There should really be a second panel to this, where the silent people say "Oh! That makes me feel a lot better about not getting vaccines."
Apart from its general lack of effort, this comic has some deeply problematic undertones. At first glance, it looks like Randall is striking a blow for feminism by having the educated woman physicist explain things to another inquisitive woman while a silent man gazes on in awe, but it's actually subtly misogynistic, since the educated woman physicist can only mumble, defeated, about her lack of understanding.
Also-- what's this?
nothing tickles me pink quite like randy using his quality webcomic as a soapbox
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure scientists do know why those things happen. Did Randall get hit on the head or something?
ReplyDeleteWell, at least according to a 2005 article, the ice-skating thing is an open question: http://lptms.u-psud.fr/membres/trizac/Ens/L3FIP/Ice.pdf . That said, this is a kind of a silly comic. Ohnoes we have open questions! Our field is a sham!
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No live link, El Barbudo?
Tsk, the fuck, tsk.
Personally, I code my own HTML links in the Handy Comments Facilities of accommodating Blogspot cunts - 'cause I'm special that way.
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ReplyDelete".......There should really be a second panel to this, where the silent people say "Oh! That makes me feel a lot better about not getting vaccines."......"
Well aren't we subversively sarcastic - Innit?
As a plosive cunt-ribbit who often dabbles in the Black Arts of primary healthcare, I can assure you that the most important vaccines are administered to those of us least likely, or indeed capable, to voice any objection.
For those of us who might follow the CDC Adult Immunization Schedule, I recommend you partake in all the jabs available. In various third-world shite-holes, I've seen first-hand what many of these preventable diseases can do to an otherwise totally fuckable potential sex-slave.