2011-10-12
Original: 2011-10-12 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A blackboard behind a bespectacled professor reads: "Physics 101."
Professor: "AS HAS OFTEN BEEN NOTED, 'PHYSICS IS TO MATH AS SEX IS TO MASTURBATION.'"
Panel 2:
A student with reddish, flame-like hair raises a hand.
Student: "SO, YOU'RE SAYING BOTH FIELDS ARE GOOD, BUT WITHOUT AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE, THE SEARCH FOR DEEPER MATHEMATICAL TRUTH IS EMPTY?"
Panel 3:
A different bespectacled professor stands in front of a blackboard reading "CS 101."
Professor: "I'M SAYING YOU'LL SPEND MOST OF UNDERGRAD DOING MATH."
Votey:
A hand-drawn close-up of the professor's face with eyes closed, labeled at top "PHYSICS" and at bottom "BURN."
A blackboard behind a bespectacled professor reads: "Physics 101."
Professor: "AS HAS OFTEN BEEN NOTED, 'PHYSICS IS TO MATH AS SEX IS TO MASTURBATION.'"
Panel 2:
A student with reddish, flame-like hair raises a hand.
Student: "SO, YOU'RE SAYING BOTH FIELDS ARE GOOD, BUT WITHOUT AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND THE UNIVERSE, THE SEARCH FOR DEEPER MATHEMATICAL TRUTH IS EMPTY?"
Panel 3:
A different bespectacled professor stands in front of a blackboard reading "CS 101."
Professor: "I'M SAYING YOU'LL SPEND MOST OF UNDERGRAD DOING MATH."
Votey:
A hand-drawn close-up of the professor's face with eyes closed, labeled at top "PHYSICS" and at bottom "BURN."
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a bespectacled physics professor stands before a blackboard reading "Physics 101" and says, "As has often been noted, 'Physics is to math as sex is to masturbation.'" Panel 2: a student with reddish flame-like hair raises a hand and asks, "So, you're saying both fields are good, but without an attempt to understand the universe, the search for deeper mathematical truth is empty?" Panel 3: a deadpan bespectacled professor in front of a "CS 101" blackboard replies, "I'm saying you'll spend most of undergrad doing math." The joke deflates the lofty physics metaphor with a dry comp-sci punchline. Votey: a rough hand-drawn close-up of the professor's face with eyes closed, captioned "PHYSICS" on top and "BURN" on the bottom, framing the line as a sick burn on physics.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.