the-sex-talk
Explanation
The Joke
A mother sits her daughter down for "the sex talk," but instead of covering the usual topics like reproduction, birth control, or safety, she launches into a brutally honest lecture about the realities of sex as one ages. She explains that sex can be a beautiful thing, but usually is not. She describes what an orgasm face actually looks like, notes that statistically 75%% of sex is not only unattractive but ridiculous, and warns that over time, bodies become more weird and floppy-looking.
The daughter, visibly disturbed (at one point shown gagging at the description of an orgasm face), finally interjects: "I thought you would be talking about birth control or safety or something?" The mother dismisses this with: "Doesn't everybody already know that stuff?" -- implying that the conventional sex talk is unnecessary common knowledge, while her deeply uncomfortable version addresses the things nobody warns you about.
The Humor
The comedy lies in the subversion of the traditional "sex talk" format. Instead of an awkward but well-meaning conversation about the birds and the bees, the mother delivers an aggressively candid lecture about the unglamorous physical realities of sex that nobody actually wants to hear. The daughter is traumatized not by learning where babies come from, but by having her future romantic life thoroughly de-romanticized. The final panel delivers the extra twist: the mother considers all this horrifying information to be the important part, while dismissing the standard educational content as obvious.