This is a comic strip:  A man is riding his bicycle along a sparsely populated area.  Suddenly, he rides straight through a glowing portal and crashes into two aliens in a brightly lit, psychedelic space. Everyone ends up in a heap.  The man says, "SORRY! SORRY!" One alien replies, "IT’S OKAY." The other adds, "WE’RE FINE. WE’RE PURE ENERGY, SO…"  He says, "YOU'RE... WHAT?!?"  One alien responds, "RELAX, WE'RE JUST HYPERSPACE BEINGS DOING A ROUTINE CHECKUP OF YOUR UNIVERSE." The man, still stunned, says, "HYPERSPACE? CHECKUP? MY UNIVERSE? WHAT?!?!?"  The alien explains, "OKAY, LOOK... WE’RE IN THE BUSINESS OF ON-DEMAND SELECTIVE QUANTUM PROBABILITY WAVE COLLAPSING."  The alien continues, "IF ONE OF OUR CLIENTS HAS TO MAKE A BIG DECISION WITH HUGE CONSEQUENCES, WE COLLAPSE THE WAVE FUNCTIONS OF CERTAIN CHOICES, SPLITTING THE TIMELINES AND CREATE PARALLEL UNIVERSES, WHERE THESE CHOICES PLAY OUT NATURALLY…"  "...AND THEN WE ‘TRAVEL BACK IN TIME,’ AS YOU WOULD CALL IT, AND REPORT THE RESULTS BACK TO OUR CLIENT."  The man says, "OH WOW! THAT’S AMAZING!" He then adds, "SO WE COULD HAVE YOU GUYS MAKE A UNIVERSE WHERE THE HUMAN RACE DOES A WHOLE BUNCH OF DUMB STUFF, MAKES A TON OF BAD DECISIONS AND THEN YOU CAN TELL US HOW HORRIBLE IT ALL WENT IN THE END?"  Both aliens laugh.  One alien pats the man on the head. The alien says, "GUESS WHICH UNIVERSE YOU ARE IN, BOOBSIE."
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