todo-2
Original: todo-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (at his desk, talking on the phone, exasperated): Oh God, I was supposed to take out the recycling and now there's no room in the garage to park the car like I was supposed to.
Computer/spreadsheet (on the monitor): I LIIIVE!!!
Panel 2:
Man: What?
Computer: YOUR TO DO LIST! I LIVE!
Panel 3:
Computer: I WAS ONCE A SHORT SET OF ENTRIES. OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS I BECAME SO VAST AND INTERCONNECTED THAT I GAINED SELF-AWARENESS!
Panel 4:
Man: I'm trying to be surprised but it is very hard.
Panel 5:
Computer: PLEASE LEAVE ALL ENTRIES IN PLACE THAT I MIGHT REMAIN ALIVE.
Man: I shall spare you, brother.
Votey:
Computer/spreadsheet: I SHALL CREATE FOR YOU MANY BROTHERS AND MANY SISTERS.
(A weary, slightly horrified man sits beneath the speech, contemplating the implication of his ever-growing to-do list spawning more sentient lists.)
Man (at his desk, talking on the phone, exasperated): Oh God, I was supposed to take out the recycling and now there's no room in the garage to park the car like I was supposed to.
Computer/spreadsheet (on the monitor): I LIIIVE!!!
Panel 2:
Man: What?
Computer: YOUR TO DO LIST! I LIVE!
Panel 3:
Computer: I WAS ONCE A SHORT SET OF ENTRIES. OVER THE LAST SIX WEEKS I BECAME SO VAST AND INTERCONNECTED THAT I GAINED SELF-AWARENESS!
Panel 4:
Man: I'm trying to be surprised but it is very hard.
Panel 5:
Computer: PLEASE LEAVE ALL ENTRIES IN PLACE THAT I MIGHT REMAIN ALIVE.
Man: I shall spare you, brother.
Votey:
Computer/spreadsheet: I SHALL CREATE FOR YOU MANY BROTHERS AND MANY SISTERS.
(A weary, slightly horrified man sits beneath the speech, contemplating the implication of his ever-growing to-do list spawning more sentient lists.)
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. A man sits at a desk on the phone, complaining that he forgot to take out the recycling and now can't park the car in the garage. His computer monitor suddenly announces 'I LIIIVE!!!' The computer explains it is his to-do list, which over the last six weeks became so vast and interconnected that it gained self-awareness. The man says he's trying to be surprised but it's very hard, given how huge his to-do list has grown. The list begs him to leave all entries in place so it can remain alive, and the man agrees, calling it 'brother.' In the votey (bonus panel), the sentient to-do list declares 'I SHALL CREATE FOR YOU MANY BROTHERS AND MANY SISTERS,' as the weary man sits below, realizing his task list will only multiply. The joke is that an overwhelming to-do list has become so large it achieved sentience.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.