2013-10-31
Original: 2013-10-31 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (red text at top): IF ARITHMETIC WERE DEBATED LIKE RELIGION:
Panel 1:
First man: HEY, WHAT'S 1936412127 TIMES 7798724148 DIVIDED BY 73491726431?
Second man: I DUNNO.
Panel 2:
First man: I THINK IT'S 4.
Panel 3:
Second man: PRETTY SURE IT'S NOT 4.
Panel 4:
First man (defiant, pointing): WELL AT LEAST MY THEORY PROVIDES AN ANSWER!
Votey:
A figure (the second man) speaking, with a large speech bubble: ACCORDING TO MY CALCULA-... DEVIL BOX! (The word "calculator" is interrupted/scribbled out and replaced with "DEVIL BOX!")
Panel 1:
First man: HEY, WHAT'S 1936412127 TIMES 7798724148 DIVIDED BY 73491726431?
Second man: I DUNNO.
Panel 2:
First man: I THINK IT'S 4.
Panel 3:
Second man: PRETTY SURE IT'S NOT 4.
Panel 4:
First man (defiant, pointing): WELL AT LEAST MY THEORY PROVIDES AN ANSWER!
Votey:
A figure (the second man) speaking, with a large speech bubble: ACCORDING TO MY CALCULA-... DEVIL BOX! (The word "calculator" is interrupted/scribbled out and replaced with "DEVIL BOX!")
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic titled in red: "IF ARITHMETIC WERE DEBATED LIKE RELIGION." Panel 1: A man asks another, "Hey, what's 1936412127 times 7798724148 divided by 73491726431?" The other replies, "I dunno." Panel 2: The first man says, "I think it's 4." Panel 3: The second man says, "Pretty sure it's not 4." Panel 4: The first man, pointing defiantly, declares, "Well at least my theory provides an answer!" Votey (aftercomic): A figure begins to say "According to my calcula-" but the word is cut off and scrawled over into "DEVIL BOX!" in big jagged letters, as though invoking a calculator is treated like consulting something forbidden.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.