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Miracle

Original: Miracle on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Panel 1:

A dark-haired woman (gesturing): OH MY GOD! LOOK AT ITS EYES! ARE THOSE... TEARS?

A man with orange/red hair (in a suit, looking up and shouting tearfully): BECAUSE MIRACLES ARE, BY DEFINITION, A ONE-TIME INTERCESSION AGAINST THE LAWS OF REALITY, THEY ARE INHERENTLY NOT PROVABLE. WAAAA! WAAAAAAAA!

Caption (below panel): Now and then, the statue of David Hume starts crying.

Votey:

A close-up of the crying statue's face (a stern stone bust with tears streaming down).

Statue (speech bubble): YOU CAN'T BE SURE THIS'LL HAPPEN AGAIN.

Alt text

A man with orange hair in a suit stands beside a dark-haired woman. She points and exclaims, "Oh my god! Look at its eyes! Are those... tears?" The man, looking upward and crying, delivers a philosophical lecture as if it's the statue speaking: "Because miracles are, by definition, a one-time intercession against the laws of reality, they are inherently not provable. Waaaa! Waaaaaaaa!" A caption reads: "Now and then, the statue of David Hume starts crying." The joke: a weeping religious statue, but it's the philosopher David Hume, so even while crying it argues that miracles can't be proven. Votey: a close-up cartoon drawing of the stone statue's stern face with tears running down it, saying, "You can't be sure this'll happen again."

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.