frequency
Original: frequency on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with blue flame-like hair: There's this idea called the "frequency illusion" where once you learn a new word, you start seeing it everywhere.
Blond man: Huh. That's mildly interesting.
Panel 2:
Man with blue hair: Yeah, but it gets really interesting when you realize you can actively use the effect on other people.
Blond man: What?
Panel 3:
Man with blue hair: There is a transitive verb, "lant," which means "to flavor ale with aged urine."
Panel 4:
Blond man (holding his face, horrified): Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!
Panel 5:
The blond man stands in a city street, arms spread, screaming. Storefronts, signs, banners, and a blimp all around him are covered in the word "LANT" ("LANT," "LANT CO.").
Blond man: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Votey:
Close-up of the blond man with his hand over his mouth, looking distressed.
Blond man: I'm suddenly and horrifyingly thirsty.
Man with blue flame-like hair: There's this idea called the "frequency illusion" where once you learn a new word, you start seeing it everywhere.
Blond man: Huh. That's mildly interesting.
Panel 2:
Man with blue hair: Yeah, but it gets really interesting when you realize you can actively use the effect on other people.
Blond man: What?
Panel 3:
Man with blue hair: There is a transitive verb, "lant," which means "to flavor ale with aged urine."
Panel 4:
Blond man (holding his face, horrified): Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!
Panel 5:
The blond man stands in a city street, arms spread, screaming. Storefronts, signs, banners, and a blimp all around him are covered in the word "LANT" ("LANT," "LANT CO.").
Blond man: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Votey:
Close-up of the blond man with his hand over his mouth, looking distressed.
Blond man: I'm suddenly and horrifyingly thirsty.
Alt text
A five-panel comic. A man with blue, flame-like hair explains to a blond man that there's an idea called the "frequency illusion" where once you learn a new word, you start seeing it everywhere. The blond man says, "Huh. That's mildly interesting." The blue-haired man adds that it gets really interesting when you realize you can actively use the effect on other people. He then says there's a transitive verb, "lant," which means "to flavor ale with aged urine." The blond man clutches his face in horror, shouting "Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!" In the final wide panel he stands in a city street with his arms spread, screaming "NOOOOO!" while every storefront, banner, sign, and even a blimp around him is now plastered with the word "LANT" — he is seeing it everywhere. Votey: a close-up of the blond man with a hand over his mouth, looking queasy, saying, "I'm suddenly and horrifyingly thirsty."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.