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Nothing

Original: Nothing on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
Woman (lying in bed): Baby? I can tell you're still awake. What's on your mind?
Man (lying beside her, facing away): Nothing.

Panel 2:
Woman: I know it's something.
Man: You wouldn't.

Panel 3:
Woman: Something at work? Or are you unhappy? Are you worried about our relationship--
Man: If there were a porn about oral sex with trees, you could call it "Leafblower."

Panel 4:
Woman (sitting up, pointing): You. You sleep on the couch.

Panel 5:
Man (smiling): But not by the houseplants.

Panel 6:
Man: The sequel is called Ash-Masters.

Votey:
Man (speech bubble): I spent three hours trying to find a connection between "fell," like you fell a tree, and "fellatio" which, oh right I'm alone again.

Alt text

A six-panel SMBC comic. A couple lies in bed at night. The woman gently asks, "Baby? I can tell you're still awake. What's on your mind?" The man, facing away, says "Nothing." She presses: "I know it's something." He replies, "You wouldn't." She guesses earnestly: "Something at work? Or are you unhappy? Are you worried about our relationship--" He interrupts: "If there were a porn about oral sex with trees, you could call it 'Leafblower.'" She sits up and points: "You. You sleep on the couch." Smiling, he adds, "But not by the houseplants." Final panel, still grinning: "The sequel is called Ash-Masters." Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the man alone, saying, "I spent three hours trying to find a connection between 'fell,' like you fell a tree, and 'fellatio' which, oh right I'm alone again." The joke is his fixation on a strained tree/sex pun derailing what his partner assumed was a serious heart-to-heart, ending with him alone.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.