geometry-2
Original: geometry-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (woman holding a sheet of paper showing two concentric circles, one red and one blue):
Woman: NO, WRONG. EVERY CIRCLE IS EQUAL IN SIZE. IF YOU PUT ONE INSIDE THE OTHER, FOR EVERY POINT ON THE RIM OF THE OUTER CIRCLE, YOU CAN DRAW A LINE THAT TOUCHES EXACTLY ONE POINT ON THE RIM OF THE INNER CIRCLE AS WELL AS THE CENTER OF BOTH. THEY HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF POINTS AND THUS ARE IDENTICAL IN SIZE!
Panel 2 (a red-haired boy at a table holding a small cookie; the woman beside him holds a much larger cookie):
Boy: SO THAT'S WHY I GET THE SMALLER COOKIE?
Woman: THE EQUAL COOKIE.
Votey:
Woman (angry expression, leaning in): UNTIL YOU CAN FORMALLY PROVE ME WRONG, YOU WILL EAT WHAT YOU ARE TOLD TO EAT.
Woman: NO, WRONG. EVERY CIRCLE IS EQUAL IN SIZE. IF YOU PUT ONE INSIDE THE OTHER, FOR EVERY POINT ON THE RIM OF THE OUTER CIRCLE, YOU CAN DRAW A LINE THAT TOUCHES EXACTLY ONE POINT ON THE RIM OF THE INNER CIRCLE AS WELL AS THE CENTER OF BOTH. THEY HAVE THE SAME NUMBER OF POINTS AND THUS ARE IDENTICAL IN SIZE!
Panel 2 (a red-haired boy at a table holding a small cookie; the woman beside him holds a much larger cookie):
Boy: SO THAT'S WHY I GET THE SMALLER COOKIE?
Woman: THE EQUAL COOKIE.
Votey:
Woman (angry expression, leaning in): UNTIL YOU CAN FORMALLY PROVE ME WRONG, YOU WILL EAT WHAT YOU ARE TOLD TO EAT.
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A woman holds up a sheet of paper showing two concentric circles (a smaller blue one inside a larger red one) and declares, "No, wrong. Every circle is equal in size. If you put one inside the other, for every point on the rim of the outer circle, you can draw a line that touches exactly one point on the rim of the inner circle as well as the center of both. They have the same number of points and thus are identical in size!" Panel 2: A red-haired boy sits at a table holding a tiny cookie while the woman beside him holds a much larger cookie. The boy asks, "So that's why I get the smaller cookie?" The woman replies, "The EQUAL cookie." She is using a bijection-style cardinality argument to justify giving him less. Votey: A close-up of the woman, scowling, who adds, "Until you can formally prove me wrong, you will eat what you are told to eat."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.