2010-01-07
Original: 2010-01-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (above the comic): YOU DON'T WANT SCIENTIFIC PARENTS!
Panel 1 (labeled banner: ASTRONOMER)
A balding older man with glasses leans toward a small child.
Man: You're a cosmic speck!
Panel 2 (labeled banner: NEUROLOGIST)
A woman with brown hair and a green top reaches toward a child's head with a pinching/flicking gesture, looking annoyed.
Woman: You're so predictable.
Panel 3 (labeled banner: ENGINEER)
A man with glasses holds out a metal rod toward a child.
Man: Hold this metal rod. I want to try something.
Votey:
A rough black-and-white sketch. In the foreground, the back of a curly-haired child's head. In the background, on a small hill/mound, the engineer figure crouches and aims something (the metal rod / a device) toward the child from a distance, as if having retreated to a safe spot to conduct the experiment.
Panel 1 (labeled banner: ASTRONOMER)
A balding older man with glasses leans toward a small child.
Man: You're a cosmic speck!
Panel 2 (labeled banner: NEUROLOGIST)
A woman with brown hair and a green top reaches toward a child's head with a pinching/flicking gesture, looking annoyed.
Woman: You're so predictable.
Panel 3 (labeled banner: ENGINEER)
A man with glasses holds out a metal rod toward a child.
Man: Hold this metal rod. I want to try something.
Votey:
A rough black-and-white sketch. In the foreground, the back of a curly-haired child's head. In the background, on a small hill/mound, the engineer figure crouches and aims something (the metal rod / a device) toward the child from a distance, as if having retreated to a safe spot to conduct the experiment.
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A three-panel SMBC comic titled "YOU DON'T WANT SCIENTIFIC PARENTS!" Each panel shows a scientist parent belittling or experimenting on their child, labeled by profession. Panel 1, "ASTRONOMER": a balding bespectacled man leans into a small child and says, "You're a cosmic speck!" Panel 2, "NEUROLOGIST": a brown-haired woman in a green top reaches toward the child's head with an annoyed expression and says, "You're so predictable." Panel 3, "ENGINEER": a bespectacled man holds out a metal rod to the child and says, "Hold this metal rod. I want to try something." The votey is a rough black-and-white sketch: the back of the curly-haired child's head in the foreground, while in the distance the engineer parent crouches on a small hill and aims the rod/device at the child from a safe distance, implying the experiment is dangerous.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.