trolley
Original: trolley on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Driver (shouting from a trolley packed with passengers): EVERYONE! THE TROLLEY IS OUT OF CONTROL! YOU HAVE THREE SECONDS TO BAIL OUT BEFORE WE'RE GOING TOO FAST!
Text on the side of the trolley: Philosophy Convention Sightseeing Tour
Caption (below panel): By the time we realized it wasn't a thought experiment, it was too late.
Votey:
(NOTICE THAT NONE OF THEM WERE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW)
Driver (shouting from a trolley packed with passengers): EVERYONE! THE TROLLEY IS OUT OF CONTROL! YOU HAVE THREE SECONDS TO BAIL OUT BEFORE WE'RE GOING TOO FAST!
Text on the side of the trolley: Philosophy Convention Sightseeing Tour
Caption (below panel): By the time we realized it wasn't a thought experiment, it was too late.
Votey:
(NOTICE THAT NONE OF THEM WERE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW)
Alt text
A single-panel comic shows a yellow trolley packed with passengers, its side reading "Philosophy Convention Sightseeing Tour." The driver shouts: "EVERYONE! THE TROLLEY IS OUT OF CONTROL! YOU HAVE THREE SECONDS TO BAIL OUT BEFORE WE'RE GOING TOO FAST!" A caption below reads: "By the time we realized it wasn't a thought experiment, it was too late." The joke plays on the classic philosophy "trolley problem" being literally realized for a busload of philosophers. The votey (aftercomic) is hand-lettered text on a blank panel reading: "(NOTICE THAT NONE OF THEM WERE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW)" — implying the philosophers were too absorbed in abstract thought to see the real danger.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.