2012-08-24
Original: 2012-08-24 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman with dark hair and glasses: THE PENIS CAN BE USED TO TELL TIME WHEN ERECT AND PERPENDICULAR TO EARTH'S SURFACE. TESTICLES THERMOREGULATE AND THUS CAN BE USED FOR THERMOMETER CALIBRATION.
Panel 2:
Woman with glasses: MALE GENITALIA ARE PERFECTLY ADAPTED TO DETERMINE THE CURRENT SEASON AND THEREFORE PROBABLY EVOLVED INTO THEIR CURRENT FORM AROUND THE TIME AGRICULTURE WAS DEVELOPED.
Panel 3:
A man with dark hair (facing the woman): YOU COULD'VE JUST SAID "I THINK YOUR IDEAS ARE TOO ADAPTATIONIST."
Panel 4:
Woman with glasses: SORRY, MY VOCAL CHORDS ARE ONLY EVOLVED FOR SARCASM.
Votey:
A person (loosely drawn): NOW, LIE DOWN AND THINK OF BOOBS SO I CAN SEE IF WE'RE LATE FOR THE OPERA.
Woman with dark hair and glasses: THE PENIS CAN BE USED TO TELL TIME WHEN ERECT AND PERPENDICULAR TO EARTH'S SURFACE. TESTICLES THERMOREGULATE AND THUS CAN BE USED FOR THERMOMETER CALIBRATION.
Panel 2:
Woman with glasses: MALE GENITALIA ARE PERFECTLY ADAPTED TO DETERMINE THE CURRENT SEASON AND THEREFORE PROBABLY EVOLVED INTO THEIR CURRENT FORM AROUND THE TIME AGRICULTURE WAS DEVELOPED.
Panel 3:
A man with dark hair (facing the woman): YOU COULD'VE JUST SAID "I THINK YOUR IDEAS ARE TOO ADAPTATIONIST."
Panel 4:
Woman with glasses: SORRY, MY VOCAL CHORDS ARE ONLY EVOLVED FOR SARCASM.
Votey:
A person (loosely drawn): NOW, LIE DOWN AND THINK OF BOOBS SO I CAN SEE IF WE'RE LATE FOR THE OPERA.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. A woman with dark hair and round glasses deadpans a series of pseudo-scientific claims about male anatomy. Panel 1: she says the penis can be used to tell time when erect and perpendicular to Earth's surface, and that testicles thermoregulate and can calibrate thermometers. Panel 2: she continues that male genitalia are perfectly adapted to determine the current season and probably evolved their current form around when agriculture was developed. Panel 3: a man facing her replies, "You could've just said 'I think your ideas are too adaptationist.'" Panel 4: the woman, looking flat, answers, "Sorry, my vocal chords are only evolved for sarcasm." The joke mocks adaptationist over-reasoning in evolutionary biology. Votey (bonus panel): a loosely sketched person says, "Now, lie down and think of boobs so I can see if we're late for the opera," extending the running gag about using genitals as instruments.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.