awkward
Explanation
This comic depicts a mugging scenario that goes off-script. A mugger approaches someone saying "I'm just mugging you, I'm not gonna kill you, don't worry." The victim responds with confused recognition: "I thought you were this guy I know, maybe not, I don't remember." The situation becomes socially awkward rather than dangerous.
In subsequent panels, the mugger and victim end up in what appears to be a counseling or mediation setting, where the mugger explains that "mugging has a clear social protocol -- every interaction has a script" and that he always knows what to say. The counselor notes: "You need a mugging class. He needs to work on basic human interaction, man."
The comic satirizes the paradox that criminal interactions like mugging actually have clearer social scripts than many ordinary human encounters. The mugger is frustrated because the victim broke the expected "script" of a mugging (fear, compliance, handing over valuables) with bumbling social awkwardness. The joke is that everyday social interaction is so confusing and poorly defined that even a violent crime has more predictable and comfortable social norms.