objective-sympathy
Original: objective-sympathy on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman with glasses and dark hair, seated, speaking to a person with reddish-brown hair seen from behind.
Woman: "Of course, before I offer you sympathy, it's worth noting that in any given pursuit, 49% of people are, of necessity, below the median."
Caption (below panel): I am no longer asked for my advice on dealing with Impostor Syndrome.
Votey:
Close-up of the woman with glasses, looking slightly wide-eyed.
Woman: "Have you considered inventing a metric for success that favors you personally?"
A woman with glasses and dark hair, seated, speaking to a person with reddish-brown hair seen from behind.
Woman: "Of course, before I offer you sympathy, it's worth noting that in any given pursuit, 49% of people are, of necessity, below the median."
Caption (below panel): I am no longer asked for my advice on dealing with Impostor Syndrome.
Votey:
Close-up of the woman with glasses, looking slightly wide-eyed.
Woman: "Have you considered inventing a metric for success that favors you personally?"
Alt text
A woman with round glasses and dark hair sits across from a red-haired person seen from behind. She says, "Of course, before I offer you sympathy, it's worth noting that in any given pursuit, 49% of people are, of necessity, below the median." A caption below reads: "I am no longer asked for my advice on dealing with Impostor Syndrome." In the votey aftercomic, a close-up of the wide-eyed woman adds, "Have you considered inventing a metric for success that favors you personally?" The joke: her brutally literal, statistics-based reassurances are the opposite of comforting.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.