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humans-2

Original: humans-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
Alien spaceship (broadcasting to Earth): PEOPLE OF EARTH! WE COME SEEKING MATES! TURN OVER 100,000 PEOPLE AT ONCE OR FACE ANNIHILATION!

Panel 2 (caption): 14 MINUTES LATER...
UN Secretary General (human, in pink, speaking on a screen/transmission): HI, THIS IS THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL. WE HAVE YOUR PEOPLE.

Panel 3:
Green alien: HOW DID YOU DO THAT SO FAST?

Panel 4:
UN Secretary General: POSTED A VOLUNTEER THREAD ON A FETISH SITE.

Panel 5:
Green alien: I... IT WAS A TEST. CIVILIZATIONS THAT FORCE PEOPLE TO COME WITH US ARE CONDEMNED WHILE CIVILIZATIONS THAT REFUSE GET TO JOIN THE GALACTIC FEDERATION.

Panel 6:
UN Secretary General: YOU SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE IN A WAY THAT CHALLENGES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF INTELLIGENT LIFE.

Panel 7:
UN Secretary General: WOULD YOU MIND TAKING SOME OVERFLOW? PEOPLE WERE PRETTY ENTHUSIASTIC.

Votey:
A dejected-looking alien with a thought/speech bubble: GONNA GO AHEAD AND THROW MY HAT IN THE RING, TOO.

Alt text

An eight-panel SMBC comic. A green alien spaceship broadcasts to Earth: "PEOPLE OF EARTH! WE COME SEEKING MATES! TURN OVER 100,000 PEOPLE AT ONCE OR FACE ANNIHILATION!" A caption reads "14 MINUTES LATER..." and the human UN Secretary General (a woman in pink, on a transmission) replies, "HI, THIS IS THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL. WE HAVE YOUR PEOPLE." The startled green alien asks, "HOW DID YOU DO THAT SO FAST?" She explains, "POSTED A VOLUNTEER THREAD ON A FETISH SITE." The alien, looking awkward, backpedals: "I... IT WAS A TEST. CIVILIZATIONS THAT FORCE PEOPLE TO COME WITH US ARE CONDEMNED WHILE CIVILIZATIONS THAT REFUSE GET TO JOIN THE GALACTIC FEDERATION." The Secretary General responds drily, "YOU SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE IN A WAY THAT CHALLENGES OUR UNDERSTANDING OF INTELLIGENT LIFE," then adds over a view of the ship and Earth, "WOULD YOU MIND TAKING SOME OVERFLOW? PEOPLE WERE PRETTY ENTHUSIASTIC." Votey: A glum-looking alien says, "GONNA GO AHEAD AND THROW MY HAT IN THE RING, TOO," implying even the aliens want in on the offer.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.