adulting
Original: adulting on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A blonde woman lying in bed, looking pleased. Woman: "Now that I'm an adult with my own place, I can do all the stuff my parents told me NOT to!"
Panel 2: The woman in bed holding a cup, eating. Woman: "I can eat in bed!"
Panel 3: The woman lying in bed looking uncomfortable. Woman: "Hm. There are crumbs everywhere. It's really uncomfortable."
Panel 4: The woman opening a window, cold air/snow coming in. Woman: "I'm gonna go outside in the cold without any layers!"
Panel 5: The woman shivering by the open window at night. Woman: "Christ, it's freezing."
Panel 6: The woman lying on a couch eating from a box. Woman: "Well, I can eat eight sleeves of Oreos for dinner!"
Panel 7: A dog lying on the floor looking unwell. Woman (off-panel or thinking): "The only reason I'm not dead is that death finds me too repulsive to visit."
Panel 8: The woman holding a phone. Woman: "I'm gonna call Mom."
Panel 9: An older woman (Mom) answering the phone. Mom: "Hi, sweetie!"
Panel 10: The blonde woman, angry, shouting into the phone. Woman: "Why the fuck didn't you let me do fun stuff when I was young enough to enjoy it?"
Panel 11: The older woman (Mom) calmly. Mom: "Checkmate, b*tch."
Votey: A close-up of the older woman's smug face. Mom: "You didn't sleep well from age 1 to 4, so I ruined your life!"
Panel 2: The woman in bed holding a cup, eating. Woman: "I can eat in bed!"
Panel 3: The woman lying in bed looking uncomfortable. Woman: "Hm. There are crumbs everywhere. It's really uncomfortable."
Panel 4: The woman opening a window, cold air/snow coming in. Woman: "I'm gonna go outside in the cold without any layers!"
Panel 5: The woman shivering by the open window at night. Woman: "Christ, it's freezing."
Panel 6: The woman lying on a couch eating from a box. Woman: "Well, I can eat eight sleeves of Oreos for dinner!"
Panel 7: A dog lying on the floor looking unwell. Woman (off-panel or thinking): "The only reason I'm not dead is that death finds me too repulsive to visit."
Panel 8: The woman holding a phone. Woman: "I'm gonna call Mom."
Panel 9: An older woman (Mom) answering the phone. Mom: "Hi, sweetie!"
Panel 10: The blonde woman, angry, shouting into the phone. Woman: "Why the fuck didn't you let me do fun stuff when I was young enough to enjoy it?"
Panel 11: The older woman (Mom) calmly. Mom: "Checkmate, b*tch."
Votey: A close-up of the older woman's smug face. Mom: "You didn't sleep well from age 1 to 4, so I ruined your life!"
Alt text
An eleven-panel SMBC comic. A blonde woman, newly living on her own, declares she'll finally do all the things her parents forbade. She eats in bed (then finds crumbs uncomfortable), goes outside in the cold without layers (then freezes), and eats eight sleeves of Oreos for dinner (a sickly dog appears as she says the only reason she's not dead is that death finds her too repulsive to visit). Defeated, she calls her mom, who cheerfully answers "Hi, sweetie!" The woman screams: "Why the fuck didn't you let me do fun stuff when I was young enough to enjoy it?" Mom replies smugly: "Checkmate, b*tch." Votey: a close-up of mom's smug face saying "You didn't sleep well from age 1 to 4, so I ruined your life!" The joke: the mother's restrictions were petty payback, and the daughter has now internalized them so thoroughly that freedom only proves her parents right.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.