ball-2
Original: ball-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
First alien (to the other alien, named Zortran in the next line): Hey Zortran, watch this!
Panel 2:
First alien (holding a red ball, to the human): Human, look at this ball.
Panel 3:
First alien: It's gone!
(The alien has hidden the ball behind its back; the human looks on.)
Panel 4:
Human (delighted): The ball is here again! Where did it go?
(The alien brings the ball back out.)
Panel 5:
First alien: Behind your back.
Panel 6:
Zortran (laughing): Hahaha! It doesn't realize there is no ball, only fluctuations in quantum fields.
Panel 7:
Human (astonished): Object permanence is real! Things exist!
Panel 8:
The two aliens, looking touched/adoring: I cannot STAND how cute you are!
Votey:
A close-up of the human's face, mouth wide open, wailing: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
First alien (to the other alien, named Zortran in the next line): Hey Zortran, watch this!
Panel 2:
First alien (holding a red ball, to the human): Human, look at this ball.
Panel 3:
First alien: It's gone!
(The alien has hidden the ball behind its back; the human looks on.)
Panel 4:
Human (delighted): The ball is here again! Where did it go?
(The alien brings the ball back out.)
Panel 5:
First alien: Behind your back.
Panel 6:
Zortran (laughing): Hahaha! It doesn't realize there is no ball, only fluctuations in quantum fields.
Panel 7:
Human (astonished): Object permanence is real! Things exist!
Panel 8:
The two aliens, looking touched/adoring: I cannot STAND how cute you are!
Votey:
A close-up of the human's face, mouth wide open, wailing: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic. Two green aliens with big black eyes interact with a human man. One alien says "Hey Zortran, watch this!" then holds up a red ball and tells the man, "Human, look at this ball." It hides the ball behind its back and announces "It's gone!" The delighted human exclaims "The ball is here again! Where did it go?" as the ball reappears. The alien answers "Behind your back." The second alien, Zortran, laughs: "Hahaha! It doesn't realize there is no ball, only fluctuations in quantum fields." The human, amazed, cries "Object permanence is real! Things exist!" Both aliens gaze at him adoringly and say in unison, "I cannot STAND how cute you are!" The joke: the aliens find the human's belief in basic object permanence as endearingly naive as humans find a baby playing peekaboo. Votey: an extreme close-up of the human's face with his mouth open in an overwhelmed wail: "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA".
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.