Comic #7011: k
Description
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Panel 1:
- Person 1: "I study semi-primes."
- Person 2: "Huh?"
- Person 1: "Numbers that are the product of exactly two factors."
Panel 2:
- Person 2: "WHAT? You can do that? Can you have three factors and call them semidemi-primes? Or four and call them semidemihemiprimes?"
Panel 3:
- Person 1: "They're called k-almost primes. Like a 12-almost prime has 12 factors."
- Person 2: "Well—"
Panel 4:
- Person 2: "Wait, oh my god, I'm gonna call 1 a '0-almost prime' because it has no prime factors! Hahaha!"
Panel 5:
- Person 1: "What?! This is the greatest use of 'almost' anywhere! So prime numbers are 1-almost primes?!"
Panel 6:
- Person 1: "We don’t—"
- Person 2: "We can use this in real life! I am 3-almost rich and famous. I am 6-almost the president. 8-almost the sexiest butt in the nation!"
Panel 7:
- Person 1: "Don't you dare find applications for my work."
- Person 2: "Sorry, sorry, that was too far."