Absurd Political Campaign Speech Comic

FiveThirtyEight · 2019-09-18 14:44:41+00:00

AI-generated image description: XKCD-style stick figure cartoon of a politician at a podium delivering an absurd campaign speech full of terrible policy promises. AI-extracted visible text: A VOTE FOR ME IS A VOTE FOR HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, WAR, WORKPLACE THEFT, AND TEXTING WHILE DRIVING. I BELIEVE EVERY CITIZEN'S VOICE SHOULD BE HEARD IN EVERY MOVIE THEATER IN THE COUNTRY. IF ELECTED, I VOW TO PUT AN END TO THE OLYMPICS ONCE AND FOR ALL. MY ADMINISTRATION WILL RAISE TAXES ON SMALL BUSINESS AND USE THE MONEY TO INSTALL A VIDEO GAME CONSOLE IN EVERY LIFEGUARD CHAIR IN THE COUNTRY. WE WILL MANUFACTURE AND SELL CRYSTAL METH, AND USE THE PROCEEDS TO GIVE TAX CREDITS TO ANYONE WHO PRACTICE Originally embedded in "How To Win An Election", an article by Randall Munroe: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-win-an-election/ Original source URL: https://fivethirtyeight.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/xkcd3.png AI disclosure: Image descriptions and visible-text extraction were generated using Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic.