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Original: of on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
A man with light-colored, flame-like hair gestures dramatically, mouth wide open, as a large speech balloon looms over him like a menacing shadow.
Man: "OF, FROM, TO, CONTAINING, BY, DURING, RELATED TO, ABOUT, SOME AMOUNT, ANY AMOUNT, WITH, IN, AS, THAN, DUE TO, FOR, SINCE, OUT OF, POSSESSED BY, OPERATING IN, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST SAY ME AS A FILLER WORD! YOU CAN ONLY TELL BY CONTEXT AHAHAHAHAHA!"

Caption (below panel): Prepositions are the villains of every language acquisition story.

Votey:
Two dark, villain-shaped silhouettes stand side by side. One speaks.
Silhouette: "NOW, MEET MY HENCHMAN, SET PHRASES THAT EVEN NATIVE SPEAKERS DON'T UNDERSTAND!"

Alt text

An SMBC comic. In the single main panel, a man with light, flame-like hair throws his arms up and shouts maniacally while a huge speech balloon looms over him like a shadowy threat. He rattles off a villain's roll call of prepositions: "Of, from, to, containing, by, during, related to, about, some amount, any amount, with, in, as, than, due to, for, since, out of, possessed by, operating in, and sometimes people just say me as a filler word! You can only tell by context AHAHAHAHAHA!" A caption below reads: "Prepositions are the villains of every language acquisition story." Votey (aftercomic): two dark, sinister silhouettes stand side by side; one announces, "Now, meet my henchman, set phrases that even native speakers don't understand!"

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.