dark-matters

A three-panel comic. Panel 1: A man with wavy hair leans toward a woman and says, "Hey baby, if I were dark energy and you were dark matter... would you want to do couple-matter explicitly with me?" The woman starts to reply, "Ooh, that sounds--". Panel 2: The woman finishes, "--my thesis is due tomorrow!" Panel 3: The man, confused, asks, "Wait. Is this about sex or--" and the woman cuts in, "Who has time for sex?!" Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the man's face, wide-eyed and sweating in stunned realization, asking, "Is THAT why people go to bars?!" The joke: he assumed his physics pickup line was about academic flirtation, only to realize the woman is so consumed by grad-school work that sex never crossed her mind, prompting his shock that bars exist for casual hookups.