real-life
Original: real-life on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Girl: But I don't wannaaa do homework!
Panel 2:
Older woman: You don't wanna do homework? And why not? You don't want to get to REAL LIFE?
Panel 3:
Girl: Is real life harder?
Older woman: No. Real life is way easier. It's just that almost nobody will care whether you do your work or not.
Panel 4:
Girl: Work. Go home. Internet. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.
Older woman: Formal schooling will be the last place in your life where someone gives a damn about whether you have an opinion on Tom Sawyer and what they think about it. Kiddo, you are WASTING IT.
Panel 5:
Older woman: Now then, who wants to summer somewhere I left?
Girl: Honestly, kill me.
Votey:
Girl (in speech bubble): I'm gonna rot my brain with comics!
Girl: But I don't wannaaa do homework!
Panel 2:
Older woman: You don't wanna do homework? And why not? You don't want to get to REAL LIFE?
Panel 3:
Girl: Is real life harder?
Older woman: No. Real life is way easier. It's just that almost nobody will care whether you do your work or not.
Panel 4:
Girl: Work. Go home. Internet. Eat. Sleep. Repeat.
Older woman: Formal schooling will be the last place in your life where someone gives a damn about whether you have an opinion on Tom Sawyer and what they think about it. Kiddo, you are WASTING IT.
Panel 5:
Older woman: Now then, who wants to summer somewhere I left?
Girl: Honestly, kill me.
Votey:
Girl (in speech bubble): I'm gonna rot my brain with comics!
Alt text
A five-panel comic. A young girl with light hair whines to an older woman that she doesn't want to do her homework. The older woman challenges her: doesn't she want to get to REAL LIFE? The girl asks if real life is harder. The woman replies no, real life is actually way easier, the difference is that almost nobody will care whether she does her work or not. She continues that formal schooling is the last place in life where anyone will give a damn whether the girl has an opinion on something like Tom Sawyer, so the girl is WASTING IT. The girl, looking miserable, recites the grind of adult life and deadpans 'Honestly, kill me.' In the bonus votey panel, a close-up of the grinning girl declares in a speech bubble, 'I'm gonna rot my brain with comics!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.