2010-01-12
Explanation
This comic shows a couple watching cat videos on a computer. The woman asks "Hehe! Why do you think cats are so funny?" and the man responds "They're stupid! They do the same thing over and over and find it amusing every time!" The caption reads: "Todd proved his point with Cat Video #40,921."
The joke is a sharp piece of irony. Todd claims cats are funny because they stupidly repeat the same behavior endlessly and find it amusing each time. But the caption reveals that Todd himself has watched over 40,000 cat videos -- meaning he is doing exactly the same thing he is criticizing the cats for. He is repeatedly watching the same type of content over and over and finding it amusing every time. The human watching cat videos is no different from the cat chasing a laser pointer.
The votey panel flips the perspective entirely, showing two cats sitting at a computer watching a video of humans watching cat videos. One cat says "Hehe! Why do you think humans are so funny?" This creates a recursive loop of mutual amusement and adds another layer to the comic's observation about repetitive entertainment behavior being universal across species.