gold-2
Original: gold-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man: Hey leprechaun, why the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
Leprechaun: Ah, me laddy, 'tis tae maintain artificial scarcity.
Panel 2:
Leprechaun: If I spread me pot o' gold hither an' thither, 'twould put a wee coin in every pot!
Panel 3:
Leprechaun: Next thing ye know, the gold standard backin' up me currency ain't worth a tinkers dam, to be sure, to be sure.
Panel 4:
Man: The world's been off the gold standard since the late 20th century.
Leprechaun: Aye?!
Panel 5:
Man: We're far richer than back then too, but we maintain scarcity by way of cryptocurrency and by making things inefficiently and calling them artisanal.
Panel 6:
Leprechaun: ...sure 'tis no wonder nobody wants me gold.
Man: Do you have a pot of index funds by any chance?
Votey:
Leprechaun: Aye 'tis terrible hard bein' a stereotype, tee toi tee toi.
Man: Hey leprechaun, why the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
Leprechaun: Ah, me laddy, 'tis tae maintain artificial scarcity.
Panel 2:
Leprechaun: If I spread me pot o' gold hither an' thither, 'twould put a wee coin in every pot!
Panel 3:
Leprechaun: Next thing ye know, the gold standard backin' up me currency ain't worth a tinkers dam, to be sure, to be sure.
Panel 4:
Man: The world's been off the gold standard since the late 20th century.
Leprechaun: Aye?!
Panel 5:
Man: We're far richer than back then too, but we maintain scarcity by way of cryptocurrency and by making things inefficiently and calling them artisanal.
Panel 6:
Leprechaun: ...sure 'tis no wonder nobody wants me gold.
Man: Do you have a pot of index funds by any chance?
Votey:
Leprechaun: Aye 'tis terrible hard bein' a stereotype, tee toi tee toi.
Alt text
A six-panel comic. A man in a suit talks with a small red-bearded leprechaun standing beside a black pot of gold at the foot of a rainbow on a grassy hill. The man asks why the pot of gold sits at the end of the rainbow. The leprechaun explains it is to maintain artificial scarcity: if he spread his gold around, putting a coin in every pot, the gold standard backing his currency would become worthless. The man replies that the world has been off the gold standard since the late 20th century, and that we are far richer now but maintain scarcity through cryptocurrency and by making things inefficiently and calling them artisanal. The leprechaun, dejected, concludes it's no wonder nobody wants his gold; the man asks whether he has a pot of index funds instead. Votey: a close-up of the bearded leprechaun in his hat looking weary, sighing that it's terrible hard being a stereotype, "tee toi tee toi."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.