2011-01-15
Original: 2011-01-15 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title/header (handwritten, above the comic): SCREW "REAL LIFE APPLICATIONS" WANT KIDS TO LEARN SCIENCE? PUT THIS IN EVERY TEXTBOOK:
The comic is a page of text laid out like a textbook passage, followed by an illustration:
You can ignore this book if you want.
Go ahead. Coast through class.
But one thing in life is certain:
Someday, someone will clone a dinosaur.
And that someone will be an expert in a million things you think are boring right now.
And if you don't study, and work, and think
One day you'll watch that person saddle up, put on a cowboy hat, and ride a T. Rex
From a monitor.
Until your boss asks why you're wasting company time.
[Below the text: an illustration of a person wearing a cowboy hat sitting in a saddle on the back of a green T. Rex, with purple mountains and a yellow sun in the background.]
Votey:
[A close-up drawing of the T. Rex's head, with a speech bubble saying:] WUSS.
The comic is a page of text laid out like a textbook passage, followed by an illustration:
You can ignore this book if you want.
Go ahead. Coast through class.
But one thing in life is certain:
Someday, someone will clone a dinosaur.
And that someone will be an expert in a million things you think are boring right now.
And if you don't study, and work, and think
One day you'll watch that person saddle up, put on a cowboy hat, and ride a T. Rex
From a monitor.
Until your boss asks why you're wasting company time.
[Below the text: an illustration of a person wearing a cowboy hat sitting in a saddle on the back of a green T. Rex, with purple mountains and a yellow sun in the background.]
Votey:
[A close-up drawing of the T. Rex's head, with a speech bubble saying:] WUSS.
Alt text
An SMBC comic styled as a textbook page. A handwritten header reads: 'Screw "real life applications." Want kids to learn science? Put this in every textbook:' The page text reads like a motivational lecture: 'You can ignore this book if you want. Go ahead. Coast through class. But one thing in life is certain: Someday, someone will clone a dinosaur. And that someone will be an expert in a million things you think are boring right now. And if you don't study, and work, and think, one day you'll watch that person saddle up, put on a cowboy hat, and ride a T. Rex — From a monitor. Until your boss asks why you're wasting company time.' Below the text is a drawing of a person in a cowboy hat sitting in a saddle on the back of a green T. Rex, with purple mountains and a yellow sun behind them. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the T. Rex's head with a speech bubble that says 'WUSS.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.