2013-06-12
Explanation
This comic pokes fun at cat owners and their tendency to believe their cat is special and unique. A man (possibly a researcher or interviewer) approaches a cat owner and asks, "So, I hear you have a cat." The owner confirms. The interviewer then asks if there is anything special or unique about the cat -- anything that makes it different from every other domestic cat. The owner honestly answers, "No sir."
The punchline comes in the final panels. A robot (or the interviewer'''s true form) reacts with surprise, asking "How did you know?" and another character declares, "Robots will never understand humans." The joke is that admitting your cat is completely ordinary and unremarkable is so unusual among cat owners that it seems almost inhuman. The robot expected the owner to gush about their cat'''s unique personality and quirks, because that is what virtually every real cat owner does. The fact that the owner did not play along exposed the robot'''s test -- it was apparently trying to pass as human by acting like a typical cat owner, and the owner'''s uncharacteristic honesty revealed something was off.
The votey panel, labeled "You right now," shows a person reading the comic with their cat, saying "Ha! He'''s making fun of everyone else'''s cat!" This is a direct call-out to the reader, suggesting that every cat owner reading this comic will assume the joke applies to other people'''s cats, not their own -- because of course their cat really IS special.