Comic #5875: reference

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Description

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Panel 1:

• Top Text: "THIS IS OUR STANDARD REFERENCE BASTARD. BY PERFECTLY CONTROLLING ITS CLIMATE AND INTERNET ACCESS, THE BASTARD IS HELD AT PRECISELY ONE BASTARD."
• Visuals: A character with glasses and black curly hair, wearing a white lab coat, is gesturing towards a glass window. Inside the window stands a man with a sneering expression, hair styled in a gelled mohawk, wearing a black jacket.

Panel 2:

• Bottom Text: "Sometimes I wish the National Institute of Standards and Technology would help with social science."
• Visuals: The same character gestures, looking somewhat exasperated. The other two characters, one with dark hair and a suit and the other with red hair and a lighter jacket, appear to be listening to her.

This comic uses humor and satire to critique the precision and standards in scientific measurement compared to the complexities of social science.