2013-03-13
Original: 2013-03-13 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Child: MOMMY, WHAT'S A "SIZE ZERO?"
Panel 2:
Mother (standing at a counter): SIZE ZERO IS A TERM FOR THE SIZE OF A WOMAN'S CLOTHING. CLOTHING SIZES HAVE TO DO WITH THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE WEARER.
Panel 3:
Mother: IN CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES, A SIZE ZERO HAS A ZERO RADIUS, MAKING ALL ANGLES EFFECTIVELY THE SAME
Panel 4:
Mother: SO, SIZE ZERO WOMEN EXIST IN ONE DIMENSION OF SPACE GIVEN BY HER HEIGHT.
Panel 5:
Child: HUH.
Panel 6:
Child: I SEE.
Mother: EITHER THAT OR WOMEN'S SIZING METRICS ARE ABSURD.
Votey:
A man with flame-like (curly) hair sits hunched at a desk, writing, looking anxious.
Thought/caption: DEAR GOD, PLEASE LET IT BE THAT I DIDN'T SAY SOMETHING DUMB ABOUT CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES.
Child: MOMMY, WHAT'S A "SIZE ZERO?"
Panel 2:
Mother (standing at a counter): SIZE ZERO IS A TERM FOR THE SIZE OF A WOMAN'S CLOTHING. CLOTHING SIZES HAVE TO DO WITH THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE WEARER.
Panel 3:
Mother: IN CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES, A SIZE ZERO HAS A ZERO RADIUS, MAKING ALL ANGLES EFFECTIVELY THE SAME
Panel 4:
Mother: SO, SIZE ZERO WOMEN EXIST IN ONE DIMENSION OF SPACE GIVEN BY HER HEIGHT.
Panel 5:
Child: HUH.
Panel 6:
Child: I SEE.
Mother: EITHER THAT OR WOMEN'S SIZING METRICS ARE ABSURD.
Votey:
A man with flame-like (curly) hair sits hunched at a desk, writing, looking anxious.
Thought/caption: DEAR GOD, PLEASE LET IT BE THAT I DIDN'T SAY SOMETHING DUMB ABOUT CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A small child asks her mother, "Mommy, what's a 'size zero?'" The mother, standing at a counter, explains: "Size zero is a term for the size of a woman's clothing. Clothing sizes have to do with the circumference of the wearer." She continues, leaning down toward the child, "In cylindrical coordinates, a size zero has a zero radius, making all angles effectively the same." Now wide-eyed, she concludes: "So, size zero women exist in one dimension of space given by her height." The child flatly replies, "Huh." In the final panel the child says, "I see," and the mother, now seated and looking weary, adds, "Either that or women's sizing metrics are absurd." Votey aftercomic: a sketchy black-and-white panel shows an anxious man with messy curly hair hunched over a desk, writing, thinking: "Dear God, please let it be that I didn't say something dumb about cylindrical coordinates."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.