augmented
Original: augmented on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (smiling, wearing glasses): Can you imagine the future where we all have augmented reality contact lenses?
Panel 2:
Man (listening, neutral expression): [no dialogue]
Panel 3:
The man's thought/imagination bubble shows him at his desk: I still hate my job, but there's a dragon on my desk.
(In the background, the man sits at a computer with a small green dragon perched on the monitor.)
Panel 4:
Man (now crying happy tears, overjoyed): That sounds AMAZING.
Votey:
A close-up of a horse-like / dragon-like creature with a wild mane and an irritated expression. A speech bubble reads: Back to work!
Woman (smiling, wearing glasses): Can you imagine the future where we all have augmented reality contact lenses?
Panel 2:
Man (listening, neutral expression): [no dialogue]
Panel 3:
The man's thought/imagination bubble shows him at his desk: I still hate my job, but there's a dragon on my desk.
(In the background, the man sits at a computer with a small green dragon perched on the monitor.)
Panel 4:
Man (now crying happy tears, overjoyed): That sounds AMAZING.
Votey:
A close-up of a horse-like / dragon-like creature with a wild mane and an irritated expression. A speech bubble reads: Back to work!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A smiling woman with glasses asks, "Can you imagine the future where we all have augmented reality contact lenses?" Panel 2: A man looks at her with a neutral, thoughtful expression. Panel 3: The man imagines the scenario in a thought bubble — he sits at his office computer with a small green dragon perched on the monitor, and the caption reads, "I still hate my job, but there's a dragon on my desk." Panel 4: Overcome with emotion, the man cries happy tears and exclaims, "That sounds AMAZING." The joke: augmented reality wouldn't fix a bad job, but a magical dragon on the desk would still be a delight. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of an annoyed-looking mane-haired horse/dragon creature with a speech bubble saying, "Back to work!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.