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2013-03-26

Original: 2013-03-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Title: HOW TO DESTROY A MATH CLASS IN ONE QUESTION:

Problem 1 (100 points):
Fill in this graph appropriately:

[A blank graph with an x-axis and y-axis. The vertical y-axis is labeled "EMPTINESS IN THIS GRAPH". The horizontal x-axis is labeled "WIDTH OF THIS GRAPH". The graph area is completely empty.]

Votey:
[A man at a desk speaking.]
Man: GRAPH JOKES ARE THIS GENERATION'S KNOWING HOW TO DRAW

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Main comic: A mock exam page titled "How to destroy a math class in one question." It reads "Problem 1 (100 points): Fill in this graph appropriately:" Below is an empty coordinate graph with a vertical and horizontal axis. The y-axis is labeled "EMPTINESS IN THIS GRAPH" and the x-axis is labeled "WIDTH OF THIS GRAPH." The graph is left entirely blank, the self-referential joke being that an empty graph correctly satisfies its own labeled axes. Votey: A single panel showing a man sitting at a desk with a speech bubble that says, "Graph jokes are this generation's knowing how to draw."

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