listen-to-your-body
Original: listen-to-your-body on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man with his arms crossed speaks to another man (in a green shirt) who listens.
Speaker (arms-crossed man): "THE REASON YOU FEEL LIKE GARBAGE IS YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO YOURSELF."
Panel 2: Close on the arms-crossed man continuing.
Speaker: "YOU SHOULD TRUST YOUR BODY TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED."
Panel 3: The listener stands; a glowing brain is highlighted inside his head. A speech bubble (the body/brain advising him) says:
"EAT A WHOLE ICE CREAM CAKE."
Panel 4: The listener stands; a glowing stomach is highlighted in his belly. Speech bubble:
"YOU'LL FEEL ASHAMED OF YOURSELF, BUT THEN YOU'RE ALREADY ASHAMED OF YOURSELF."
Panel 5: The listener stands; a glowing heart is highlighted in his chest. Speech bubble:
"IF YOU'RE MAXED OUT ON SHAME ALREADY, MIGHT AS WELL THINK ABOUT EMILY. BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL EMILY."
Panel 6 (banner reads "LATER..."): The man sits at a desk/computer with a milkshake, looking blissful.
Man: "I'M SO IN TUNE WITH MY NEEDS!"
Votey: A loosely sketched face with a speech bubble.
Voice: "I wonder if she would like 18 facebook messages."
Speaker (arms-crossed man): "THE REASON YOU FEEL LIKE GARBAGE IS YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO YOURSELF."
Panel 2: Close on the arms-crossed man continuing.
Speaker: "YOU SHOULD TRUST YOUR BODY TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED."
Panel 3: The listener stands; a glowing brain is highlighted inside his head. A speech bubble (the body/brain advising him) says:
"EAT A WHOLE ICE CREAM CAKE."
Panel 4: The listener stands; a glowing stomach is highlighted in his belly. Speech bubble:
"YOU'LL FEEL ASHAMED OF YOURSELF, BUT THEN YOU'RE ALREADY ASHAMED OF YOURSELF."
Panel 5: The listener stands; a glowing heart is highlighted in his chest. Speech bubble:
"IF YOU'RE MAXED OUT ON SHAME ALREADY, MIGHT AS WELL THINK ABOUT EMILY. BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL EMILY."
Panel 6 (banner reads "LATER..."): The man sits at a desk/computer with a milkshake, looking blissful.
Man: "I'M SO IN TUNE WITH MY NEEDS!"
Votey: A loosely sketched face with a speech bubble.
Voice: "I wonder if she would like 18 facebook messages."
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. In the first two panels a man with crossed arms tells another man (green shirt) that he feels like garbage because he isn't listening to himself, and that he should trust his body to tell him what he needs. The next three panels each show the listener standing with one internal organ glowing -- his brain, then his stomach, then his heart -- as his 'body' gives him advice: the brain says 'Eat a whole ice cream cake,' the stomach says 'You'll feel ashamed of yourself, but then you're already ashamed of yourself,' and the heart says 'If you're maxed out on shame already, might as well think about Emily. Beautiful, beautiful Emily.' A final panel labeled 'LATER...' shows the man sitting at a computer with a milkshake, looking blissed-out, saying 'I'm so in tune with my needs!' Votey: a roughly sketched face thinks, 'I wonder if she would like 18 facebook messages.' The joke is that listening to your body leads straight to gluttony and obsessive longing.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.