Past
Original: Past on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with flame-like red hair (speaking toward a computer/monitor): WOW! THIS NEW THING CALLED "THE INTERNET" IS GONNA MAKE IT SO ARTISTS DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF EDITOR! I'M GONNA TRAVEL TO THE FUTURE TO LEARN MORE.
Panel 2:
The red-haired man appears in a burst/flash, gesturing toward a brown-haired bearded man in a yellow shirt.
Red-haired man: FUTURE PERSON! ARE THERE STILL EDITORS?
Panel 3:
The brown-haired bearded man replies to the red-haired man.
Brown-haired man: YES. THE INSTANT REACTION OF A RANDOM SUBSET OF THE PUBLIC, FED INTO AN OPAQUE ALGORITHM THAT CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ART AND A PERSON HURTING HIMSELF WITH FOOD.
Panel 4:
The red-haired man looks dismayed; the brown-haired man bursts into laughter, tears in his eyes.
Red-haired man: WELL AT LEAST YOU CONTROL THE ALGORITHM
Brown-haired man (laughing): AAAHAHAH AHAHAH
Votey:
Close-up on the laughing brown-haired man's face with a speech bubble in handwritten script: Please like and subscribe
Man with flame-like red hair (speaking toward a computer/monitor): WOW! THIS NEW THING CALLED "THE INTERNET" IS GONNA MAKE IT SO ARTISTS DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF EDITOR! I'M GONNA TRAVEL TO THE FUTURE TO LEARN MORE.
Panel 2:
The red-haired man appears in a burst/flash, gesturing toward a brown-haired bearded man in a yellow shirt.
Red-haired man: FUTURE PERSON! ARE THERE STILL EDITORS?
Panel 3:
The brown-haired bearded man replies to the red-haired man.
Brown-haired man: YES. THE INSTANT REACTION OF A RANDOM SUBSET OF THE PUBLIC, FED INTO AN OPAQUE ALGORITHM THAT CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ART AND A PERSON HURTING HIMSELF WITH FOOD.
Panel 4:
The red-haired man looks dismayed; the brown-haired man bursts into laughter, tears in his eyes.
Red-haired man: WELL AT LEAST YOU CONTROL THE ALGORITHM
Brown-haired man (laughing): AAAHAHAH AHAHAH
Votey:
Close-up on the laughing brown-haired man's face with a speech bubble in handwritten script: Please like and subscribe
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A man with spiky flame-like red hair speaks excitedly toward a computer monitor, saying that this new thing called "the internet" will mean artists don't have any kind of editor, and that he's going to travel to the future to learn more. Panel 2: The red-haired man appears in a flash beside a brown-haired bearded man in a yellow shirt, asking, "Future person! Are there still editors?" Panel 3: The brown-haired man answers yes -- the editors are now the instant reaction of a random subset of the public fed into an opaque algorithm that can't tell the difference between art and a person hurting himself with food. Panel 4: The red-haired man, dismayed, says "Well at least you control the algorithm," and the brown-haired man bursts into tearful laughter ("AAAHAHAH"). Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the laughing man's face with a handwritten speech bubble reading "Please like and subscribe."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.