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Original: ends on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Father (a balding man with orange hair and glasses, lying in bed): Son, the most important thing in life is that you must always treat people as an end in themselves, never a means.
Panel 2:
Son (a young man with orange hair and glasses): Why?
Panel 3:
Father: People will love you for it and then you can get stuff out of them.
Panel 4:
Son: Like social stuff?
Father: Cash, boy. Cash.
Votey:
A close-up of the father's face, smiling slyly.
Father: Trust me. I am your friend.
Father (a balding man with orange hair and glasses, lying in bed): Son, the most important thing in life is that you must always treat people as an end in themselves, never a means.
Panel 2:
Son (a young man with orange hair and glasses): Why?
Panel 3:
Father: People will love you for it and then you can get stuff out of them.
Panel 4:
Son: Like social stuff?
Father: Cash, boy. Cash.
Votey:
A close-up of the father's face, smiling slyly.
Father: Trust me. I am your friend.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. A balding orange-haired man in glasses lies in bed talking to his son, a young orange-haired man also in glasses. Panel 1, the father: "Son, the most important thing in life is that you must always treat people as an end in themselves, never a means." Panel 2, the son: "Why?" Panel 3, the father: "People will love you for it and then you can get stuff out of them." Panel 4, the son: "Like social stuff?" Father: "Cash, boy. Cash." The joke inverts Kant's moral imperative into cynical manipulation advice. Votey: a close-up of the father's face wearing a sly, smug smile, saying "Trust me. I am your friend."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.