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Original: list on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
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Panel 1: A robed, bearded figure (drawn in the style of Jesus) floats above a crowd, arms raised, glowing.
Figure: BEHOLD!
Panel 2: The figure addresses a crowd of silhouetted people.
Figure: I HAVE SORTED THIS LARGE RANDOMIZED LIST OF NUMBERS IN LINEAR TIME!
Panel 3: The figure holds up a sheet of paper showing a list of numbers.
List on paper: 23, 19, 84, 85, 86, 89, ... 108, 122, 144, 14...
Panel 4: Close on the figure, proud.
Figure: IT'S NOT JUST A MIRACLE! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE IN PRINCIPLE! IT VIOLATES LOGIC ITSELF!
Panel 5: A member of the crowd reacts, unimpressed.
Crowd member: UGH.
Panel 6: The figure, now visibly deflated, makes a new pronouncement, raising his arms again.
Figure: I HAVE CREATED LUNCH OUT OF NOTHING!
Panel 7: The crowd erupts in cheers and applause.
Figure: *sigh*
Crowd: WOW! AMAZING! SO SON OF GOD!
Votey: A close-up of the bearded figure looking weary and dejected, a small confused squiggle near his head.
Figure: MAN, I CANNOT WAIT FOR FLOOD PART 2.
Figure: BEHOLD!
Panel 2: The figure addresses a crowd of silhouetted people.
Figure: I HAVE SORTED THIS LARGE RANDOMIZED LIST OF NUMBERS IN LINEAR TIME!
Panel 3: The figure holds up a sheet of paper showing a list of numbers.
List on paper: 23, 19, 84, 85, 86, 89, ... 108, 122, 144, 14...
Panel 4: Close on the figure, proud.
Figure: IT'S NOT JUST A MIRACLE! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE IN PRINCIPLE! IT VIOLATES LOGIC ITSELF!
Panel 5: A member of the crowd reacts, unimpressed.
Crowd member: UGH.
Panel 6: The figure, now visibly deflated, makes a new pronouncement, raising his arms again.
Figure: I HAVE CREATED LUNCH OUT OF NOTHING!
Panel 7: The crowd erupts in cheers and applause.
Figure: *sigh*
Crowd: WOW! AMAZING! SO SON OF GOD!
Votey: A close-up of the bearded figure looking weary and dejected, a small confused squiggle near his head.
Figure: MAN, I CANNOT WAIT FOR FLOOD PART 2.
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic. A robed, bearded, glowing figure drawn like Jesus floats above a crowd, arms raised, shouting "BEHOLD!" He announces to the silhouetted crowd that he has "sorted this large randomized list of numbers in linear time," holding up a sheet of paper covered in numbers (23, 19, 84, 85, 86, 89, 108, 122, 144...). Beaming with pride, he insists "It's not just a miracle! It's impossible in principle! It violates logic itself!" A crowd member just responds "Ugh." Deflated, the figure tries again, raising his arms to declare "I have created lunch out of nothing!" Now the crowd goes wild, cheering "Wow! Amazing! So son of God!" while he sighs, unappreciated. The joke: the crowd ignores a genuinely impossible mathematical feat but loves the mundane food miracle. Votey: a weary close-up of the bearded figure muttering "Man, I cannot wait for Flood Part 2."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.