2010-12-09
Original: 2010-12-09 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (header banner: SCIENCE ADVOCATES)
Interviewer (a man with reddish-orange hair, holding a notepad): "Why is it important that we have trapped antimatter?"
Scientist (a smiling man with glasses and a purple vest): "Oh! It has future applications in propulsion, energy creation, data transmission, you name it!"
Panel 2 (header banner: SCIENTISTS)
Interviewer (same orange-haired man with notepad): "Why is it important that we have trapped antimatter?"
Scientist (a tired-looking bearded man in a yellow shirt): "Because it's fucking awesome."
Votey:
The orange-haired interviewer, grinning at his notepad: "That'll be a great headline!"
Interviewer (a man with reddish-orange hair, holding a notepad): "Why is it important that we have trapped antimatter?"
Scientist (a smiling man with glasses and a purple vest): "Oh! It has future applications in propulsion, energy creation, data transmission, you name it!"
Panel 2 (header banner: SCIENTISTS)
Interviewer (same orange-haired man with notepad): "Why is it important that we have trapped antimatter?"
Scientist (a tired-looking bearded man in a yellow shirt): "Because it's fucking awesome."
Votey:
The orange-haired interviewer, grinning at his notepad: "That'll be a great headline!"
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic contrasting how scientists answer the same question for different audiences. The same orange-haired interviewer with a notepad asks both scientists, "Why is it important that we have trapped antimatter?" In the first panel, labeled SCIENCE ADVOCATES, a polished scientist in glasses and a purple vest enthusiastically replies, "Oh! It has future applications in propulsion, energy creation, data transmission, you name it!" In the second panel, labeled SCIENTISTS, a tired bearded scientist in a yellow shirt bluntly answers, "Because it's fucking awesome." In the votey, the grinning interviewer looks down at his notepad and says, "That'll be a great headline!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.