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Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with reddish hair: You ever... you ever feel like you're being watched?
Woman with glasses: No... never.
Panel 2:
Man with reddish hair: God, wouldn't it be cool to be watched? Sure, my computers LISTEN to me and track my movements... but if they could see me and monitor my expressions... imagine the quality of the product recommendations!
Panel 3:
Woman with glasses: You're gonna love these new household robots.
(The man stands beside her, looking unimpressed.)
Panel 4:
A small wheeled robot with a smiling LCD face: Discount liquor, Mr. Patterson?
Panel 5:
Man with reddish hair (clutching the robot/a camera-like device to his face, eyes closed in bliss): God bless this customer-oriented dystopia!
(The woman with glasses stands behind him, looking concerned/disturbed.)
Votey:
Close-up of the smiling robot's face: Would you like some heroine?
Man with reddish hair: You ever... you ever feel like you're being watched?
Woman with glasses: No... never.
Panel 2:
Man with reddish hair: God, wouldn't it be cool to be watched? Sure, my computers LISTEN to me and track my movements... but if they could see me and monitor my expressions... imagine the quality of the product recommendations!
Panel 3:
Woman with glasses: You're gonna love these new household robots.
(The man stands beside her, looking unimpressed.)
Panel 4:
A small wheeled robot with a smiling LCD face: Discount liquor, Mr. Patterson?
Panel 5:
Man with reddish hair (clutching the robot/a camera-like device to his face, eyes closed in bliss): God bless this customer-oriented dystopia!
(The woman with glasses stands behind him, looking concerned/disturbed.)
Votey:
Close-up of the smiling robot's face: Would you like some heroine?
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A red-haired man asks a bespectacled woman, "You ever... you ever feel like you're being watched?" She replies, "No... never." Panel 2: The man, looking at a device, enthuses that it would be cool to be watched—his computers already listen and track his movements, but if they could also see and monitor his expressions, imagine the quality of the product recommendations. Panel 3: The woman tells him, "You're gonna love these new household robots," while he stands looking unimpressed. Panel 4: A small wheeled robot with a smiling LCD-screen face asks, "Discount liquor, Mr. Patterson?" Panel 5: The man hugs the robot to his face with eyes closed in pure bliss, declaring, "God bless this customer-oriented dystopia!" while the woman stands behind him looking disturbed. Votey: A close-up of the smiling robot's face asking, "Would you like some heroine?"—the surveillance-pusher robot pushing hard drugs with a cheerful smile.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.