meaning-2
Original: meaning-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman with light hair: Do you think there's a meaning of life?
Woman with dark hair: Sure.
Panel 2:
Woman with light hair: Probably to seek out something or other, or strive against this and that.
(The two women walk together across a snowy landscape.)
Panel 3:
Woman with dark hair: The thing is there's clearly no meaning to, say, the life of a cat, and the cat seems much happier than us.
Panel 4:
Woman with dark hair: Yet here we are, ever searching for meaning. It's like because we're not 100% sure there's a millstone around our necks, we spend a lifetime searching for one.
Panel 5:
Woman with light hair: Existentialists say you can construct your own millstone.
Woman with dark hair: I call that masochism.
Votey:
Woman with light hair: I guess all those "find your inner purpose" people are sadists.
Woman with dark hair: I thought it was obvious.
Woman with light hair: Do you think there's a meaning of life?
Woman with dark hair: Sure.
Panel 2:
Woman with light hair: Probably to seek out something or other, or strive against this and that.
(The two women walk together across a snowy landscape.)
Panel 3:
Woman with dark hair: The thing is there's clearly no meaning to, say, the life of a cat, and the cat seems much happier than us.
Panel 4:
Woman with dark hair: Yet here we are, ever searching for meaning. It's like because we're not 100% sure there's a millstone around our necks, we spend a lifetime searching for one.
Panel 5:
Woman with light hair: Existentialists say you can construct your own millstone.
Woman with dark hair: I call that masochism.
Votey:
Woman with light hair: I guess all those "find your inner purpose" people are sadists.
Woman with dark hair: I thought it was obvious.
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Two women, one with light hair and one with dark hair, walk and talk across a snowy winter landscape. The light-haired woman asks if there's a meaning of life; the dark-haired woman says "Sure." The light-haired woman suggests it's probably to seek out something or strive against things. The dark-haired woman counters that there's clearly no meaning to the life of a cat, yet the cat seems much happier than us. She continues: "Yet here we are, ever searching for meaning. It's like because we're not 100% sure there's a millstone around our necks, we spend a lifetime searching for one." The light-haired woman notes existentialists say you can construct your own millstone, and the dark-haired woman replies, "I call that masochism." Votey (black-and-white aftercomic): The light-haired woman says, "I guess all those 'find your inner purpose' people are sadists." The dark-haired woman, smiling slightly, replies, "I thought it was obvious."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.