meta-2
Original: meta-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Interviewer (a person wearing headphones, seen from behind): SO, YOU WANT TO CREATE A VIRTUAL METAVERSE?
Panel 2:
Guest (a man wearing headphones): YEAH, I THINK IN THE FUTURE, PEOPLE WILL NOT BE BOUND BY LOCATION. PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE TO INSTANTLY GO TO THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT MOST REPRESENT THEIR VALUES.
Panel 3:
Interviewer: SO, ELIMINATE POLITICAL FIGHTS.
Guest: YEAH!
Panel 4:
A woman holding a piece of paper speaks up: BUT POLITICS ISN'T A PER SE BAD. IT'S A PROCESS, MAKING POLITICS MORE PRODUCTIVE AND SUBSTANTIAL MAKES SOCIETY BETTER. HAVING PEOPLE NOPE OUT OF SOCIETY WHENEVER THEY GET UNCOMFORTABLE DOESN'T HELP WITH ANY OF THE HARD WORK POLITICS DOES, FOR THINGS LIKE ALLOCATING SCARCE RESOURCES, JUSTICE, OR EQUITY.
Panel 5 (wordless): The interviewer and guest sit silently.
Panel 6 (wordless): The guest gets up and dives out of a window in a burst of broken glass, leaving the building.
Panel 7:
The woman, now running out of the building chasing after him, shouts: COME BACK AND ENGAGE PRODUCTIVELY YOU SON OF A BITCH!
Votey:
Caption (handwritten): YOU CAN'T SEE ME NOW!
A man covers his own face with his hands.
Interviewer (a person wearing headphones, seen from behind): SO, YOU WANT TO CREATE A VIRTUAL METAVERSE?
Panel 2:
Guest (a man wearing headphones): YEAH, I THINK IN THE FUTURE, PEOPLE WILL NOT BE BOUND BY LOCATION. PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO CHOOSE TO INSTANTLY GO TO THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT MOST REPRESENT THEIR VALUES.
Panel 3:
Interviewer: SO, ELIMINATE POLITICAL FIGHTS.
Guest: YEAH!
Panel 4:
A woman holding a piece of paper speaks up: BUT POLITICS ISN'T A PER SE BAD. IT'S A PROCESS, MAKING POLITICS MORE PRODUCTIVE AND SUBSTANTIAL MAKES SOCIETY BETTER. HAVING PEOPLE NOPE OUT OF SOCIETY WHENEVER THEY GET UNCOMFORTABLE DOESN'T HELP WITH ANY OF THE HARD WORK POLITICS DOES, FOR THINGS LIKE ALLOCATING SCARCE RESOURCES, JUSTICE, OR EQUITY.
Panel 5 (wordless): The interviewer and guest sit silently.
Panel 6 (wordless): The guest gets up and dives out of a window in a burst of broken glass, leaving the building.
Panel 7:
The woman, now running out of the building chasing after him, shouts: COME BACK AND ENGAGE PRODUCTIVELY YOU SON OF A BITCH!
Votey:
Caption (handwritten): YOU CAN'T SEE ME NOW!
A man covers his own face with his hands.
Alt text
A comic. Panel 1: An interviewer wearing headphones (seen from behind) asks a guest, also in headphones, "So, you want to create a virtual metaverse?" Panel 2: The guest replies, "Yeah, I think in the future, people will not be bound by location. People will be able to choose to instantly go to those communities that most represent their values." Panel 3: The interviewer says, "So, eliminate political fights." The guest answers, "Yeah!" Panel 4: A woman holding a paper objects: "But politics isn't a per se bad. It's a process. Making politics more productive and substantial makes society better. Having people nope out of society whenever they get uncomfortable doesn't help with any of the hard work politics does, for things like allocating scarce resources, justice, or equity." Panel 5: Awkward silence. Panel 6: The guest leaps through a window in a shower of broken glass, fleeing the building. Panel 7: The woman runs out into the street chasing him, yelling, "Come back and engage productively you son of a bitch!" Votey: A man covers his face with both hands, with handwritten text reading "You can't see me now!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.