2013-03-17
Original: 2013-03-17 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: HOW TO GET A PHYSICIST TO DATE YOU:
Panel 1:
A woman with red hair and round glasses (speaking): I want you. By symmetry, we can predict that you want me.
A man with dark hair (speaking, hand on his chin, looking troubled): That WOULD simplify things...
Votey:
The red-haired woman (speaking): We can also simplify by reducing your apprehensiveness to zero.
Panel 1:
A woman with red hair and round glasses (speaking): I want you. By symmetry, we can predict that you want me.
A man with dark hair (speaking, hand on his chin, looking troubled): That WOULD simplify things...
Votey:
The red-haired woman (speaking): We can also simplify by reducing your apprehensiveness to zero.
Alt text
Title above the comic reads "How to get a physicist to date you:" In the single panel, a red-haired woman in round glasses and a yellow shirt gestures toward a dark-haired man, saying, "I want you. By symmetry, we can predict that you want me." The man, hand pressed to his chin and brow furrowed with apprehension, replies, "That WOULD simplify things..." Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the woman, smiling slightly, adding, "We can also simplify by reducing your apprehensiveness to zero." The joke uses physics concepts (symmetry, simplification) as flirtation, with the punchline turning ominous.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.