2010-10-31
Original: 2010-10-31 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1
Header banner: DISCOVERIES PEOPLE CHERISH
A man with reddish hair in a lab coat over a green shirt gestures excitedly beside a small caged glowing apparatus on a table.
Man: I've discovered a way to transmute water... into FUEL.
Panel 2
Header banner: DISCOVERIES SCIENTISTS CHERISH
A bespectacled scientist in a lab coat over a blue shirt leans on a table, looking weary, with a bottle of whiskey and a shot glass beside them.
Scientist: I've discovered a way to transmute whiskey... into BREAKFAST.
Votey:
A hand-drawn note shows a pseudo-equation:
[anything symbol] + [coffee cup symbol] = [glowing breakfast symbol]
[anything symbol] = anything
[coffee cup symbol] = coffee
[glowing symbol] = breakfast
Header banner: DISCOVERIES PEOPLE CHERISH
A man with reddish hair in a lab coat over a green shirt gestures excitedly beside a small caged glowing apparatus on a table.
Man: I've discovered a way to transmute water... into FUEL.
Panel 2
Header banner: DISCOVERIES SCIENTISTS CHERISH
A bespectacled scientist in a lab coat over a blue shirt leans on a table, looking weary, with a bottle of whiskey and a shot glass beside them.
Scientist: I've discovered a way to transmute whiskey... into BREAKFAST.
Votey:
A hand-drawn note shows a pseudo-equation:
[anything symbol] + [coffee cup symbol] = [glowing breakfast symbol]
[anything symbol] = anything
[coffee cup symbol] = coffee
[glowing symbol] = breakfast
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic contrasting idealistic discoveries with scientists' real priorities. Panel 1, banner 'DISCOVERIES PEOPLE CHERISH': a red-haired man in a lab coat gestures beside a small caged glowing device, saying 'I've discovered a way to transmute water... into FUEL.' Panel 2, banner 'DISCOVERIES SCIENTISTS CHERISH': a tired bespectacled scientist slumps at a table holding a whiskey bottle and shot glass, saying 'I've discovered a way to transmute whiskey... into BREAKFAST.' Votey: a hand-drawn sticky note with a mock equation reading 'anything + coffee = breakfast,' with little symbols defined as anything, a coffee cup, and a glowing breakfast.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.