addict
Original: addict on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Father (an older man with glasses and a mustache): BOBBY NO! DRUGS MAY SEEM FUN NOW, BUT YOUR LIFE WILL JUST GET WORSE AND WORSE!
Panel 2:
Bobby (a young man with flame-like red hair): IF MY LIFE WILL GET WORSE AND WORSE, THEN THE DISCOUNT RATE CALCULATION SUGGESTS I SHOULD TRY TO MAXIMIZE PRESENT VALUE. LOGICALLY, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT I SHOULD DO AS MANY DRUGS IN THE PRESENT AS POSSIBLE.
Panel 3:
Father: DAMMIT BOY! I WARNED YOU AGAINST GETTING SUCKED INTO THE WORLD OF ECONOMIC THEORY!
Panel 4:
Bobby (now smoking, giving a thumbs up, with a bong on the table): I CAN QUIT ANY TIME THAT IT IS PREFERENCE-MAXIMIZING TO DO SO!
Votey:
Bobby (red-haired young man, eyes closed, content): NOW TO INGEST MORE AMOUNTS OF DRUG!
Father (an older man with glasses and a mustache): BOBBY NO! DRUGS MAY SEEM FUN NOW, BUT YOUR LIFE WILL JUST GET WORSE AND WORSE!
Panel 2:
Bobby (a young man with flame-like red hair): IF MY LIFE WILL GET WORSE AND WORSE, THEN THE DISCOUNT RATE CALCULATION SUGGESTS I SHOULD TRY TO MAXIMIZE PRESENT VALUE. LOGICALLY, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT I SHOULD DO AS MANY DRUGS IN THE PRESENT AS POSSIBLE.
Panel 3:
Father: DAMMIT BOY! I WARNED YOU AGAINST GETTING SUCKED INTO THE WORLD OF ECONOMIC THEORY!
Panel 4:
Bobby (now smoking, giving a thumbs up, with a bong on the table): I CAN QUIT ANY TIME THAT IT IS PREFERENCE-MAXIMIZING TO DO SO!
Votey:
Bobby (red-haired young man, eyes closed, content): NOW TO INGEST MORE AMOUNTS OF DRUG!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: An older man with glasses and a mustache shouts at his red-haired son, 'Bobby no! Drugs may seem fun now, but your life will just get worse and worse!' Panel 2: Bobby replies, 'If my life will get worse and worse, then the discount rate calculation suggests I should try to maximize present value. Logically, what you're saying is that I should do as many drugs in the present as possible.' Panel 3: The father yells, 'Dammit boy! I warned you against getting sucked into the world of economic theory!' Panel 4: Bobby, now smoking with a bong on the table, gives a cheerful thumbs up and says, 'I can quit any time that it is preference-maximizing to do so!' Votey: A close-up of a blissful, smoke-haloed Bobby declaring, 'Now to ingest more amounts of drug!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.