2009-07-13
Original: 2009-07-13 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: CREATIONIST RESPONSE DICE GAME!
The comic presents two die templates drawn as unfolded paper-craft nets (a central triangle with three flap triangles, two of them shown as dashed-line fold-out faces). Each face carries a label, several printed upside-down or sideways as they would be on an unfolded die net.
Die 1 (top):
- Top-left face: JUST A THEORY
- Top-right face: PUT HERE BY SATAN
- Center face: AAAH! AAAAH! CAN'T HEAR YOU! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
- Bottom face (upside-down): PROVEN WRONG BY SCIENTISTS AT PATRIOTIC CHRIST UNIVERSITY
Die 2 (bottom):
- Top-left face: TRANSITIONAL FOSSILS ARE...
- Top-right face: RADIOMETRIC DATING IS...
- Center face: GEOLOGIC STRATA ARE...
- Bottom face (upside-down): MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IS...
BONUS: WITH THESE, OR 20 YEARS OF SCIENCE EDUCATION, YOU CAN GET ON TV!
Votey:
NOTE: ANYONE WHO MAKES THE DICE AND SENDS A PICTURE GETS A MILLION POINTS!
The comic presents two die templates drawn as unfolded paper-craft nets (a central triangle with three flap triangles, two of them shown as dashed-line fold-out faces). Each face carries a label, several printed upside-down or sideways as they would be on an unfolded die net.
Die 1 (top):
- Top-left face: JUST A THEORY
- Top-right face: PUT HERE BY SATAN
- Center face: AAAH! AAAAH! CAN'T HEAR YOU! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
- Bottom face (upside-down): PROVEN WRONG BY SCIENTISTS AT PATRIOTIC CHRIST UNIVERSITY
Die 2 (bottom):
- Top-left face: TRANSITIONAL FOSSILS ARE...
- Top-right face: RADIOMETRIC DATING IS...
- Center face: GEOLOGIC STRATA ARE...
- Bottom face (upside-down): MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IS...
BONUS: WITH THESE, OR 20 YEARS OF SCIENCE EDUCATION, YOU CAN GET ON TV!
Votey:
NOTE: ANYONE WHO MAKES THE DICE AND SENDS A PICTURE GETS A MILLION POINTS!
Alt text
A black-and-white comic titled "CREATIONIST RESPONSE DICE GAME!" It shows two unfolded paper die templates (cube/triangle nets with dashed fold lines), each face labeled with a stock creationist rebuttal. The first die's faces read: "JUST A THEORY," "PUT HERE BY SATAN," "AAAH! AAAAH! CAN'T HEAR YOU! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!," and "PROVEN WRONG BY SCIENTISTS AT PATRIOTIC CHRIST UNIVERSITY." The second die has the prompts "TRANSITIONAL FOSSILS ARE...," "RADIOMETRIC DATING IS...," "GEOLOGIC STRATA ARE...," and "MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IS..." so the dice combine a science topic with a dismissive response. Bottom text: "BONUS: WITH THESE, OR 20 YEARS OF SCIENCE EDUCATION, YOU CAN GET ON TV!" The joke is that the dice automate denialist talking points. Votey: a handwritten note in a panel reading "NOTE: ANYONE WHO MAKES THE DICE AND SENDS A PICTURE GETS A MILLION POINTS!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.