mathematicians
Original: mathematicians on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: MATHEMATICIANS ARE WEIRD
Panel 1: A pair of people sit at a table among an audience. One speaks.
Speaker (man at table): "YOU KNOW THAT THING THAT WAS 2.3728639?"
Panel 2: Members of the audience lean in, intrigued.
Audience member: "YES?"
Panel 3: Back at the table, the man delivers the news.
Speaker (man at table): "WE GOT IT DOWN TO 2.3728596"
Panel 4: The audience erupts in celebration, arms raised, bathed in radiant light.
Caption (in jagged burst): "Thunderous applause"
Votey:
A single grinning face fills the panel, eyes welling with emotion.
Speaker: "THE LAST 40 YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN WASTED."
Panel 1: A pair of people sit at a table among an audience. One speaks.
Speaker (man at table): "YOU KNOW THAT THING THAT WAS 2.3728639?"
Panel 2: Members of the audience lean in, intrigued.
Audience member: "YES?"
Panel 3: Back at the table, the man delivers the news.
Speaker (man at table): "WE GOT IT DOWN TO 2.3728596"
Panel 4: The audience erupts in celebration, arms raised, bathed in radiant light.
Caption (in jagged burst): "Thunderous applause"
Votey:
A single grinning face fills the panel, eyes welling with emotion.
Speaker: "THE LAST 40 YEARS HAVE NOT BEEN WASTED."
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic titled "MATHEMATICIANS ARE WEIRD." Panel 1: a man seated at a table in front of an audience says, "You know that thing that was 2.3728639?" Panel 2: audience members lean in eagerly, one asking, "Yes?" Panel 3: the man announces, "We got it down to 2.3728596" — a change only in the last few decimal places. Panel 4: the audience erupts in jubilation, arms thrown up amid bursts of radiant light, with a caption reading "Thunderous applause." The joke: a microscopic refinement of a number triggers ecstatic celebration. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of a single emotional, teary-eyed face declaring, "The last 40 years have not been wasted."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.