economist-2
Original: economist-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (narration caption): An economist walks into a bar and asks for a whiskey.
[A woman with dark hair stands holding up one finger.]
Panel 2 (narration caption): The bartender tells her that preferences are stable over time, then serves her a juicebox and cupcake.
[A bald, bearded bartender sits across a counter from the woman, a juicebox and cupcake on the bar.]
Panel 3 (narration caption): By assumption, the economist is happy.
[The woman stands behind the counter with the juicebox and cupcake in front of her.]
Votey:
[Close-up of the woman's face, looking distressed.]
Woman (in speech bubble): No ice cream?
[A woman with dark hair stands holding up one finger.]
Panel 2 (narration caption): The bartender tells her that preferences are stable over time, then serves her a juicebox and cupcake.
[A bald, bearded bartender sits across a counter from the woman, a juicebox and cupcake on the bar.]
Panel 3 (narration caption): By assumption, the economist is happy.
[The woman stands behind the counter with the juicebox and cupcake in front of her.]
Votey:
[Close-up of the woman's face, looking distressed.]
Woman (in speech bubble): No ice cream?
Alt text
A three-panel comic told entirely through narration captions. Panel 1 caption: "An economist walks into a bar and asks for a whiskey." A dark-haired woman holds up one finger. Panel 2 caption: "The bartender tells her that preferences are stable over time, then serves her a juicebox and cupcake." A bald, bearded bartender sits across the bar from her, with a juicebox and cupcake on the counter instead of whiskey. Panel 3 caption: "By assumption, the economist is happy." The woman stands behind the counter with the childish snacks. The joke mocks the economic assumption that preferences are stable over time by treating an adult's whiskey order and a kid's juicebox-and-cupcake as interchangeable. Votey: a close-up of the woman's distressed face as she says in a speech bubble, "No ice cream?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.