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Original: gmail on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man with red flame-like hair sits at a computer, thinking.
Man (thought): These Google auto-generated email responses save me so much time. It's like they can read my mind!
Panel 2: A hand clicks a mouse.
Sound effect: click
Panel 3: An email interface showing Google Smart Reply suggestion buttons and a composed reply.
Suggestion buttons: Nice! | Got it. Thanks!
Composed reply text: By God Susan, I love you. We're both in unhappy marriages. Our jobs are living death. Let's run away. Together. Anywhere. We'll never look back.
Interface buttons: Reply | Forward
Panel 4: The red-haired man looks worried/sweating, staring ahead.
Panel 5: A cursor clicks a large blue "Nice!" button.
Button text: Nice!
Sound effect: click
Votey: A woman reads an email on a screen, looking unhappy and downcast.
Text (above her, presumably the message she received): He's so cold
Man (thought): These Google auto-generated email responses save me so much time. It's like they can read my mind!
Panel 2: A hand clicks a mouse.
Sound effect: click
Panel 3: An email interface showing Google Smart Reply suggestion buttons and a composed reply.
Suggestion buttons: Nice! | Got it. Thanks!
Composed reply text: By God Susan, I love you. We're both in unhappy marriages. Our jobs are living death. Let's run away. Together. Anywhere. We'll never look back.
Interface buttons: Reply | Forward
Panel 4: The red-haired man looks worried/sweating, staring ahead.
Panel 5: A cursor clicks a large blue "Nice!" button.
Button text: Nice!
Sound effect: click
Votey: A woman reads an email on a screen, looking unhappy and downcast.
Text (above her, presumably the message she received): He's so cold
Alt text
Five-panel SMBC comic about Google's auto-generated Smart Reply email suggestions. Panel 1: a red-haired man at a computer thinks, 'These Google auto-generated email responses save me so much time. It's like they can read my mind!' Panel 2: a hand clicks a mouse ('click'). Panel 3: an email reply screen shows two small Smart Reply suggestion buttons, 'Nice!' and 'Got it. Thanks!', above a longer composed message reading, 'By God Susan, I love you. We're both in unhappy marriages. Our jobs are living death. Let's run away. Together. Anywhere. We'll never look back.' Panel 4: the man looks anxious and sweating. Panel 5: a cursor clicks a large blue 'Nice!' button ('click') instead of the heartfelt message, the bland auto-reply replacing his confession. Votey (aftercomic): a woman reads the email on a screen looking sad and downcast, with the words 'He's so cold' above her, having received only the dismissive 'Nice!' instead of his love letter.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.