come-together
Original: come-together on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A politician in a suit speaks from a podium.
Politician: The world has become too politically polarized. It's getting worse daily. People with differing perspectives are less and less able to constructively interact with each other.
Panel 2:
Politician: Therefore we are implementing a new law: Effective immediately, only people of different political parties are allowed to date, marry, or have kids.
Panel 3:
Politician: This may seem harsh, but I predict that soon we will raise the wisest and most productive generation in history.
Caption below panels: This is a bonus comic brought to you by "Soonish" preorderers! Click to buy a signed copy.
Panel 4:
The man looks out over a devastated, smoking landscape with mushroom clouds rising on the horizon.
Man (thought): Dammit.
Votey:
A close-up of the man's face, looking resigned.
Man: Well this'll spare me an awkward Thanksgiving.
A politician in a suit speaks from a podium.
Politician: The world has become too politically polarized. It's getting worse daily. People with differing perspectives are less and less able to constructively interact with each other.
Panel 2:
Politician: Therefore we are implementing a new law: Effective immediately, only people of different political parties are allowed to date, marry, or have kids.
Panel 3:
Politician: This may seem harsh, but I predict that soon we will raise the wisest and most productive generation in history.
Caption below panels: This is a bonus comic brought to you by "Soonish" preorderers! Click to buy a signed copy.
Panel 4:
The man looks out over a devastated, smoking landscape with mushroom clouds rising on the horizon.
Man (thought): Dammit.
Votey:
A close-up of the man's face, looking resigned.
Man: Well this'll spare me an awkward Thanksgiving.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. In the first three panels, a politician in a suit speaks from a podium. He says the world has become too politically polarized and that people with differing perspectives are less able to interact constructively. He announces a new law: effective immediately, only people of different political parties are allowed to date, marry, or have kids. He predicts this will raise the wisest, most productive generation in history. A caption notes the comic is a bonus for "Soonish" preorderers. In the final panel, the man stands looking out over a ruined, smoking landscape with mushroom clouds rising on the horizon, thinking "Dammit" — the forced cross-party pairings have apparently led to apocalyptic war rather than harmony. Votey: a close-up of the man's resigned face as he says, "Well this'll spare me an awkward Thanksgiving."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.