2014-05-23
Original: 2014-05-23 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman with dark hair and glasses: HEY, YOU WANNA PLAY THE BAYESIAN DRINKING GAME?
Man (one of the partygoers): WHAT'S THAT?
Panel 2:
Woman with dark hair and glasses: YOU START WITH A THEORY OF HOW MUCH YOU SHOULD DRINK. THEN YOU DRINK THAT MUCH. THEN YOU UPDATE YOUR THEORY.
Panel 3 (header banner): SOON...
A drunk partygoer (slurring, drink dribbling from mouth): HAVING TAKEDED THREE DRANKS, I UPDATE MY THEORY TO FOUR DRANKS IS BETTER.
Panel 4 (header banner): AND SO...
A blonde news anchor in a red blazer at a news desk: IN LIGHTER NEWS, EVERYONE IN A DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICAL MODELING IS DEAD.
Votey:
Hand-lettered title: THE ECON DRINKING GAME:
Below it, a formula pointing to a shot glass of liquor: (MC < MR) -> [shot glass]
Woman with dark hair and glasses: HEY, YOU WANNA PLAY THE BAYESIAN DRINKING GAME?
Man (one of the partygoers): WHAT'S THAT?
Panel 2:
Woman with dark hair and glasses: YOU START WITH A THEORY OF HOW MUCH YOU SHOULD DRINK. THEN YOU DRINK THAT MUCH. THEN YOU UPDATE YOUR THEORY.
Panel 3 (header banner): SOON...
A drunk partygoer (slurring, drink dribbling from mouth): HAVING TAKEDED THREE DRANKS, I UPDATE MY THEORY TO FOUR DRANKS IS BETTER.
Panel 4 (header banner): AND SO...
A blonde news anchor in a red blazer at a news desk: IN LIGHTER NEWS, EVERYONE IN A DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICAL MODELING IS DEAD.
Votey:
Hand-lettered title: THE ECON DRINKING GAME:
Below it, a formula pointing to a shot glass of liquor: (MC < MR) -> [shot glass]
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: At a party, a woman with dark hair and glasses asks a man, "Hey, you wanna play the Bayesian drinking game?" He replies, "What's that?" Panel 2: She explains, "You start with a theory of how much you should drink. Then you drink that much. Then you update your theory." Panel 3, banner reading "Soon...": A visibly drunk partygoer with drool dribbling down their chin slurs, "Having takeded three dranks, I update my theory to four dranks is better." Panel 4, banner reading "And so...": A blonde TV news anchor in a red blazer reports, "In lighter news, everyone in a department of statistical modeling is dead" - the joke being that updating your drinking theory upward forever is fatal. Votey aftercomic: A hand-lettered panel titled "The Econ Drinking Game:" showing the economics formula "(MC < MR)" (marginal cost less than marginal revenue) with an arrow pointing to a shot glass of liquor - i.e. take a drink whenever marginal cost is below marginal revenue.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.