2011-12-08
Original: 2011-12-08 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A father holds his young shirtless son on his lap, smiling as he explains something.
Father: So, the goblins cast time spells on you, which make you get older. But, if you go REEALLLY fast, the goblins can't catch you, so they can't cast as many spells.
Caption (below panel, underlined header): Sign of quality geek parenting:
Caption: Teaching relativity before teaching animal sounds.
Votey:
Caption banner at top: 30 YEARS LATER
A grown man with messy hair and glasses speaks.
Man: I call it "GOBLIN THEORY."
A father holds his young shirtless son on his lap, smiling as he explains something.
Father: So, the goblins cast time spells on you, which make you get older. But, if you go REEALLLY fast, the goblins can't catch you, so they can't cast as many spells.
Caption (below panel, underlined header): Sign of quality geek parenting:
Caption: Teaching relativity before teaching animal sounds.
Votey:
Caption banner at top: 30 YEARS LATER
A grown man with messy hair and glasses speaks.
Man: I call it "GOBLIN THEORY."
Alt text
Main comic: A dark-haired father smiles as he holds his young shirtless son on his lap, explaining in a speech bubble: "So, the goblins cast time spells on you, which make you get older. But, if you go REEALLLY fast, the goblins can't catch you, so they can't cast as many spells." An underlined caption below reads "Sign of quality geek parenting:" followed by "Teaching relativity before teaching animal sounds" — the goblin tale is a whimsical version of time dilation in special relativity. Votey: A black-and-white panel labeled "30 YEARS LATER" shows the now-grown son, a disheveled man with glasses, declaring: "I call it 'GOBLIN THEORY.'" — implying the childhood story warped his adult understanding of physics.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.