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Title text: SMBC is the 74-almost funniest webcomic.

Votey

Explanation

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A semiprime is a composite number that is the product of exactly two prime numbers, such as 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, etc. This comic references a common joke that mathematicians take pride in having their work be pure rather than applied, so finding application for it would be undesired. In this case, the "application" is simply a way to exaggerate qualifications.

Transcript

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[Describe panel here]

I study semi-primes.

What? You can do that? Can you have three factors and call them semidemiprimes? Or four and call them semidemihemiprimes?

Huh?

Numbers that are the product of exactly two factors.

They're called k-almost primes. Like a 12-almost prime has 12 factors.

Well-

Wait, ohmygod, I'm gonna call 1 a "o-almost prime" because it has no prime factors! !

What?? This is the greatest use of "almost" anywhere! So prime numbers are 1-almost primes??

We don't-

Don't you dare find applications for my work.

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!

Sorry, sorry, that was too far.

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Votey Transcript

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[Describe panel here]

Proposal: Instead of 2-almost, we say "pretty much" and for 3-almost, it's "preetty much," and for 4-almost, it's "preeetty much" and so on.