nature-3
Original: nature-3 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (caption header): WHAT COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING LED ME TO BELIEVE:
Man with flame-like red hair (gesturing excitedly at a bush, a woman standing behind him): OH MY GOD THERE ARE WILD CHERRIES, WILD BLUEBERRIES, WILD GRAPES! THEY'RE GONNA BE SO TANGY AND INTERESTING!
Panel 2 (caption header): ACTUALITY:
The red-haired man (now looking flat/disappointed): IT TASTES LIKE A STICK. EVERYTHING NATURAL JUST TASTES LIKE A STICK.
The woman (pulling down her glasses, deadpan): OR DIRT!
Votey:
Close-up of a downcast, gloomy face. Caption/thought: I WANT A CARTON OF FIST-SIZED STRAWBERRIES.
Man with flame-like red hair (gesturing excitedly at a bush, a woman standing behind him): OH MY GOD THERE ARE WILD CHERRIES, WILD BLUEBERRIES, WILD GRAPES! THEY'RE GONNA BE SO TANGY AND INTERESTING!
Panel 2 (caption header): ACTUALITY:
The red-haired man (now looking flat/disappointed): IT TASTES LIKE A STICK. EVERYTHING NATURAL JUST TASTES LIKE A STICK.
The woman (pulling down her glasses, deadpan): OR DIRT!
Votey:
Close-up of a downcast, gloomy face. Caption/thought: I WANT A CARTON OF FIST-SIZED STRAWBERRIES.
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel one is headed "WHAT COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING LED ME TO BELIEVE:" and shows a red-haired man enthusiastically gesturing at a leafy bush while a woman stands behind him; he exclaims, "Oh my god there are wild cherries, wild blueberries, wild grapes! They're gonna be so tangy and interesting!" Panel two is headed "ACTUALITY:" and shows the same man now looking flat and deflated, saying, "It tastes like a stick. Everything natural just tastes like a stick." The woman, pulling down her glasses with a deadpan expression, adds, "Or dirt!" The joke contrasts romanticized foraging fantasy with bland reality. Votey: a close-up of a gloomy, downcast face with the caption "I want a carton of fist-sized strawberries."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.