2009-09-30
Explanation
This comic references the popular "Wikipedia Game" (also known as "Six Degrees of Wikipedia"), where players try to navigate from one Wikipedia article to another by only clicking internal links, using the fewest clicks possible. The man in the comic explains that he and his girlfriend play a version called "Sexual Intercourse" -- where the goal is to reach the Wikipedia article on "Sexual Intercourse" from any random starting article in the fewest steps.
The punchline comes in the bottom panels, where the man admits: "But sometimes I just get weirded out." His girlfriend announces "Blood pudding" as her starting article and immediately declares "One click" -- meaning the Wikipedia article for blood pudding is only one link away from the article on sexual intercourse. The man is visibly disturbed by how quickly and directly such an unappetizing food item connects to sex on Wikipedia, while his girlfriend seems unnervingly pleased with herself.
The comic plays on the well-known phenomenon that almost everything on Wikipedia is surprisingly close to articles about sex or reproduction, since those topics connect to biology, human behavior, culture, and countless other subjects. The specific choice of "blood pudding" -- a food many people already find unpleasant -- makes the one-click connection to sexual intercourse especially jarring.
The votey panel presents a challenge: "Beat this: Chewbacca in 3 clicks," with the route shown upside-down: Chewbacca -> Fursuit -> Human Sexuality -> Sexual Intercourse. This bonus gag adds humor by routing through "Fursuit," connecting the Star Wars character to sexual content via furry fandom -- an uncomfortable implication that makes the route funny precisely because of its awkwardness.