set-theory
Original: set-theory on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Teacher (a bald, bearded man in glasses, suit and red tie): TODAY WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE PRETTY-MUCH-NULL SET.
Panel 2:
A student (a woman with brown hair, seated in class): WHAT'S IN IT?
Panel 3:
Teacher (standing at a chalkboard that reads "{ x }"): THERE'S A 4 IN THERE, BUT IT'S A CRAPPY ONE.
Panel 4:
The same student: DO YOU ACTUALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SET THEORY?
Panel 5:
Teacher: TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT: WRITE OUT THE SET CONTAINING ONLY NUMBERS AN ASSHOLE WOULD PUT IN A SET.
Votey:
A handwritten note on a slightly crumpled sheet of paper reads: 58008
(58008 reads "BOOBS" when an upside-down calculator display is mimicked.)
Teacher (a bald, bearded man in glasses, suit and red tie): TODAY WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE PRETTY-MUCH-NULL SET.
Panel 2:
A student (a woman with brown hair, seated in class): WHAT'S IN IT?
Panel 3:
Teacher (standing at a chalkboard that reads "{ x }"): THERE'S A 4 IN THERE, BUT IT'S A CRAPPY ONE.
Panel 4:
The same student: DO YOU ACTUALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SET THEORY?
Panel 5:
Teacher: TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT: WRITE OUT THE SET CONTAINING ONLY NUMBERS AN ASSHOLE WOULD PUT IN A SET.
Votey:
A handwritten note on a slightly crumpled sheet of paper reads: 58008
(58008 reads "BOOBS" when an upside-down calculator display is mimicked.)
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. A bald, bearded teacher in glasses and a suit tells his class, "Today we're learning about the pretty-much-null set." A brown-haired student asks, "What's in it?" Standing at a chalkboard showing the set notation "{ x }", the teacher answers, "There's a 4 in there, but it's a crappy one." The skeptical student replies, "Do you actually know anything about set theory?" The teacher, undeterred, announces, "Today's assignment: write out the set containing only numbers an asshole would put in a set." Votey (aftercomic): a hand-drawn crumpled sheet of paper with the number "58008" written on it, which spells "BOOBS" upside-down on a calculator.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.