T-Rex: Long-running stories with a lot of dramatic twists and turns will often be described as "a soap opera".

T-Rex: BUT!

T-Rex: How were these described BEFORE we invented ongoing stories sponsored by soap companies in the 1930s?? Did people say "wow that certainly is a long-running story with lots of twists and turns; perhaps one day we will invent a genre that encapsulates this idea for us in fewer syllables than those I'm now forced to employ to communicate this concept - but that day is not today"?
Dromiceiomimus: Almost certainly not.

Utahraptor: And what about when things were like a Greek tragedy, but the Greeks hadn't invented those yet?
T-Rex: *gasp*

Utahraptor: What did we say if things collapsed like a house of cards, but we hadn't come up with cards yet? What was the domino effect before dominoes? HOW COULD THINGS BE A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD BEFORE WE INVENTED SWORDS??
T-Rex: Utahraptor, could the real purpose of civilization TRULY be the generation of useful metaphors??

Off panel: I'd say you hit the bullseye with that, buddy. You've found a real smoking gun here!
T-Rex: BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY BEFORE WE INVENTED DARTS?
T-Rex: AND ALSO, MURDERING PEOPLE WITH GUNS??