a-funny-universe
Original: a-funny-universe on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman speaks to a man whose head is a clock face.
Woman: All jokes work the same way.
Clock-head man: You establish a logical order. "Why do the chicken cross the road?"
Panel 2:
Woman: Then, you break the order, while establishing a new, more chaotic order. "To get to the other side."
Clock-head man: That's why I made this universe with increasing entropy. Entropy permits jokes!
Panel 3:
Woman: There are other universes where everything works really orderly, where death is unknown.
Clock-head man: But they don't have that joke about the horse who walks into a bar, and the bartender says he's got a long face.
Panel 4:
Woman: So... okay... so this universe has problems, but we have humor, so... this is the best of all possible worlds.
Clock-head man (laughing): AHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAH AHAHA!
Votey:
A hand-drawn clock-faced figure leans/floats to the right.
Woman (off-panel, in speech bubble): You're not even in the top 75%, dude.
A woman speaks to a man whose head is a clock face.
Woman: All jokes work the same way.
Clock-head man: You establish a logical order. "Why do the chicken cross the road?"
Panel 2:
Woman: Then, you break the order, while establishing a new, more chaotic order. "To get to the other side."
Clock-head man: That's why I made this universe with increasing entropy. Entropy permits jokes!
Panel 3:
Woman: There are other universes where everything works really orderly, where death is unknown.
Clock-head man: But they don't have that joke about the horse who walks into a bar, and the bartender says he's got a long face.
Panel 4:
Woman: So... okay... so this universe has problems, but we have humor, so... this is the best of all possible worlds.
Clock-head man (laughing): AHAHA HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAH AHAHA!
Votey:
A hand-drawn clock-faced figure leans/floats to the right.
Woman (off-panel, in speech bubble): You're not even in the top 75%, dude.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. A woman explains comedy theory to a man whose head is a round clock face. Panel 1: She says all jokes work the same way; the clock-head man says you establish a logical order, like 'Why do the chicken cross the road?' Panel 2: She says then you break the order while establishing a new, more chaotic order, 'To get to the other side'; he says that's why he made this universe with increasing entropy, because entropy permits jokes. Panel 3: She notes there are other universes where everything works orderly and death is unknown; he counters that they don't have the joke about the horse walking into a bar and the bartender saying he's got a long face. Panel 4: She concludes that since this universe has problems but we have humor, this is the best of all possible worlds; the clock-head man bursts into wild laughter, 'AHAHA HAHAHAHAHA!' Votey: The clock-faced figure leans to the side as the woman, off-panel, deadpans, 'You're not even in the top 75%, dude.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.