rich
Original: rich on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A praying man: DEAR GOD, PLEASE MAKE ME RICH.
God (voice from above): NAH, THAT'S SELFISH.
Panel 2:
The praying man: DEAR GOD, PLEASE FLOOD THE WORLD, FOR IT IS FULL OF SINNERS.
God (voice from above): THERE WE GO!
Panel 3:
Caption: LATER...
A laptop screen showing a stock chart: DAMMIT!
Panel 4:
Newspaper headline: MAN GETS RICH SHORT-SELLING REAL ESTATE MARKET
Newspaper subtext / caption beneath a small illustration of God: Credit: God, while giggling a lot.
Votey:
A man stands with his arms thrown wide open in triumph, shouting:
SUCK ON THOSE LEMONS, DEITY WHO RULES THE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE!
A praying man: DEAR GOD, PLEASE MAKE ME RICH.
God (voice from above): NAH, THAT'S SELFISH.
Panel 2:
The praying man: DEAR GOD, PLEASE FLOOD THE WORLD, FOR IT IS FULL OF SINNERS.
God (voice from above): THERE WE GO!
Panel 3:
Caption: LATER...
A laptop screen showing a stock chart: DAMMIT!
Panel 4:
Newspaper headline: MAN GETS RICH SHORT-SELLING REAL ESTATE MARKET
Newspaper subtext / caption beneath a small illustration of God: Credit: God, while giggling a lot.
Votey:
A man stands with his arms thrown wide open in triumph, shouting:
SUCK ON THOSE LEMONS, DEITY WHO RULES THE FATE OF THE UNIVERSE!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A man with his hands clasped in prayer says, "Dear God, please make me rich." A voice from above (God) replies, "Nah, that's selfish." Panel 2: The same man prays, "Dear God, please flood the world, for it is full of sinners." God answers enthusiastically, "There we go!" Panel 3: Labeled "Later...," a laptop displaying a falling stock chart has a speech bubble reading "Dammit!" Panel 4: A newspaper headline reads "MAN GETS RICH SHORT-SELLING REAL ESTATE MARKET," with a small drawing of God and a credit line, "Credit: God, while giggling a lot." The joke: God grants the supposedly pious prayer to flood (crash) the housing market, which lets the man profit by short-selling it, getting rich anyway. Votey (bonus panel): A man stands with arms spread wide in triumph, shouting, "Suck on those lemons, deity who rules the fate of the universe!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.