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Original: im on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Standing man (with dark hair, in a vest): ETYMOLOGICAL FUN FACT: THE WORD "IMMEDIATE" DERIVES FROM THE ROOTS "IM-" MEANING "NOT" AND "MEDIATE" MEANING "IN THE MIDDLE" — GIVING THE SENSE THAT SOMETHING WILL BE DONE WITHOUT DELAY BY OTHER ACTIVITIES.
Standing man: STEVE, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ANALYSIS.
Seated man (Steve, slumped at a desk/table): I'LL HAVE IT DONE MEDIATELY.
Votey:
Off-panel/first speaker: WHAT DID YOU SAY?
Second speaker: I SAID UH... MEDIATELY.
(Two small figures stand at the bottom of the panel.)
Standing man (with dark hair, in a vest): ETYMOLOGICAL FUN FACT: THE WORD "IMMEDIATE" DERIVES FROM THE ROOTS "IM-" MEANING "NOT" AND "MEDIATE" MEANING "IN THE MIDDLE" — GIVING THE SENSE THAT SOMETHING WILL BE DONE WITHOUT DELAY BY OTHER ACTIVITIES.
Standing man: STEVE, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ANALYSIS.
Seated man (Steve, slumped at a desk/table): I'LL HAVE IT DONE MEDIATELY.
Votey:
Off-panel/first speaker: WHAT DID YOU SAY?
Second speaker: I SAID UH... MEDIATELY.
(Two small figures stand at the bottom of the panel.)
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. In the main panel, a standing man in a vest lectures a slumped, weary-looking seated man: he explains that the word "immediate" comes from "im-" meaning "not" and "mediate" meaning "in the middle," so it means something done without delay by other activities, then adds, "Steve, this is a very important analysis." Steve deadpans, "I'll have it done mediately" — punning that he'll do it later (with delay), the opposite of immediately. Votey (aftercomic): two small figures; one asks "What did you say?" and the other backpedals, "I said uh... mediately," caught quietly walking back the joke.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.