salt
Original: salt on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A robed figure (resembling God or an angel, all in white) speaks to a bearded man in robes against a backdrop of fiery destruction with meteors falling from the sky.
White-robed figure: "NO! SHE LOOKED BACK AT THE MAYHEM AND DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH, EVEN THOUGH IT PROVIDED NO ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION! NOW SHE IS 100% SALT!"
Caption (below panel): What if the story of Lot's Wife was actually a homily about avoiding cable news?
Votey:
A thought bubble rises from a person's head (shown from behind/side, resting their chin).
Thought: "IF ONLY SHE'D FOCUSED ON INTERNET COMICS."
A robed figure (resembling God or an angel, all in white) speaks to a bearded man in robes against a backdrop of fiery destruction with meteors falling from the sky.
White-robed figure: "NO! SHE LOOKED BACK AT THE MAYHEM AND DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH, EVEN THOUGH IT PROVIDED NO ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION! NOW SHE IS 100% SALT!"
Caption (below panel): What if the story of Lot's Wife was actually a homily about avoiding cable news?
Votey:
A thought bubble rises from a person's head (shown from behind/side, resting their chin).
Thought: "IF ONLY SHE'D FOCUSED ON INTERNET COMICS."
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Main panel: against a backdrop of falling meteors and fiery destruction, a white-robed figure (God/angel) gestures at a bearded man in robes and shouts, "NO! SHE LOOKED BACK AT THE MAYHEM AND DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH, EVEN THOUGH IT PROVIDED NO ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION! NOW SHE IS 100% SALT!" A caption below reads: "What if the story of Lot's Wife was actually a homily about avoiding cable news?" The joke reframes the biblical tale of Lot's wife being turned to a pillar of salt as a warning against doomscrolling cable news. Votey (aftercomic): a person rests their chin in thought, and a thought bubble above them reads, "IF ONLY SHE'D FOCUSED ON INTERNET COMICS." -- a self-deprecating nod that reading webcomics instead would have been better.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.