boom-2
Original: boom-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A bald monk in robes stands among other seated, meditating monks, raising one fist triumphantly in the air and shouting.
Monk: "BOOM! IMPERMANENT NON-IDENTITY? DARE IT AGAIN? I DON'T. I WRITE MY NAME ON THE SCOREBOARD BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUE 'ME' WHO KICKED ALL YOUR ASSES ONE MORE TIME!"
Caption (below panel): Once again, Dharma Brother Lee takes first place for ego-death.
Votey:
A person (drawn with a serene, eyes-closed expression) speaks via a thought/speech bubble.
Text in bubble: "I HAVE TRANSCENDED THE NEED TO WIN IN EVERY SINGLE INSTANCE BY NEVER LOSING."
A bald monk in robes stands among other seated, meditating monks, raising one fist triumphantly in the air and shouting.
Monk: "BOOM! IMPERMANENT NON-IDENTITY? DARE IT AGAIN? I DON'T. I WRITE MY NAME ON THE SCOREBOARD BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUE 'ME' WHO KICKED ALL YOUR ASSES ONE MORE TIME!"
Caption (below panel): Once again, Dharma Brother Lee takes first place for ego-death.
Votey:
A person (drawn with a serene, eyes-closed expression) speaks via a thought/speech bubble.
Text in bubble: "I HAVE TRANSCENDED THE NEED TO WIN IN EVERY SINGLE INSTANCE BY NEVER LOSING."
Alt text
Main comic (single panel): In a forest clearing, several bald monks in robes sit cross-legged meditating with eyes closed. One monk stands and thrusts his fist into the air, face contorted in a triumphant yell, shouting: 'BOOM! Impermanent non-identity? Dare it again? I don't. I write my name on the scoreboard because there is no true ME who kicked all your asses one more time!' A caption below reads: 'Once again, Dharma Brother Lee takes first place for ego-death.' The joke is the contradiction of being aggressively competitive and prideful about a spiritual practice meant to dissolve the ego and the self.
Votey: A simply-drawn person with eyes closed and a calm expression has a speech bubble reading: 'I have transcended the need to win in every single instance by never losing.' The deadpan punchline reframes total avoidance of competition as enlightenment.
Votey: A simply-drawn person with eyes closed and a calm expression has a speech bubble reading: 'I have transcended the need to win in every single instance by never losing.' The deadpan punchline reframes total avoidance of competition as enlightenment.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.