After
Original: After on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A blond man sits frowning at a computer monitor, typing.
Man (in speech bubble): "NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR BOOBS. NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE MY CREDIT CARD. LOOK, LET'S JUST FOCUS ON HOW YOUR MEDIA, INSTITUTIONS, AND LEADERS ARE ALL UNTRUSTWORTHY."
Caption below panel: "If we all just left the Internet, it'd be nothing but propagandists and sex-bots talking back and forth for eternity."
Votey:
A small cartoon robot stands alone, looking up at a speech bubble coming from off-panel (an empty doorway/corner to its left).
Voice (in speech bubble): "BUT I LOVE YOU."
A blond man sits frowning at a computer monitor, typing.
Man (in speech bubble): "NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR BOOBS. NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE MY CREDIT CARD. LOOK, LET'S JUST FOCUS ON HOW YOUR MEDIA, INSTITUTIONS, AND LEADERS ARE ALL UNTRUSTWORTHY."
Caption below panel: "If we all just left the Internet, it'd be nothing but propagandists and sex-bots talking back and forth for eternity."
Votey:
A small cartoon robot stands alone, looking up at a speech bubble coming from off-panel (an empty doorway/corner to its left).
Voice (in speech bubble): "BUT I LOVE YOU."
Alt text
A blond man sits frowning at a computer monitor, typing in apparent annoyance. His speech bubble reads: "No, I don't want to see your boobs. No, you can't have my credit card. Look, let's just focus on how your media, institutions, and leaders are all untrustworthy." A caption beneath the panel reads: "If we all just left the Internet, it'd be nothing but propagandists and sex-bots talking back and forth for eternity." The joke: the man dismissing scam and propaganda bots is himself addressing only bots, suggesting human discourse online has already vanished. Votey (aftercomic): a small simple cartoon robot stands alone by an empty doorway, looking up at a speech bubble from off-panel that says "But I love you" — a lonely sex-bot still pining after everyone has left.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.