God Pitches Humans On Shark Tank

God: For the longest time, the universe has just been a bunch of hydrogen, helium, and rocks. Until now.

Carlos Greaves
Slackjaw

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Sharks Kevin O’Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Daymond John, and Mark Cuban wait for the next entrepreneur.

ANNOUNCER: Next into the tank is a maker with a brand new concept for sentient organic matter!

God enters.

GOD: Hi Sharks, my name is God, and I’m an omnipotent, celestial, creator-deity with over 10 billion years of experience making stuff. For the longest time, the universe has just been a bunch of hydrogen, helium, and rocks. Until now. With some water, carbon, and a patented process I call evolution, I can generate a species of highly intelligent, complex organisms called humans that come in a variety of sizes and colors and do all sorts of cool things like compose symphonies, do calculus, and make tacos!

KEVIN: Okay, interesting. So what’re you looking for from us?

GOD: I need one planet with liquid water.

KEVIN: An entire planet? At what equity stake?

GOD: You’d get an entire continent of humans that look like you.

BARBARA: So God, what’s your growth model look like for these… humans?

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Carlos Greaves
Slackjaw

Carlos is an electrical engineer turned humor writer. His debut book, Spoilers: Essays That Might Ruin Your Favorite Hollywood Movies was published October 2023