2013-09-14
Original: 2013-09-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman (lying on the grass): Zortran, do you ever wonder if it's all just meaningless?
Panel 2:
Zortran (a green alien): What's "meaningless"?
Woman: It's like... wait, really? You don't have that word? It's a big deal over here.
Panel 3:
Zortran: No. Is it a good word? What does it do?
Woman: It's sort of like... what if you aren't important? You know... to the universe.
Panel 4:
Zortran: Wait... so humans have a word to refer to the idea that it'd be really sad if all of reality weren't focused on them individually?
Woman: Kinda, yeah.
Panel 5 (woman tilting her head):
(no dialogue)
Panel 6:
Zortran: We call that "megalomania."
Woman: Well, you don't have to be a jerk about it.
Votey:
Woman: So, do you lie on the grass philosophizing 24/7?
Zortran: I'm glued to this hill.
Woman (lying on the grass): Zortran, do you ever wonder if it's all just meaningless?
Panel 2:
Zortran (a green alien): What's "meaningless"?
Woman: It's like... wait, really? You don't have that word? It's a big deal over here.
Panel 3:
Zortran: No. Is it a good word? What does it do?
Woman: It's sort of like... what if you aren't important? You know... to the universe.
Panel 4:
Zortran: Wait... so humans have a word to refer to the idea that it'd be really sad if all of reality weren't focused on them individually?
Woman: Kinda, yeah.
Panel 5 (woman tilting her head):
(no dialogue)
Panel 6:
Zortran: We call that "megalomania."
Woman: Well, you don't have to be a jerk about it.
Votey:
Woman: So, do you lie on the grass philosophizing 24/7?
Zortran: I'm glued to this hill.
Alt text
A six-panel comic. A woman lies on the grass next to a small green alien. She asks the alien, named Zortran, whether it ever wonders if it's all just meaningless. Zortran doesn't know the word "meaningless" and asks what it does. The woman explains it's like wondering whether you aren't important to the universe. Zortran realizes: so humans have a word for the idea that it would be sad if all of reality weren't focused on them individually? The woman says kinda, yeah. Zortran replies, "We call that 'megalomania.'" The woman, looking offended, says, "Well, you don't have to be a jerk about it." Votey: a close-up of the alien's face. The woman asks if it lies on the grass philosophizing 24/7, and the alien deadpans, "I'm glued to this hill."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.