obsession
Original: obsession on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Interviewer (a younger man, holding a microphone): "Sir, how do you respond to people who were offended when you said we 'should take all minority groups and blend them into a fine paste'?"
Panel 2:
The politician (an older man in a suit with a yellow tie): "Whoa, that quote is taken out of context."
Interviewer: "How so?"
Panel 3:
Politician: "I mean you're saying it today as part of a question, when the original context was ME saying it YESTERDAY as part of a STATEMENT. It is in a strictly technical sense not in its original context."
Panel 4:
Interviewer: "You can't do that! You can't just say 'out of context'! You're supposed to explain why the different context changes the meaning of your statement!"
Panel 5 (wordless):
The politician points at the interviewer, looking smug. The interviewer recoils, alarmed.
Panel 6:
Politician (grinning, pointing): "You can't stop me! I've found a rhetorical loophole and no one watching the news has the attention span to notice AHAHAHAHAHA!"
Interviewer (shouting, hands raised in horror): "NOOOOOOOOOO!"
Votey:
A simply-drawn person with a worried expression speaks.
Person: "Wait, are you the one who put out stuff for me to trip on?"
Interviewer (a younger man, holding a microphone): "Sir, how do you respond to people who were offended when you said we 'should take all minority groups and blend them into a fine paste'?"
Panel 2:
The politician (an older man in a suit with a yellow tie): "Whoa, that quote is taken out of context."
Interviewer: "How so?"
Panel 3:
Politician: "I mean you're saying it today as part of a question, when the original context was ME saying it YESTERDAY as part of a STATEMENT. It is in a strictly technical sense not in its original context."
Panel 4:
Interviewer: "You can't do that! You can't just say 'out of context'! You're supposed to explain why the different context changes the meaning of your statement!"
Panel 5 (wordless):
The politician points at the interviewer, looking smug. The interviewer recoils, alarmed.
Panel 6:
Politician (grinning, pointing): "You can't stop me! I've found a rhetorical loophole and no one watching the news has the attention span to notice AHAHAHAHAHA!"
Interviewer (shouting, hands raised in horror): "NOOOOOOOOOO!"
Votey:
A simply-drawn person with a worried expression speaks.
Person: "Wait, are you the one who put out stuff for me to trip on?"
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a young interviewer holding a microphone asks an older politician in a suit and yellow tie, "Sir, how do you respond to people who were offended when you said we 'should take all minority groups and blend them into a fine paste'?" Panel 2: the politician replies, "Whoa, that quote is taken out of context," and the interviewer asks, "How so?" Panel 3: the politician explains, "I mean you're saying it today as part of a question, when the original context was ME saying it YESTERDAY as part of a STATEMENT. It is in a strictly technical sense not in its original context." Panel 4: the interviewer protests, "You can't do that! You can't just say 'out of context'! You're supposed to explain why the different context changes the meaning of your statement!" Panel 5 (no words): the politician smugly points a finger while the interviewer recoils in alarm. Panel 6: the grinning politician declares, "You can't stop me! I've found a rhetorical loophole and no one watching the news has the attention span to notice AHAHAHAHAHA!" while the interviewer screams "NOOOOOOOOOO!" The joke skewers the disingenuous use of "that's out of context" as a thought-terminating dodge. Votey (aftercomic): a crudely drawn worried-looking person asks, "Wait, are you the one who put out stuff for me to trip on?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.