wishes-2
Original: wishes-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Genie (a large green genie emerging from a lamp): YOU MAY HAVE ANY WISH PERMITTED BY PHYSICS!
Panel 2:
Genie: NO TIME TRAVEL, NO EXCEEDING THE SPEED OF LIGHT, NO VIOLATING THE SECOND LAW.
Panel 3:
Genie: NO BEING IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE, NO PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE, NO—
Man: CAN CHARLOTTE LOVE ME?
Panel 4:
Genie: OH JEEZ. WOW. THIS IS GONNA BE A HARD CONVERSATION.
Votey:
Man (praying, hands clasped): GOD, CAN YOU MAKE CHARLOTTE LOVE ME?
Thought/reply (in a speech bubble): THE MATH WOULD BE TOO COMPLICATED.
Genie (a large green genie emerging from a lamp): YOU MAY HAVE ANY WISH PERMITTED BY PHYSICS!
Panel 2:
Genie: NO TIME TRAVEL, NO EXCEEDING THE SPEED OF LIGHT, NO VIOLATING THE SECOND LAW.
Panel 3:
Genie: NO BEING IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE, NO PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE, NO—
Man: CAN CHARLOTTE LOVE ME?
Panel 4:
Genie: OH JEEZ. WOW. THIS IS GONNA BE A HARD CONVERSATION.
Votey:
Man (praying, hands clasped): GOD, CAN YOU MAKE CHARLOTTE LOVE ME?
Thought/reply (in a speech bubble): THE MATH WOULD BE TOO COMPLICATED.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. A large green genie emerges from a lamp held by a man and declares, 'You may have any wish permitted by physics!' The genie lists the limits: 'No time travel, no exceeding the speed of light, no violating the second law. No being in two places at once, no perpetual motion machine, no—' The man interrupts with, 'Can Charlotte love me?' The genie's face falls and it says, 'Oh jeez. Wow. This is gonna be a hard conversation.' The joke: a person being loved is treated as a wish harder for physics to grant than breaking fundamental laws of the universe. Votey: A man kneels praying with hands clasped, asking, 'God, can you make Charlotte love me?' The reply comes back: 'The math would be too complicated.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.