mathematical-methods
Original: mathematical-methods on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (above the table): MATHEMATICAL SEQUENCES TO THINK ABOUT IN ORDER TO DELAY ORGASM:
The comic is a four-column table. Column headers: SEQUENCE | DESCRIPTION | PRO | CON.
Row 1:
SEQUENCE: FIBONACCI SEQUENCE
DESCRIPTION: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...
PRO: CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION IS DIFFICULT TO MEMORIZE, NECESSITATING BONER-KILLING REPEATED ADDITION.
CON: USEFUL FOR CALCULATING POPULATION GROWTH, WHICH MAY REMIND YOU OF SEX.
Row 2:
SEQUENCE: LOOK-AND-SAY SEQUENCE
DESCRIPTION: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221...
PRO: REQUIRES VIZUALIZATION, SPARING YOUR ATTENTION FROM EROTIC BODY PARTS.
CON: MAY RESULT IN YOU ACCIDENTALLY READING THESE NUMBERS THING TWO ONES THEN ONE ONE IN A HUSKY VOICE.
Row 3:
SEQUENCE: LAZY CATERER'S SEQUENCE
DESCRIPTION: 1, 2, 4, 7... (MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PANCAKE PIECES AFTER n CUTS, STARTING WITH n=0)
PRO: PARTNER WILL THINK YOU'RE CARESSING THEIR BACK WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY DRAWING A DIAGRAM OF LINES ACROSS A CIRCLE.
CON: HUNGER FOR PANCAKES MAY OVERWHELM DESIRE FOR SEX ENTIRELY.
Row 4:
SEQUENCE: GRANDI'S SERIES
DESCRIPTION: 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1...
PRO: WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO PROVE GOD'S EXISTENCE, THE CONTEMPLATION OF WHICH WILL BUY YOU ONE MINUTE.
CON: ITS SUMMATION IS DIVERGENT AND BOUNDED, LIKE YOU ARE IN ONE OF YOUR FANTASIES WHICH WILL COST YOU ONE MINUTE.
Row 5:
SEQUENCE: GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE
DESCRIPTION: 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8...
PRO: EASY TO REMEMBER.
CON: FACT THAT IT APPROACHES BUT NEVER REACHES TWO REMINDS YOU OF THE UNCROSSABLE CHASM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT MUST ALWAYS PERSIST BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE, NO MATTER HOW IN LOVE.
Votey:
An otherwise empty panel with a handwritten note in the lower-right corner: (Not that I've ever done this.)
The comic is a four-column table. Column headers: SEQUENCE | DESCRIPTION | PRO | CON.
Row 1:
SEQUENCE: FIBONACCI SEQUENCE
DESCRIPTION: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...
PRO: CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION IS DIFFICULT TO MEMORIZE, NECESSITATING BONER-KILLING REPEATED ADDITION.
CON: USEFUL FOR CALCULATING POPULATION GROWTH, WHICH MAY REMIND YOU OF SEX.
Row 2:
SEQUENCE: LOOK-AND-SAY SEQUENCE
DESCRIPTION: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221...
PRO: REQUIRES VIZUALIZATION, SPARING YOUR ATTENTION FROM EROTIC BODY PARTS.
CON: MAY RESULT IN YOU ACCIDENTALLY READING THESE NUMBERS THING TWO ONES THEN ONE ONE IN A HUSKY VOICE.
Row 3:
SEQUENCE: LAZY CATERER'S SEQUENCE
DESCRIPTION: 1, 2, 4, 7... (MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PANCAKE PIECES AFTER n CUTS, STARTING WITH n=0)
PRO: PARTNER WILL THINK YOU'RE CARESSING THEIR BACK WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY DRAWING A DIAGRAM OF LINES ACROSS A CIRCLE.
CON: HUNGER FOR PANCAKES MAY OVERWHELM DESIRE FOR SEX ENTIRELY.
Row 4:
SEQUENCE: GRANDI'S SERIES
DESCRIPTION: 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1...
PRO: WAS ONCE THOUGHT TO PROVE GOD'S EXISTENCE, THE CONTEMPLATION OF WHICH WILL BUY YOU ONE MINUTE.
CON: ITS SUMMATION IS DIVERGENT AND BOUNDED, LIKE YOU ARE IN ONE OF YOUR FANTASIES WHICH WILL COST YOU ONE MINUTE.
Row 5:
SEQUENCE: GEOMETRIC SEQUENCE
DESCRIPTION: 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8...
PRO: EASY TO REMEMBER.
CON: FACT THAT IT APPROACHES BUT NEVER REACHES TWO REMINDS YOU OF THE UNCROSSABLE CHASM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT MUST ALWAYS PERSIST BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE, NO MATTER HOW IN LOVE.
Votey:
An otherwise empty panel with a handwritten note in the lower-right corner: (Not that I've ever done this.)
Alt text
A webcomic in the form of a four-column table titled "Mathematical sequences to think about in order to delay orgasm." The columns are Sequence, Description, Pro, and Con. Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...): pro, its closed-form expression is hard to memorize, forcing boner-killing repeated addition; con, it's useful for calculating population growth, which may remind you of sex. Look-and-say sequence (1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221...): pro, it requires visualization, sparing your attention from erotic body parts; con, you might accidentally read the numbers aloud in a husky voice. Lazy caterer's sequence (1, 2, 4, 7...): pro, your partner will think you're caressing their back when you're actually drawing a diagram of lines across a circle; con, hunger for pancakes may overwhelm desire for sex entirely. Grandi's series (1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1...): pro, it was once thought to prove God's existence, buying you a minute of contemplation; con, its summation is divergent and bounded, like you in one of your fantasies, which will cost you a minute. Geometric sequence (1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8...): pro, easy to remember; con, the fact that it approaches but never reaches two reminds you of the uncrossable chasm of understanding that must always persist between two people, no matter how in love. The votey (aftercomic) is a nearly empty panel with a small handwritten note in the lower-right corner reading "(Not that I've ever done this.)"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.