2012-11-28
Original: 2012-11-28 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic:
Panel 1 (text presented as a physics word problem / equation):
5 ml (1e-3 kg/ml) · 12.5 m/s = P
P = 80 kg · v
SOLVE FOR v.
Panel 2:
(DID YOU DO IT?)
Panel 3:
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SPEED A MAN IN SPACE WOULD GAIN BY EJACULATING.
Votey:
BEFORE YOU WRITE ME, THE ROCKET EQUATION DOES NOT APPLY DUE TO YOUR NEGLIGIBLE SEMEN-MASS
Panel 1 (text presented as a physics word problem / equation):
5 ml (1e-3 kg/ml) · 12.5 m/s = P
P = 80 kg · v
SOLVE FOR v.
Panel 2:
(DID YOU DO IT?)
Panel 3:
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SPEED A MAN IN SPACE WOULD GAIN BY EJACULATING.
Votey:
BEFORE YOU WRITE ME, THE ROCKET EQUATION DOES NOT APPLY DUE TO YOUR NEGLIGIBLE SEMEN-MASS
Alt text
A text-only comic styled as a physics homework problem. The first block reads as a momentum equation: '5 ml (1e-3 kg/ml) times 12.5 m/s = P' and 'P = 80 kg times v', followed by the instruction 'SOLVE FOR v.' After a gap, parenthetical text asks '(DID YOU DO IT?)'. At the bottom comes the punchline: 'CONGRATULATIONS. YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SPEED A MAN IN SPACE WOULD GAIN BY EJACULATING.' The joke is that the innocuous-looking word problem secretly computes the recoil velocity a floating astronaut would gain from the momentum of ejaculation. The votey (a small follow-up panel drawn as a sticky note) heads off pedantic readers: 'BEFORE YOU WRITE ME, THE ROCKET EQUATION DOES NOT APPLY DUE TO YOUR NEGLIGIBLE SEMEN-MASS.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.