existntial
Original: existntial on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title banner: STAGES OF EXISTENTIAL AWARENESS
The comic is arranged as a cycle of three circular panels connected by arrows, going around clockwise.
Top panel (yellow background): A figure clutches its head in distress.
Figure: "OH GOD! I'M BOUND UP IN A WEB OF CONNECTIONS I DIDN'T MAKE AND DIDN'T CHOOSE!"
An arrow points from the top panel down to the bottom-right panel.
Bottom-right panel (pink background): A figure stands with arms raised triumphantly.
Figure: "NO, WAIT, HOLD UP. I HAVE RADICAL AUTONOMY! EVERYTHING IS MINE TO CHOOSE!"
An arrow points from the bottom-right panel left to the bottom-left panel.
Bottom-left panel (green background): A figure stands among a crowd of other figures who are taller.
Figure: "HUH. EVERYONE ELSE HAS RADICAL AUTONOMY TOO, AND THEY'RE RICHER THAN ME, AND TALLER, AND SMARTER."
An arrow points from the bottom-left panel back up to the top panel, completing the cycle.
Votey:
A single panel. A small thought-bubble cluster of circles rises toward a larger thought bubble. Inside the large thought bubble, a grinning figure wearing a small hat (a chef/baker style hat) declares:
Figure: "Fuck it, time for cookies"
The comic is arranged as a cycle of three circular panels connected by arrows, going around clockwise.
Top panel (yellow background): A figure clutches its head in distress.
Figure: "OH GOD! I'M BOUND UP IN A WEB OF CONNECTIONS I DIDN'T MAKE AND DIDN'T CHOOSE!"
An arrow points from the top panel down to the bottom-right panel.
Bottom-right panel (pink background): A figure stands with arms raised triumphantly.
Figure: "NO, WAIT, HOLD UP. I HAVE RADICAL AUTONOMY! EVERYTHING IS MINE TO CHOOSE!"
An arrow points from the bottom-right panel left to the bottom-left panel.
Bottom-left panel (green background): A figure stands among a crowd of other figures who are taller.
Figure: "HUH. EVERYONE ELSE HAS RADICAL AUTONOMY TOO, AND THEY'RE RICHER THAN ME, AND TALLER, AND SMARTER."
An arrow points from the bottom-left panel back up to the top panel, completing the cycle.
Votey:
A single panel. A small thought-bubble cluster of circles rises toward a larger thought bubble. Inside the large thought bubble, a grinning figure wearing a small hat (a chef/baker style hat) declares:
Figure: "Fuck it, time for cookies"
Alt text
A diagram titled "STAGES OF EXISTENTIAL AWARENESS," drawn as a three-stage cycle of round, color-coded panels connected by clockwise arrows. Top (yellow): a stick figure grips its head in anguish, shouting, "Oh God! I'm bound up in a web of connections I didn't make and didn't choose!" An arrow leads to the bottom-right panel (pink), where the figure throws its arms up in triumph: "No, wait, hold up. I have radical autonomy! Everything is mine to choose!" An arrow leads to the bottom-left panel (green), where the figure stands dwarfed by a crowd of taller figures and concludes, "Huh. Everyone else has radical autonomy too, and they're richer than me, and taller, and smarter." A final arrow loops back up to the top, making the despair endlessly repeat. Votey: a thought-bubble trail rises to a large thought bubble containing a grinning figure in a little chef's hat who decides, "Fuck it, time for cookies."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.