science-idea
Original: science-idea on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic:
A woman with brown hair and glasses speaks to the reader.
Woman: Two colonies were reared together, then separated while separated. They were introduced to other colonies of different types. Subsequently, NN brought them back together in a single chamber, where they were rewarded with a large meal. This was repeated until all individuals refused to enter the chamber, regardless of the potential reward.
Caption below the panel:
Science Idea: An experiment to determine if rats can be made to hate Thanksgiving.
Votey:
Handwritten text in a box:
Later, the rats are forced to eat jellied canned cranberries
A woman with brown hair and glasses speaks to the reader.
Woman: Two colonies were reared together, then separated while separated. They were introduced to other colonies of different types. Subsequently, NN brought them back together in a single chamber, where they were rewarded with a large meal. This was repeated until all individuals refused to enter the chamber, regardless of the potential reward.
Caption below the panel:
Science Idea: An experiment to determine if rats can be made to hate Thanksgiving.
Votey:
Handwritten text in a box:
Later, the rats are forced to eat jellied canned cranberries
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel shows a brown-haired woman wearing glasses addressing the reader. She describes a convoluted experiment: two colonies reared together, separated, introduced to other colony types, then brought back together in a chamber and rewarded with a large meal, repeated until all individuals refuse to enter the chamber regardless of the reward. A caption beneath reads, "Science Idea: An experiment to determine if rats can be made to hate Thanksgiving." The joke is that the elaborate experimental protocol mimics the dread of a stressful family Thanksgiving gathering. Votey (aftercomic): A hand-drawn box contains the handwritten line, "Later, the rats are forced to eat jellied canned cranberries" — escalating the Thanksgiving misery gag.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.