cyberverse
Original: cyberverse on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with flame-like hair (wearing a VR visor, just waking up): HELP! I'VE BEEN ASLEEP FOR 30 YEARS! DO WE HAVE A VIRTUAL REALITY UNIVERSE?! DO HACKER COWBOYS JACK INTO THE CYBERVERSE!?
Panel 2:
Second man: YEAH, EVERYONE'S IN.
Panel 3:
Man with flame-like hair: WHAT'RE THEIR AVATARS?!
Panel 4:
Second man: UH. HM. REALLY JUST THEMSELVES BUT MORE ANGRY AND MISINFORMED.
Panel 5:
Man with flame-like hair: NO KNIGHTS OR PIRATES OR GIANTS OR WHATEVER?
Second man: NERDS KEEP PUSHING THAT BUT WHAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT IS TO LOG INTO THE INTERNET AND THEN BE WRONG ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS.
Panel 6:
Man with flame-like hair (looking distressed): I... I THOUGHT CONNECTEDNESS WOULD BE GOOD OR BAD BUT NOT... BORING.
Second man: WELL, YOU ARE GONNA LOVE CURRENT EVENTS.
Votey:
A monk-like bald figure with closed eyes and a halo speaks: WOW, I'M SHOCKED, HORRIFIED, AND STILL INCREDIBLY BORED BY US.
Man with flame-like hair (wearing a VR visor, just waking up): HELP! I'VE BEEN ASLEEP FOR 30 YEARS! DO WE HAVE A VIRTUAL REALITY UNIVERSE?! DO HACKER COWBOYS JACK INTO THE CYBERVERSE!?
Panel 2:
Second man: YEAH, EVERYONE'S IN.
Panel 3:
Man with flame-like hair: WHAT'RE THEIR AVATARS?!
Panel 4:
Second man: UH. HM. REALLY JUST THEMSELVES BUT MORE ANGRY AND MISINFORMED.
Panel 5:
Man with flame-like hair: NO KNIGHTS OR PIRATES OR GIANTS OR WHATEVER?
Second man: NERDS KEEP PUSHING THAT BUT WHAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT IS TO LOG INTO THE INTERNET AND THEN BE WRONG ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS.
Panel 6:
Man with flame-like hair (looking distressed): I... I THOUGHT CONNECTEDNESS WOULD BE GOOD OR BAD BUT NOT... BORING.
Second man: WELL, YOU ARE GONNA LOVE CURRENT EVENTS.
Votey:
A monk-like bald figure with closed eyes and a halo speaks: WOW, I'M SHOCKED, HORRIFIED, AND STILL INCREDIBLY BORED BY US.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A man with spiky flame-like hair wearing a VR visor wakes up in a panic and cries, "HELP! I'VE BEEN ASLEEP FOR 30 YEARS! DO WE HAVE A VIRTUAL REALITY UNIVERSE?! DO HACKER COWBOYS JACK INTO THE CYBERVERSE!?" A second man calmly replies, "YEAH, EVERYONE'S IN." The first man asks, "WHAT'RE THEIR AVATARS?!" The second man answers, "UH. HM. REALLY JUST THEMSELVES BUT MORE ANGRY AND MISINFORMED." The first man, hopeful: "NO KNIGHTS OR PIRATES OR GIANTS OR WHATEVER?" The second: "NERDS KEEP PUSHING THAT BUT WHAT PEOPLE REALLY WANT IS TO LOG INTO THE INTERNET AND THEN BE WRONG ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS." In the final panel the flame-haired man slumps, distraught: "I... I THOUGHT CONNECTEDNESS WOULD BE GOOD OR BAD BUT NOT... BORING," and the other reassures him, "WELL, YOU ARE GONNA LOVE CURRENT EVENTS." Votey: a serene bald, halo-wearing monk-like figure with eyes closed says, "WOW, I'M SHOCKED, HORRIFIED, AND STILL INCREDIBLY BORED BY US."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.