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Original: collection on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A bald man with a beard (Steve) speaks to a younger man with flame-like red hair.
Steve: It's time, Steve! We're throwing out your stupid collection of old video game cartridges! I want my closet back!
Panel 2:
The red-haired man responds, pointing.
Red-haired man: No you're not! Thanks to recent developments in technology, I've attached a conscious mind to the collection which perceives the removal of its parts as damage!
Panel 3:
The scene is now dark/black. The collection cries out.
The collection (offscreen voice): Please don't hurt me! Please! I want to be whole! Whooooole!
Panel 4:
Still dark, with two small silhouetted figures standing at the bottom. The collection's wail trails off in the corner ("...hooooole!").
Narration/Red-haired man: You summoned an entire mind into existence to endure a life of suffering for purely selfish reasons.
Red-haired man (speech bubble): AI has given me a lot of insight into theology.
Footer (promotional text, not part of the comic):
This is a bonus comic brought to you by early buyers of my new book, A City on Mars, which Andy Weir said was "scientific, educational, and fun as hell." The more we sell, the more bonus comics I'm compelled to make. Click for more info!
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Votey: No separate votey/aftercomic image was provided for this comic (the supplied votey file was a placeholder, not an image).
A bald man with a beard (Steve) speaks to a younger man with flame-like red hair.
Steve: It's time, Steve! We're throwing out your stupid collection of old video game cartridges! I want my closet back!
Panel 2:
The red-haired man responds, pointing.
Red-haired man: No you're not! Thanks to recent developments in technology, I've attached a conscious mind to the collection which perceives the removal of its parts as damage!
Panel 3:
The scene is now dark/black. The collection cries out.
The collection (offscreen voice): Please don't hurt me! Please! I want to be whole! Whooooole!
Panel 4:
Still dark, with two small silhouetted figures standing at the bottom. The collection's wail trails off in the corner ("...hooooole!").
Narration/Red-haired man: You summoned an entire mind into existence to endure a life of suffering for purely selfish reasons.
Red-haired man (speech bubble): AI has given me a lot of insight into theology.
Footer (promotional text, not part of the comic):
This is a bonus comic brought to you by early buyers of my new book, A City on Mars, which Andy Weir said was "scientific, educational, and fun as hell." The more we sell, the more bonus comics I'm compelled to make. Click for more info!
smbc-comics.com
Votey: No separate votey/aftercomic image was provided for this comic (the supplied votey file was a placeholder, not an image).
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a bald bearded man tells a younger man with flame-like red hair, "It's time, Steve! We're throwing out your stupid collection of old video game cartridges! I want my closet back!" Panel 2: the red-haired man points and replies, "No you're not! Thanks to recent developments in technology, I've attached a conscious mind to the collection which perceives the removal of its parts as damage!" Panel 3: the panel goes black as the collection cries out, "Please don't hurt me! Please! I want to be whole! Whooooole!" Panel 4: still dark, two tiny silhouetted figures stand at the bottom while the collection's wail trails off in the corner; the narration reads, "You summoned an entire mind into existence to endure a life of suffering for purely selfish reasons," and the red-haired man's speech bubble deadpans, "AI has given me a lot of insight into theology." The joke: he created a suffering conscious mind just to keep his junk collection. A footer notes this is a bonus comic for early buyers of the book A City on Mars. No separate votey image was provided.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.