Comic #2618: 2012-07-17
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Panel 1: Person 1: "I'm about to subtract 60 from, my dear."
Panel 2: Person 2: "Oh, I’ll say it’s a sensible way to interpret quantum electrodynamics. I’ll say it's the best way to match mathematical theorem to empirical phenomenon."
Panel 3: Person 3: "But that's not why I do it!"
Panel 4: Person 4: "No, I do it to make mathematicians cry."
Panel 5: Person 5: "Meff! Meff! Meeefff!"
Panel 6: Person 6: "Who's top of the intellectual food chain now?"
Panel 7: Person 7: "Hey… watch this."
Panel 8: Person 8: "I'm gonna use these as if they're separate variables! Haha, hahaha!"
Panel 9: Person 9: "Good… good… I think you’ve had enough for today."
Panel 10: Person 10: "I'll just head back to the physics department where—AAAH!"
Panel 11: Person 11: "How'd you get loose?"
Panel 12: Person 12: "What are you going to do to me?"
Panel 13: Person 13: "It's a general case of a mathematical technique when you only need it for a specific usage!"
Panel 14: Person 14: "No! No! Nooo!"
Panel 15: Person 15: "Hahahaha!"
Panel 16: Person 16: "Whatcha think mommy's thinking about?"
Panel 17: Person 17: "Theorems, no doubt. Beautiful, beautiful theorems."
Panel 18: Person 18: "Hihhhh…"
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