together-2
Original: together-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman (an anthropologist) speaking: "I've been an anthropologist for 40 years, and it seems to me the certain of us that we don't need religion to bring us together."
An audience member: "Really?"
Panel 2:
The anthropologist, now standing at a podium addressing the audience: "No, war will do just fine."
Panel 3:
The anthropologist continuing: "Catastrophes are pretty solid too, but only for about 24 hours. You can extend them together of course, but after a while it stops working."
Panel 4:
Audience member: "What about our shared humanity?"
The anthropologist (and others) bursting into laughter: "AHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAH HAHA!"
Votey:
The anthropologist adds: "Oh, also moon landings, but only the first one."
A woman (an anthropologist) speaking: "I've been an anthropologist for 40 years, and it seems to me the certain of us that we don't need religion to bring us together."
An audience member: "Really?"
Panel 2:
The anthropologist, now standing at a podium addressing the audience: "No, war will do just fine."
Panel 3:
The anthropologist continuing: "Catastrophes are pretty solid too, but only for about 24 hours. You can extend them together of course, but after a while it stops working."
Panel 4:
Audience member: "What about our shared humanity?"
The anthropologist (and others) bursting into laughter: "AHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAH HAHA!"
Votey:
The anthropologist adds: "Oh, also moon landings, but only the first one."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. A woman who introduces herself as a 40-year anthropologist stands before an audience and muses that humanity doesn't need religion to bring us together. An audience member asks "Really?" In the next panels, speaking from a podium, she clarifies that war works just fine for unifying people, and that catastrophes are solid too — but only for about 24 hours before the unity stops working. When an audience member earnestly asks "What about our shared humanity?", the whole room erupts in mocking laughter ("AHAHAHAHA!"). Votey (bonus panel below): the anthropologist deadpans, "Oh, also moon landings — but only the first one."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.