2014-05-27
Explanation
The Joke
The comic presents two graphs. The first shows "Willingness to Give Up Personal Privacy" increasing exponentially with "Awesomeness of Technology." The second shows "Awesomeness of Technology" increasing exponentially over "Time." The implication is that people will eventually give up all privacy as technology becomes sufficiently impressive.
The punchline appears in the bottom panel, set "someday" in the future. A person protests that not everyone should have access to "the ambient nano-cameras currently inside my anus," and is immediately dismissed as "old-fashioned" by their companion. This illustrates the absurd logical endpoint of the trend shown in the graphs.
The Humor
The humor works on multiple levels. First, it satirizes the very real trend of people willingly surrendering privacy for technological convenience (social media, smart devices, etc.). The two graphs together form a logical syllogism: if privacy surrender increases with tech awesomeness, and tech awesomeness increases with time, then eventually all privacy will be surrendered.
The punchline takes this to an intentionally grotesque extreme -- nano-cameras inside someone's body being considered normal technology that everyone should access. The person objecting to this absurd invasion is called "old-fashioned," mirroring how people today who object to data collection or surveillance are often dismissed as out of touch. The comic suggests that no matter how invasive technology becomes, society will normalize it and shame dissenters.