proof
Original: proof on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Professor Schmidt (a man in glasses, leaning in aggressively toward a wide-eyed listener): IF YOU OBJECT TO MY CONJECTURE, I'LL PUT YOU INSIDE THE COIL OF WIRES THAT'LL CREATE ELECTRICAL EDDY CURRENTS IN YOUR BODY UNTIL YOU VAPORIZE!
Caption below panel: Professor Schmidt demonstrates the concept of proof by induction.
Votey:
A hand-drawn line graph. The vertical axis is labeled "#bad math jokes on smbc" and the horizontal axis is labeled "time." The curve stays flat and low for most of the timeline, then shoots sharply upward at the far right end. An arrow points to the top of the spike with the label "you are here."
Professor Schmidt (a man in glasses, leaning in aggressively toward a wide-eyed listener): IF YOU OBJECT TO MY CONJECTURE, I'LL PUT YOU INSIDE THE COIL OF WIRES THAT'LL CREATE ELECTRICAL EDDY CURRENTS IN YOUR BODY UNTIL YOU VAPORIZE!
Caption below panel: Professor Schmidt demonstrates the concept of proof by induction.
Votey:
A hand-drawn line graph. The vertical axis is labeled "#bad math jokes on smbc" and the horizontal axis is labeled "time." The curve stays flat and low for most of the timeline, then shoots sharply upward at the far right end. An arrow points to the top of the spike with the label "you are here."
Alt text
A single-panel comic. A man in glasses (labeled Professor Schmidt) leans in furiously toward a startled, wide-eyed listener and shouts: "If you object to my conjecture, I'll put you inside the coil of wires that'll create electrical eddy currents in your body until you VAPORIZE!" The caption reads: "Professor Schmidt demonstrates the concept of proof by induction." The joke puns on 'induction' — both the mathematical proof technique and electromagnetic induction (the physics behind induction coils). Votey (aftercomic): a hand-drawn line graph titled '#bad math jokes on smbc' on the vertical axis versus 'time' on the horizontal axis. The line stays flat and low, then spikes steeply upward at the far right, where an arrow labeled 'you are here' points at the peak — implying this comic is part of that rising spike of bad math jokes.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.