The Best Joke of 2023 Happened on December 31st

Here was the setup:

And here is the joke:

As jokes go, that’s a pretty good one. What’s really interesting, however, is that there are a number of responses to the joke that mimic perfectly the language of religious offense.

Some of the responses excerpted below:

“this is a desecration of his art and i hope your heinous action does not go unpunished”
“Using AI to finish it is a travesty, and you should take this post down.”
“This is disgusting, a desecration, an act of sacrilege.”
“Is this a bit or is there a cavernous empty void where your soul should be”

As such, this might be the most impressive piece of transgressive art since Serrano.