hedging
Original: hedging on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Bearded man with glasses and a tie: "Before we start this date, I want to make a bet with you that we won't have sex tonight. Ten to one odds on ten bucks."
Panel 2:
Bearded man (in silhouette): "'Emotional hedging.' If we have sex, great. If we don't, I keep my money. Win-win!"
Other man (off-panel): "What? Why?"
Panel 3:
Other man (a red-haired man): "Except that you're making it so we only have sex if you pay me for sex."
Panel 4:
Bearded man: "I'm not paying FOR sex. I'm paying IF sex."
Panel 5:
Bearded man: "You know, first dates usually begin with likes and dislikes. I'm SUUUPER into shaking hands and agreeing to things. You?"
The red-haired man looks unimpressed.
Votey:
The bearded man, looking pleased with himself: "And people say microeconomics is useful. Feh!"
Bearded man with glasses and a tie: "Before we start this date, I want to make a bet with you that we won't have sex tonight. Ten to one odds on ten bucks."
Panel 2:
Bearded man (in silhouette): "'Emotional hedging.' If we have sex, great. If we don't, I keep my money. Win-win!"
Other man (off-panel): "What? Why?"
Panel 3:
Other man (a red-haired man): "Except that you're making it so we only have sex if you pay me for sex."
Panel 4:
Bearded man: "I'm not paying FOR sex. I'm paying IF sex."
Panel 5:
Bearded man: "You know, first dates usually begin with likes and dislikes. I'm SUUUPER into shaking hands and agreeing to things. You?"
The red-haired man looks unimpressed.
Votey:
The bearded man, looking pleased with himself: "And people say microeconomics is useful. Feh!"
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic depicting an awkward first date between two men. In the first panel, a bearded man with round glasses, a yellow shirt, and a tie says, "Before we start this date, I want to make a bet with you that we won't have sex tonight. Ten to one odds on ten bucks." In the second panel, shown in silhouette, he explains: "'Emotional hedging.' If we have sex, great. If we don't, I keep my money. Win-win!" His date, off-panel, replies, "What? Why?" In the third panel, a red-haired man with a skeptical expression says, "Except that you're making it so we only have sex if you pay me for sex." In the fourth panel, the bearded man, eyes closed smugly, replies, "I'm not paying FOR sex. I'm paying IF sex." In the fifth panel he leans in cheerfully: "You know, first dates usually begin with likes and dislikes. I'm SUUUPER into shaking hands and agreeing to things. You?" while the red-haired man frowns flatly. In the votey panel, the bearded man strikes a self-satisfied pose and says, "And people say microeconomics is useful. Feh!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.