bound
Original: bound on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (above the comic): NEVER TRY BONDAGE WITH A COMPUTER SCIENTIST
Panel 1:
A man with dark curly hair and round glasses (in straps/harness gear) speaks excitedly.
Man: AHA! I HAVE FOUND AN UPPER BOUND FOR YOUR POSSIBLE POSITIONS IN SPACE!
Panel 2:
A red-haired woman in a strappy harness, hands tied/bound, replies.
Woman: THERE'S STILL A HUGE SPACE OF POSSIBLE MOVEMENT. CAN'T YOU FIND A LOWER BOUND?
Panel 3:
The man, smiling smugly and pointing.
Man: THAT IS A TASK FOR LESSER MINDS!
Votey:
Text (handwritten, in a box): THIS JOKE WAS FORMALLY CLEARED FOR PUBLICATION BY RYAN NORTH, SO IF YOU DISLIKE IT, IT'S 100% HIS FAULT.
Panel 1:
A man with dark curly hair and round glasses (in straps/harness gear) speaks excitedly.
Man: AHA! I HAVE FOUND AN UPPER BOUND FOR YOUR POSSIBLE POSITIONS IN SPACE!
Panel 2:
A red-haired woman in a strappy harness, hands tied/bound, replies.
Woman: THERE'S STILL A HUGE SPACE OF POSSIBLE MOVEMENT. CAN'T YOU FIND A LOWER BOUND?
Panel 3:
The man, smiling smugly and pointing.
Man: THAT IS A TASK FOR LESSER MINDS!
Votey:
Text (handwritten, in a box): THIS JOKE WAS FORMALLY CLEARED FOR PUBLICATION BY RYAN NORTH, SO IF YOU DISLIKE IT, IT'S 100% HIS FAULT.
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic titled "NEVER TRY BONDAGE WITH A COMPUTER SCIENTIST." Panel 1: A man with dark curly hair and round glasses, wearing harness straps, declares with delight, "Aha! I have found an upper bound for your possible positions in space!" In the foreground is the back of a red-haired woman's head. Panel 2: The red-haired woman, in a strappy harness with her hands bound, answers, "There's still a huge space of possible movement. Can't you find a lower bound?" Panel 3: The man, grinning smugly and pointing, replies, "That is a task for lesser minds!" The joke turns mathematical bound-finding into bedroom banter, with the computer scientist proudly establishing an upper bound but dismissing the harder lower-bound problem as beneath him. Votey (a bonus panel): handwritten text in a box reads, "This joke was formally cleared for publication by Ryan North, so if you dislike it, it's 100% his fault."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.