#knowledge is power

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: ***𝚆𝙰𝚁𝙽𝙸𝙽𝙶*** 𝚂𝙾𝙼𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝚁𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝙳𝙴𝚂𝙲𝚁𝙸𝙿𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴 𝙱𝙴𝙴𝙽 𝚁𝙴𝙳𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝙿𝚄𝙱𝙻𝙸𝙲 𝚂𝙰𝙵𝙴𝚃𝚈.

In this Bible passage (Matthew 11:28-30), Jesus shares a gentle invitation to any weary followers, telling them to take His yoke upon them, for His burden is light. A yoke is a wooden frame used to link two draft animals and attach them to equipment so they can pull it with their combined effort. By inviting us to share His yoke, Jesus is inviting us to link our effort, our suffering, and our desire to His, and since His wisdom, power, and glory are infinite, the burden is light for anyone who truly joins Him.

In this cartoon, Jesus starts with His Biblical line about burdens and yokes, but when He says, "My yoke is easy," He adds that one might even say "over easy." "Over easy" describes a style of cooking eggs where the egg is cooked on both sides so the whites are fried but the ████ (the yellow core of the egg) remains soft, unbroken, and runny at the center. Naturally, because "yoke" and "████" are homophones (words that sound the same, regardless of spelling), in the second panel, Jesus continues by saying, "██████████████████!" which is a play on words because, again, "yoke" and "████" sound the same. I'll be honest and say it's probably one of my best puns to date, and with the eye-catching composition, dynamic poses, and perfect expressions in the second panel, I anticipate a lot of people using that panel specifically as a reaction image or a meme template. Viral internet fame, here I come! Because that's what Tomics has always been about. FAME!