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thermo

Original: thermo on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:
A young man with reddish-brown hair (right) speaks to two older bearded men in 19th-century dress.
Young man: "Wait wait wait. What if we assume the universe is a garbage place that never does any work for free, and then examine how physics would operate?"

Caption (below panel): The origin of thermodynamics.

Votey:
A simple smiley-face character with a small frown speaks in a large speech bubble.
Character: "Oh neat, turns out things tend to get worse!"

Alt text

A single-panel comic. On the right, a young man with reddish-brown hair excitedly addresses two older men dressed in formal 19th-century clothing with full beards. He says: "Wait wait wait. What if we assume the universe is a garbage place that never does any work for free, and then examine how physics would operate?" A caption beneath reads: "The origin of thermodynamics." The joke is that the founding insight of thermodynamics is framed as cynically assuming the universe is stingy and lazy. Votey (bonus panel): a minimalist smiley-face character with a slight frown declares in a big speech bubble, "Oh neat, turns out things tend to get worse!" — a nod to entropy always increasing.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.