2009-07-20
Original: 2009-07-20 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (drawing of a microorganism, green text box):
Nitrosomonas europaea
CONSUMES:
AMMONIA.
BENZENE.
Panel 2 (drawing of a microorganism, teal text box):
Geobacter sulfurreducens
CONSUMES:
SULFATES.
RADIATION.
Panel 3 (drawing of a bearded man with curly hair and glasses sitting at a computer, blue text box):
Steve
CONSUMES:
CHIPS.
PIECES OF CHIPS.
Votey:
The bearded man at the computer, speech bubble: "TAKE THAT, NERDS!"
Nitrosomonas europaea
CONSUMES:
AMMONIA.
BENZENE.
Panel 2 (drawing of a microorganism, teal text box):
Geobacter sulfurreducens
CONSUMES:
SULFATES.
RADIATION.
Panel 3 (drawing of a bearded man with curly hair and glasses sitting at a computer, blue text box):
Steve
CONSUMES:
CHIPS.
PIECES OF CHIPS.
Votey:
The bearded man at the computer, speech bubble: "TAKE THAT, NERDS!"
Alt text
A three-panel comic styled like an encyclopedia of organisms and what they consume. Panel 1 shows a drawn microorganism beside a green box reading "Nitrosomonas europaea / CONSUMES: AMMONIA. BENZENE." Panel 2 shows another drawn microorganism beside a teal box reading "Geobacter sulfurreducens / CONSUMES: SULFATES. RADIATION." Panel 3 shows a bearded, curly-haired man in glasses hunched at a computer beside a blue box reading "Steve / CONSUMES: CHIPS. PIECES OF CHIPS." The joke contrasts hardy bacteria that eat exotic substances with a mundane human whose only notable consumption is snack chips. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the same man at his computer triumphantly saying "TAKE THAT, NERDS!", as if proud of his place in the comparison.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.