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As for this comic…
The first draft of this comic had the graffiti read “The Matrix Sucks” and had the Cabal lady defend the movie as a meaningful exploration of the fraught relationship between man and machine. But I pulled back on it because it was just a little kooky.
Mr. Beast? Of the feasible, lunch-whatever it’s called and youtube infamy?
But how does he compare to Tim Horton?
Yeah, I’d chalk him up to a false idol.
Feastibles. Stupid auto correct.
He doesn’t compare to Tim Horton. Man was a hockey legend and a donut icon.
Button do go Oop.
This is a wold with a literal Satan. What’s a false . . . oh, now I heard it. Never mind.
Do not ask from order! For you shall not receive.
More Sun Tzu like philosophy from Daphne.
button go boop
I think Daphne will eventually run out of maxims.
She’s been studying.
I can recommend another 70 to use: https://schlockmercenary.fandom.com/wiki/The_Seventy_Maxims_of_Maximally_Effective_Mercenaries
Well, it’s not the supporters of the math team of China, IL.
You’d be seeing formulas spray-painted on the walls amid the burning cars.
There’s a China in Illinois?
I *think* China, IL is fictional, from some TV series. But according to the internets:
– **Lebanon** – Found in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee, and more
– **Peru** – Located in Indiana, Illinois, Maine, and others
– **China** – Exists in Maine, Texas, and elsewhere
– **Mexico** – Found in Missouri, New York, and more
– **Brazil** – Located in Indiana
– **Norway** – Found in Maine, Iowa, and others
– **Denmark** – Located in Wisconsin and South Carolina
– **Poland** – Found in Maine and Ohio
– **Cuba** – Exists in New York, Missouri, and more
– **Sweden** – Located in Maine
– **Ireland** – Found in West Virginia
– **Russia** – Located in Ohio
– **Finland** – Found in Minnesota
– **Egypt** – Located in Arkansas
– **Hungary** – Found in West Virginia
– **Palestine** – Exists in Texas and Illinois
– **Jordan** – Located in Minnesota
????
Ooh. Make impressive-sounding travel plans without leaving your country!
Yes, it was the TV series. There was a riot on-par with a major sports victory after the math team won. Flipped cars and Pythagoras’ theorem spray-painted on a wall.
Don’t forget adding “New” to “New England.”
Is one of the vandals that little blind girl? Hannah.
Also, math is just applied philosopy. Respect it, yes. Idolize it, no.
Good eyes. But let’s not spoil any surprises!
If it is indeed Hannah, your “good eyes” comment is truly ironic…
Mathematics is just applied philosophy.
Philosophy is just applied sociology.
Sociology is just applied psychology.
Psychology is just applied biology.
Biology is just applied chemistry.
Chemistry is just applied physics.
Physic is just applied mathematics.
…
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/435:_Purity
Romanes eunt domus!
“People called ‘Romanes’ they go the house”?
I don’t think so, sunshine.
“Romani ite domum”
Now write that out a hundred times or I’ll cut your balls off.
I forget most of my Latin lessons from high school. Yes, I took Latin in high school. Three years of it, actually.
Yeah. All the time. It’s really annoying.
My understanding is that he was a Latin teacher for a bit.
“One true constant in the universe”?
Yeah, nah.
The universe has no need for, or comprehension of, our sciences.
It simply is, as Toddy and Stevo said, “It just works”.
The sciences are just our human attempts to convince ourselves that we understand how some things apparently work.
Hyoomuns are funny.
Well, there are some physicists that claim math IS the universe. All a matter of perspective, really.
Yeah, I suspect they’ve either played too many or not enough games.
Math is completely independent of universe, actually.
But it is constantly tested against the universe. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t tick around.
Well math is a constant part of life no matter where you go. Plus I liked how Miranda summoned up the entire strip in simple terms.
Readers may eventually start to realize that a standard cop-out I fall back on is having Miranda say something cute to punch up a less funny joke. Wait, I spilled the beans! NOOOOOOO!
Cuteness is always allowed in a cartoon, but please don’t retire the strip decades from now with Miranda going “The Awistocwats!” 😉
I’ll try to avoid it.
I did make a unit conversion app. That was very mathy.
Is that Hannah with the “Math Sux” group? Checking their spelling?
Don’t spoil the reveal!
That’s the rebel way of spelling it.
And you have to do it right.
Math adds up. Vacuum sucks.
Sux. We’re rebels, so spell it right.
looks like operation CHAOS is a raging success……so far
Sure to hit no snags.
Point of order: technically raccoons are not caniform. They are procyonids.
Procyonidae is a family inside the suborder of Caniformia, which is in turn inside the order of Carnivora. I do check these things.
Hol’ up. This is the first time that I’ve seen that term used to refer to the suborder. Every other time I’ve seen it used ( usually fanfiction to be fair LOL) it refers to something in the canidae family. You’re telling me that it actually refers to the sub order? You learn something new on the Internet everyday. (And you also learn how to double check your spelling, because it took me 15 minutes of googling to realize I had misspelled caniformia)
Caniforms are used to differentiate from Feliforms within order Carnivora, from what I understand. Other Caniforms include bears, walruses, seals, red pandas, wolverines, etc.
‘Cause kitties are special.
I see Canadians use the word “math” like Americans do. In British English, it’s “maths.” That makes sense in a way because “mathematics” ends in “s” but it’s also harder to pronounce.
Canadians are on the ‘math’ side. And I would also never use ‘maths’ because whenever I do anything in this comic that flies in the face of American standards, the mostly American audience of this comic gets confused. Note that I spell all words the American way for this reason.
Aww! If you wanted to use Canadian spelling, I’d be O.K. I can barely spell anyway.
Mathematics is or mathematics are?
I guess (s)he found the button… -Smoke from Sinners.
Push the button, Max.
NOT THAT BUTTON!!
I should try and find that online somewhere. It’s been a long time since I last watched “The Great Race”
Did T.V.’s Frank ever press the wrong button?
At first glance, I thought she said “Button go Poop!”
That’s a different button entirely.
Math is the one true constant, yeah right. Not when the ‘right’ answer to a math equation depends on the order in which it is solved. No, you don’t solve it left to right, first you add, then you multiply, then subtract, finally you divide, and that’s the right answer! No no no, first you multiply, then divide, subtract, add, and that’s the right answer! (Yes, this button has indeed been pressed!)
BEDMAS, man. It’s all about the BEDMAS.
When it comes to mathematics, I prefer the NO MAS!
“Everyone has pressure points. You find something important to them and you squeeze.” John McKittredge — Mission Impossible
A wise fictional character indeed.
That can’t be Tracee! She’s too pale.
Well, it’s Halloween. Makeup.
He’s wrong! A misanalisys! There are two vandals and lookout! A weakness in the Cabal! Or two weaknesses rather. How’d she get attached to these losers?
I think you are splitting hairs here. But some hairs need to be split, I suppose.
These hairs do not ever need splitting. I just came up with a line I liked. Sorry.
No sorries. I was just comedically riffing on the statement. No real criticism implied.
Oh. O.K.
You can get shampoos for that.
They’re, like, hellaexpencive. Andthen you wind up just cutting them off anyway.