Comic #6788: research
Description
Comic Description:
The comic features two panels at the top and one larger panel at the bottom.
Top Left Panel: A character with a short, light brown haircut and wearing a brown jacket expresses concern. The text reads: "…AND THAT’S WHY I’M WORRIED…"
Top Right Panel: A bald character with a beard, wearing a black outfit, gestures emphatically. The text reads: "SO YOU JUST BLINDLY TRUST EXPERTS?!" The worried character responds with: "I…"
Bottom Panel: A character with hands on their head looks overwhelmed while sitting at a table. Behind them is a bookshelf filled with various book spines. Some highlighted titles on the spines include:
- "meme"
- "5th Grade history"
- "Loud youtube man in car"
- "Son’s-spoken conspiracy theorist with podcast"
- "Reddit headline"
- "One-word Elon Musk tweets"
- "poorly saved jpeg"
- "guy from work who watches History Channel a lot"
- "meme"
- "man selling nutritional supplements"
- "movie from childhood"
- "imagined argument against sheep"
The overall theme portrays a humorous take on the concept of trusting experts versus conducting personal research, illustrated through the character's overwhelming reading list.
The comic has a playful and satirical tone, emphasizing the absurdity of sources some people might consider credible.
The signature "smbc-comics.com" is at the bottom right corner of the image.