dimension
Explanation
This comic explores the concept of spatial dimensions through a conversation between God and a person. God asks why the person wants space to be three-dimensional, and the person doesn't understand there could be alternatives. God explains that space doesn't have to have exactly three dimensions and offers to give "them the number."
The comic then gets into the weeds of how you'd communicate using higher-dimensional coordinates. God explains that if you must talk in numbers, you'd "pick a convention" -- say the first digit is forward-back, the second is left-right, and the third is up-down. But then God notes you can "achieve arbitrary precision" by adding more digits, and you can also add more dimensions and assign them meanings like "the meaning of love" or electromagnetic properties.
The person on the couch (resembling a therapy session) says "I can't tell if you're messing with me" -- because the explanation has blurred the line between legitimate physics (extra dimensions are a real concept in string theory and other frameworks) and absurdist nonsense (assigning a spatial dimension to "the meaning of love"). The final panel joke about giving directions to "Dave's party" using dimensional coordinates underscores the comedy: even with cosmic knowledge, the practical applications remain hilariously mundane.