bits-2
Explanation
This comic features an alien (or robot) talking to a human about how aliens have never memorized a joke. The human asks if they're stupid, and the alien explains that memorizing a joke means dedicating precious bits of information-processing capacity in their brain to storing that joke — essentially, devoting a measurable amount of energy and memory to something permanent. The human responds that "bits" doesn't refer to the information-theory sense of "bits" — it's just slang for short comedy routines. The alien likens this misunderstanding to the time humans got mad about leprechauns.
The joke plays on the double meaning of "bits" — in comedy, a "bit" is a short comedic routine or joke, while in computing and information theory, a "bit" is a unit of data. The alien takes the computing definition literally and is horrified at the inefficiency of permanently storing jokes in biological memory. The reference to leprechauns suggests a pattern of similar cross-cultural misunderstandings between humans and aliens, where words with multiple meanings cause confusion. It's a classic SMBC-style joke about the gap between literal, technical thinking and colloquial human language.