Bert The Time Traveler #memes #reading #readings #bertstrips #sesamestreet #horror #existentialism

Summary

Bert returns from what was supposed to be a trip ten minutes into the past—but Ernie’s machine actually sent him 10,000 years back and made him immortal. After witnessing human history, from Sumer and Gilgamesh to the rise and fall of Rome, Bert comes home with a bleak conclusion: humanity never changes and will keep repeating its mistakes until it destroys itself.

Ernie’s deadpan response is the punchline: it took Bert 10,000 years to tell him something he already knew.

Characters

• Bert
• Ernie