2014-03-22
Original: 2014-03-22 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Child: Could you sing me "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"?
Panel 2:
Woman: Twinkle, twinkle, little star, you must be a small pulsar, out many fewer Earth-you orbit. This is known from your red shift. "Twinkle" implies that degenerate matter's what you are.
Panel 3:
Child: That's not the version Gramma sings.
Panel 4:
Woman: Grammar was internalized society's oppression.
Votey:
Woman (looking annoyed/exasperated): Also the cow who jumped over the moon suffocated.
Child: Could you sing me "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"?
Panel 2:
Woman: Twinkle, twinkle, little star, you must be a small pulsar, out many fewer Earth-you orbit. This is known from your red shift. "Twinkle" implies that degenerate matter's what you are.
Panel 3:
Child: That's not the version Gramma sings.
Panel 4:
Woman: Grammar was internalized society's oppression.
Votey:
Woman (looking annoyed/exasperated): Also the cow who jumped over the moon suffocated.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: a child asks a woman, "Could you sing me 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'?" Panel 2: the woman sings a scientifically corrected version: "Twinkle, twinkle, little star, you must be a small pulsar, out many fewer Earth-you orbit. This is known from your red shift. 'Twinkle' implies that degenerate matter's what you are." Panel 3: the child says, "That's not the version Gramma sings." Panel 4: the woman replies, "Grammar was internalized society's oppression." Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the woman's face looking exasperated and deadpan as she adds, "Also the cow who jumped over the moon suffocated."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.