the-offensive-truth
Original: the-offensive-truth on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (header: TRUE THING):
Text: "If I tell the truth about everything, I will offend people."
(A young man with reddish-blond hair sits in an armchair, reading a green book.)
Panel 2 (header: FALSE THING):
Text: "Therefore, if I offend people, I must be telling the truth!"
(Close-up of the same young man's face, looking smug/serious.)
Caption below: "Among scholars, this is known as the Youtube Commentator's Fallacy."
Votey:
Text: "The real problem is that the second thing is simultaneously easier and more remunerative."
Text: "If I tell the truth about everything, I will offend people."
(A young man with reddish-blond hair sits in an armchair, reading a green book.)
Panel 2 (header: FALSE THING):
Text: "Therefore, if I offend people, I must be telling the truth!"
(Close-up of the same young man's face, looking smug/serious.)
Caption below: "Among scholars, this is known as the Youtube Commentator's Fallacy."
Votey:
Text: "The real problem is that the second thing is simultaneously easier and more remunerative."
Alt text
A two-panel comic. The left panel is labeled "TRUE THING" and shows a young man with reddish-blond hair sitting in an armchair reading a green book; his thought reads, "If I tell the truth about everything, I will offend people." The right panel is labeled "FALSE THING" and shows a close-up of the same man's face looking smug as he concludes, "Therefore, if I offend people, I must be telling the truth!" A caption beneath both panels reads, "Among scholars, this is known as the Youtube Commentator's Fallacy." The joke skewers the logical error of affirming the consequent: being offensive does not prove one is being truthful. Votey (aftercomic): a single panel of text reading, "The real problem is that the second thing is simultaneously easier and more remunerative" — pointing out that being offensive is easier and more profitable than being truthful.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.