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freaky

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Explanation

This comic plays on the trope of a "Freaky Friday" body-swap scenario applied to a college professor. A student tells the professor they would do "anything" for a good grade, implying a sexual proposition. The professor responds "You mean like... studying?" -- subverting the suggestive setup.

The next panels escalate the absurdity. The student insists this is inappropriate, to which the professor matter-of-factly explains that this is a "sex-for-grades" scenario and that sex is widely available in various forms, but what they really need is studying. The student persists, and the professor says "you need a single weekday" for studying. The final panel shows another professor commenting on someone giving a student a "lousy grade" because their "flesh is weak," flipping the expected punchline -- instead of the professor succumbing to sexual temptation, their weakness was for the student's flattery, and they gave in by giving an undeserved grade. The comic satirizes the idea that in academia, grade inflation from ego-stroking is far more common and tempting than actual sexual misconduct.

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