real-life-2
Original: real-life-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman: Steve, I can come clean with you now. You didn't go to a real college. You were part of an experiment.
Steve: Wha?
Panel 2:
Woman: You were sent to a "plagerb university." You appeared to be in a college, but you got faculty actors. There were no exams. You were allowed to pass tests by answering them and grading professors, and you got good marks even on books you never read.
Panel 3:
Steve: But, but... I won't get a degree.
Woman: Oh my god my god oh my god. Wait a min--
Panel 4:
Woman: Just kidding! Here's your diploma.
Steve: Wooohoo!
Votey:
Handwritten note: "This is a Chinese take-out menu."
Woman: Steve, I can come clean with you now. You didn't go to a real college. You were part of an experiment.
Steve: Wha?
Panel 2:
Woman: You were sent to a "plagerb university." You appeared to be in a college, but you got faculty actors. There were no exams. You were allowed to pass tests by answering them and grading professors, and you got good marks even on books you never read.
Panel 3:
Steve: But, but... I won't get a degree.
Woman: Oh my god my god oh my god. Wait a min--
Panel 4:
Woman: Just kidding! Here's your diploma.
Steve: Wooohoo!
Votey:
Handwritten note: "This is a Chinese take-out menu."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. A woman in a lab coat speaks to a startled man (Steve) wearing a graduation cap. She tells him he didn't attend a real college but was part of an experiment at a fake "plagerb university" with actors for faculty, no real exams, and inflated grades he received even for books he never read. Steve panics that he won't get a degree, and the woman dramatically exclaims "oh my god" repeatedly. In the final panel she cheerfully says "Just kidding! Here's your diploma," and Steve celebrates with "Wooohoo!" Votey aftercomic: a small image with a handwritten line that reads "This is a Chinese take-out menu," revealing the diploma is actually a takeout menu, with a robot character looking on and a speech bubble reading "HA!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.