faith-healing
Original: faith-healing on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with orange hair (the believer): PREACHER! LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME! CURE ME OF MY HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE GULLIBILITY!
Preacher (brown hair, suit): HEAR ME! DEMONS OF GULLIBILITY! I CAST YOU OUT!
Panel 2:
Orange-haired man (gripping his own head): MY GOD... I SEE SO CLEARLY NOW! I... HEY, ARE YOU WEARING AN EARPIECE?
Panel 3:
Preacher: NO, IT'S A HEARING AID.
Orange-haired man: BUT IF YOU'RE A HEALER, WHY WOULD YOU NEED IT?
Panel 4:
Orange-haired man (alarmed): OH MY GOD, IT'S A TINY RADIO! YOU'RE USING IT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE SHOW'S PRODUCERS ON THE SLY!
Panel 5:
Preacher: THAT'S HOW YOU KNEW MY NAME BEFORE I TOLD YOU! WELL, TOO BAD FOR YOU I'M NO LONGER GULLIB...
[The orange-haired man, now calm/skeptical] HUH.
Panel 6:
Preacher (leaning in, reassuring): DON'T WORRY. IT'S THE PLACEBO EFFECT. IN THREE SECONDS IT'LL WEAR OFF AND YOU'LL BE NORMAL AGAIN.
Orange-haired man (delighted again): PRAISE THE LORD!
Caption (bottom): THIS BONUS COMIC IS THANKS TO BUYERS OF SOONISH. CLICK FOR MORE INFO.
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Votey:
The orange-haired man, beaming: SO glad I mortgaged my house for this.
Man with orange hair (the believer): PREACHER! LAY YOUR HANDS ON ME! CURE ME OF MY HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE GULLIBILITY!
Preacher (brown hair, suit): HEAR ME! DEMONS OF GULLIBILITY! I CAST YOU OUT!
Panel 2:
Orange-haired man (gripping his own head): MY GOD... I SEE SO CLEARLY NOW! I... HEY, ARE YOU WEARING AN EARPIECE?
Panel 3:
Preacher: NO, IT'S A HEARING AID.
Orange-haired man: BUT IF YOU'RE A HEALER, WHY WOULD YOU NEED IT?
Panel 4:
Orange-haired man (alarmed): OH MY GOD, IT'S A TINY RADIO! YOU'RE USING IT TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE SHOW'S PRODUCERS ON THE SLY!
Panel 5:
Preacher: THAT'S HOW YOU KNEW MY NAME BEFORE I TOLD YOU! WELL, TOO BAD FOR YOU I'M NO LONGER GULLIB...
[The orange-haired man, now calm/skeptical] HUH.
Panel 6:
Preacher (leaning in, reassuring): DON'T WORRY. IT'S THE PLACEBO EFFECT. IN THREE SECONDS IT'LL WEAR OFF AND YOU'LL BE NORMAL AGAIN.
Orange-haired man (delighted again): PRAISE THE LORD!
Caption (bottom): THIS BONUS COMIC IS THANKS TO BUYERS OF SOONISH. CLICK FOR MORE INFO.
smbc-comics.com
Votey:
The orange-haired man, beaming: SO glad I mortgaged my house for this.
Alt text
A six-panel comic. A man with orange hair begs a brown-haired preacher to lay hands on him and cure his 'horrible, horrible gullibility.' The preacher dramatically casts out the 'demons of gullibility.' The man exclaims that he sees clearly now, then notices the preacher is wearing an earpiece. The preacher says it's a hearing aid; the man asks why a healer would need one. The man panics, deciding it's a tiny radio fed by the show's producers, which is how the preacher knew his name. The preacher starts to gloat that the man is no longer gullible, but the man goes quiet and skeptical, saying 'Huh.' In the final panel the preacher leans in reassuringly: 'Don't worry. It's the placebo effect. In three seconds it'll wear off and you'll be normal again,' and the man, instantly credulous again, cries 'Praise the Lord!' A caption notes the bonus comic is thanks to buyers of 'Soonish.' Votey: a close-up of the grinning orange-haired man saying in handwritten text, 'SO glad I mortgaged my house for this.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.