numbers-2
Original: numbers-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (above the panels): KNOW YOUR NUMBERS:
Panel 1 (top left):
Header: RATIONAL: CAN BE EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF WHOLE NUMBERS.
Examples written on the chalkboard: 1/2, 3/5, 22/7, 298/17087
Panel 2 (top right):
Header: IRRATIONAL: CANNOT BE EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF WHOLE NUMBERS.
Examples: π, e, φ, √2
Panel 3 (bottom left):
Header: INSCRUTABLE: LOOK LIKE REGULAR NUMBERS, BUT ARE PROBABLY NOT.
Examples: 4i, √2, 18 (with a small superscript zero), and the labels "fourth" "twarve" "hun bunbred"
Panel 4 (bottom right):
Header: UNMENTIONABLE: WHOLE NUMBERS WITH WIENERS DRAWN ON THEM.
Examples: 25, 17, 2.6, 53 — each numeral has a crude penis doodle added to it (censored/pixelated).
Bottom right: smbc-comics.com
Votey:
Text: THE POINTLESS DISTINCTION SET: IS JUST THE NUMBER 8 PLAINTIVELY SHRUGGING.
Image: a drawing of the numeral 8 with little arms raised in a shrugging gesture and a small resigned face.
Panel 1 (top left):
Header: RATIONAL: CAN BE EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF WHOLE NUMBERS.
Examples written on the chalkboard: 1/2, 3/5, 22/7, 298/17087
Panel 2 (top right):
Header: IRRATIONAL: CANNOT BE EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF WHOLE NUMBERS.
Examples: π, e, φ, √2
Panel 3 (bottom left):
Header: INSCRUTABLE: LOOK LIKE REGULAR NUMBERS, BUT ARE PROBABLY NOT.
Examples: 4i, √2, 18 (with a small superscript zero), and the labels "fourth" "twarve" "hun bunbred"
Panel 4 (bottom right):
Header: UNMENTIONABLE: WHOLE NUMBERS WITH WIENERS DRAWN ON THEM.
Examples: 25, 17, 2.6, 53 — each numeral has a crude penis doodle added to it (censored/pixelated).
Bottom right: smbc-comics.com
Votey:
Text: THE POINTLESS DISTINCTION SET: IS JUST THE NUMBER 8 PLAINTIVELY SHRUGGING.
Image: a drawing of the numeral 8 with little arms raised in a shrugging gesture and a small resigned face.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic titled "KNOW YOUR NUMBERS," each panel a green chalkboard with a pink header bar classifying a type of number. Panel 1, RATIONAL (can be expressed as a ratio of whole numbers): examples 1/2, 3/5, 22/7, 298/17087. Panel 2, IRRATIONAL (cannot be expressed as a ratio of whole numbers): π, e, φ, √2. Panel 3, INSCRUTABLE (look like regular numbers but are probably not): nonsense entries like 4i, √2, 18, labeled "fourth," "twarve," and "hun bunbred." Panel 4, UNMENTIONABLE (whole numbers with wieners drawn on them): the numbers 25, 17, 2.6, and 53, each defaced with a crudely drawn, censored penis doodle. Votey: text reads "THE POINTLESS DISTINCTION SET: IS JUST THE NUMBER 8 PLAINTIVELY SHRUGGING," beside a drawing of the numeral 8 with little arms raised in a helpless shrug.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.