2012-09-26
Original: 2012-09-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A bearded man (God figure) addresses two nude people, a bearded man and a blonde woman (Adam and Eve), standing before a large green tree. Beside it floats a giant glowing orange egg-shaped object marked with small triangular icons.
God: THIS IS THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. YOU ARE NOT TO EAT FROM IT.
Panel 2:
The blonde woman.
Woman: I DON'T GET IT. HOW DOES A TREE GIVE KNOWLEDGE?
Panel 3:
God replies, the orange fruit/object beside him.
God: OH, TREES ARE THE MAJOR DATA STORAGE MECHANISM IN EDEN. THE FRUITS ARE DIRECTORY COPIES.
Panel 4:
God gestures to a tree.
God: THIS IS THE TREE OF .GIF FILES FOR FORUM JOKES.
Panel 5:
God gestures to another tree.
God: THIS IS THE TREE OF TEMP STORAGE.
Panel 6:
A tree at night/dusk with two small silhouetted figures standing before it.
Panel 7:
God gestures to a tree.
God: THIS IS THE TREE OF MUSIC PLAYLISTS.
Panel 8:
God asks a question.
God: WHERE'S YOUR PORN FOLDER?
Panel 9:
The bearded God figure and the blonde woman together.
Panel 10:
Wide shot, God gesturing emphatically back at the Tree of Knowledge, the orange fruit floating beside it, Adam and Eve looking on.
God: THIS IS THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. YOU ARE NOT TO EAT FROM IT!
Votey:
The giant orange egg-shaped fruit/object lies on its side on the ground, having rolled over and flattened/crushed two tiny stick-figure-like human bodies, whose limbs splay out from beneath it.
A bearded man (God figure) addresses two nude people, a bearded man and a blonde woman (Adam and Eve), standing before a large green tree. Beside it floats a giant glowing orange egg-shaped object marked with small triangular icons.
God: THIS IS THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. YOU ARE NOT TO EAT FROM IT.
Panel 2:
The blonde woman.
Woman: I DON'T GET IT. HOW DOES A TREE GIVE KNOWLEDGE?
Panel 3:
God replies, the orange fruit/object beside him.
God: OH, TREES ARE THE MAJOR DATA STORAGE MECHANISM IN EDEN. THE FRUITS ARE DIRECTORY COPIES.
Panel 4:
God gestures to a tree.
God: THIS IS THE TREE OF .GIF FILES FOR FORUM JOKES.
Panel 5:
God gestures to another tree.
God: THIS IS THE TREE OF TEMP STORAGE.
Panel 6:
A tree at night/dusk with two small silhouetted figures standing before it.
Panel 7:
God gestures to a tree.
God: THIS IS THE TREE OF MUSIC PLAYLISTS.
Panel 8:
God asks a question.
God: WHERE'S YOUR PORN FOLDER?
Panel 9:
The bearded God figure and the blonde woman together.
Panel 10:
Wide shot, God gesturing emphatically back at the Tree of Knowledge, the orange fruit floating beside it, Adam and Eve looking on.
God: THIS IS THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. YOU ARE NOT TO EAT FROM IT!
Votey:
The giant orange egg-shaped fruit/object lies on its side on the ground, having rolled over and flattened/crushed two tiny stick-figure-like human bodies, whose limbs splay out from beneath it.
Alt text
A black-and-white and color SMBC comic reframing the Garden of Eden as a computer file system. God, a bearded figure, tells nude Adam and a blonde Eve, 'This is the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. You are not to eat from it,' beside a glowing orange egg-shaped object covered in small triangular file icons. Eve asks how a tree gives knowledge. God explains: 'Trees are the major data storage mechanism in Eden. The fruits are directory copies.' He then points out other trees: 'the tree of .gif files for forum jokes,' 'the tree of temp storage,' and 'the tree of music playlists.' Then he asks, 'Where's your porn folder?' Finally he returns to sternly warning, 'This is the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. You are not to eat from it!' In the votey aftercomic, the giant orange egg-shaped fruit has rolled over onto its side and lies on the ground, crushing two tiny human figures flat beneath it, their limbs splayed out.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.