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Explanation
This comic contrasts the experience of reading articles online versus watching ads online. In the top panel, labeled "Reading articles online," a person reads a tablet that says "Why gender is obsolete" — representing the kind of progressive, intellectual content people encounter in online journalism and think pieces.
In the bottom panel, labeled "Watching ads online," the same person sees an ad on their phone that screams: "Men! Your dick is tiny because you are weak. Buy Ballzmax 4000 or you will never maaaaaate."
The joke highlights the stark hypocrisy and cognitive dissonance of online media. The editorial content presents a sophisticated, nuanced worldview that challenges traditional categories like gender, while the advertising that funds those very articles relies on the most primitive, regressive appeals imaginable — exploiting male insecurity about masculinity and sexual inadequacy. The comic points out that the internet simultaneously tells you that gender is a construct while also trying to sell you products by making you feel like a failure as a man. It's a commentary on how advertising reveals what actually drives consumer behavior (primal anxieties) versus what editorial content pretends drives it (rational discourse).