milkshake
Original: milkshake on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic:
Speaker (a man wearing a stars-and-stripes / American-flag-themed hat and outfit): "PLEASE AMERICA - THAT'S OUR TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS SWEET, CHERISHED FOR GENERATIONS!"
Speaker (responding): "NO, NO, IT'S NOW A MILKSHAKE. AND A COFFEE FLAVOR. AND IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, A HAMBURGER BUN."
Caption below the panel: "America treats foreign food like English treats foreign words."
Votey:
The American-flag-themed character (now shown in close-up under a wide-brimmed hat, looking sour/menacing): "IF I COULD GRIND UP YOUR RELIGIOUS HERITAGE AND SPRINKLE IT ON A DONUT, I WOULD."
Speaker (a man wearing a stars-and-stripes / American-flag-themed hat and outfit): "PLEASE AMERICA - THAT'S OUR TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS SWEET, CHERISHED FOR GENERATIONS!"
Speaker (responding): "NO, NO, IT'S NOW A MILKSHAKE. AND A COFFEE FLAVOR. AND IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, A HAMBURGER BUN."
Caption below the panel: "America treats foreign food like English treats foreign words."
Votey:
The American-flag-themed character (now shown in close-up under a wide-brimmed hat, looking sour/menacing): "IF I COULD GRIND UP YOUR RELIGIOUS HERITAGE AND SPRINKLE IT ON A DONUT, I WOULD."
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel shows a character dressed in American-flag-themed clothing and a star-spangled hat (representing America) leaning over a counter. Another person off-panel pleads, "Please America - that's our traditional Christmas sweet, cherished for generations!" America replies smugly, "No, no, it's now a milkshake. And a coffee flavor. And if you're not careful, a hamburger bun." A caption beneath reads: "America treats foreign food like English treats foreign words." The joke: just as English absorbs and mangles loanwords, America appropriates and commercializes foreign foods.
Votey: A close-up of the America character, now under a wide-brimmed hat with a sour, vaguely sinister expression, says, "If I could grind up your religious heritage and sprinkle it on a donut, I would."
Votey: A close-up of the America character, now under a wide-brimmed hat with a sour, vaguely sinister expression, says, "If I could grind up your religious heritage and sprinkle it on a donut, I would."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.