sunset-2
Original: sunset-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A wide shot of a sunset over the ocean. A small silhouetted figure stands on the beach. No dialogue.
Panel 2: A man with reddish-brown hair and a woman with dark hair stand close together, looking out toward the sunset. No dialogue.
Panel 3: A close-up of two hands clasped together on the sand. No dialogue.
Panel 4: The two figures (now seen from behind) sit together looking out at the ocean horizon. No dialogue.
Panel 5: A wide twilight shot of the two tiny silhouetted figures on the beach.
Figure on the left: "2.7%"
The woman (the comic later names her Sally): "FUCK YOU, SALLY."
Caption below the comic: "The average person gets fewer than 37 oceanside sunsets with their true love."
Votey:
A speech bubble continues the previous line: "THAT AVERAGE IS SKEWED BY BEACHCOMBERS AND RICH PEOPLE."
Below the bubble is a simple hand-drawn line-art face of a person looking off to the side, saying nothing.
Panel 2: A man with reddish-brown hair and a woman with dark hair stand close together, looking out toward the sunset. No dialogue.
Panel 3: A close-up of two hands clasped together on the sand. No dialogue.
Panel 4: The two figures (now seen from behind) sit together looking out at the ocean horizon. No dialogue.
Panel 5: A wide twilight shot of the two tiny silhouetted figures on the beach.
Figure on the left: "2.7%"
The woman (the comic later names her Sally): "FUCK YOU, SALLY."
Caption below the comic: "The average person gets fewer than 37 oceanside sunsets with their true love."
Votey:
A speech bubble continues the previous line: "THAT AVERAGE IS SKEWED BY BEACHCOMBERS AND RICH PEOPLE."
Below the bubble is a simple hand-drawn line-art face of a person looking off to the side, saying nothing.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic about romance and statistics. Panel 1: a glowing sunset over the ocean with a tiny silhouette on the beach. Panel 2: a brown-haired man and a dark-haired woman stand together gazing at the sunset, sky tinted red. Panel 3: a close-up of two hands clasped on the sand. Panel 4: the couple, seen from behind, sit watching the ocean. Panel 5: at twilight the two are small silhouettes on the beach; one says "2.7%" and the other replies, "Fuck you, Sally." The bottom caption reads: "The average person gets fewer than 37 oceanside sunsets with their true love." The joke: a tender moment is punctured by someone reciting a depressing statistic, earning an annoyed retort from her partner Sally. Votey (aftercomic): a rough hand-drawn face beside a speech bubble that adds, "That average is skewed by beachcombers and rich people" — doubling down on the buzzkill statistical pedantry.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.