engineers
Original: engineers on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man wearing sunglasses speaks grandly.
Man in sunglasses: "ENGINEERS ARE PHILOSOPHERS OF THE HAND."
Panel 2: The man continues, gesturing as a woman and another man listen.
Man in sunglasses: "OH SURE, WE MAKE THINGS FOR THEIR UTILITY. BUT, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN WE USE MIND AND BODY TO SHAPE ORDER FROM CHAOS, WE TOUCH A SHARD OF THE TRANSCENDENT."
Panel 3: The listeners stand holding drinks while the man in sunglasses keeps speaking (off-panel / in profile).
Panel 4: Close on the man in sunglasses, waxing poetic.
Man in sunglasses: "THE METAMORPHOSIS FROM ORE TO METAL TO AN ARRANGEMENT OF GEARS IS ITSELF THE ESSENCE OF EXPERIENCE."
Man in sunglasses: "WE CONTAIN ALL CONFIGURATIONS."
Man in sunglasses: "WITHIN STASIS WE CHANGE."
Panel 5: A woman holding a drink asks a plain question.
Woman: "WHAT ARE YOU MAKING TODAY?"
Man in sunglasses: "THIS IS A PHYSICS ENGINE FOR BOOBS."
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Votey:
The man in sunglasses, shown in close-up profile, declares:
Man in sunglasses: "I AM THE EDISON OF EROTIC JIGGLING."
Man in sunglasses: "ENGINEERS ARE PHILOSOPHERS OF THE HAND."
Panel 2: The man continues, gesturing as a woman and another man listen.
Man in sunglasses: "OH SURE, WE MAKE THINGS FOR THEIR UTILITY. BUT, WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN WE USE MIND AND BODY TO SHAPE ORDER FROM CHAOS, WE TOUCH A SHARD OF THE TRANSCENDENT."
Panel 3: The listeners stand holding drinks while the man in sunglasses keeps speaking (off-panel / in profile).
Panel 4: Close on the man in sunglasses, waxing poetic.
Man in sunglasses: "THE METAMORPHOSIS FROM ORE TO METAL TO AN ARRANGEMENT OF GEARS IS ITSELF THE ESSENCE OF EXPERIENCE."
Man in sunglasses: "WE CONTAIN ALL CONFIGURATIONS."
Man in sunglasses: "WITHIN STASIS WE CHANGE."
Panel 5: A woman holding a drink asks a plain question.
Woman: "WHAT ARE YOU MAKING TODAY?"
Man in sunglasses: "THIS IS A PHYSICS ENGINE FOR BOOBS."
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Votey:
The man in sunglasses, shown in close-up profile, declares:
Man in sunglasses: "I AM THE EDISON OF EROTIC JIGGLING."
Alt text
A five-panel comic. A smug man wearing sunglasses delivers a grandiose monologue to two listeners holding drinks: "Engineers are philosophers of the hand." He continues that engineers don't just make useful things — "when we use mind and body to shape order from chaos, we touch a shard of the transcendent," calling the transformation from ore to metal to gears "itself the essence of experience," adding "We contain all configurations" and "Within stasis we change." In the final panel a woman simply asks, "What are you making today?" and he replies, deadpan, "This is a physics engine for boobs." Votey: a close-up of the same sunglasses-wearing man proudly proclaiming, "I am the Edison of erotic jiggling."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.