reasoning
Original: reasoning on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man holding a salami looks at it.
Man: There's mold on this salami.
Man: Can I scrape it off and eat it?
Panel 2 (orange background): A glowing sun labeled "Emotion" speaks to the man.
Emotion (sun): It's probably fine! You're hungry! Eat!
Panel 3 (gray background): A box labeled "Reason" speaks to the man.
Reason (box): Salami is not porous. Cut around the mold, and it should be safe.
Caption between panels: If it kills you, your epitaph will be: "Died eating moldy food."
Panel 4 (pink background): An inverted triangle hangs over the small figure of the man. The triangle is split into two halves, labeled "Status" and "Consciousness."
Panel 5: The man stands at a kitchen counter, reaching into the open salami container.
Votey:
Caption: 10 second later
A man hunched over a toilet, looking sick/nauseous.
Man: There's mold on this salami.
Man: Can I scrape it off and eat it?
Panel 2 (orange background): A glowing sun labeled "Emotion" speaks to the man.
Emotion (sun): It's probably fine! You're hungry! Eat!
Panel 3 (gray background): A box labeled "Reason" speaks to the man.
Reason (box): Salami is not porous. Cut around the mold, and it should be safe.
Caption between panels: If it kills you, your epitaph will be: "Died eating moldy food."
Panel 4 (pink background): An inverted triangle hangs over the small figure of the man. The triangle is split into two halves, labeled "Status" and "Consciousness."
Panel 5: The man stands at a kitchen counter, reaching into the open salami container.
Votey:
Caption: 10 second later
A man hunched over a toilet, looking sick/nauseous.
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic about deciding whether to eat moldy salami. Panel 1: a man holds a salami and asks, "There's mold on this salami. Can I scrape it off and eat it?" Panel 2, against a glowing sun labeled "Emotion": "It's probably fine! You're hungry! Eat!" Panel 3, against a box labeled "Reason": "Salami is not porous. Cut around the mold, and it should be safe." A caption reads: "If it kills you, your epitaph will be: 'Died eating moldy food.'" Panel 4: an inverted triangle looms over the tiny man, split into two halves labeled "Status" and "Consciousness" -- suggesting these two forces are what actually drive the decision, not emotion or reason. Panel 5: the man reaches into the salami container to eat it anyway. Votey aftercomic: captioned "10 second later," the man is hunched over a toilet looking ill, having gotten sick from the moldy food.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.