Panic
Original: Panic on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A person addressing a crowd over a megaphone or loudspeaker.
Speaker (off-panel, via speech): EVERYONE! FIRE! DO PANIC! MAKE SURE TO PANIC! PANIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!
Panel 2: A crowd of people screaming in terror, mouths wide open.
Crowd: AAAA! AAA! AAAA! AAAA!
Panel 3: One person in the crowd reacts with a startled, sheepish look.
Person: WOOPS
Caption / Finding (below the comic): Finding: you can't get people to calmly exit a building via reverse psychology.
Votey:
A person with hands cupped around their mouth shouting upward.
Speaker: EVERYONE! DON'T FALL FOR REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY!
Speaker (off-panel, via speech): EVERYONE! FIRE! DO PANIC! MAKE SURE TO PANIC! PANIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!
Panel 2: A crowd of people screaming in terror, mouths wide open.
Crowd: AAAA! AAA! AAAA! AAAA!
Panel 3: One person in the crowd reacts with a startled, sheepish look.
Person: WOOPS
Caption / Finding (below the comic): Finding: you can't get people to calmly exit a building via reverse psychology.
Votey:
A person with hands cupped around their mouth shouting upward.
Speaker: EVERYONE! DON'T FALL FOR REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY!
Alt text
Three-panel comic. Panel 1: a hand holding a megaphone and a voice shouting, "EVERYONE! FIRE! DO PANIC! MAKE SURE TO PANIC! PANIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!" Panel 2: a packed crowd of frightened people screaming, with overlapping shouts of "AAAA! AAA! AAAA! AAAA!" Panel 3: one woman in the crowd realizes the trick and says "WOOPS." Caption below reads: "Finding: you can't get people to calmly exit a building via reverse psychology." The joke is that telling people to panic (hoping reverse psychology makes them stay calm) just causes actual panic. Votey: a person cups their hands around their mouth and shouts, "EVERYONE! DON'T FALL FOR REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.