evolution-6
Original: evolution-6 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (top): HOW PEOPLE THINK EVOLUTION WORKS
Panel 1: A small bird speaks.
Bird: "WE KEEP BEING EATEN BY BIRDS! WE'VE GOT TO BECOME SMARTER, STRONGER, FASTER!"
Panel 2: Caption banner: "MANY GENERATIONS HENCE". The creature has evolved into a fierce dragon-like beast that strikes a martial-arts pose.
Dragon-beast: "KARATE!"
Title (middle): HOW EVOLUTION ACTUALLY WORKS
Panel 3: A small bird speaks.
Bird: "WE KEEP BEING EATEN BY BIRDS! BETTER GO MATE WITH WHOEVER'S LEFT."
Panel 4: Caption banner: "MANY GENERATIONS HENCE". The creature is now a brown lump resembling a pile of droppings.
Poop-creature: "HA! I'M CAMOUFLAGED AS BIRD POO SHIT. I AM THE PINNACLE OF NATURE."
Votey:
A goose/duck-like bird lies flat on the ground, looking smug and self-satisfied.
Bird: "I WAS MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE."
Panel 1: A small bird speaks.
Bird: "WE KEEP BEING EATEN BY BIRDS! WE'VE GOT TO BECOME SMARTER, STRONGER, FASTER!"
Panel 2: Caption banner: "MANY GENERATIONS HENCE". The creature has evolved into a fierce dragon-like beast that strikes a martial-arts pose.
Dragon-beast: "KARATE!"
Title (middle): HOW EVOLUTION ACTUALLY WORKS
Panel 3: A small bird speaks.
Bird: "WE KEEP BEING EATEN BY BIRDS! BETTER GO MATE WITH WHOEVER'S LEFT."
Panel 4: Caption banner: "MANY GENERATIONS HENCE". The creature is now a brown lump resembling a pile of droppings.
Poop-creature: "HA! I'M CAMOUFLAGED AS BIRD POO SHIT. I AM THE PINNACLE OF NATURE."
Votey:
A goose/duck-like bird lies flat on the ground, looking smug and self-satisfied.
Bird: "I WAS MADE IN GOD'S IMAGE."
Alt text
A two-row SMBC comic about evolution. The top row is labeled "How people think evolution works": a small cartoon bird complains, "We keep being eaten by birds! We've got to become smarter, stronger, faster!" Many generations later it has become a fierce dragon-like beast striking a karate pose and shouting "Karate!" The bottom row is labeled "How evolution actually works": a small bird says, "We keep being eaten by birds! Better go mate with whoever's left." Many generations later it has become an unremarkable brown lump that looks like a pile of droppings, boasting, "Ha! I'm camouflaged as bird poo shit. I am the pinnacle of nature." In the votey aftercomic, a smug goose lying flat on the ground declares, "I was made in God's image."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.