2011-12-30
Original: 2011-12-30 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with dark curly hair, round glasses, and a green shirt holds a sheet of paper, speaking to a woman with dark hair and glasses.
Man: EVERY POSSIBLE STATE OF THE ECONOMY CAN BE DEFINED IN TERMS OF THIS WAVEFUNCTION I BORROWED FROM QUANTUM MECHANICS!
Panel 2:
The woman (in a yellow top) replies; the man is now seen in close-up profile on the right.
Woman: THAT'S COOL, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY EVIDENCE FROM OBSERVATION?
Man: GOOD POINT. LET'S CHECK.
Panel 3:
A newspaper front page.
Masthead: NewsNet
Headline: ECONOMY COLLAPSES
Below the headline are blue charts/graphs, including a line graph with a sharp spike.
Votey:
Caption: FUN FACT: THE NERD JOKE EQUIVALENT OF THE SAD TROMBONE IS THE SAD THEREMIN.
A hand-drawn theremin emits a sound burst.
Sound effect: wah-wahhhh...
A man with dark curly hair, round glasses, and a green shirt holds a sheet of paper, speaking to a woman with dark hair and glasses.
Man: EVERY POSSIBLE STATE OF THE ECONOMY CAN BE DEFINED IN TERMS OF THIS WAVEFUNCTION I BORROWED FROM QUANTUM MECHANICS!
Panel 2:
The woman (in a yellow top) replies; the man is now seen in close-up profile on the right.
Woman: THAT'S COOL, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY EVIDENCE FROM OBSERVATION?
Man: GOOD POINT. LET'S CHECK.
Panel 3:
A newspaper front page.
Masthead: NewsNet
Headline: ECONOMY COLLAPSES
Below the headline are blue charts/graphs, including a line graph with a sharp spike.
Votey:
Caption: FUN FACT: THE NERD JOKE EQUIVALENT OF THE SAD TROMBONE IS THE SAD THEREMIN.
A hand-drawn theremin emits a sound burst.
Sound effect: wah-wahhhh...
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A man in a green shirt with round glasses, holding a sheet of paper, excitedly tells a woman with glasses, "Every possible state of the economy can be defined in terms of this wavefunction I borrowed from quantum mechanics!" Panel 2: The woman, in a yellow top, replies, "That's cool, but do you have any evidence from observation?" The man answers, "Good point. Let's check." Panel 3: A newspaper front page titled "NewsNet" with the giant headline "ECONOMY COLLAPSES" above blue graphs, one showing a sharp spike then drop — the act of observing the economy collapsed its wavefunction and the economy itself. Votey (aftercomic): A black-and-white panel reads, "Fun fact: the nerd joke equivalent of the sad trombone is the sad theremin," beside a hand-drawn theremin going "wah-wahhhh..."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.