never
Original: never on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Student (offscreen, hand raised): Professor, will we never use this in real life?
Professor (a woman with gray hair and round glasses): Of course!
Caption below panel: The first day of a pure mathematics degree is always inspirational.
Votey:
Professor (in a large speech bubble): I should warn you there may be a small amount of skill transfer to a useful domain, but we'll try to focus on pathological math shit.
Student (offscreen, hand raised): Professor, will we never use this in real life?
Professor (a woman with gray hair and round glasses): Of course!
Caption below panel: The first day of a pure mathematics degree is always inspirational.
Votey:
Professor (in a large speech bubble): I should warn you there may be a small amount of skill transfer to a useful domain, but we'll try to focus on pathological math shit.
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel in a lecture hall. In the foreground a professor, a woman with gray hair and round glasses, smiles. A student offscreen raises a hand and asks, "Professor, will we never use this in real life?" The professor cheerfully replies, "Of course!" A caption beneath reads: "The first day of a pure mathematics degree is always inspirational." The joke is that she's enthusiastically confirming the subject is useless in real life, treating that as a selling point. Votey (aftercomic): The professor continues in a large speech bubble, "I should warn you there may be a small amount of skill transfer to a useful domain, but we'll try to focus on pathological math shit."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.