the-multiverse-explained
Original: the-multiverse-explained on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man: God, why is there a multiverse?
Panel 2:
God (off-panel, glowing orb): What?
Man: We're A/B testing?
Panel 3:
God: You know, like you present people two options, then gauge their reactions so you can go with the option they like.
Panel 4:
Man: Yeah...
Panel 5:
God: You really didn't guess that? Why would you build a multiverse if you weren't A/B testing?
Panel 6:
God: You start at one point, then keep splitting in near-infinite forking paths. That way, you try all possible realities. At the end, one path is the best of all possible worlds.
Panel 7:
God: When we get to the end of this multiverse, we'll implement the perfect universe. That's the 'End of Days' as you call it.
Panel 8:
God: So... there's a world of perfection out there somewhere, but the odds of my being in it are astronomical.
Panel 9:
God: Well, "you" are in it. Just not this particular you.
Panel 10:
God: Like, that "you" probably has better hair and knows how to tie a tie.
Panel 11:
Man (now looking sad): My ex-wife used to love this haircut!
Votey:
A speech bubble: "She's so wonderful in every universe" pointing toward a single egg-shaped orb (the kind held throughout the comic).
Man: God, why is there a multiverse?
Panel 2:
God (off-panel, glowing orb): What?
Man: We're A/B testing?
Panel 3:
God: You know, like you present people two options, then gauge their reactions so you can go with the option they like.
Panel 4:
Man: Yeah...
Panel 5:
God: You really didn't guess that? Why would you build a multiverse if you weren't A/B testing?
Panel 6:
God: You start at one point, then keep splitting in near-infinite forking paths. That way, you try all possible realities. At the end, one path is the best of all possible worlds.
Panel 7:
God: When we get to the end of this multiverse, we'll implement the perfect universe. That's the 'End of Days' as you call it.
Panel 8:
God: So... there's a world of perfection out there somewhere, but the odds of my being in it are astronomical.
Panel 9:
God: Well, "you" are in it. Just not this particular you.
Panel 10:
God: Like, that "you" probably has better hair and knows how to tie a tie.
Panel 11:
Man (now looking sad): My ex-wife used to love this haircut!
Votey:
A speech bubble: "She's so wonderful in every universe" pointing toward a single egg-shaped orb (the kind held throughout the comic).
Alt text
An eleven-panel SMBC comic. A man with red hair talks to God, depicted only as a glowing egg-shaped orb. The man asks why there is a multiverse and guesses, "We're A/B testing?" God confirms: the multiverse presents options and gauges reactions, splitting into near-infinite forking paths to try all possible realities, so that at the end one path will be the best of all possible worlds, implemented as the perfect universe (the 'End of Days'). God notes that a world of perfection exists somewhere, but the odds of God being in it are astronomical, adding that a version of "you" is in it, just not this particular one, who probably has better hair and knows how to tie a tie. The man, now looking sad and slumped, replies, "My ex-wife used to love this haircut!" Votey: a speech bubble reading "She's so wonderful in every universe" points down toward the same egg-shaped orb, sketched in plain black and white.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.