2010-09-29
Original: 2010-09-29 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (label: SCIENTISTS):
A woman with red hair in a white lab coat grabs a dark-haired man by his collar and screams in his face.
Woman: "I WILL RIP OUT YOUR GUTS AND SHIT IN YOUR SPLEEN, YOU STUPID BASTARD! SHIT IN YOUR STUPID SPLEEN!"
Panel 2 (label: NORMAL PEOPLE):
The same two people stand calmly apart, conversing politely.
Woman (red hair): "HEY, DO YOU THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO SAY A MOLLUSC CAN BEHAVE ALTRUISTICALLY?"
Man: "I GUESS?"
Votey:
A black-and-white sketch panel. A man with a beard sits writing while a woman stands behind him. She says: "THE TERM YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS 'WORDSMITH.'"
A woman with red hair in a white lab coat grabs a dark-haired man by his collar and screams in his face.
Woman: "I WILL RIP OUT YOUR GUTS AND SHIT IN YOUR SPLEEN, YOU STUPID BASTARD! SHIT IN YOUR STUPID SPLEEN!"
Panel 2 (label: NORMAL PEOPLE):
The same two people stand calmly apart, conversing politely.
Woman (red hair): "HEY, DO YOU THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO SAY A MOLLUSC CAN BEHAVE ALTRUISTICALLY?"
Man: "I GUESS?"
Votey:
A black-and-white sketch panel. A man with a beard sits writing while a woman stands behind him. She says: "THE TERM YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS 'WORDSMITH.'"
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic contrasting how scientists versus normal people argue. Top panel, labeled SCIENTISTS: a red-haired woman in a white lab coat grabs a dark-haired man by the collar and screams furiously, "I will rip out your guts and shit in your spleen, you stupid bastard! Shit in your stupid spleen!" Bottom panel, labeled NORMAL PEOPLE: the same two people stand calmly and politely; the woman asks, "Hey, do you think it makes sense to say a mollusc can behave altruistically?" and the man replies, "I guess?" The joke is that scientists save their most violent passion for arguments over arcane technical wording. Votey (a black-and-white aftercomic sketch): a bearded man sits writing while a woman stands behind him saying, "The term you're looking for is 'wordsmith.'"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.