Comic #6127: nucular

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Panel 1: Person 1: "Doesn't it drive you nuts when people say 'nucular'?" Person 2: "Why? It's a useful term."

Panel 2: Person 2: "'Nuc' is a common abbreviation for 'nuclear.' Suffixes of the type '-ule' or '-ula' indicate smallness, as in 'molecule' or 'cellular.'"

Panel 3: Person 2: "'Nucular' is thus an appropriate descriptor of a small nuclear apparatus, such as a warhead or submarine reactor core, which is why it is widely used by politicians and the general public."

Panel 4: Person 1: "I know you're lying but your lies are so wonderful." Person 1: "Choose. Choose beauty over truth."