translation
Original: translation on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A smiling man with brown hair and round glasses speaks enthusiastically.
Man: "If digital translation is perfected, humanity will become one family!"
Panel 2: Caption bar reads "LATER, IN THE FUTURE..." The same man stands looking down at a phone, expression flat.
Man: "I thought I only hated English-speakers. Turns out I hate EVERYONE."
Votey: A simple hand-drawn anxious face with wide eyes and a wobbly mouth, holding up one hand at the side. A thought/text above reads: "I hope they love me."
Man: "If digital translation is perfected, humanity will become one family!"
Panel 2: Caption bar reads "LATER, IN THE FUTURE..." The same man stands looking down at a phone, expression flat.
Man: "I thought I only hated English-speakers. Turns out I hate EVERYONE."
Votey: A simple hand-drawn anxious face with wide eyes and a wobbly mouth, holding up one hand at the side. A thought/text above reads: "I hope they love me."
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a man with brown hair and round glasses smiles brightly and says, "If digital translation is perfected, humanity will become one family!" Panel 2, labeled "LATER, IN THE FUTURE...": the same man stands looking glumly at his phone and says, "I thought I only hated English-speakers. Turns out I hate everyone." The joke: perfect translation doesn't unite humanity, it just lets him understand and dislike everyone equally. Votey (bonus panel): a crudely drawn, wide-eyed anxious face holding up a hand, with the caption "I hope they love me."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.