[blue character points at a square] We’ve done a peer reviewed study, and concluded that all squares have four sides
[annoyed orange character points at a diamond shape] This is objectively wrong, I’ve personally seen a four sided structure that isn’t a square
This has the same energy as that Tumblr thread* about how all odd numbers (in English) have an ‘e’ in them, and people butting in and saying things like “Nonsense! Eight is even and it has an e in it.”
* The same thing may also have happened on Twitter if not elsewhere.
“Lions are animals!”
“Objection. Horses are animals but without being lions!”Um. All squares do have four sides.
If they said all shapes with four sides are squares, then this joke would work.
I think the point of the joke is that the yellow character has fundamentally misunderstood the statement provided by the blue character. They erroneously interpret, “All squares have four sides” as “Squares are the only shape with four sides” because they are not good at parsing rigid, scientific statements (since most people are not particularly scientifically literate).
I think OP’s comics are meant to reflect the frustrations of conversing with people who simply don’t understand what science/research/studies/etc actually say.
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