longterm-saving
Original: longterm-saving on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A red-haired man stands outside a building labeled BANK.
Panel 2: Inside the bank, the red-haired man speaks to a teller seated at a desk with a computer.
Red-haired man: PUT ALL OF MY MONEY IN A LONGTERM CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT. I WANT IT TO ACCRUE INTEREST FOR THE NEXT 10,000 YEARS.
Teller: 10,000
Red-haired man: YOU HEARD ME.
Panel 3: A pink banner reads LATER... Below it, a scene on a screen/monitor shows the red-haired man (now wearing white goggles) standing beside a person in a yellow hat and yellow outfit, with a gray robot.
Panel 4 (left): The red-haired man, now shirtless and apparently revived, smiles wide.
Red-haired man: IT WORKED! I'M THE RICHEST MAN ALIVE!
Panel 4 (right): A person in yellow with white goggles addresses him.
Person in yellow: WE LIVE IN A SCARCITY-FREE SOCIETY. EVERYTHING IS PLENTIFUL, AND ALL ARE HAPPY, FREE, AND EQUAL.
Panel 5: A futuristic cityscape with golden curving towers and hovering vehicles. The red-haired man flies via a jetpack, looking glum.
Red-haired man (thought): THIS SUCKS.
Votey:
A loosely sketched close-up of the red-haired man's face.
Red-haired man (thought): I hope they still have pestilence.
Panel 2: Inside the bank, the red-haired man speaks to a teller seated at a desk with a computer.
Red-haired man: PUT ALL OF MY MONEY IN A LONGTERM CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT. I WANT IT TO ACCRUE INTEREST FOR THE NEXT 10,000 YEARS.
Teller: 10,000
Red-haired man: YOU HEARD ME.
Panel 3: A pink banner reads LATER... Below it, a scene on a screen/monitor shows the red-haired man (now wearing white goggles) standing beside a person in a yellow hat and yellow outfit, with a gray robot.
Panel 4 (left): The red-haired man, now shirtless and apparently revived, smiles wide.
Red-haired man: IT WORKED! I'M THE RICHEST MAN ALIVE!
Panel 4 (right): A person in yellow with white goggles addresses him.
Person in yellow: WE LIVE IN A SCARCITY-FREE SOCIETY. EVERYTHING IS PLENTIFUL, AND ALL ARE HAPPY, FREE, AND EQUAL.
Panel 5: A futuristic cityscape with golden curving towers and hovering vehicles. The red-haired man flies via a jetpack, looking glum.
Red-haired man (thought): THIS SUCKS.
Votey:
A loosely sketched close-up of the red-haired man's face.
Red-haired man (thought): I hope they still have pestilence.
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a red-haired man stands outside a building labeled BANK. Panel 2: inside, he tells a bank teller, 'Put all of my money in a longterm certificate of deposit. I want it to accrue interest for the next 10,000 years.' The teller repeats '10,000' and the man replies, 'You heard me.' Panel 3: a pink banner says 'LATER...' showing a screen of the man (now in white goggles) beside a yellow-clad figure and a robot. Panel 4: the man, shirtless and revived in the future, beams, 'It worked! I'm the richest man alive!' A person in yellow with white goggles replies, 'We live in a scarcity-free society. Everything is plentiful, and all are happy, free, and equal.' Panel 5: flying by jetpack over a golden futuristic city of hovering ships, the man thinks glumly, 'This sucks.' His wealth means nothing in a post-scarcity utopia. Votey: a rough sketch of the man's face as he thinks, 'I hope they still have pestilence.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.