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Explanation
The Joke
The comic depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after the Fall. In the first panel, a voice (presumably God) curses them: "I curse you, Adam and Eve! Even after you leave the garden, you'll be ashamed of your nudity!" But instead of feeling shame, Adam and Eve immediately start showing off and commenting on each other's bodies. Adam brags about his "huge economy-sized body" and compares his anatomy to "an obelisk." Eve tells him to "stop talking about your jiggly parts." They keep admiring and ogling each other.
God becomes increasingly frustrated, telling them to stop looking at each other, that they should be covering themselves. But they ignore Him entirely. The situation escalates with "heavy breathing" as the two become more attracted to each other. In the final panels, God apparently gives up and creates a barrier between them -- what appears to be golden eggs or cocoons -- presumably to physically separate the amorous couple. A final voice says "I'm gonna make it so THIS is how babies are made," suggesting God changed human reproduction to something non-contact out of sheer exasperation.
The Humor
The comic derives its humor from the absurd reinterpretation of the Genesis story. In the traditional account, Adam and Eve feel shame upon gaining knowledge of their nudity. Here, the comic imagines the opposite reaction: awareness of their bodies makes them excited rather than ashamed. God's curse backfires spectacularly because instead of modesty, self-awareness produces vanity and attraction.
The escalating frustration of God trying to get the first humans to behave -- essentially playing the role of an exasperated parent dealing with hormonal teenagers -- is a classic SMBC move of reducing cosmic theological events to relatable domestic situations. The final gag about changing how reproduction works is a wonderfully absurd escalation, suggesting that God had to completely redesign biology because humans just would not stop flirting.
References
The comic is based on Genesis 3, specifically the aftermath of eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, after which Adam and Eve become aware of their nudity and feel shame. The comic subverts this foundational religious narrative for comedic effect, which is a recurring theme in SMBC comics. The egg-like cocoons in the final panel may be a playful nod to oviparity (egg-laying reproduction) as an alternative to mammalian reproduction.