Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for September 14, 2014
September 13, 2014
September 15, 2014
Transcript:
Zortran, do you ever wonder if it's all just meaningless? What's meaningless? It's like... Wait, really? You don't have that word? It's a big deal over here. No. It's a good word? What does it do? It's sort of like... What if you aren't import? You know... To the universe. Wait... So humans have a word to refer to the idea that it'd be really sad if all reality work focused on them individually? Kinda, yeah. We call that megalomania. Well, you don't have to be a jerk about it.
Ida No over 10 years ago
LOTS of words for that. “Megalomania”, “self-absorbed”, “childish”, “petty”, “pathetic”, “teacup”, “sucks-to-be-you”…
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 10 years ago
A bit like Charlie Brown thinking he is a loser and finding out that it means he is well adjusted.
Ida No over 10 years ago
I think “Zortran” is some kind of programming language, right?
scyphi26 over 10 years ago
Zortran’s probably got a good point here.
aciem88 over 2 years ago
Her question in the 4th panel implies that the universe caused her existence. Zortan asks “what’s ‘meaningless’?”. Z should have asked what she means by “all”. Does she mean everything that currently exists, has ever existed and will ever exist? Does she mean life in general? As a human, I find it offensive to equate existential contemplation with megalomania. Not every human limits their contemplation of the meaning or meaningless of life/existence only in terms of species and organisms we know exist.
Hector The Pet Rock over 2 years ago
SAANNNNNS DANNCEEE