2008-08-24
Original: 2008-08-24 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (top):
A group of people sit facing a balding, bespectacled older man (Professor Higgins) at a table.
Woman in the audience: "Professor Higgins... a lot of us feel like your research is kinda... well... sexist..."
Professor Higgins: "Sexist? Because I think women scientists are integral to the future of energy research?!"
Panel 2 (bottom): A diagram labeled at the top: "FIG. 12"
The diagram shows a circular wind-turbine-style hub at the right with spokes radiating out, labeled "turbine" (with an arrow pointing to a spoke). On the left stand two crudely-drawn female stick figures labeled "Ugly chicks" (arrow pointing to them). In the middle, a male stick figure runs away with motion lines, labeled "men fleeing" (arrow pointing to him). The implication is that ugly women drive men to flee toward/around the turbine, generating energy.
Votey:
The orange-haired man (the same one seen from behind in the main comic, now revealed to be a thin, freckled, shirtless young man) sits at a drafting table holding a pencil, drawing, with a scowl.
Thought bubble: "Call me sexist will they?"
A group of people sit facing a balding, bespectacled older man (Professor Higgins) at a table.
Woman in the audience: "Professor Higgins... a lot of us feel like your research is kinda... well... sexist..."
Professor Higgins: "Sexist? Because I think women scientists are integral to the future of energy research?!"
Panel 2 (bottom): A diagram labeled at the top: "FIG. 12"
The diagram shows a circular wind-turbine-style hub at the right with spokes radiating out, labeled "turbine" (with an arrow pointing to a spoke). On the left stand two crudely-drawn female stick figures labeled "Ugly chicks" (arrow pointing to them). In the middle, a male stick figure runs away with motion lines, labeled "men fleeing" (arrow pointing to him). The implication is that ugly women drive men to flee toward/around the turbine, generating energy.
Votey:
The orange-haired man (the same one seen from behind in the main comic, now revealed to be a thin, freckled, shirtless young man) sits at a drafting table holding a pencil, drawing, with a scowl.
Thought bubble: "Call me sexist will they?"
Alt text
A two-panel comic. Top panel: people sit facing a balding, bespectacled older man at a table. A woman says, "Professor Higgins... a lot of us feel like your research is kinda... well... sexist..." He replies indignantly, "Sexist? Because I think women scientists are integral to the future of energy research?!" Bottom panel: a hand-drawn diagram titled "FIG. 12" showing a wind turbine (labeled "turbine") on the right. On the left, two crude female stick figures are labeled "Ugly chicks." In the middle, a male stick figure runs away with motion lines, labeled "men fleeing." The joke: his "research" proposes that ugly women drive men to flee, spinning the turbine to generate energy. Votey: a thin, freckled, shirtless orange-haired young man sits at a drafting table with a pencil, scowling as he draws, thinking, "Call me sexist will they?"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.