normal-2
Original: normal-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (header: NORMAL PERSON):
A woman with wavy reddish-orange hair: "I could never put a price on the love of my child."
Panel 2 (header: ECONOMIST):
A woman with long straight dark hair and round glasses: "I could never put a price on the love of my child, so we'll have to determine it via auction."
Votey:
The economist (long dark hair, round glasses), now smiling: "I bet they'll be excited to know which auction protocol I pick!"
A woman with wavy reddish-orange hair: "I could never put a price on the love of my child."
Panel 2 (header: ECONOMIST):
A woman with long straight dark hair and round glasses: "I could never put a price on the love of my child, so we'll have to determine it via auction."
Votey:
The economist (long dark hair, round glasses), now smiling: "I bet they'll be excited to know which auction protocol I pick!"
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic contrasting two people. Panel 1 is labeled "NORMAL PERSON" and shows a woman with wavy orange hair, eyes closed, saying "I could never put a price on the love of my child." Panel 2 is labeled "ECONOMIST" and shows a woman with long dark hair and round glasses saying "I could never put a price on the love of my child, so we'll have to determine it via auction." The joke: the economist takes the same sentimental opening but pivots to treating a child's love as something to be priced by market mechanism. The votey aftercomic shows the economist smiling and adding, "I bet they'll be excited to know which auction protocol I pick!", doubling down by being enthusiastic about the technical auction-design details rather than noticing the emotional absurdity.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.