the-status-quo
Original: the-status-quo on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (man with glasses, leading the meeting): "I call to order this meeting of the Anti Status Quo Society. Today, we are discussing our lack of progress."
Panel 2 (woman with curly orange hair): "It's not REALLY a discussion because you alone are vested with authority to speak first."
Panel 3 (man, bald): "I was elected by majority."
Panel 4 (woman with curly orange hair): "So was Hitler."
Panel 5 (man with glasses): "Motion to get on with today's business."
Panel 6 (young man): "I object to the term 'business' when corporations cause so much social ill."
Panel 7 (woman with dark hair): "Don't talk about corporations like they're people. They are not people!"
Panel 8 (man with brown beard): "Motion to form a committee to discuss why we never get to today's business."
Panel 9 (young man): "Committees are elitist!"
Panel 10 (woman with dark hair): "Announcement! I'm forming a new 'TRUE Anti Status Quo Society' in which discussion is always welcome."
Panel 11 (man with brown beard): "Does splitting into factions help our cause?"
Panel 12 (young man): "I don't want to talk about it!"
Panel 13 (man with glasses, hands raised): "In the interest of time, I motion that we now begin tomorrow's discussion of why nothing was accomplished today."
Panel 13 (off-panel reply): "Time is a capitalist construct!"
Caption below comic: "THIS IS A BONUS COMIC, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PREORDERED MY NEW BOOK, 'SOONISH'. CLICK FOR MORE INFO! THANK YOU! -Zach"
Votey:
(Close-up of the woman with dark hair, looking exasperated): "What's the point of having a discussion if people are just gonna disagree with me??"
Panel 2 (woman with curly orange hair): "It's not REALLY a discussion because you alone are vested with authority to speak first."
Panel 3 (man, bald): "I was elected by majority."
Panel 4 (woman with curly orange hair): "So was Hitler."
Panel 5 (man with glasses): "Motion to get on with today's business."
Panel 6 (young man): "I object to the term 'business' when corporations cause so much social ill."
Panel 7 (woman with dark hair): "Don't talk about corporations like they're people. They are not people!"
Panel 8 (man with brown beard): "Motion to form a committee to discuss why we never get to today's business."
Panel 9 (young man): "Committees are elitist!"
Panel 10 (woman with dark hair): "Announcement! I'm forming a new 'TRUE Anti Status Quo Society' in which discussion is always welcome."
Panel 11 (man with brown beard): "Does splitting into factions help our cause?"
Panel 12 (young man): "I don't want to talk about it!"
Panel 13 (man with glasses, hands raised): "In the interest of time, I motion that we now begin tomorrow's discussion of why nothing was accomplished today."
Panel 13 (off-panel reply): "Time is a capitalist construct!"
Caption below comic: "THIS IS A BONUS COMIC, THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO PREORDERED MY NEW BOOK, 'SOONISH'. CLICK FOR MORE INFO! THANK YOU! -Zach"
Votey:
(Close-up of the woman with dark hair, looking exasperated): "What's the point of having a discussion if people are just gonna disagree with me??"
Alt text
A 13-panel SMBC comic depicting a chaotic activist meeting. A bespectacled man calls to order a meeting of the 'Anti Status Quo Society' to discuss their lack of progress. Every attempt to proceed is derailed by escalating objections: a curly-haired woman complains the meeting isn't a real discussion since he alone has authority; when he says he was elected by majority, she retorts 'So was Hitler.' A man's motion to get on with 'business' is objected to because the word 'business' implies corporations cause social ill; another attendee insists corporations 'are not people!' A motion to form a committee is shot down as 'elitist.' A woman announces she's splitting off to form a 'TRUE Anti Status Quo Society,' and when asked whether factionalism helps, a young man snaps 'I don't want to talk about it!' Finally the leader moves to begin 'tomorrow's discussion of why nothing was accomplished today,' and an off-panel voice shouts 'Time is a capitalist construct!' A caption notes the comic is a bonus thanking preorderers of Zach's book 'Soonish.' Votey: a close-up of the exasperated dark-haired woman saying 'What's the point of having a discussion if people are just gonna disagree with me??', revealing the punchline that the participants only want to talk, not actually accomplish or agree on anything.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.