the-largest-number-2
Original: the-largest-number-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1
Man (reddish flame-like hair): Hey God, thanks for mathematical proofs.
Panel 2
God (glowing orb): The hell are you talking about?
Panel 3
Man: Like how you can prove there's no largest number.
God: No you can't.
Panel 4
Man: Why not?
God: Because ONE is the largest number.
Panel 5
Man: But what about two?
God: I... are you stupid? That's just one and one.
Panel 6
Man: That's like saying you found the biggest pumpkin, then showing up with a pile of pumpkins. Jesus, humans are dense.
(Note: in this panel God's line about pumpkins is delivered by God; the man stands listening.)
Panel 7
Man: Wait, what about, like, irrationals that go on forever? Like e?
God: e is just one and one and a portion of one. All of its parts are one or less.
Panel 8
God: I feel like maybe you've put zero thought into this?
Panel 9
Man: I can't tell if my mind is being blown by confusion or anger.
Panel 10
God: It's no wonder you things can't build a perpetual motion machine.
Votey:
A hand-drawn line graph. The vertical (y) axis is labeled "comics about how humans are crap." The horizontal (x) axis is labeled "years drawing daily comics." A red curve starts flat and low near the origin, then sweeps sharply upward to the top right.
Man (reddish flame-like hair): Hey God, thanks for mathematical proofs.
Panel 2
God (glowing orb): The hell are you talking about?
Panel 3
Man: Like how you can prove there's no largest number.
God: No you can't.
Panel 4
Man: Why not?
God: Because ONE is the largest number.
Panel 5
Man: But what about two?
God: I... are you stupid? That's just one and one.
Panel 6
Man: That's like saying you found the biggest pumpkin, then showing up with a pile of pumpkins. Jesus, humans are dense.
(Note: in this panel God's line about pumpkins is delivered by God; the man stands listening.)
Panel 7
Man: Wait, what about, like, irrationals that go on forever? Like e?
God: e is just one and one and a portion of one. All of its parts are one or less.
Panel 8
God: I feel like maybe you've put zero thought into this?
Panel 9
Man: I can't tell if my mind is being blown by confusion or anger.
Panel 10
God: It's no wonder you things can't build a perpetual motion machine.
Votey:
A hand-drawn line graph. The vertical (y) axis is labeled "comics about how humans are crap." The horizontal (x) axis is labeled "years drawing daily comics." A red curve starts flat and low near the origin, then sweeps sharply upward to the top right.
Alt text
A SMBC webcomic. A man with reddish, flame-like hair has a conversation with God, who is drawn as a glowing white orb (and in one panel a dark silhouette of a figure). The man cheerfully thanks God for mathematical proofs, citing the proof that there's no largest number. God flatly insists ONE is the largest number, dismissing two as merely "one and one" and even the irrational number e as "just one and one and a portion of one—all of its parts are one or less." God calls the man stupid and dense. The man says he can't tell if his mind is being blown by confusion or anger. God concludes, "It's no wonder you things can't build a perpetual motion machine." Votey (aftercomic): a hand-drawn line graph titled with a y-axis labeled "comics about how humans are crap" and an x-axis labeled "years drawing daily comics." A red line starts flat and low, then curves steeply upward—the cartoonist joking that the longer he draws daily comics, the more they're about humanity being terrible.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.