common-knowledge
Original: common-knowledge on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (top of comic): FACT: You can get away with anything as long as you imply that the reasons are common knowledge among educated people.
Panel 1:
A man with a mustache, balding, wearing a suit and tie and holding a coffee mug, stands over a woman seated at an office cubicle. The man asks: "Jennifer, why is there a naked man tied up with a dog leash under your cubicle?"
The seated woman (addressed as Jennifer), with red hair and round glasses, wearing a red top, replies: "Look, this is Econ 101."
Votey:
A speech bubble (continuing the woman's defense) says: "It's a revealed preference!"
Below, in a separate panel, the naked man's face is visible peering out from under the cubicle, bound with a leash/strap across his mouth.
Panel 1:
A man with a mustache, balding, wearing a suit and tie and holding a coffee mug, stands over a woman seated at an office cubicle. The man asks: "Jennifer, why is there a naked man tied up with a dog leash under your cubicle?"
The seated woman (addressed as Jennifer), with red hair and round glasses, wearing a red top, replies: "Look, this is Econ 101."
Votey:
A speech bubble (continuing the woman's defense) says: "It's a revealed preference!"
Below, in a separate panel, the naked man's face is visible peering out from under the cubicle, bound with a leash/strap across his mouth.
Alt text
A two-panel office comic. Top caption: "FACT: You can get away with anything as long as you imply that the reasons are common knowledge among educated people." In the panel, a balding mustached man in a suit holding a coffee mug stands beside a woman with red hair and round glasses seated at a cubicle. He asks, "Jennifer, why is there a naked man tied up with a dog leash under your cubicle?" She answers flatly, "Look, this is Econ 101." Votey (aftercomic): the woman adds in a speech bubble, "It's a revealed preference!" while the bound man's startled face pokes out from under the cubicle, a leash across his mouth. The joke turns the economics concept of "revealed preference" into a deadpan excuse for keeping a captive.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.