probe-2
Original: probe-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with glasses: The Pioneer probes had a plaque attached to it identifying earth's location. They had naked figures of two naked humans.
Panel 2:
Other man (annoyed): God, it's not cool... it's the wrong message. It says they want naked humans! It says you want naked humans for an alien to be part of a threesome!
Panel 3:
Man with glasses (holding up a hand): Look!
Panel 4:
Man with glasses (presenting a whiteboard with a diagram): This is the solution to the Fermi paradox. The universe thinks we're a creepy middle-aged couple looking to double-team it!
Panel 5:
Other man: What's your solution?
Panel 6:
Man with glasses: We should send a second probe, playing it off as a drunk human dare.
Panel 7:
Other man: But what if they were going to say yes?!
Panel 8:
Man with glasses: Then we give them the night of their lives.
Votey:
Caption text: In your fantasies, you sex freaks!
Image: A naked human figure (a man) in the line-drawing style of the Pioneer plaque, standing within a doodled border.
Man with glasses: The Pioneer probes had a plaque attached to it identifying earth's location. They had naked figures of two naked humans.
Panel 2:
Other man (annoyed): God, it's not cool... it's the wrong message. It says they want naked humans! It says you want naked humans for an alien to be part of a threesome!
Panel 3:
Man with glasses (holding up a hand): Look!
Panel 4:
Man with glasses (presenting a whiteboard with a diagram): This is the solution to the Fermi paradox. The universe thinks we're a creepy middle-aged couple looking to double-team it!
Panel 5:
Other man: What's your solution?
Panel 6:
Man with glasses: We should send a second probe, playing it off as a drunk human dare.
Panel 7:
Other man: But what if they were going to say yes?!
Panel 8:
Man with glasses: Then we give them the night of their lives.
Votey:
Caption text: In your fantasies, you sex freaks!
Image: A naked human figure (a man) in the line-drawing style of the Pioneer plaque, standing within a doodled border.
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic. Two men talk. The bespectacled man explains that the Pioneer probes carried a plaque showing earth's location and naked human figures. The other man is exasperated, insisting it sends the wrong message: that humans want a naked alien for a threesome. The bespectacled man holds up his hand ('Look!') and presents a whiteboard diagram, declaring this is the solution to the Fermi paradox: the universe thinks we're a creepy middle-aged couple looking to double-team it. Asked for his solution, he proposes sending a second probe and playing it off as a drunk human dare. The other man worries: 'But what if they were going to say yes?!' He replies: 'Then we give them the night of their lives.' Votey aftercomic: a Pioneer-plaque-style line drawing of a naked male human figure, captioned 'In your fantasies, you sex freaks!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.