todo
Explanation
The Joke
The comic presents three code snippets as if they were the source code of the human brain, each containing TODO comments left by Evolution. The first snippet initializes the limbic system and includes a TODO noting that the "Prediction module" is "seriously underperforming on long range data." The second reads sensors, computes safety parameters, and has a TODO warning that the "Aggression program" is "frequently misinterpreting inputs." The third contains a TODO noting that the "Boredom module" is "somehow interfacing with self-loathing system." The caption reads: "The weirdest thing about downloading our brains will be the comments left by Evolution."
The Humor
The comic imagines the human brain as a codebase written by a careless programmer (Evolution) who left behind TODO comments acknowledging known bugs but never bothered to fix them. Each TODO maps to a real, widely recognized human psychological flaw: we are terrible at long-term planning, our fight-or-flight responses overreact to non-threats, and boredom somehow spirals into existential self-loathing. By framing these as known software bugs with unfixed TODO notes, the comic suggests that Evolution was aware of these problems but shipped the product anyway -- much like a real software developer pushing code with known issues. The programming-humor framing makes the existential observation feel both technically precise and darkly funny.
References
TODO comments are notes left in source code by programmers to mark areas that need future attention or fixing. They are infamous in software development for remaining in codebases indefinitely without ever being addressed. The use of Python-style syntax (async def, await, for loops) and code comments grounds the joke in real programming conventions.