quantum-4
Original: quantum-4 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man (holding a packet labeled "Quan-tee"): And the combination of lemons and sassafras actually has quantum mechanical effects inside your body!
Woman: What?
Panel 2:
Woman (wearing round glasses): You mean it's quantum in that it involves the quantized nature of particles and the description of their behavior? That's only true in the trivial sense that EVERYTHING is quantum.
Panel 3:
Woman: Precisely. The beverage is made of particles that interact with the particles of your body, and quantum mechanics is the best description of those interactions.
Panel 4:
(The man, now silent, stands beside the woman; no dialogue.)
Panel 5:
Man: What else do people think we're talking about?
Woman: Now that I think about it, I have no idea.
Votey:
Woman (in a speech bubble): I'm enjoying this quantum interaction with you.
(Close-up on the man's face, looking blank/deadpan.)
Man (holding a packet labeled "Quan-tee"): And the combination of lemons and sassafras actually has quantum mechanical effects inside your body!
Woman: What?
Panel 2:
Woman (wearing round glasses): You mean it's quantum in that it involves the quantized nature of particles and the description of their behavior? That's only true in the trivial sense that EVERYTHING is quantum.
Panel 3:
Woman: Precisely. The beverage is made of particles that interact with the particles of your body, and quantum mechanics is the best description of those interactions.
Panel 4:
(The man, now silent, stands beside the woman; no dialogue.)
Panel 5:
Man: What else do people think we're talking about?
Woman: Now that I think about it, I have no idea.
Votey:
Woman (in a speech bubble): I'm enjoying this quantum interaction with you.
(Close-up on the man's face, looking blank/deadpan.)
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A man holding a small packet labeled "Quan-tee" enthuses, "And the combination of lemons and sassafras actually has quantum mechanical effects inside your body!" A woman in round glasses responds, "What?" Panel 2: The woman replies skeptically, "You mean it's quantum in that it involves the quantized nature of particles and the description of their behavior? That's only true in the trivial sense that EVERYTHING is quantum." Panel 3: She continues, "Precisely. The beverage is made of particles that interact with the particles of your body, and quantum mechanics is the best description of those interactions." Panel 4: The two stand together silently. Panel 5: The man asks, "What else do people think we're talking about?" and the woman answers, "Now that I think about it, I have no idea." The joke deflates the marketing buzzword "quantum" by pointing out that literally everything is quantum, making the claim meaningless. Votey: A close-up of the man's blank, deadpan face as the woman says, "I'm enjoying this quantum interaction with you" — reusing "quantum" as a flat, technically-true description of an ordinary conversation.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.