self-driving-cars
Original: self-driving-cars on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (a first date):
Man with red hair: "That reminds me of a long hilarious story about scrotums, which I... WILL NOT TELL BECAUSE THIS IS A FIRST DATE."
(He sits across from a woman with dark hair and glasses.)
Panel 2 (a job interview):
Applicant: "My greatest weakness? I have a real soft spot for doing your wife. WORKING TOO HARD, OFTEN EVEN ON WEEKENDS."
(A bearded man leans forward toward an interviewer at a desk with a laptop.)
Panel 3 (a funeral / eulogy at a podium):
Speaker at podium: "I'm sad to see my dear old friend Frank go, but I'll always remember that bachelor party in Vegas, where... WE LEFT LAS VEGAS TO GO TO THE LIBRARY."
Panel 4 (an old man in a bed, end of life):
Dying man: "Do I have regrets? Absolutely. First, that time you... ACTUALLY NO I WILL JUST DIE PEACEFULLY."
(A figure sits at his bedside.)
Caption below comic: "There should be a remote safety driver for life."
Votey:
Hand-lettered text on a torn-paper background:
"Dear Waymo,
I am pleased to release this idea to you, for free, in exchange for eternal free pizza delivery.
Yours moveweinersmith"
Man with red hair: "That reminds me of a long hilarious story about scrotums, which I... WILL NOT TELL BECAUSE THIS IS A FIRST DATE."
(He sits across from a woman with dark hair and glasses.)
Panel 2 (a job interview):
Applicant: "My greatest weakness? I have a real soft spot for doing your wife. WORKING TOO HARD, OFTEN EVEN ON WEEKENDS."
(A bearded man leans forward toward an interviewer at a desk with a laptop.)
Panel 3 (a funeral / eulogy at a podium):
Speaker at podium: "I'm sad to see my dear old friend Frank go, but I'll always remember that bachelor party in Vegas, where... WE LEFT LAS VEGAS TO GO TO THE LIBRARY."
Panel 4 (an old man in a bed, end of life):
Dying man: "Do I have regrets? Absolutely. First, that time you... ACTUALLY NO I WILL JUST DIE PEACEFULLY."
(A figure sits at his bedside.)
Caption below comic: "There should be a remote safety driver for life."
Votey:
Hand-lettered text on a torn-paper background:
"Dear Waymo,
I am pleased to release this idea to you, for free, in exchange for eternal free pizza delivery.
Yours moveweinersmith"
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic about people catching themselves mid-sentence in awkward social situations, as if an unseen safety driver took over the wheel of their mouth. Panel 1: a red-haired man on a first date with a woman in glasses says, "That reminds me of a long hilarious story about scrotums, which I... will not tell because this is a first date." Panel 2: a bearded job applicant tells an interviewer, "My greatest weakness? I have a real soft spot for doing your wife. Working too hard, often even on weekends." Panel 3: a man giving a eulogy at a podium says, "I'm sad to see my dear old friend Frank go, but I'll always remember that bachelor party in Vegas, where... we left Las Vegas to go to the library." Panel 4: a dying old man in bed tells someone at his bedside, "Do I have regrets? Absolutely. First, that time you... actually no I will just die peacefully." The italicized save in each line reads like a self-driving-car system overriding the driver. Caption: "There should be a remote safety driver for life." Votey: a torn note in handwriting reads, "Dear Waymo, I am pleased to release this idea to you, for free, in exchange for eternal free pizza delivery. Yours, Weinersmith."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.