moby
Original: moby on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Dark-haired person: What do you think is the best book ever for promoting science?
Red-haired man: Moby-Dick. Easily.
Panel 2:
Dark-haired person: How?
Red-haired man: Man gets attacked by a white whale. Man spends his life hunting white whale.
Panel 3:
Red-haired man: Guess what? That white whale likely had albinism, which is associated with nearsightedness and astigmatism. It was almost certainly confused when it attacked that boat.
Panel 4:
Red-haired man: If Captain Ahab knew science, he should have searched out the white whale to give it corrective lenses.
Panel 5:
(Red-haired man stands with arms crossed, looking pleased.)
Panel 6:
Dark-haired person: "From hell's heart I spectacle thee" doesn't quite have the same punch.
Red-haired man: I think literature fans would prefer technical accuracy.
Votey:
Caption: The good news is you can approach pure white unicorns because they can't see you up close.
Dark-haired person: What do you think is the best book ever for promoting science?
Red-haired man: Moby-Dick. Easily.
Panel 2:
Dark-haired person: How?
Red-haired man: Man gets attacked by a white whale. Man spends his life hunting white whale.
Panel 3:
Red-haired man: Guess what? That white whale likely had albinism, which is associated with nearsightedness and astigmatism. It was almost certainly confused when it attacked that boat.
Panel 4:
Red-haired man: If Captain Ahab knew science, he should have searched out the white whale to give it corrective lenses.
Panel 5:
(Red-haired man stands with arms crossed, looking pleased.)
Panel 6:
Dark-haired person: "From hell's heart I spectacle thee" doesn't quite have the same punch.
Red-haired man: I think literature fans would prefer technical accuracy.
Votey:
Caption: The good news is you can approach pure white unicorns because they can't see you up close.
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A dark-haired person and a red-haired bearded man wearing glasses talk on a beach. The dark-haired person asks what the best book is for promoting science; the man answers 'Moby-Dick. Easily.' He explains that the man in the book gets attacked by a white whale and spends his life hunting it, then enthusiastically argues the white whale likely had albinism (linked to nearsightedness and astigmatism) and was just confused when it attacked the boat. He concludes that if Captain Ahab knew science, he should have hunted the whale down to give it corrective lenses. The man stands with arms crossed, looking smug. The dark-haired person replies that '"From hell's heart I spectacle thee" doesn't quite have the same punch,' and the man insists literature fans would prefer technical accuracy. Votey (bonus panel): a caption reads 'The good news is you can approach pure white unicorns because they can't see you up close,' shown above a small sketch of unicorns.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.