paradise-2

A six-panel SMBC comic. A boxy robot and a red-haired man in a maroon shirt talk. Panel 1: the robot asks why humans alone produced so much art, culture, and science; the man answers "Constant sexual availability." Panel 2: the robot says to look at birds, who make great effusions of music briefly during mating season, then nothing. Panel 3: close on the robot saying humans evolved to perpetually MAYBE be up for mating, any day, any time of day, so there's always a chance. Panel 4: the robot, with the man looking up at it, says the result is over 100,000 years of active, unbroken creativity. Panel 5: the man, agitated, protests "That's reductionist! I make art for personal expression." Panel 6: the robot replies "Suppose you could exchange it for sex," and the man instantly and eagerly asks "Where? Where is this exchange?" -- undercutting his own claim. Votey (aftercomic): the same man, drawn loosely, eagerly says "I'd like a mountain dew that repairs cavities, please," leaning toward what looks like a vending machine or counter.