nerd
Original: nerd on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A group of people stand clustered together, looking at something off to the right (a computer monitor). One of them, a person in the back, speaks.
Person in back: "WHAT THE... IT JUST SAYS 'NERRRRRRD' OVER AND OVER."
Caption below the panel:
"Did you know you can create encrypted messages that will only be deciphered once advanced quantum computers exist?"
Votey:
A person with long hair, drawn in a sketchy style, looks down sheepishly.
Text (the encrypted message, now decrypted): "WELL THAT'S THE LAST TIME I SPEND 30 YEARS INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF REALITY."
A group of people stand clustered together, looking at something off to the right (a computer monitor). One of them, a person in the back, speaks.
Person in back: "WHAT THE... IT JUST SAYS 'NERRRRRRD' OVER AND OVER."
Caption below the panel:
"Did you know you can create encrypted messages that will only be deciphered once advanced quantum computers exist?"
Votey:
A person with long hair, drawn in a sketchy style, looks down sheepishly.
Text (the encrypted message, now decrypted): "WELL THAT'S THE LAST TIME I SPEND 30 YEARS INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF REALITY."
Alt text
Main comic, single panel: a group of bespectacled people crowd around a computer monitor (only its grey back is visible at right). A person in the back, looking puzzled, says, "WHAT THE... IT JUST SAYS 'NERRRRRRD' OVER AND OVER." A caption underneath reads: "Did you know you can create encrypted messages that will only be deciphered once advanced quantum computers exist?" The joke: someone went to great lengths to hide a message until the quantum-computing future arrives, and the payoff was just the insult "nerd" repeated endlessly.
Votey (aftercomic): a black-and-white sketch of a person with long hair looking down, embarrassed. The full decrypted message reads: "WELL THAT'S THE LAST TIME I SPEND 30 YEARS INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF REALITY." The encryptor's grand secret was just a long-game prank, and they regret the wasted effort.
Votey (aftercomic): a black-and-white sketch of a person with long hair looking down, embarrassed. The full decrypted message reads: "WELL THAT'S THE LAST TIME I SPEND 30 YEARS INVESTIGATING THE NATURE OF REALITY." The encryptor's grand secret was just a long-game prank, and they regret the wasted effort.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.