definition
Original: definition on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (above panel): EVERY SOCIAL SCIENCE TEXT INTRODUCTION:
Panel 1: An open book is shown, with handwritten text on the page. The handwriting reads: "Continued disagreement about the definition of what we're all talking about has continued to hinder progress. For the sake of this work, I will create a new one."
Votey: Block of text reading: "THIS WILL BE A WORKING DEFINITION, MEANING THAT ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WILL BE TOLD THAT IT'S ONLY A WORKING DEFINITION."
Panel 1: An open book is shown, with handwritten text on the page. The handwriting reads: "Continued disagreement about the definition of what we're all talking about has continued to hinder progress. For the sake of this work, I will create a new one."
Votey: Block of text reading: "THIS WILL BE A WORKING DEFINITION, MEANING THAT ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WILL BE TOLD THAT IT'S ONLY A WORKING DEFINITION."
Alt text
A single-panel comic. The caption above reads "EVERY SOCIAL SCIENCE TEXT INTRODUCTION:". Below is a close-up of an open book with cursive handwriting on the page that says: "Continued disagreement about the definition of what we're all talking about has continued to hinder progress. For the sake of this work, I will create a new one." The joke parodies the way social science papers introduce yet another fresh definition of a contested term. The votey (a small bonus panel, shown as a block of text in a hand-drawn frame) adds: "THIS WILL BE A WORKING DEFINITION, MEANING THAT ANYONE WHO DISAGREES WILL BE TOLD THAT IT'S ONLY A WORKING DEFINITION."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.