plutoid
Original: plutoid on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Person (in lab coat): Dear Science, why did you reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet?
Panel 2:
Science (narration/reply): Pluto is large like a planet, orbits the sun like a planet, but it doesn't meet the criterion of keeping its orbit clear of other objects.
Panel 3:
Science (reply): So, if we let Pluto be a planet, the solar system would have FOUR newly discovered planets, and LOADS of possible mystery planets in EVERY DIRECTION!
Panel 4 (close-up of the person, looking unimpressed): [no dialogue]
Panel 5:
Science (in a boxed caption): WHICH WOULD BE BAD.
Person: This is why all those guys on the radio hate you.
Votey:
Look, you shit, I gave you penicillin and this is the price.
Person (in lab coat): Dear Science, why did you reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet?
Panel 2:
Science (narration/reply): Pluto is large like a planet, orbits the sun like a planet, but it doesn't meet the criterion of keeping its orbit clear of other objects.
Panel 3:
Science (reply): So, if we let Pluto be a planet, the solar system would have FOUR newly discovered planets, and LOADS of possible mystery planets in EVERY DIRECTION!
Panel 4 (close-up of the person, looking unimpressed): [no dialogue]
Panel 5:
Science (in a boxed caption): WHICH WOULD BE BAD.
Person: This is why all those guys on the radio hate you.
Votey:
Look, you shit, I gave you penicillin and this is the price.
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. A person in a white lab coat asks, "Dear Science, why did you reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet?" The reply (Science speaking) explains: Pluto is large like a planet and orbits the sun like a planet, but it doesn't meet the criterion of keeping its orbit clear of other objects. Science continues, increasingly enthusiastic: "So, if we let Pluto be a planet, the solar system would have FOUR newly discovered planets, and LOADS of possible mystery planets in EVERY DIRECTION!" A close-up shows the person looking flat and unimpressed. In the final panel, a caption box says "WHICH WOULD BE BAD," and the person, looking up at the sky, deadpans: "This is why all those guys on the radio hate you." Votey (aftercomic): A single panel showing the same person's head from behind/above, with the caption (Science speaking): "Look, you shit, I gave you penicillin and this is the price."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.