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co-op

Original: co-op on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Main comic (single panel):

A giant speech bubble descends from the sky over a city, where a crowd of people stands looking up.

Voice from the sky: "HOLY LIVING SHIT YOU GUYS THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COOPERATIVE MODE WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!"

Caption (below the panel): We found out the universe was a simulation in the worst way possible.

Votey:

The giant speech bubble continues, voice from the sky: "AND WHY IS NOBODY USING THE SAVE-POINTS.?! SO MANY LIVES..."

Alt text

A tall single-panel comic. A huge cartoon speech bubble descends out of a blue sky over a gray city skyline, like a voice booming down from above. Below, a crowd of ordinary people stand in the street craning their heads up at it, looking worried or stunned. The enormous voice from the sky shouts: 'HOLY LIVING SHIT YOU GUYS THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COOPERATIVE MODE WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!' A caption beneath the panel reads: 'We found out the universe was a simulation in the worst way possible.' The joke is that humanity learns reality is a video-game simulation only when its exasperated player scolds everyone for playing a co-op game competitively. Votey (aftercomic): the same giant sky-voice continues in a single bubble: 'AND WHY IS NOBODY USING THE SAVE-POINTS.?! SO MANY LIVES...', extending the gamer complaint to wasted lives and ignored checkpoints.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.