Comic #5697: mood

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Panel 1:
"Visual signals take on the order of 15 milliseconds to process."

Panel 2:
"Sound is faster, but to convey a complete thought generally takes far longer than it does with visual stimulus."

Panel 3:
"The other senses are slower still. Thus, if you want to find the literal 'fastest way to kill the mood' you must create a mood-killing sound that can deliver mood-cessation in under 10 milliseconds."

Panel 4:
"After an extensive search of possible sounds, we discovered that it’s possible to accelerate the playback of your uncle saying 'nice' at a recognizable pitch in a mere 7 milliseconds."

Panel 5:
"Any questions?"

Panel 6:
"Couldn't you do something better than this with tenure?"

Panel 7:
"Sorry folks, but this symposium is no longer sexy."

(Comic source: smbc-comics.com)