logical-fallacies
Original: logical-fallacies on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman with red hair, speaking to a man: "People who oppose higher taxes are stupid. I mean, what do they think? Like, the government's going to spend that money on giant robots made of dried grass?"
Panel 2 (top right):
The man (pointing): "That's a straw man!"
Panel 3 (bottom):
A literal giant straw man / scarecrow-like monster made of dried grass looms over a house, roaring: "RAAA!" The woman and the man flee in terror.
Votey:
Close-up of the giant straw man's roaring face, with a speech balloon: "I favor a value-added tax."
A woman with red hair, speaking to a man: "People who oppose higher taxes are stupid. I mean, what do they think? Like, the government's going to spend that money on giant robots made of dried grass?"
Panel 2 (top right):
The man (pointing): "That's a straw man!"
Panel 3 (bottom):
A literal giant straw man / scarecrow-like monster made of dried grass looms over a house, roaring: "RAAA!" The woman and the man flee in terror.
Votey:
Close-up of the giant straw man's roaring face, with a speech balloon: "I favor a value-added tax."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a red-haired woman tells a man, "People who oppose higher taxes are stupid. I mean, what do they think? Like, the government's going to spend that money on giant robots made of dried grass?" Panel 2: the man points and shouts, "That's a straw man!" Panel 3: an enormous monster made of dried straw towers over a suburban house, roaring "RAAA!" while the woman and man run away in panic, literalizing the term "straw man." Votey: a close-up of the towering straw monster's roaring face, now calmly declaring in a speech bubble, "I favor a value-added tax."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.