2012-02-01

A six-panel SMBC comic. A red-haired child asks their balding, mustached dad, "Dad, what's the difference between love and infatuation?" The dad explains over several panels: "When you love someone, you don't feel the need to think of them constantly, but you're always happy when you do." "When you love someone, their flaws become something you laugh about, rather than something you pretend doesn't exist." Over a panel showing two silhouetted figures facing each other: "When you're in love, you see someone as an equal, not as an idol." The child, now looking annoyed, replies, "That's what I thought." A red caption reads "The following sunday..." and the final panel shows the child in a classroom raising their hand and telling a stern nun, "Actually, you're just *infatuated* with Jesus" - the kid has weaponized the dad's definition to argue that religious devotion is mere infatuation. Votey aftercomic: the same child, looking worried, muses, "Maybe the reason he hasn't returned is that there are millions of stalker girlfriends waiting for him" - reframing the Second Coming as Jesus avoiding obsessive admirers.