2011-10-25

A tall multi-panel comic showing a conversation between an older woman and a younger woman (her daughter), drawn as talking heads against dark backgrounds. The older woman complains nostalgically about pornography, treating it as if it were ordinary family entertainment rated like movies. She says that in her day they weren't surrounded by porn like kids watch now, that her household only allowed 'X2' porn with nothing gross and no weird camera angles, and that nowadays she hears about parents letting 13-year-olds watch 'X4' films without supervision. She worries about a generation growing up without normal, uplifting porno. The daughter replies that she and her partner talk to their kids about things like reverse triple sodomy and electro-spanking; the older woman responds approvingly, 'so they can save it for their wedding nights.' The mother adds that ideally the kids will wait, but if not she wants them to use two condoms, a certified induction coil, and a 3-inch layer of styrofoam insulation. The daughter says not to expect her to show the kids those videos when she babysits, and in the final panel asks if they can watch 'nerdploitations,' to which the mother exclaims, 'No! You may watch a Disney porn!' The joke is the deadpan inversion of a family treating pornography with the wholesome, generational hand-wringing usually reserved for television. The votey is a plain text bonus panel reading 'Proposed porno rating system - XG: Ahh... / X13: Uhh... / XR: AAH!', escalating moans standing in for movie rating tiers.