gatekeeping
Original: gatekeeping on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title caption: FUNTIME ACTIVITY: GATEKEEPING ABOUT GATEKEEPING
Panel 1:
Older man with curly orange hair and round glasses (raising a finger, speaking to two younger people seated in front of him): "Pfft. You KIDS are telling people they're not true gamers? I've been telling people they're not true gamers for TWENTY YEARS."
Votey:
The older man (head and shoulders, with a smug expression): "I was hating myself way before it was cool!"
Panel 1:
Older man with curly orange hair and round glasses (raising a finger, speaking to two younger people seated in front of him): "Pfft. You KIDS are telling people they're not true gamers? I've been telling people they're not true gamers for TWENTY YEARS."
Votey:
The older man (head and shoulders, with a smug expression): "I was hating myself way before it was cool!"
Alt text
A title caption reads "FUNTIME ACTIVITY: GATEKEEPING ABOUT GATEKEEPING." In the single panel, an older man with curly orange hair and round glasses raises a finger and leans toward two skeptical-looking younger people seated in front of him, saying: "Pfft. You KIDS are telling people they're not true gamers? I've been telling people they're not true gamers for TWENTY YEARS." The joke is that he is gatekeeping the act of gatekeeping itself, treating it as a credential. Votey (aftercomic): the same man, drawn in a sketchier head-and-shoulders style with a smug look, adds: "I was hating myself way before it was cool!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.