2011-03-07
Explanation
In this comic, a man suggests to his partner that the decision of whether to buy a new video game system shouldn't be restricted to just the two of them, and proposes they form a committee. His partner objects, comparing it to when he previously formed a committee for their sex life, arguing that once you make something political, it becomes corrupt. The man defensively responds, "How dare you question the integrity of the sex committee?!"
The final panel, labeled "Earlier...," shows the "sex committee" in action: a group of formal-looking officials standing behind the couple's bed, announcing that "foreplay has been canceled for the evening due to lack of energy, but we are confident sex can proceed as usual." The humor comes from the absurdity of applying bureaucratic and political structures to intimate personal decisions. It satirizes how committees and governance tend to introduce inefficiency, corruption, and detached decision-making into matters that would be better handled directly by the people involved.