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The two-panel comic I’m looking for describes how the level of care parents give plummets after the first child. The dialog goes something like this:

Panel 1

The child has a thermometer in their mouth.

[Father:] She has a mild fever.

[Mother:] To the emergency room!

Panel 2

The child twists their head around 180 degrees.

[Father:] Exorcist?

[Mother:] She’s fine.

Thank you!

Meme transcription:

The alphabet: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y X Z

The alphabet for installers: C:\

Meme transcription: Anakin & Padme

[Panel 1] Anakin tries selects “Update and shut down” from the Windows start menu.

[Panel 2] Padme, labeled as “Windows”, cheerily says: ”You mean ‘Update and restart’, right?”

[Panel 3] Anakin takes an annoyed look.

[Panel 4] Padme, still cheery, says “I’ll just ‘Update and Restart’.”

Years after my R.E. teacher said, “I will never fall lower than into God’s hands,” I finally came up with the retort, “Let’s go on the roof and check.”

I’m a computer programmer. When we test programs, we often use a function called “assert” to check if the program produces the conditions we expect.

For example, this test will fail if the + produces an incorrect result:

assert( 2 + 3 ).equals(5)

Another meaning of “assert” in programming is “check, and take action, if necessary”. For instance, the procedure assertDataPresent() may check if the data has already been loaded. If it hasn’t, the function would try to do so, so that in either case the data is present after the procedure is executed.

Which of these meanings is the more common one in regular English? Can “assert” even be used in these ways outside programming?