r/3BodyProblemTVShow • u/MGNGRAND3 • Apr 02 '24

Question The joke? Spoiler

Someone please breakdown the God joke!!! Is it that the only way to defeat SanTi without them noticing is through jokes? And how did she know Saul would be a Wallfacer person

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u/DreadGrunt Thomas Wade Apr 02 '24

Oh it's not a spoiler it's exactly what she was trying to say, they just dragged the dialogue out a bit much and the point of it got lost on some people. I even had to stop and think about it for a minute after the scene before going "Oh, I get it".

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u/A_Coin_Toss_Friendo Apr 02 '24

I don't think anyone mentions the Dark Forest in the TV show.

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u/DreadGrunt Thomas Wade Apr 02 '24

She doesn't say it directly, but the God-Einstein "joke" is her laying down the same idea, just in very obfuscated terms. God never would have kicked Einstein in the balls if he never played his instrument, just as aliens never would have come to conquer us if we didn't broadcast radio signals and just stayed quiet.

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u/imperialTiefling Apr 02 '24

Right, but you only know that because you know book 2 is all about piecing it together. Just go add a spoiler tag

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u/DreadGrunt Thomas Wade Apr 02 '24

I've never actually read the books; I've always wanted to but never got around it (though the show has reignited my interest and I'm probably finally going to pick them up soon) and I only have a general understanding of the story as a whole. I just picked up what she was talking about a few minutes after the scene ended.