2011-06-02
Explanation
This comic presents a scatter plot graph with "Amount of bodily fluids shared" on the Y-axis and "Amount of sex" on the X-axis, plotting various relationships and entities in a person's life. The humor comes from the unexpected and often uncomfortable placements on the chart.
"Life partner" sits high on both axes, which is the expected and wholesome data point. But the rest of the chart is where the comedy lives. "Shower drain" is at the top of the bodily fluids axis but has zero sex, making it perhaps the most intimate non-sexual relationship in one's life. "High school date" and "Doctors" are high on bodily fluids but low on sex. "Fast food employees" are low on both axes but still present, a disgusting reminder about the fluids potentially shared through food preparation. "Sock" sits in the middle of the chart -- moderately high on both axes in a way that is immediately and regrettably understandable. "Imaginary Princess Leia" is at the far right of the sex axis but at the very bottom of bodily fluids, since the relationship is entirely fictional. "Temporary life partners" have high sex but relatively low bodily fluid sharing, and "Guy with poor sense of personal space" has low everything but is still on the chart.
The votey panel is a graph with the same axes but nearly empty, with just "hand" plotted in the upper right corner -- a minimalist and self-deprecating punchline suggesting the cartoonist's most significant intimate relationship is with his own hand.