deadline
Original: deadline on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Person (lying in bed): Hey brain, why are you making me stress about this deadline?
Panel 2:
Brain: I know I'm gonna get it done on time. You know I'm gonna get it done on time. Stressing in the interim just shortens our shared lifespan and makes us unhappy.
Panel 3:
Brain: I don't trust you. If I ease up the pressure for an instant you will grow weak.
Panel 4:
Person: Could you at least let me sleep tonight?
Brain: No.
Panel 5:
(The brain, now with little legs, stands up off the pillow next to the sleeping person. No dialogue.)
Panel 6:
(The brain hovers over the person's head, beginning to speak — speech bubble shown but text appears in the next panel / votey.)
Panel 7:
Brain: We're gonna hang out and think about how we have failed.
(The person lies awake in bed, distressed, the brain perched beside their head.)
Votey:
Brain: First of all, you have failed to sleep tonight.
(The detached brain looms in front of the person.)
Person (lying in bed): Hey brain, why are you making me stress about this deadline?
Panel 2:
Brain: I know I'm gonna get it done on time. You know I'm gonna get it done on time. Stressing in the interim just shortens our shared lifespan and makes us unhappy.
Panel 3:
Brain: I don't trust you. If I ease up the pressure for an instant you will grow weak.
Panel 4:
Person: Could you at least let me sleep tonight?
Brain: No.
Panel 5:
(The brain, now with little legs, stands up off the pillow next to the sleeping person. No dialogue.)
Panel 6:
(The brain hovers over the person's head, beginning to speak — speech bubble shown but text appears in the next panel / votey.)
Panel 7:
Brain: We're gonna hang out and think about how we have failed.
(The person lies awake in bed, distressed, the brain perched beside their head.)
Votey:
Brain: First of all, you have failed to sleep tonight.
(The detached brain looms in front of the person.)
Alt text
A black-and-white/colored SMBC comic. A person lies in bed at night trying to sleep while their own brain (drawn as a cartoon brain) talks to them. Panel 1: the person asks, "Hey brain, why are you making me stress about this deadline?" Panel 2: the brain replies that it knows the work will get done on time, and that stressing in the interim just shortens their shared lifespan and makes them unhappy. Panel 3: the brain says it doesn't trust the person — if it eases the pressure for an instant, the person will grow weak. Panel 4: the person asks if it could at least let them sleep tonight; the brain answers "No." In the following panels the brain sprouts little legs, stands up off the pillow, and hovers beside the sleeping person's head, announcing: "We're gonna hang out and think about how we have failed." The person lies awake, unable to sleep. Votey (aftercomic): the detached brain looms in front of the person and declares, "First of all, you have failed to sleep tonight."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.