vickrey

Main comic: A single panel showing a woman with dark hair and glasses, seen from behind, leaning toward a man at what appears to be a bar or party. She says, "Hey there - you ever been with a girl who uses a Vickrey-Clarke-Groves auction to select sexual positions?" The man turns to look at her without responding. A caption beneath the panel reads: "Economics conference nightlife is repulsive." The joke is an absurd pickup line dressed in economics jargon (a mechanism-design auction used for choosing sex positions). Votey (aftercomic): A black-and-white drawing of a grinning, leering man delivering another econ-flavored come-on: "I'd like to compensate you for less-favored outcomes all night long."