Comic #2663: 2012-08-31

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Title at the top:
"HOW THE SCIENCES SAY 'I'M NOT DATING ANYONE'"

Panel 1: Computer Scientist

• Character (with curly hair and a beard) says:
  "I'M HAVING AN OFF-BY-ONE ERROR."

Panel 2: Physicist

• Character (with glasses and pigtails) says:
  "I'M OCCUPYING MY GROUND STATE."

Panel 3: Engineer

• Character (with a tool and wearing a blue shirt) says:
  "WELL, I’M WORKING ON THE SEX-BOT AGAIN."

Panel 4: Doctor

• Character (in a lab coat) says:
  "AMORECTOMY COMPLETE."

Next Title:
"HOW THE SOCIAL SCIENCES SAY 'I'M NOT DATING ANYONE.'"

Panel 5: Economist

• Character (with glasses and a suit) says:
  "MY RELATIONSHIP STATUS IS UNDERGOING A DISQUIETBIRATION, WHICH I BELIEVE TO BE CYCLICAL, BASED ON A LINEAR REGRESS RUNNING BACK TO AUGUST 1945."

Panel 6: Sociologist

• Character (with curly hair and an orange shirt) says:
  "A PERMEATING CULTURE OF MONOGAMY HAS HEGEMONIZED MY SELF-IMAGINARY VIA AN EXTERNAL (I.E. NON-INTERNAL) DISCOURSE."

Panel 7: Psychologist

• Character (with a worried expression) says:
  "ACCORDING TO MY SURVEY OF ONE WEALTHY AMERICAN COLLEGE-AGED CAUCASIAN WHO KNEW IN ADVANCE WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR, I HAVE SINGLENESS SYNDROME, (N=4; INDIVIDUAL WAS SURVEYED 4 TIMES)."

Next Title:
"HOW THE HUMANITIES SAY 'I'M NOT DATING ANYONE.'"

Panel 8: Philosopher

• Character (gesturing dramatically) asks:
  "DID A PERSON EVER LOVE ANOTHER?"

Panel 9: Artist

• Three characters, one asks:
  "CAN A PERSON EVER LOVE ANOTHER PERSON?"

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