Comic #3400: 2014-09-08
Description
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Comic Description:
The comic illustrates a conversation between an alien and a human, featuring bright colors and a simplistic art style. The setting appears to be an alien environment with stairs leading to an upper level. The characters include a green alien with a large head and a human woman with reddish-brown hair, standing and sitting respectively.
Transcribed Text:
Panel 1:
- Alien: "Tool use? You think tool use made humans what they are?"
- Human: "Ha! Oh god. I’m sorry, that’s funny. No, it was pleiotropy."
Panel 2:
- Alien: "Pleiotropy. When two or more attributes of a creature are moderated by the same gene. Humans have a pleiotropic gene that controls asses and neocortex size."
Panel 3:
- Alien: "At some point, you got smart enough to lie to yourselves about your love for giant asses. Ass size stabilized, and that’s why modern humans aren’t any smarter than they were back 100,000 years."
Panel 4:
- Alien: "Despite the end of advancement, the pursuit of asses gave you just enough brain power to make mathematics, science, poetry."
Panel 5:
- Alien: "You chased asses all the way to space, my friends! If you had chased a little longer, you might have reached the stars!"
Panel 6:
- Later…
- Human: "Some ape had a creepy ass-fetish. 200,000 years later, Shakespeare."
- Another character: "Another whiskey, please!"
Additional Notes:
- The panels are laid out sequentially, depicting a progression in the conversation.
- The comic mixes humor with commentary on human behavior and evolution.