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Original: checking on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (labeled "EARLY SOFTWARE"):
Computer: DID YOU MEAN TO USE 'ROOMMATE' INSTEAD OF 'ROOMATE'?
Caption (woman seated at computer, thinking): *THANKS SPELL CHECKER*
Panel 2 (labeled "CURRENT SOFTWARE"):
Computer: DID YOU MEAN TO SAY 'TO WHOM'?
Caption (woman at computer, thinking): *THANKS GRAMMAR CHECKER*
Panel 3 (labeled "THE HORRIBLE FUTURE"):
Computer (screen now showing cascading green code/streaming data): DID YOU MEAN TO WRITE SOMETHING GOOD INSTEAD OF AN UTTERLY DERIVATIVE FANTASY NOVEL?
Caption (woman at computer, thinking, with a glass of liquor now beside her): *THANKS MERIT CHECKER*
Votey:
A speech bubble (coming from the computer) reads: YOUR DREAMS ARE STUPID AND YOU'LL NEVER ACHIEVE THEM ANYWAY. LET THAT SINK IN AND THEN PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THESE AMAZON-RECOMMENDED LIQUOR BRANDS.
Computer: DID YOU MEAN TO USE 'ROOMMATE' INSTEAD OF 'ROOMATE'?
Caption (woman seated at computer, thinking): *THANKS SPELL CHECKER*
Panel 2 (labeled "CURRENT SOFTWARE"):
Computer: DID YOU MEAN TO SAY 'TO WHOM'?
Caption (woman at computer, thinking): *THANKS GRAMMAR CHECKER*
Panel 3 (labeled "THE HORRIBLE FUTURE"):
Computer (screen now showing cascading green code/streaming data): DID YOU MEAN TO WRITE SOMETHING GOOD INSTEAD OF AN UTTERLY DERIVATIVE FANTASY NOVEL?
Caption (woman at computer, thinking, with a glass of liquor now beside her): *THANKS MERIT CHECKER*
Votey:
A speech bubble (coming from the computer) reads: YOUR DREAMS ARE STUPID AND YOU'LL NEVER ACHIEVE THEM ANYWAY. LET THAT SINK IN AND THEN PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THESE AMAZON-RECOMMENDED LIQUOR BRANDS.
Alt text
A three-panel comic about the escalation of writing-assistance software. Panel 1, titled 'EARLY SOFTWARE': a woman sits at a computer; the screen says 'DID YOU MEAN TO USE "ROOMMATE" INSTEAD OF "ROOMATE"?' She thinks, 'THANKS SPELL CHECKER.' Panel 2, titled 'CURRENT SOFTWARE': the screen says 'DID YOU MEAN TO SAY "TO WHOM"?' She thinks, 'THANKS GRAMMAR CHECKER.' Panel 3, titled 'THE HORRIBLE FUTURE': the monitor is now overrun with cascading green code, and the screen reads 'DID YOU MEAN TO WRITE SOMETHING GOOD INSTEAD OF AN UTTERLY DERIVATIVE FANTASY NOVEL?' A glass of liquor now sits beside her, and she thinks, 'THANKS MERIT CHECKER.' The joke: software escalates from correcting spelling to brutally judging the quality and originality of your creative work. Votey (a single extra panel): the computer says in a speech bubble, 'YOUR DREAMS ARE STUPID AND YOU'LL NEVER ACHIEVE THEM ANYWAY. LET THAT SINK IN AND THEN PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THESE AMAZON-RECOMMENDED LIQUOR BRANDS,' next to a drawing of a liquor bottle.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.