spice
Original: spice on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with orange/red hair, speaking matter-of-factly:
FACT - "Pumpkin spice" is just a spice mix used for pumpkin pie. It has no intrinsic relation to pumpkins.
FACT - Many dishes make use of the same set of spices, including a variety of meat dishes.
FROM WHICH IT FOLLOWS - we could have lived in the better world. But chose not to.
Then, leaning in with a grin:
"I'D LIKE A LARGE PORK-SPICE CAPPUCCINO."
Votey:
A close-up of a person's face, alarmed, speaking:
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NO ACTUAL PORK IN IT?!"
A man with orange/red hair, speaking matter-of-factly:
FACT - "Pumpkin spice" is just a spice mix used for pumpkin pie. It has no intrinsic relation to pumpkins.
FACT - Many dishes make use of the same set of spices, including a variety of meat dishes.
FROM WHICH IT FOLLOWS - we could have lived in the better world. But chose not to.
Then, leaning in with a grin:
"I'D LIKE A LARGE PORK-SPICE CAPPUCCINO."
Votey:
A close-up of a person's face, alarmed, speaking:
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NO ACTUAL PORK IN IT?!"
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel shows a man with flame-like orange hair calmly explaining a series of "facts": that "pumpkin spice" is just the spice mix used for pumpkin pie and has no intrinsic relation to pumpkins, that many dishes (including meat dishes) use the same set of spices, and that "from which it follows" we could have lived in the better world but chose not to. He then leans forward with a sly grin and orders, "I'd like a large pork-spice cappuccino." The joke: by the same logic that gives us pumpkin spice without pumpkin, we could have "pork spice" lattes that contain no pork. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of an alarmed face reacting indignantly, exclaiming, "What do you mean there's no actual pork in it?!" — the customer has forgotten the very logic that was just explained.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.