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Explanation
This comic features two characters at what appears to be a grave or archaeological dig site. One character is digging up a grave, and the other objects: "Oh my God, are you digging up a grave?!" The digger responds that they are "doing science" and accuses the objector of applying "a double standard."
The lower panel shows a graph with "social approval of digging up a grave" on the Y-axis and "time" on the X-axis. The curve starts low at "famous archaeology" (still somewhat disapproved of), dips further at the present, and then rises sharply upward at "suggested necrophilia" on the far end -- though this appears to be a joke label. More accurately, the graph shows two labeled regions: "famous archaeology" (socially approved, referring to digging up ancient remains) on one end, and the present-day activity of grave-digging on the other (socially disapproved).
The core joke is about the genuine double standard in how society views disturbing the dead. If the remains are old enough (ancient Egyptian mummies, Roman skeletons, etc.), digging them up is celebrated as noble archaeological science and the artifacts are displayed in museums. But if the body is recent, the same act is considered grave robbing or desecration. The comic highlights the arbitrary time threshold at which "disturbing a corpse" transitions from "crime" to "science." The graph visualizes this absurdity by showing that social approval of exhuming remains increases dramatically with how long the person has been dead.