I’ve started adding explanations to the Good Scientist Cartoons.
Does that make them better (more understandable) or worse (less funny)?

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After

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I still say that mouseover is more subtle:

I thought of a cartoon character last night, Dr Mengele, the first part of the cartoon would have him railing against the presumption that he was unsuited to be a doctor due to his ancestor, sins of the father and all that, the last panel however would show some very ambiguous patient notes.

AwesomeO said:

I thought of a cartoon character last night, Dr Mengele, the first part of the cartoon would have him railing against the presumption that he was unsuited to be a doctor due to his ancestor, sins of the father and all that, the last panel however would show some very ambiguous patient notes.

I can see Trump becoming a cartoon character.

I can also see him as a bond villain.

Tau.Neutrino said:

I can see Trump becoming a cartoon character.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Cartoon_President

• I can also see him as a bond villain.

Bond villains are normally portrayed as smart, usually too smart for their own good…

Divine Angel said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

I can see Trump becoming a cartoon character.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Cartoon_President

:)

furious said:

I still say that mouseover is more subtle:

I agree (and I had no idea that mouseovers were so easy).

As for the do they help question, sometimes.

For those that depend on a single not very well known fact (or should that be “fact”), they help.

For those of a more general philosophical nature, better leave them ambiguous.

furious said:

• I can also see him as a bond villain.

Bond villains are normally portrayed as smart, usually too smart for their own good…

Perhaps just thinking they are too smart for their own good is good enough.

furious said:

I still say that mouseover is more subtle:

Can i do that? Eg here, facebook, pinterest?

I’m reading this on a computer with no mouse.

• Can i do that? Eg here, facebook, pinterest?

Here, yes. The others, I don’t know.

• I’m reading this on a computer with no mouse.

On an android device, using chrome, to see mouseover text you long press. I do not know about other systems/browsers…