Comic #1997: 2010-11-01

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Top Panel: "People say Georg Cantor went mad as he pursued a mathematical understanding of infinity."

Middle Panel: "But the truth is that his breakdown only came after he was shunned by academia for his ideas."

"They're called transfinites."

"Transfinite? Is that the gay version of infinity?"

"Burn!"

Bottom Panel: "Still, he had it better than most. People usually go crazy without any sort of poetic justification."

"My brother's ideas about how to be a telemarketing temp worker were so profound… he went mad!"