2012-03-14
Original: 2012-03-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A bearded professor stands at a chalkboard in front of a class. On the board is a cardioid graph with the equation r = a(1 - cosθ).
Professor: Equations of this sort produce what's called a "cardioid," presumably because it's shaped like a heart.
Panel 2: Close-up of the professor.
Professor: I really don't like this sort of naming convention, which just serves to confuse. I mean, does that look like a heart to anyone?
Panel 3: Caption banner reads "EARLIER...". A woman in a red top stands talking to the professor in a hallway.
Woman: Hey, I bet you a hundred bucks I can say "testicloid" forty seven times during a single lecture.
Votey: Close-up of the professor mid-lecture.
Professor: Testicloids are usually couched in polar equations.
Professor: Equations of this sort produce what's called a "cardioid," presumably because it's shaped like a heart.
Panel 2: Close-up of the professor.
Professor: I really don't like this sort of naming convention, which just serves to confuse. I mean, does that look like a heart to anyone?
Panel 3: Caption banner reads "EARLIER...". A woman in a red top stands talking to the professor in a hallway.
Woman: Hey, I bet you a hundred bucks I can say "testicloid" forty seven times during a single lecture.
Votey: Close-up of the professor mid-lecture.
Professor: Testicloids are usually couched in polar equations.
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a bearded professor lectures at a chalkboard showing a cardioid curve and the equation r = a(1 - cosθ). He says equations of this sort produce a shape called a "cardioid," presumably because it's shaped like a heart. Panel 2: a close-up of the professor saying he dislikes this naming convention because it just confuses people, asking whether that really looks like a heart to anyone. Panel 3: a caption reads "EARLIER..." and shows a woman in a red top in a hallway betting the professor a hundred dollars that he can't say "testicloid" forty-seven times during a single lecture, revealing his complaints are a deliberate setup to win the bet. Votey aftercomic: a close-up of the professor mid-lecture saying "Testicloids are usually couched in polar equations," sneaking the word in.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.