Alone
Original: Alone on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman with blonde hair (in a yellow jacket): Do you think it's possible to prove other conscious minds exist beyond your own?
A woman with dark curly hair (in a green coat and red scarf): Of course not! That's why I'm so happy.
Panel 2:
The dark-haired woman (now climbing up a snowy slope, arms thrown wide): The fact that I'm the only mind in the universe means that all other apparent minds are just ME.
Panel 3 (close-up on the dark-haired woman, eyes wide and gleeful):
Dark-haired woman: That proves I'm a genius!
Panel 4 (a tiny figure climbing a tall snowy mountain peak):
Dark-haired woman: I'm a master of all fields of science and mathematics! I'm the greatest composer, novelist, filmmaker, poet, composer, and playwright imaginable!
Panel 5:
Blonde woman: You also committed historic atrocities then.
Dark-haired woman: Yes, but only against myself!
Panel 6:
Dark-haired woman (alone near a snowy peak): I am funny, brilliant, clever, and I've never harmed a soul.
Panel 7 (silhouette of the dark-haired woman standing triumphantly atop a sharp mountain summit against a black sky; no dialogue).
Panel 8 (the dark-haired woman standing on the summit, arms wide; the blonde woman's head visible in the foreground):
Dark-haired woman: I wish I were the only mind in the universe.
Blonde woman: You are! You're me!
Footer: PATREON.COM/ZACHWEINERSMITH SMBC-COMICS.COM
Votey:
A loose sketch of a smiling person with gray/white hair and round glasses, eyes closed contentedly, leaning back. A red shape (a drink/wine glass) is visible in the upper right and a teal blanket-like shape across their lap.
A woman with blonde hair (in a yellow jacket): Do you think it's possible to prove other conscious minds exist beyond your own?
A woman with dark curly hair (in a green coat and red scarf): Of course not! That's why I'm so happy.
Panel 2:
The dark-haired woman (now climbing up a snowy slope, arms thrown wide): The fact that I'm the only mind in the universe means that all other apparent minds are just ME.
Panel 3 (close-up on the dark-haired woman, eyes wide and gleeful):
Dark-haired woman: That proves I'm a genius!
Panel 4 (a tiny figure climbing a tall snowy mountain peak):
Dark-haired woman: I'm a master of all fields of science and mathematics! I'm the greatest composer, novelist, filmmaker, poet, composer, and playwright imaginable!
Panel 5:
Blonde woman: You also committed historic atrocities then.
Dark-haired woman: Yes, but only against myself!
Panel 6:
Dark-haired woman (alone near a snowy peak): I am funny, brilliant, clever, and I've never harmed a soul.
Panel 7 (silhouette of the dark-haired woman standing triumphantly atop a sharp mountain summit against a black sky; no dialogue).
Panel 8 (the dark-haired woman standing on the summit, arms wide; the blonde woman's head visible in the foreground):
Dark-haired woman: I wish I were the only mind in the universe.
Blonde woman: You are! You're me!
Footer: PATREON.COM/ZACHWEINERSMITH SMBC-COMICS.COM
Votey:
A loose sketch of a smiling person with gray/white hair and round glasses, eyes closed contentedly, leaning back. A red shape (a drink/wine glass) is visible in the upper right and a teal blanket-like shape across their lap.
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic. A blonde woman asks a dark-haired woman (green coat, red scarf) whether it's possible to prove other conscious minds exist beyond one's own. The dark-haired woman cheerfully says "Of course not! That's why I'm so happy," then, climbing higher and higher up a snowy mountain, exults that being the only mind in the universe means all other apparent minds are just her: it proves she's a genius, a master of all sciences and arts, the greatest composer, novelist, filmmaker, poet and playwright imaginable. The blonde woman points out she also committed historic atrocities, then; the dark-haired woman replies "Yes, but only against myself!" She continues praising herself as funny, brilliant, and having never harmed a soul, reaching a triumphant silhouette atop a sharp summit. In the final panel she stands arms-wide on the peak and says "I wish I were the only mind in the universe," and the blonde woman (foreground) answers "You are! You're me!" The votey is a loose sketch of a contented smiling person with gray hair and round glasses leaning back with a drink, conveying the same self-satisfied bliss.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.