responsible-2
Original: responsible-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man (an economist) speaking: "It's really not responsible to have kids before you have enough savings. To do that, you'll need to get an education, which will require you to accumulate 20 years worth of debt."
Panel 2:
A mosquito, perched on a lectern/podium and apparently the one being addressed, replies: "Gosh. Wow. Okay. Well, I guess I'll start on that. Tell your friends!"
Panel 3:
A newspaper headline reads: "MOSQUITO POPULATION PLUMMETS"
Below the headline, a caption reads: "'Economist' No longer Most Hated Profession." A small line graph beside it shows a curve trending sharply downward.
Votey:
Hand-lettered text inside a wavy border: "The fundamental law of economics: if you want less of something, make it pay for college."
A man (an economist) speaking: "It's really not responsible to have kids before you have enough savings. To do that, you'll need to get an education, which will require you to accumulate 20 years worth of debt."
Panel 2:
A mosquito, perched on a lectern/podium and apparently the one being addressed, replies: "Gosh. Wow. Okay. Well, I guess I'll start on that. Tell your friends!"
Panel 3:
A newspaper headline reads: "MOSQUITO POPULATION PLUMMETS"
Below the headline, a caption reads: "'Economist' No longer Most Hated Profession." A small line graph beside it shows a curve trending sharply downward.
Votey:
Hand-lettered text inside a wavy border: "The fundamental law of economics: if you want less of something, make it pay for college."
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a frowning man, an economist, lectures off-panel: "It's really not responsible to have kids before you have enough savings. To do that, you'll need to get an education, which will require you to accumulate 20 years worth of debt." Panel 2: the listener is revealed to be a mosquito standing at a podium; it answers cheerfully, "Gosh. Wow. Okay. Well, I guess I'll start on that. Tell your friends!" Panel 3: a newspaper headline reads "MOSQUITO POPULATION PLUMMETS" with a small downward-trending line graph and a caption: "'Economist' No longer Most Hated Profession" — the economist's advice has caused mosquitoes to stop reproducing. Votey (aftercomic): hand-lettered text in a wavy frame reads, "The fundamental law of economics: if you want less of something, make it pay for college."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.