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Explanation
This comic features a conversation about the appeal of fictional characters in video games, specifically addressing why players form emotional connections with digital characters.
The first speaker argues that humans judge complex, nuanced relationships in the real world but find simple game characters appealing because: the character is intelligent, beautiful, and requires minimal manual effort; the relationship is "omnigood" -- the character can't be divergent or complicated. The game isolates complex feelings and reduces them to make the act of pair-bonding feel simple and rewarding.
The broader observation is that humans have evolved alongside animals with limited emotional range, and games tap into that same wiring -- presenting characters that are compelling in the way "a hummingbird is compelling" rather than in the complex way a real human partner is.
The final panel delivers the punchline, with someone asking "Wait, is this because Stacy broke up with you?" and the character defensively responding "Okay buddy, that's enough" -- revealing that this entire pseudo-intellectual analysis is really just a cope for being dumped. The comic satirizes the tendency to dress up personal emotional wounds in elaborate academic-sounding frameworks.