2009-12-22
Original: 2009-12-22 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title banner: DEBUNK INTERNET ADS WHILE TEACHING MATHEMATICS
Main panel text:
QUESTION:
IF A PILL COULD ACTUALLY DOUBLE YOUR PENIS, HOW MANY PILLS WOULD IT TAKE TO REACH THE EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
(ANSWER ON BOTTOM)
Upside-down handwritten note in the bottom corner: 46.5 pills
Votey:
Handwritten worked-out math, as if scrawled on scratch paper.
Edge of Solar System
8.4 e9 miles
= 5.3 e14 inches
Average penis size is ~5.1 - 5.9 [inches]
5.3 * 2^x = 5.3e14
2^x = 10^14
x = log_2 10^14
= ln 10^14 / ln 10^2
= 46.5 pills
Uranus [crossed out]
1.6e9 miles
= 1.0e14 inches
2^x = (1/5.3) e14
x = log_2 (1/5.3) e14
= ln (1/5.3 e14) / ln 2
= 44.1 pills
Main panel text:
QUESTION:
IF A PILL COULD ACTUALLY DOUBLE YOUR PENIS, HOW MANY PILLS WOULD IT TAKE TO REACH THE EDGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
(ANSWER ON BOTTOM)
Upside-down handwritten note in the bottom corner: 46.5 pills
Votey:
Handwritten worked-out math, as if scrawled on scratch paper.
Edge of Solar System
8.4 e9 miles
= 5.3 e14 inches
Average penis size is ~5.1 - 5.9 [inches]
5.3 * 2^x = 5.3e14
2^x = 10^14
x = log_2 10^14
= ln 10^14 / ln 10^2
= 46.5 pills
Uranus [crossed out]
1.6e9 miles
= 1.0e14 inches
2^x = (1/5.3) e14
x = log_2 (1/5.3) e14
= ln (1/5.3 e14) / ln 2
= 44.1 pills
Alt text
A Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic. A yellow title banner reads "DEBUNK INTERNET ADS WHILE TEACHING MATHEMATICS." The single blue panel poses a word problem in block letters: "QUESTION: If a pill could actually double your penis, how many pills would it take to reach the edge of the solar system? (Answer on bottom)." Upside-down in the bottom corner is the punchline answer, "46.5 pills." The votey (aftercomic) shows the answer worked out by hand on scratch paper: the edge of the solar system is about 8.4 billion miles, or 5.3e14 inches; starting from an average penis size of about 5.1-5.9 inches and doubling each pill, solving 5.3 * 2^x = 5.3e14 gives x = log base 2 of 10^14, equaling 46.5 pills. A second crossed-out calculation for reaching Uranus (1.6 billion miles) yields 44.1 pills.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.