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2011-03-21

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2011-03-21
Votey panel for 2011-03-21
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Explanation

This single-panel comic shows a shirtless man standing in front of multiple computer monitors, holding a mouse in one hand and gesturing grandly with the other. He announces, "And now... a tribute to sex." The caption below reads, "I'm what you call a virtuoso masturbator."

The humor lies in the contrast between the grandiose, performative language -- "tribute," "virtuoso" -- and the mundane reality of someone about to masturbate to internet pornography. The word "virtuoso" typically describes a highly skilled musician or artist, so applying it to this context creates an absurd collision of high culture and base behavior. The multiple computer screens suggest an elaborate, dedicated setup, further amplifying the joke that this person has elevated a private act into something they treat as an art form.

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