Explain SMBC — the wiki for Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

This comic explores the simulation hypothesis -- the philosophical idea that our reality might be a computer simulation. A woman expresses fear about this possibility, and a man asks why that would be scary. She responds with the real worry: "What if we really are made in God's image?"

The final panel reveals the answer by showing God (depicted as a large, schlubby figure resembling a stereotypical computer user) sitting at a monitor. The screen shows "C:\ Cosmos, Porn, Free space: 2%" and God thinks "Crap. Gotta clear up some space. What to do..." The joke combines the simulation hypothesis with the theological concept of being made in God's image, suggesting that if both are true, then God is essentially just a regular person with a computer full of pornography who might delete the universe to free up disk space. It satirizes both religious concepts and human nature by implying that a creator made in our image would share our most embarrassing traits.