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Original: quote-3 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (top): You can make your bosses speech more memorable by replacing that motivational quote with Richard III's speech to the peasants at Waltham, 1381.
Framed quote on the wall:
"You wretches detestable on land and sea: you who seek equality with lords are unworthy to live. Give this message to your colleagues: rustics you were, and rustics you are still; you will remain in bondage, not as before, but incomparably harsher.
For as long as we live we will strive to suppress you, and your misery will be an example in the eyes of posterity."
— Wayne Gretzky
Bottom: A man in a suit stands looking at the framed quote, confused.
Man: What? Why are you staring? Is something wrong with my area?
Votey:
(Also a great quote to open a grad student orientation)
Framed quote on the wall:
"You wretches detestable on land and sea: you who seek equality with lords are unworthy to live. Give this message to your colleagues: rustics you were, and rustics you are still; you will remain in bondage, not as before, but incomparably harsher.
For as long as we live we will strive to suppress you, and your misery will be an example in the eyes of posterity."
— Wayne Gretzky
Bottom: A man in a suit stands looking at the framed quote, confused.
Man: What? Why are you staring? Is something wrong with my area?
Votey:
(Also a great quote to open a grad student orientation)
Alt text
A two-part comic. Top caption: "You can make your boss's speech more memorable by replacing that motivational quote with Richard III's speech to the peasants at Waltham, 1381." Below is a framed motivational-style wall poster bearing a harsh medieval quote: "You wretches detestable on land and sea: you who seek equality with lords are unworthy to live... rustics you were, and rustics you are still; you will remain in bondage... your misery will be an example in the eyes of posterity." It is misattributed to "Wayne Gretzky," mimicking the format of inspirational office posters. At the bottom, a man in a suit stands near the poster looking confused and defensive, asking, "What? Why are you staring? Is something wrong with my area?" The joke: the cheerful office-poster format hosts a brutal feudal threat against peasants. Votey aftercomic: handwritten text reading "(Also a great quote to open a grad student orientation)," comparing grad students to oppressed medieval serfs.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.