post-2
Original: post-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
First man (with dark hair, enthusiastic): And the REASON the Feds are hiding Sasquatch is HE'S LIVING LIKE MEN WERE MEANT TO LIVE!
Second man (skeptical, seated): Agh. Why do you listen to this podcast?
Panel 2:
First man: This guy acts like he has secret knowledge or insight, but he's just making it up! If you want to know things, read a book by someone who knows what they're talking about!
Second man: Look, I'm not after fundamental truth or truth in general. I'm just an ape in a post-religion, post-authority, post-trust society looking for a large way to organize my community and tell me who the enemies are.
Panel 3:
Second man: That requires his followers to believe absurdities that make us look stupid to outsiders! Well, then, hey, that simply increases the salience of my in-group identity!
First man: Huh.
Panel 4:
First man: You're remarkably self-aware for such a fucking moron.
Second man: I credit these man-dude balls supplements I have available now!
Votey:
A simple cartoon face with a big speech bubble: "I'll listen ironically until I've lost all my epistemological bearings."
First man (with dark hair, enthusiastic): And the REASON the Feds are hiding Sasquatch is HE'S LIVING LIKE MEN WERE MEANT TO LIVE!
Second man (skeptical, seated): Agh. Why do you listen to this podcast?
Panel 2:
First man: This guy acts like he has secret knowledge or insight, but he's just making it up! If you want to know things, read a book by someone who knows what they're talking about!
Second man: Look, I'm not after fundamental truth or truth in general. I'm just an ape in a post-religion, post-authority, post-trust society looking for a large way to organize my community and tell me who the enemies are.
Panel 3:
Second man: That requires his followers to believe absurdities that make us look stupid to outsiders! Well, then, hey, that simply increases the salience of my in-group identity!
First man: Huh.
Panel 4:
First man: You're remarkably self-aware for such a fucking moron.
Second man: I credit these man-dude balls supplements I have available now!
Votey:
A simple cartoon face with a big speech bubble: "I'll listen ironically until I've lost all my epistemological bearings."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Two men sit together, one with dark hair who is enthusiastic and one who is skeptical and slouched, apparently listening to a podcast. Panel 1: The enthusiastic man says the Feds are hiding Sasquatch because he's living like men were meant to live; the skeptical man groans and asks why he listens to this podcast. Panel 2: The first man criticizes the podcaster for pretending to have secret knowledge while making things up, and says you should read a book by an expert instead. The skeptical man calmly replies that he isn't after truth at all - he's just an ape in a post-religion, post-authority, post-trust society looking for a large way to organize his community and tell him who the enemies are. Panel 3: The first man objects that this requires believing absurdities that make them look stupid to outsiders; the second man cheerfully says that just increases the salience of his in-group identity. Panel 4: The first man says, 'You're remarkably self-aware for such a fucking moron,' and the second man credits 'these man-dude balls supplements I have available now,' parodying podcast sponsorship plugs. Votey aftercomic: a simple cartoon face with a large speech bubble reading, 'I'll listen ironically until I've lost all my epistemological bearings.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.