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Original: flat on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: ALTERNATIVE NON-SPHERICAL EARTH THEORIES:
The comic is a table with three columns: THEORY, PRO, CON. Each row names a theory with a small drawing of that Earth, then a pro and a con.
Row 1 - MÖBIUS EARTH (drawing of a twisted Möbius-strip-shaped world)
PRO: Explains how you can keep walking on the surface of Earth but never end up inside.
CON: Difficult to explain lack of giant ribbon-like Earth overhead. Clouds suspected.
Row 2 - HALF-FLAT EARTH (drawing of a half-rounded world)
PRO: Good excuse for never traveling to other side of planet.
CON: Compromise position pleases neither the 100% of scientists who believe Earth is round nor the 4 guys who disagree.
Row 3 - BOWL-SHAPED EARTH (drawing of a bowl-shaped world)
PRO: Possible to take waterglide from Alaska to Australia.
CON: Hard to explain why aliens have never poured cereal and milk over us.
Row 4 - ANAXIMANDER MAP EARTH (drawing of a flat disc world labeled Ocean, Europe, Lybia, Asia)
PRO: Geography lessons much easier to memorize.
CON: American cheese impossible to obtain.
Row 5 - SLIGHTLY LUMPY OBLATE SPHEROID EARTH (drawing of a roughly spherical, slightly lumpy Earth)
PRO: Technically correct.
CON: Society meetings rather boring.
Row 6 - HOLLOW EARTH (drawing of a hollow sphere)
PRO: Living inside giant balloon universe is nice for children.
CON: Frankly, seems a bit silly.
Row 7 - NON-EXISTANT EARTH (drawing of a black amorphous blob)
PRO: Can't be disproven by humans since it posits humans don't exist.
CON: Violates the observation that when you look around at stuff you see stuff.
Votey:
Handwritten heading: "The truth"
Below it, a drawing of a partly-folded paper map (a roughly triangular crumpled map shape) with a smaller inset map drawn within it.
The comic is a table with three columns: THEORY, PRO, CON. Each row names a theory with a small drawing of that Earth, then a pro and a con.
Row 1 - MÖBIUS EARTH (drawing of a twisted Möbius-strip-shaped world)
PRO: Explains how you can keep walking on the surface of Earth but never end up inside.
CON: Difficult to explain lack of giant ribbon-like Earth overhead. Clouds suspected.
Row 2 - HALF-FLAT EARTH (drawing of a half-rounded world)
PRO: Good excuse for never traveling to other side of planet.
CON: Compromise position pleases neither the 100% of scientists who believe Earth is round nor the 4 guys who disagree.
Row 3 - BOWL-SHAPED EARTH (drawing of a bowl-shaped world)
PRO: Possible to take waterglide from Alaska to Australia.
CON: Hard to explain why aliens have never poured cereal and milk over us.
Row 4 - ANAXIMANDER MAP EARTH (drawing of a flat disc world labeled Ocean, Europe, Lybia, Asia)
PRO: Geography lessons much easier to memorize.
CON: American cheese impossible to obtain.
Row 5 - SLIGHTLY LUMPY OBLATE SPHEROID EARTH (drawing of a roughly spherical, slightly lumpy Earth)
PRO: Technically correct.
CON: Society meetings rather boring.
Row 6 - HOLLOW EARTH (drawing of a hollow sphere)
PRO: Living inside giant balloon universe is nice for children.
CON: Frankly, seems a bit silly.
Row 7 - NON-EXISTANT EARTH (drawing of a black amorphous blob)
PRO: Can't be disproven by humans since it posits humans don't exist.
CON: Violates the observation that when you look around at stuff you see stuff.
Votey:
Handwritten heading: "The truth"
Below it, a drawing of a partly-folded paper map (a roughly triangular crumpled map shape) with a smaller inset map drawn within it.
Alt text
A black-and-white comic titled "ALTERNATIVE NON-SPHERICAL EARTH THEORIES," laid out as a three-column table (Theory, Pro, Con) with seven rows, each showing a tiny doodle of the weird Earth. Möbius Earth (a twisted strip): pro, you can keep walking the surface without ending up inside; con, hard to explain the lack of a giant ribbon-Earth overhead, "clouds suspected." Half-Flat Earth: pro, a good excuse never to travel to the other side; con, a compromise that pleases neither the 100% of scientists who think Earth is round nor the 4 guys who disagree. Bowl-Shaped Earth: pro, you could waterglide from Alaska to Australia; con, hard to explain why aliens never pour cereal and milk over us. Anaximander Map Earth (a flat disc labeled Ocean, Europe, Lybia, Asia): pro, geography is easier to memorize; con, American cheese impossible to obtain. Slightly Lumpy Oblate Spheroid Earth: pro, technically correct; con, society meetings rather boring. Hollow Earth: pro, living inside a giant balloon universe is nice for children; con, frankly seems a bit silly. Non-Existant Earth (a black blob): pro, can't be disproven because it says humans don't exist; con, violates the observation that when you look around at stuff, you see stuff. The votey panel is captioned "The truth" in handwriting and shows a hand-drawn crumpled paper map folded into a lumpy triangular shape with a smaller map drawn inside it.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.