pood
Original: pood on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (text above the scene, like narration/lecture notes on the board):
FACT: THE "POOD" IS A UNIT OF MEASUREMENT, EQUAL TO APPROXIMATELY 16 KILOGRAMS.
FACT: THE "BATMAN" IS A UNIT OF MEASUREMENT, EQUAL TO APPROXIMATELY 1 KILOGRAM.
CONCLUSION: FOR ANY EQUATION THAT CONTAINS A MASS-SQUARED TERM, YOU CAN DO THE FOLLOWING:
Scene: A woman with short dark hair, round glasses, and a red vest stands at a green chalkboard, gesturing toward an equation written on it. The equation reads: F = G (m₁ m₂) / r² (Newton's law of universal gravitation).
Woman (speech bubble): PLEASE EXPRESS YOUR ANSWERS WITH BATMAN-POODS.
Votey:
I SPENT AN EMBARRASSINGLY LONG AMOUNT OF TIME TRYING TO FIND A NON-OBSCURE EQUATION THAT PRODUCES NEWTON-POODS, AND I STILL CAN'T SHAKE THE FEELING THAT I'M MISSING SOMETHING OBVIOUS.
FACT: THE "POOD" IS A UNIT OF MEASUREMENT, EQUAL TO APPROXIMATELY 16 KILOGRAMS.
FACT: THE "BATMAN" IS A UNIT OF MEASUREMENT, EQUAL TO APPROXIMATELY 1 KILOGRAM.
CONCLUSION: FOR ANY EQUATION THAT CONTAINS A MASS-SQUARED TERM, YOU CAN DO THE FOLLOWING:
Scene: A woman with short dark hair, round glasses, and a red vest stands at a green chalkboard, gesturing toward an equation written on it. The equation reads: F = G (m₁ m₂) / r² (Newton's law of universal gravitation).
Woman (speech bubble): PLEASE EXPRESS YOUR ANSWERS WITH BATMAN-POODS.
Votey:
I SPENT AN EMBARRASSINGLY LONG AMOUNT OF TIME TRYING TO FIND A NON-OBSCURE EQUATION THAT PRODUCES NEWTON-POODS, AND I STILL CAN'T SHAKE THE FEELING THAT I'M MISSING SOMETHING OBVIOUS.
Alt text
A woman with short dark hair, round glasses, and a red vest stands at a green chalkboard. Lecture text above reads: 'FACT: The "pood" is a unit of measurement, equal to approximately 16 kilograms. FACT: The "batman" is a unit of measurement, equal to approximately 1 kilogram. CONCLUSION: For any equation that contains a mass-squared term, you can do the following:' On the board she has written Newton's law of gravitation, F = G m₁ m₂ / r². She gestures at it and says, 'Please express your answers with batman-poods.' The joke: multiplying two masses (a batman times a pood) yields a 'batman-pood,' which also sounds like Batman's grumpy mood. Votey caption (text only): 'I spent an embarrassingly long amount of time trying to find a non-obscure equation that produces Newton-poods, and I still can't shake the feeling that I'm missing something obvious.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.