simile
Original: simile on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: CONVERSATION PRO-TIP:
Subtitle: SIMILES SOUND CLASSIER THAN METAPHORS.
The comic is a six-panel grid (two columns, three rows). Each panel is labeled with a classiness rating and shows a man speaking.
Panel 1 (label: NOT CLASSY):
Man: That guy's a dick.
Panel 2 (label: SUPER CLASSY):
Man (in a suit, gesturing): That guy's like a dick is.
Panel 3 (label: NOT CLASSY):
Man: My life is shit.
Panel 4 (label: INCREDIBLY CLASSY):
Man (in a suit, hand on chest): I live a like shit.
Panel 5 (label: NOT CLASSY):
Man (standing small, hands at sides): Today is balls.
Panel 6 (label: THE TONE OF A GENTLEMAN):
Man (in a suit, raising a glass): Today is such as balls are.
Votey:
Caption text at top: THIS COMIC IS AS CRAP.
Below the caption is a close-up line drawing of a man's face looking down with a slightly pained or disappointed expression.
Subtitle: SIMILES SOUND CLASSIER THAN METAPHORS.
The comic is a six-panel grid (two columns, three rows). Each panel is labeled with a classiness rating and shows a man speaking.
Panel 1 (label: NOT CLASSY):
Man: That guy's a dick.
Panel 2 (label: SUPER CLASSY):
Man (in a suit, gesturing): That guy's like a dick is.
Panel 3 (label: NOT CLASSY):
Man: My life is shit.
Panel 4 (label: INCREDIBLY CLASSY):
Man (in a suit, hand on chest): I live a like shit.
Panel 5 (label: NOT CLASSY):
Man (standing small, hands at sides): Today is balls.
Panel 6 (label: THE TONE OF A GENTLEMAN):
Man (in a suit, raising a glass): Today is such as balls are.
Votey:
Caption text at top: THIS COMIC IS AS CRAP.
Below the caption is a close-up line drawing of a man's face looking down with a slightly pained or disappointed expression.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic titled "Conversation Pro-Tip: Similes sound classier than metaphors." The panels are arranged in two columns and three rows, each pairing a "not classy" metaphor with a "classier" simile version, showing the same man (more formally dressed in the classy versions). Panel 1, labeled NOT CLASSY: he says "That guy's a dick." Panel 2, labeled SUPER CLASSY: in a suit he says "That guy's like a dick is." Panel 3, NOT CLASSY: "My life is shit." Panel 4, INCREDIBLY CLASSY: hand on chest, "I live a like shit." Panel 5, NOT CLASSY: standing meekly, "Today is balls." Panel 6, THE TONE OF A GENTLEMAN: raising a glass, "Today is such as balls are." The joke is that converting crude metaphors into grammatically awkward similes is presented as more refined. Votey aftercomic: a close-up of the man's face looking down, pained, with caption text above reading "This comic is as crap."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.