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Transcript
Panel 1:
Man: WOW, YOU BUY A COFFEE EVERY MORNING?
Woman: YEAH?
Panel 2:
Man: WHAT IF YOU SAVED INSTEAD?
Panel 3:
Man: EACH DAY YOU BUY A LITER OF COFFEE. IF INSTEAD OF DRINKING THAT COFFEE YOU SAVED IT, AFTER JUST ONE YEAR YOU COULD FILL AN ENTIRE BATHTUB WITH COFFEE AND HAVE TWO GIANT BATTLESHIPS MADE OF COMPRESSED COFFEE CUPS.
Panel 4:
(The man and woman are walking down a street together; no dialogue.)
Panel 5:
Woman: WAIT IS THAT WHAT THE 'SKIP YOUR COFFEE AND SAVE' PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS TIME?
Man: WHAT THE HELL ELSE WOULD IT BE?
Votey:
The man (seen in profile, glasses): WHEN THE CUP FORTRESS IS COMPLETE, I SHALL RETIRE FROM THIS WORLD OF SUFFERING.
Man: WOW, YOU BUY A COFFEE EVERY MORNING?
Woman: YEAH?
Panel 2:
Man: WHAT IF YOU SAVED INSTEAD?
Panel 3:
Man: EACH DAY YOU BUY A LITER OF COFFEE. IF INSTEAD OF DRINKING THAT COFFEE YOU SAVED IT, AFTER JUST ONE YEAR YOU COULD FILL AN ENTIRE BATHTUB WITH COFFEE AND HAVE TWO GIANT BATTLESHIPS MADE OF COMPRESSED COFFEE CUPS.
Panel 4:
(The man and woman are walking down a street together; no dialogue.)
Panel 5:
Woman: WAIT IS THAT WHAT THE 'SKIP YOUR COFFEE AND SAVE' PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS TIME?
Man: WHAT THE HELL ELSE WOULD IT BE?
Votey:
The man (seen in profile, glasses): WHEN THE CUP FORTRESS IS COMPLETE, I SHALL RETIRE FROM THIS WORLD OF SUFFERING.
Alt text
A five-panel comic. Panel 1: A man with glasses says to a woman holding a coffee cup, "Wow, you buy a coffee every morning?" She replies, "Yeah?" Panel 2: The man asks, "What if you saved instead?" Panel 3: He launches into an explanation: "Each day you buy a liter of coffee. If instead of drinking that coffee you SAVED it, after just one year you could fill an entire bathtub with coffee AND have two giant battleships made of compressed coffee cups." The joke is that he interprets "saving" your coffee money literally as hoarding the physical coffee and cups. Panel 4: The two walk down a street together in silence. Panel 5: The woman, now puzzled, asks, "Wait is that what the 'skip your coffee and save' people have been talking about all this time?" The man answers earnestly, "What the hell else would it be?" Votey: A close profile shot of the man with glasses declaring grandly, "When the cup fortress is complete, I shall retire from this world of suffering."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.