to-vote-or-not-to-vote
Original: to-vote-or-not-to-vote on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Speaker (man with curly brown hair, yellow shirt): VOTING IS A MISTAKE. A SINGLE VOTE IS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTION, SO IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.
Panel 2:
Speaker: YES, BUT IF YOU VOTE IN EVERY MAJOR ELECTION, THE LIFETIME LOSS OF TIME IS LESS THAN ONE WEEK.
Panel 3:
Speaker: ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU HAVE A THEORY OF NON-VOTING, YOU'LL LOSE AT LEAST TWO MONTHS OF LIFE TO CRAFTING ARGUMENTS ABOUT IT AND FIGHTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
Panel 4:
Speaker: THEREFORE, THE LOGICAL ACTION IS TO VOTE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, SAVE SOME TIME, AND QUIETLY PRIDE YOURSELF ABOUT HOW YOU'RE MORE CLEVER THAN VOTERS AND NON-VOTERS.
Panel 5:
Woman with dark hair (blue vest, white shirt): WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T VOTE AND DON'T HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ON VOTING MECHANISMS?
Panel 6:
Man: THEY ARE THE WISEST OF ALL.
Votey:
Text on a black background: Vote, asshole.
Speaker (man with curly brown hair, yellow shirt): VOTING IS A MISTAKE. A SINGLE VOTE IS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF AN ELECTION, SO IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.
Panel 2:
Speaker: YES, BUT IF YOU VOTE IN EVERY MAJOR ELECTION, THE LIFETIME LOSS OF TIME IS LESS THAN ONE WEEK.
Panel 3:
Speaker: ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU HAVE A THEORY OF NON-VOTING, YOU'LL LOSE AT LEAST TWO MONTHS OF LIFE TO CRAFTING ARGUMENTS ABOUT IT AND FIGHTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
Panel 4:
Speaker: THEREFORE, THE LOGICAL ACTION IS TO VOTE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, SAVE SOME TIME, AND QUIETLY PRIDE YOURSELF ABOUT HOW YOU'RE MORE CLEVER THAN VOTERS AND NON-VOTERS.
Panel 5:
Woman with dark hair (blue vest, white shirt): WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T VOTE AND DON'T HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ON VOTING MECHANISMS?
Panel 6:
Man: THEY ARE THE WISEST OF ALL.
Votey:
Text on a black background: Vote, asshole.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic on a dark red background. A man with curly brown hair in a yellow shirt lays out an argument to a woman with dark hair in a blue vest. He says voting is a mistake because a single vote is unlikely to change an election, so it's a waste of time; but if you vote in every major election, the lifetime loss of time is less than one week. On the other hand, if you have a theory of non-voting, you'll lose at least two months of life crafting arguments about it and fighting on social media. Therefore the logical action is to vote like everyone else, save time, and quietly pride yourself on being more clever than voters and non-voters. The woman asks what about people who don't vote and don't have strong opinions on voting mechanisms; the man replies, "They are the wisest of all." Votey: a black panel with handwritten text reading "Vote, asshole."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.