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depressing

Original: depressing on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
Man with red hair: God! The news is depressing.

Panel 2:
Man: I can't just keep quiet.

Panel 3:
Man: I've got to stand up and do something!

Panel 4:
Man (arms raised triumphantly): I vow that I will not rest until the world is a better place.

Panel 5 (a newspaper):
Headline: MAN DIES OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION
Article text: Scientists say burden of global warming slightly reduced.

Votey:
Newspaper headline: Newspapers continue existing for purpose of comic headlines

Alt text

A five-panel comic. In the first four panels, a man with red hair reacts to the news: he says "God! The news is depressing," then "I can't just keep quiet," then "I've got to stand up and do something!" and finally, with his arms raised triumphantly, "I vow that I will not rest until the world is a better place." The fifth panel shows a newspaper with the headline "MAN DIES OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION" and an article reading "Scientists say burden of global warming slightly reduced" beside a small photo of the dead man, implying his vow never to rest literally killed him and that his death marginally helped the planet. Votey: a separate hand-drawn newspaper bearing the headline "Newspapers continue existing for purpose of comic headlines."

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.