rational-2
Original: rational-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (with brown hair): Do you think humans are rational?
Man (in a suit): Well "I" certainly am.
Panel 2:
Man: Except when hungry, sleepy, fatigued, sick, sad, drunk, overworked, underworked, anxious, stressed, bored, when I miss my coffee, when I have too much coffee, when I browse the internet, when I see the ocean, when music is on, when something bad has happened, when something good has happened, and when it's morning, night, early afternoon, or any time during winter, fall, or late spring.
Panel 3:
Man: Outside of that I'm a cold-hearted calculating MACHINE.
Panel 4:
Woman: So... when exactly do you feel rational?
Man (now as a silhouette): Any time you ask me my opinion.
Votey:
FACT: ASTERISKS ARE A *PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE* FORM OF EMPHASIS.
Woman (with brown hair): Do you think humans are rational?
Man (in a suit): Well "I" certainly am.
Panel 2:
Man: Except when hungry, sleepy, fatigued, sick, sad, drunk, overworked, underworked, anxious, stressed, bored, when I miss my coffee, when I have too much coffee, when I browse the internet, when I see the ocean, when music is on, when something bad has happened, when something good has happened, and when it's morning, night, early afternoon, or any time during winter, fall, or late spring.
Panel 3:
Man: Outside of that I'm a cold-hearted calculating MACHINE.
Panel 4:
Woman: So... when exactly do you feel rational?
Man (now as a silhouette): Any time you ask me my opinion.
Votey:
FACT: ASTERISKS ARE A *PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE* FORM OF EMPHASIS.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A brown-haired woman asks a man in a suit, "Do you think humans are rational?" He replies, "Well 'I' certainly am." Panel 2: A close-up of the man delivering a long run-on caveat: he's rational except when hungry, sleepy, fatigued, sick, sad, drunk, overworked, underworked, anxious, stressed, bored, when he misses or has too much coffee, when he browses the internet, sees the ocean, hears music, when something good or bad has happened, and when it's morning, night, early afternoon, or any time during winter, fall, or late spring. Panel 3: He concludes, "Outside of that I'm a cold-hearted calculating MACHINE." Panel 4: Both shown as silhouettes; the woman asks, "So... when exactly do you feel rational?" and he answers, "Any time you ask me my opinion." The joke: he only considers himself rational when his own views are being solicited. Votey (aftercomic): A hand-lettered sign reading "FACT: ASTERISKS ARE A *PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE* FORM OF EMPHASIS," using asterisks to emphasize the phrase it's defending.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.