Nuke
Original: Nuke on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with dark hair: ANYWAY, THE UTILITY OF NUCLEAR POWER IS--
Woman with orange hair: PLEASE PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY.
Panel 2 (the two walking outdoors on a path):
Man: WHAT?
Woman: IT'S NUCULAR. NOT NUCLEAR.
Panel 3:
Man: UH, NO. LOOK IN THE DICTIONARY.
Woman: UH, NO, LOOK IN AN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY. "NUCLEUS" IS A POST-CLASSICAL LATIN CORRUPTION OF "NUCULUS" FROM THE DIMINUTIVE FORM OF "NUX," MEANING NUT.
Panel 4:
Man (looking strained): YOU PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRONOUNCING IT WRONG FOR 1500 YEARS!
Panel 5 (the man throws his head back screaming, the woman small in the background):
Man: NUUUU CUUUUU LARRRRRRRRR!
Woman: OH MY GOD
Panel 6 (two silhouetted heads against black):
First silhouette: PLEASE DON'T TELL THE PUBLIC THAT PHYSICISTS HAVE BEEN LOOKING DOWN ON THEM WITH UNJUSTIFIED SCORN FOR CENTURIES.
Second silhouette: THEY KNOW, HONEY. THEY KNOW.
Votey:
Caption text: WHAT TIPPED THE MORONS OFF??
(Drawing of the man's face, eyes closed, looking weary/defeated.)
Man with dark hair: ANYWAY, THE UTILITY OF NUCLEAR POWER IS--
Woman with orange hair: PLEASE PRONOUNCE IT CORRECTLY.
Panel 2 (the two walking outdoors on a path):
Man: WHAT?
Woman: IT'S NUCULAR. NOT NUCLEAR.
Panel 3:
Man: UH, NO. LOOK IN THE DICTIONARY.
Woman: UH, NO, LOOK IN AN ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY. "NUCLEUS" IS A POST-CLASSICAL LATIN CORRUPTION OF "NUCULUS" FROM THE DIMINUTIVE FORM OF "NUX," MEANING NUT.
Panel 4:
Man (looking strained): YOU PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRONOUNCING IT WRONG FOR 1500 YEARS!
Panel 5 (the man throws his head back screaming, the woman small in the background):
Man: NUUUU CUUUUU LARRRRRRRRR!
Woman: OH MY GOD
Panel 6 (two silhouetted heads against black):
First silhouette: PLEASE DON'T TELL THE PUBLIC THAT PHYSICISTS HAVE BEEN LOOKING DOWN ON THEM WITH UNJUSTIFIED SCORN FOR CENTURIES.
Second silhouette: THEY KNOW, HONEY. THEY KNOW.
Votey:
Caption text: WHAT TIPPED THE MORONS OFF??
(Drawing of the man's face, eyes closed, looking weary/defeated.)
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A dark-haired man and an orange-haired woman walk together outdoors. He starts to say nuclear power is useful; she interrupts, insisting he pronounce it correctly as 'nucular, not nuclear.' He tells her to look in the dictionary; she retorts to look in an etymological dictionary, explaining at length that 'nucleus' is a post-classical Latin corruption of 'nuculus,' from the diminutive of 'nux,' meaning nut. The man, distraught, cries 'YOU PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PRONOUNCING IT WRONG FOR 1500 YEARS!' then throws his head back screaming 'NUUUU CUUUUU LARRRRRRRRR!' as the woman, tiny in the background, says 'oh my god.' Final panel, two silhouetted heads against black: one pleads, 'Please don't tell the public that physicists have been looking down on them with unjustified scorn for centuries.' The other replies, 'They know, honey. They know.' Votey aftercomic: the caption 'WHAT TIPPED THE MORONS OFF??' above a drawing of the man's weary, eyes-closed face.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.