Comic #3825: technically-beautiful
Description
Here’s a transcription of the text from the comic:
Panel 1:
- Person 1: "WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MATH IS THAT IF YOU PROVE SOMETHING TRUE, IT'S TRUE EVERYWHERE."
- Person 2: "ACROSS THE VAULT OF HEAVEN THERE ARE ALIENS WE'LL NEVER CONTACT, WHO KNOW THERE'S NO INTEGER BETWEEN TWO AND THREE."
Panel 2:
- Person 3: "WHAT ABOUT SORF?"
- Person 4: "SORF?"
- Person 3: "LIKE, 'ONE, TWO, SORF, THREE,' AND SO ON."
Panel 3:
- Person 4: "WHAT'S TEN PLUS SORF?"
- Person 2: "SORFTEEN."
- Person 3: "SORF SQUARED?"
- Person 2: "EIGHT."
Panel 4:
- Person 3: "SORF TO THE SORF POWER?"
- Person 2: "TWO TIMES SORFTEEN MINUS ONE."
Panel 5:
- Person 2: "HA! SORF IS THREE, THREE IS FOUR, FOUR IS FIVE, ET CETERA. THIS IS BASE ELEVEN SHIFTED ODDLY. YOU'RE JUST BEING ANNOYING."
Panel 6:
- Person 1: "ME BEING ANNOYING IS THE SPECIFIC CASE. THE GENERAL CASE IS YOU'RE TECHNICALLY WRONG, AND I'M TECHNICALLY RIGHT."
- Person 4: "WHY DO I EVEN TALK TO YOU? IT'S LIKE 1% INSIGHT, 99% SEMANTICS."
- Person 2: "… ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO GO INTO MATH?"
Comic Origin: smbc-comics.com