Comparative
Original: Comparative on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
A child (a kid with curly hair, holding a tied-up garbage bag) is arguing with an adult (a man with long gray hair, seen from behind).
Child: "BUT WHY DO I HAVE TO DO CHORES? YOU'RE WAY FASTER AT THEM ANYWAY!"
Adult: "BECAUSE... BECAUSE HAVING YOU TAKE OUT THE TRASH MEANS I CAN DO HIGHER-VALUE WORK, WHICH... OH. MY. GOD."
Caption (below panel): "It was a great day for David Ricardo."
Votey:
A close-up of the gray-haired man's face, now wide-eyed with a dawning, slightly manic realization.
Man: "ALSO ACCORDING TO THE LABOR THEORY OF VALUE, IF YOU TAKE LONGER, THE CHORE IS WORTH MORE!"
A child (a kid with curly hair, holding a tied-up garbage bag) is arguing with an adult (a man with long gray hair, seen from behind).
Child: "BUT WHY DO I HAVE TO DO CHORES? YOU'RE WAY FASTER AT THEM ANYWAY!"
Adult: "BECAUSE... BECAUSE HAVING YOU TAKE OUT THE TRASH MEANS I CAN DO HIGHER-VALUE WORK, WHICH... OH. MY. GOD."
Caption (below panel): "It was a great day for David Ricardo."
Votey:
A close-up of the gray-haired man's face, now wide-eyed with a dawning, slightly manic realization.
Man: "ALSO ACCORDING TO THE LABOR THEORY OF VALUE, IF YOU TAKE LONGER, THE CHORE IS WORTH MORE!"
Alt text
A single-panel comic. A curly-haired child holding a tied garbage bag argues with a gray-haired adult shown from behind. The child says, "But why do I have to do chores? You're way faster at them anyway!" The adult replies, "Because... because having you take out the trash means I can do higher-value work, which... OH. MY. GOD." A caption below reads: "It was a great day for David Ricardo." The joke: the parent realizes their excuse is actually the economic principle of comparative advantage. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the gray-haired man's face, now wide-eyed and manic with realization, saying, "Also according to the labor theory of value, if you take longer, the chore is worth more!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.