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fun-2
Votey panel for fun-2
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Explanation

This comic depicts God explaining to an angel (or possibly a newly created being) how the miracle system works. God says the system is "pretty great" but clarifies that He never does anything big -- "no two moons or whatever" -- because "only stupid miracles go unnoticed." God then shares examples of His subtle miracles: one time He made it so a duck "randomly" exploded near someone's head, and another time He made a duck go a little crazy and chase someone around.

The listener asks if God ever did anything truly impressive, and God admits He once "reduced entropy by a tiny amount" -- but quickly clarifies it was only "by letting her duck attack her with more anger." Every single miracle is duck-related.

The humor comes from the absurd narrowness of God's miraculous interventions. Rather than performing grand, awe-inspiring acts, this version of God is essentially a cosmic prankster whose entire repertoire consists of weaponizing ducks. The comic satirizes theological debates about divine intervention and the "problem of miracles" -- why God would perform small, unverifiable miracles rather than large, obvious ones. The answer here is both hilarious and deflating: God's powers are real but His interests are bizarrely specific. The final panel, where God threatens to tell the Pope, plays on the idea that even divine revelation would be too absurd to be believed.

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