liquid
Original: liquid on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: At an airport security checkpoint, a TSA agent (a robot with a screen-like head bearing a "TSA" badge) speaks to a person standing at the security station.
TSA robot: "Sorry, no liquids are allowed on airplanes."
Panel 2: A red-haired person reacts with outrage.
Red-haired person: "That's a slur!"
Panel 3: The robot (now shown full-body, a boxy figure with a row of dots and indicator lights) responds defensively.
Robot: "I'm 40% solid! I have a mind and feelings just like you!"
Panel 4: The red-haired person continues, angrily.
Red-haired person: "Go back home and drink some water, WATER-BAG!"
Votey: The robot stands alone with a defiant expression.
Robot: "It's not bigotry if you're actually inferior."
TSA robot: "Sorry, no liquids are allowed on airplanes."
Panel 2: A red-haired person reacts with outrage.
Red-haired person: "That's a slur!"
Panel 3: The robot (now shown full-body, a boxy figure with a row of dots and indicator lights) responds defensively.
Robot: "I'm 40% solid! I have a mind and feelings just like you!"
Panel 4: The red-haired person continues, angrily.
Red-haired person: "Go back home and drink some water, WATER-BAG!"
Votey: The robot stands alone with a defiant expression.
Robot: "It's not bigotry if you're actually inferior."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic set at airport security. Panel 1: a robot TSA agent with a screen-like head and a "TSA" badge tells a person, "Sorry, no liquids are allowed on airplanes." Panel 2: a red-haired traveler reacts with outrage: "That's a slur!" Panel 3: the boxy robot defends itself, "I'm 40% solid! I have a mind and feelings just like you!" Panel 4: the traveler retorts angrily, "Go back home and drink some water, WATER-BAG!" The joke flips real-world anti-immigrant bigotry onto humans, recast as squishy mostly-liquid "water-bags" being insulted by a robot. Votey: the robot stands alone looking smug and says, "It's not bigotry if you're actually inferior."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.