rebel-2
Original: rebel-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman with glasses: AMAZING! YOU'RE A GENIUS!
Panel 2:
Woman with glasses: YOU'VE FINALLY FOUND A WAY TO REBEL AGAINST THE DATA MERCHANTS!
Panel 3:
Woman with glasses: BY LISTENING TO SUCH BAD MUSIC AND WATCHING SUCH BAD SHOWS - BY ENJOYING THAT WHICH SCARCELY ANY OTHER HUMAN WOULD ENJOY, YOU'VE MADE YOURSELF IMPOSSIBLE TO CLASSIFY!
Panel 4:
Man with red beard: I FIND SCOTTISH BALLADS PRETTY, OKAY?
Woman with glasses: YES! FIGHT THE POWER!
Votey:
Man with red beard: MODERN POP MUSIC JUST DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH LYRICS ABOUT GETTING KILLED BY THE ENGLISH.
Woman with glasses: AMAZING! YOU'RE A GENIUS!
Panel 2:
Woman with glasses: YOU'VE FINALLY FOUND A WAY TO REBEL AGAINST THE DATA MERCHANTS!
Panel 3:
Woman with glasses: BY LISTENING TO SUCH BAD MUSIC AND WATCHING SUCH BAD SHOWS - BY ENJOYING THAT WHICH SCARCELY ANY OTHER HUMAN WOULD ENJOY, YOU'VE MADE YOURSELF IMPOSSIBLE TO CLASSIFY!
Panel 4:
Man with red beard: I FIND SCOTTISH BALLADS PRETTY, OKAY?
Woman with glasses: YES! FIGHT THE POWER!
Votey:
Man with red beard: MODERN POP MUSIC JUST DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH LYRICS ABOUT GETTING KILLED BY THE ENGLISH.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. A woman with glasses enthusiastically praises a red-bearded man at a computer. Panel 1, she exclaims, "Amazing! You're a genius!" Panel 2: "You've finally found a way to rebel against the data merchants!" Panel 3, she explains: "By listening to SUCH bad music and watching SUCH bad shows - by enjoying that which scarcely any other human would enjoy, you've made yourself impossible to classify!" Panel 4, the man replies flatly, "I find Scottish ballads pretty, okay?" while the woman raises a fist and cheers, "Yes! Fight the power!" The joke: his genuine niche taste is reframed as deliberate anti-surveillance rebellion. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the red-bearded man saying, "Modern pop music just doesn't have enough lyrics about getting killed by the English" - revealing his earnest, specific preference for old Scottish ballads.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.