Comic #3957: talking-to-children
Description
Here’s the text from the comic:
Top Panel:
- Person 1: "Good job!"
- Person 2: "No! You're not supposed to say that!"
Middle Panels:
- Person 3: "Now she'll feel she needs your approval for all actions! She won't self-motivate!"
- Person 4: "Oh, I mean, uh… Wow… you're so smart."
- Person 2: "No!"
- Person 1: "If you say she's smart, she'll think intelligence is intrinsic instead of seeking self-improvement."
- Person 5: "Come on! You have to say something! She'll perceive your silence as indifference!"
Bottom Panel:
- "Soon…"
- Person 6: "This document shall govern the implications of the following statement, which shall only be construed as a response to the construction of a block castle between the hours of 8 and 10 AM today."
- Person 1: "It's nice."
This transcription captures all the dialogue in the comic.