Variation
Original: Variation on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with reddish hair (presenting, enthusiastic): "Thanks to new customization technology, we can give our customers new variety in every single purchase!"
Woman (seated, deadpan): "You're fired. You know that, right?"
Caption (below panel): Nobody liked his idea of making OCD meds all be slightly different sizes.
Votey:
A roughly-sketched man's face, looking unamused.
Off-panel speaker (speech bubble): "Guess you don't like my idea for sleeping pills that scream inside you?"
Man with reddish hair (presenting, enthusiastic): "Thanks to new customization technology, we can give our customers new variety in every single purchase!"
Woman (seated, deadpan): "You're fired. You know that, right?"
Caption (below panel): Nobody liked his idea of making OCD meds all be slightly different sizes.
Votey:
A roughly-sketched man's face, looking unamused.
Off-panel speaker (speech bubble): "Guess you don't like my idea for sleeping pills that scream inside you?"
Alt text
A man with reddish hair pitches enthusiastically to a seated woman: "Thanks to new customization technology, we can give our customers new variety in every single purchase!" The unimpressed woman replies flatly, "You're fired. You know that, right?" A caption beneath reads: "Nobody liked his idea of making OCD meds all be slightly different sizes" — the joke being that varied pill sizes would torment people with OCD. Votey: a loosely drawn, unamused man's face as an off-panel voice asks, "Guess you don't like my idea for sleeping pills that scream inside you?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.