dna
Original: dna on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
First man (with curly hair and glasses): OK, we have Jesus's genome. But we must do no further. It would be hubris to bring him back.
Second man (bald, with beard and glasses): Why are you treating this like it's a binary alive or dead thing? We can put portions of the DNA in modified yeast, for example.
Caption (below panel): The subsequent popularity of Jesus-hair fiber sweaters was second only to Jesus-oil moisturizer.
Votey:
The first man (curly hair, glasses, looking distressed): I draw the line at cultured meat!
The second man (off-panel, via speech bubble): I DO NOT!
First man (with curly hair and glasses): OK, we have Jesus's genome. But we must do no further. It would be hubris to bring him back.
Second man (bald, with beard and glasses): Why are you treating this like it's a binary alive or dead thing? We can put portions of the DNA in modified yeast, for example.
Caption (below panel): The subsequent popularity of Jesus-hair fiber sweaters was second only to Jesus-oil moisturizer.
Votey:
The first man (curly hair, glasses, looking distressed): I draw the line at cultured meat!
The second man (off-panel, via speech bubble): I DO NOT!
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. In the main panel, two scientists argue over a recovered genome. A curly-haired bespectacled man insists: "OK, we have Jesus's genome. But we must do no further. It would be hubris to bring him back." A bald bearded man counters: "Why are you treating this like it's a binary alive or dead thing? We can put portions of the DNA in modified yeast, for example." A caption below reads: "The subsequent popularity of Jesus-hair fiber sweaters was second only to Jesus-oil moisturizer" — implying they harvested Jesus-derived products instead of resurrecting him. In the votey (aftercomic), the distressed curly-haired man draws a moral limit: "I draw the line at cultured meat!" An off-panel voice replies flatly, "I DO NOT!", suggesting someone is willing to grow and eat lab-cultured Jesus flesh.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.