platonic
Original: platonic on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (with long dark hair): Do you think numbers are a "real" part of our entire universe or just symbols we manipulate according to rules we like?
Man (with short curly hair): Neither.
Panel 2:
Man: I'm a local Platonist. I think numbers are real because they live in my town.
Panel 3:
Man: I believe they're at Dave's house.
Panel 4:
Man: But I add all the time and I don't know Dave.
Woman: Oh boy. The royalty payments are gonna eat you alive.
Votey:
Woman (off-panel, in speech bubble): I would say what you owe, but... you know... Dave.
(The man stares wide-eyed, sweating.)
Woman (with long dark hair): Do you think numbers are a "real" part of our entire universe or just symbols we manipulate according to rules we like?
Man (with short curly hair): Neither.
Panel 2:
Man: I'm a local Platonist. I think numbers are real because they live in my town.
Panel 3:
Man: I believe they're at Dave's house.
Panel 4:
Man: But I add all the time and I don't know Dave.
Woman: Oh boy. The royalty payments are gonna eat you alive.
Votey:
Woman (off-panel, in speech bubble): I would say what you owe, but... you know... Dave.
(The man stares wide-eyed, sweating.)
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A woman with long dark hair asks a man with short curly hair, "Do you think numbers are a 'real' part of our entire universe or just symbols we manipulate according to rules we like?" He replies, "Neither." Panel 2: The man, wide-eyed, says, "I'm a local Platonist. I think numbers are real because they live in my town." Panel 3: He adds, "I believe they're at Dave's house." Panel 4: He continues, "But I add all the time and I don't know Dave." The woman responds, "Oh boy. The royalty payments are gonna eat you alive." Votey: A close-up of the man looking nervous and sweating as the woman says off-panel, "I would say what you owe, but... you know... Dave."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.