immortal
Original: immortal on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (dark hair): Would you want to be immortal?
Man (orange/red hair): Obviously!
Panel 2:
Woman: But wouldn't it be awful getting bored and sad? Doing every single thing over and over and over until finally there's nothing left and it all seems pointless?
Man: Sure, yes.
Panel 3:
Woman: But... then why...
Panel 4:
Man: I don't want to live forever. I just never want to die.
Man (in silhouette, both figures shown as shadows): It is hard out here being people.
Votey:
Caption (handwritten, above a sketch of a person's head/face in profile): I'm just glad I'm a cartoon character, so I'll exist longer than everyone reading this!
Woman (dark hair): Would you want to be immortal?
Man (orange/red hair): Obviously!
Panel 2:
Woman: But wouldn't it be awful getting bored and sad? Doing every single thing over and over and over until finally there's nothing left and it all seems pointless?
Man: Sure, yes.
Panel 3:
Woman: But... then why...
Panel 4:
Man: I don't want to live forever. I just never want to die.
Man (in silhouette, both figures shown as shadows): It is hard out here being people.
Votey:
Caption (handwritten, above a sketch of a person's head/face in profile): I'm just glad I'm a cartoon character, so I'll exist longer than everyone reading this!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. A dark-haired woman and an orange-haired man talk. Panel 1: She asks, "Would you want to be immortal?" He answers, "Obviously!" Panel 2: She presses, "But wouldn't it be awful getting bored and sad? Doing every single thing over and over and over until finally there's nothing left and it all seems pointless?" He calmly agrees, "Sure, yes." Panel 3: Confused, she says, "But... then why..." Panel 4: Now shown as two black silhouettes, he explains the distinction: "I don't want to live forever. I just never want to die. It is hard out here being people." Votey: A loose hand-drawn sketch of a person's head in profile, captioned, "I'm just glad I'm a cartoon character, so I'll exist longer than everyone reading this!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.