conspiracy
Original: conspiracy on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Two people are hiking through a colorful autumn forest, talking as they walk.
Panel 1 (speaker A, an unseen voice while two figures walk a forest path): "Oh my god, nobody actually believes all those conspiracy theories. 'There was no moon landing because the moon flag stays up'? 'Vaccines permanently magnetize skin'? Come on. No human is that stupid."
Panel 2 (speaker A, the two hikers seen from behind): "No, everyone posting that stuff just has a humiliation fetish and is being ordered to do it by their partner."
Panel 3 (speaker B, the second hiker): "My god, you must think the world is terrifying! So glad I could help you."
Panel 4 (speaker B): "I know you're lying, but it is so, so wonderful to believe."
Panel 5 (speaker A or B, final wide shot of the two tiny figures by a lake at dusk): "That guy who said truth is beauty was fulla shit."
Votey:
A close-up of one of the characters' faces, eyes wide and bewildered.
Caption (speaker): "Truth is beauty maybe 1% of the time, tops."
Panel 1 (speaker A, an unseen voice while two figures walk a forest path): "Oh my god, nobody actually believes all those conspiracy theories. 'There was no moon landing because the moon flag stays up'? 'Vaccines permanently magnetize skin'? Come on. No human is that stupid."
Panel 2 (speaker A, the two hikers seen from behind): "No, everyone posting that stuff just has a humiliation fetish and is being ordered to do it by their partner."
Panel 3 (speaker B, the second hiker): "My god, you must think the world is terrifying! So glad I could help you."
Panel 4 (speaker B): "I know you're lying, but it is so, so wonderful to believe."
Panel 5 (speaker A or B, final wide shot of the two tiny figures by a lake at dusk): "That guy who said truth is beauty was fulla shit."
Votey:
A close-up of one of the characters' faces, eyes wide and bewildered.
Caption (speaker): "Truth is beauty maybe 1% of the time, tops."
Alt text
A five-panel comic of two people hiking through a vivid autumn forest of orange, red, and yellow trees. As they walk, one says people don't really believe conspiracy theories like the moon-landing hoax or vaccines magnetizing skin, because 'no human is that stupid.' He then offers a 'reassuring' alternative: that everyone posting that stuff just has a humiliation fetish and is being ordered to do it by their partner. The other replies, 'My god, you must think the world is terrifying! So glad I could help you,' and then, 'I know you're lying, but it is so, so wonderful to believe.' The final wide panel shows the two as tiny figures beside a lake at dusk, with the line: 'That guy who said truth is beauty was fulla shit.' Votey: a bewildered wide-eyed close-up of a character's face with the caption, 'Truth is beauty maybe 1% of the time, tops.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.