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Original: stop on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A child (brown bob haircut, yellow shirt) sits eating a chocolate-chip cookie with her eyes closed in blissful enjoyment.
Mother (off-panel): STOP THAT!
Panel 2: The mother (black wavy hair, glasses) looms in the foreground. The child peeks out small in the background from behind a chair.
Child: WHAT?
Panel 3: The mother (red top, glasses), looking agitated, gestures as she explains.
Mother: ORIENTING YOUR ENTIRE MENTAL UNIVERSE AROUND A SINGLE EASILY-ACCESSIBLE POINT OF PLEASURE, ENJOYED FULLY AND WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM THE OUTSIDE UNIVERSE!
Panel 4: The child sits holding the cookie, staring blankly.
Panel 5: The child, now shown in silhouette.
Child: HOW DO ADULTS EAT COOKIES?
Panel 6: The mother, shown in silhouette, reaches toward a cookie on a table.
Mother: WITHOUT PLEASURE AND WHILE FRETTING ABOUT DISTANT FORCES WE CANNOT CONTROL AND ALSO LOTS.
Votey: A black-and-white close-up of a mouth biting into a cookie, with a speech bubble.
Mother: OH AND SHAME!
Mother (off-panel): STOP THAT!
Panel 2: The mother (black wavy hair, glasses) looms in the foreground. The child peeks out small in the background from behind a chair.
Child: WHAT?
Panel 3: The mother (red top, glasses), looking agitated, gestures as she explains.
Mother: ORIENTING YOUR ENTIRE MENTAL UNIVERSE AROUND A SINGLE EASILY-ACCESSIBLE POINT OF PLEASURE, ENJOYED FULLY AND WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM THE OUTSIDE UNIVERSE!
Panel 4: The child sits holding the cookie, staring blankly.
Panel 5: The child, now shown in silhouette.
Child: HOW DO ADULTS EAT COOKIES?
Panel 6: The mother, shown in silhouette, reaches toward a cookie on a table.
Mother: WITHOUT PLEASURE AND WHILE FRETTING ABOUT DISTANT FORCES WE CANNOT CONTROL AND ALSO LOTS.
Votey: A black-and-white close-up of a mouth biting into a cookie, with a speech bubble.
Mother: OH AND SHAME!
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a young child with a brown bob and yellow shirt eats a chocolate-chip cookie with eyes closed in pure bliss; an off-panel mother shouts "STOP THAT!" Panel 2: the dark-haired, glasses-wearing mother looms close while the tiny child peeks out from behind a chair, asking "WHAT?" Panel 3: the mother, agitated and gesturing, declares: "ORIENTING YOUR ENTIRE MENTAL UNIVERSE AROUND A SINGLE EASILY-ACCESSIBLE POINT OF PLEASURE, ENJOYED FULLY AND WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM THE OUTSIDE UNIVERSE!" Panel 4: the child sits holding the cookie, staring blankly. Panel 5: the child, now in silhouette, asks "HOW DO ADULTS EAT COOKIES?" Panel 6: the mother, in silhouette, reaching for a cookie on a table, answers "WITHOUT PLEASURE AND WHILE FRETTING ABOUT DISTANT FORCES WE CANNOT CONTROL AND ALSO LOTS." Votey aftercomic: a black-and-white close-up of a mouth biting a cookie, with the mother adding "OH AND SHAME!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.