conservation-of-energy
Original: conservation-of-energy on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Woman: But what about conservation of energy.
Green alien: Conservation of energy is a political law, not a physical one.
Panel 2:
Green alien: If too much extra mass was created, the universe would collapse. Fortunately, the energy creation mechanism is very complicated, so it's rare in nature.
Panel 3:
Woman: We set detectors to find out when it happens and put a stop to it.
Green alien: The only remaining risk in the universe is that an intelligent species discovers the mechanism and uses it for their own benefit.
Panel 4:
Woman: So you've come to stop us before we discover it.
Green alien: No, we're actually tourists. We're here to see the only species that has figured out sex robots prior to figuring out free energy.
Panel 5:
Woman: Oh god... I had no idea...
Panel 6:
Woman: Someone's built a sex robot?!
Green alien: Can I get a photo with you?
Votey:
Handwritten text over a drawing of a person's distressed face: "GIVE ME THE ROBOT."
Woman: But what about conservation of energy.
Green alien: Conservation of energy is a political law, not a physical one.
Panel 2:
Green alien: If too much extra mass was created, the universe would collapse. Fortunately, the energy creation mechanism is very complicated, so it's rare in nature.
Panel 3:
Woman: We set detectors to find out when it happens and put a stop to it.
Green alien: The only remaining risk in the universe is that an intelligent species discovers the mechanism and uses it for their own benefit.
Panel 4:
Woman: So you've come to stop us before we discover it.
Green alien: No, we're actually tourists. We're here to see the only species that has figured out sex robots prior to figuring out free energy.
Panel 5:
Woman: Oh god... I had no idea...
Panel 6:
Woman: Someone's built a sex robot?!
Green alien: Can I get a photo with you?
Votey:
Handwritten text over a drawing of a person's distressed face: "GIVE ME THE ROBOT."
Alt text
A six-panel SMBC comic. A dark-haired woman talks with a green big-eyed alien against a blue background. The woman asks about conservation of energy; the alien explains it's a 'political law, not a physical one,' that creating too much extra mass would collapse the universe, but the energy-creation mechanism is rare because it's so complicated. The woman says detectors are set to stop it when it happens; the alien says the only remaining risk is an intelligent species discovering and exploiting the mechanism. The woman assumes the aliens came to stop humans before they discover it. The alien replies: 'No, we're actually tourists. We're here to see the only species that has figured out sex robots prior to figuring out free energy.' The woman looks horrified: 'Oh god... I had no idea... Someone's built a sex robot?!' The alien, unfazed, asks: 'Can I get a photo with you?' Votey (bonus panel): a rough hand-drawn distressed human face with the handwritten caption 'GIVE ME THE ROBOT.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.