: I'M GONNA START DRINKING WINE BEFORE BED.
Brain: BRAIN IS PLEASED.
Votey:
Handwritten text: Brain wants cheese.
(A drawing of the brain character, eyes closed contentedly.)
Woman: HEY, BRAIN! WHAT'S WITH NIGHTMARES?!
Brain: IT'S YOUR FAULT!
Panel 2:
Brain: I'M DESIGNED TO SPEND YOUR SLEEPING HOURS SIMULATING SCENARIOS YOU'RE LIKELY TO ENCOUNTER.
Panel 3:
Brain: AND WHAT INPUT DO YOU FEED ME? HORROR MOVIES AND WORKPLACE ANXIETY.
Panel 4:
Brain: SO WHAT DO I DO? I SIMULATE ZOMBIE ATTACKS AND SLIDE PRESENTATIONS GONE AWRY.
Panel 5:
Brain: AND THEN YOU COME ALONG AND GET UPSET, LIKE I DIDN'T TRY TO MAKE A MEAL WITH THE INGREDIENTS YOU GAVE ME.
Panel 6:
Brain: YOUR ANCESTORS HAD DREAMS ABOUT LION ATTACKS, THEN GOT BETTER AT FIGHTING LIONS. YOU HAVE DREAMS ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES, AND THEY MAKE YOU WORSE AT YOUR OWN LIFE!
Panel 7:
Brain: DOES THAT TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES?
Panel 8:
Woman: I'M GONNA START DRINKING WINE BEFORE BED.
Brain: BRAIN IS PLEASED.
Votey:
Handwritten text: Brain wants cheese.
(A drawing of the brain character, eyes closed contentedly.)
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic. A woman confronts a small cartoon brain with arms and legs about her nightmares, shouting 'Hey, Brain! What's with nightmares?!' The brain snaps back, 'It's your fault!' It explains that it's designed to spend sleeping hours simulating scenarios she's likely to encounter, but the input she feeds it is horror movies and workplace anxiety, so it simulates zombie attacks and slide presentations gone awry. It complains she gets upset as if it didn't try to make a meal with the ingredients she gave it. It adds that her ancestors dreamed about lion attacks and got better at fighting lions, but her dreams about her experiences just make her worse at her own life, asking, 'Does that tell you anything about your priorities?' The woman replies, 'I'm gonna start drinking wine before bed,' and the brain responds, 'Brain is pleased.' Votey: A handwritten note reads 'Brain wants cheese,' beside the brain character with its eyes closed in contentment.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.