promise-2
Original: promise-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man in a suit and red tie stands at a podium, raising one finger, speaking into a microphone.
Man: "IF ELECTED PRESIDENT, I PROMISE YOU I WILL DO WHATEVER MY OPPONENT PROMISES TO DO, PLUS 1."
Caption (below panel): There is an optimal election strategy, but nobody has the nerve to execute on it.
Votey:
A close-up of the man (drawn in loose black-and-white sketch style), eyes closed, still speaking.
Man: "AND, IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT: TIMES INFINITY PLUS ONE TIMES ALL THE NUMBERS PUT TOGETHER"
A man in a suit and red tie stands at a podium, raising one finger, speaking into a microphone.
Man: "IF ELECTED PRESIDENT, I PROMISE YOU I WILL DO WHATEVER MY OPPONENT PROMISES TO DO, PLUS 1."
Caption (below panel): There is an optimal election strategy, but nobody has the nerve to execute on it.
Votey:
A close-up of the man (drawn in loose black-and-white sketch style), eyes closed, still speaking.
Man: "AND, IF IT COMES DOWN TO IT: TIMES INFINITY PLUS ONE TIMES ALL THE NUMBERS PUT TOGETHER"
Alt text
A man in a suit and red tie stands at a podium with a microphone, raising one finger as he addresses an audience. His speech bubble reads: "If elected president, I promise you I will do whatever my opponent promises to do, plus 1." The caption below the panel says: "There IS an optimal election strategy, but nobody has the nerve to execute on it." In the votey (aftercomic), a loose black-and-white close-up of the same man, eyes closed, continues his pitch: "And, if it comes down to it: times infinity plus one times all the numbers put together" — escalating into childlike playground one-upmanship over who can promise the bigger number.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.