consequences
Original: consequences on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A teacher (a woman with glasses and dark hair) confronts a red-haired boy.
Teacher: "BILLY! I SAW YOU BEATING UP JOHNNIE JUST NOW! I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TELL THE PRINCIPAL AND CALL YOUR PARENTS BECAUSE THERE MUST BE CONSEQUENCES!"
Panel 2 (label above panel: NORMAL KID): The red-haired boy looks distressed.
Boy: "PLEASE DON'T! I'LL SAY SORRY AND STOP FOREVER I PROMISE!"
Panel 3 (label above panel: FUTURE LEADER): The same red-haired boy responds defiantly.
Boy: "HOW DARE YOU POLITICIZE THIS TRAGEDY."
Votey:
A caption in a speech bubble at the top: "WE MUST COME TOGETHER IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME."
Below, a small simple drawing of a frowning/scowling face.
Teacher: "BILLY! I SAW YOU BEATING UP JOHNNIE JUST NOW! I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TELL THE PRINCIPAL AND CALL YOUR PARENTS BECAUSE THERE MUST BE CONSEQUENCES!"
Panel 2 (label above panel: NORMAL KID): The red-haired boy looks distressed.
Boy: "PLEASE DON'T! I'LL SAY SORRY AND STOP FOREVER I PROMISE!"
Panel 3 (label above panel: FUTURE LEADER): The same red-haired boy responds defiantly.
Boy: "HOW DARE YOU POLITICIZE THIS TRAGEDY."
Votey:
A caption in a speech bubble at the top: "WE MUST COME TOGETHER IN THIS DIFFICULT TIME."
Below, a small simple drawing of a frowning/scowling face.
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A dark-haired woman with glasses (a teacher) sternly addresses a red-haired boy: "Billy! I saw you beating up Johnnie just now! I'm going to have to tell the principal and call your parents because there must be consequences!" Panel 2, labeled "NORMAL KID": the same boy looks worried and pleads, "Please don't! I'll say sorry and stop forever I promise!" Panel 3, labeled "FUTURE LEADER": the boy, now indignant, replies, "How dare you politicize this tragedy." The joke contrasts an ordinary child's apologetic reaction with the deflecting rhetoric of a politician dodging accountability. Votey (bonus panel): a speech bubble reads "We must come together in this difficult time," floating above a small crude drawing of a scowling frowning face, mocking hollow unity statements.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.