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Original: status on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
(A red airplane flies over a city, trailing a banner behind it. People on the street below look up at it.)
Banner text: BASED ON YOUR INNATE ABILITIES AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AT BIRTH, YOU SHOULD'VE DONE BETTER BY NOW

Caption (below panel): I found a way to lower the morale of an entire city for cheap.

Votey:
(Several people stand on the street, a shared/collective thought bubble rising above all of them.)
Thought bubble: HOW DID THEY KNOW?

Alt text

A red airplane flies over a purple-toned city skyline, trailing a long banner. The banner reads: "BASED ON YOUR INNATE ABILITIES AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AT BIRTH, YOU SHOULD'VE DONE BETTER BY NOW." Several pedestrians on the street below crane their necks up to read it. The caption beneath the panel says: "I found a way to lower the morale of an entire city for cheap."

Votey (aftercomic): A simple black-and-white drawing of a small crowd of people standing together, sharing one large thought bubble that reads: "HOW DID THEY KNOW?" — implying the demoralizing message landed personally with everyone who saw it.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.