Comic #4422: spandrels

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Here’s the transcription of the comic:

Panel 1:

• Character 1: "Are you familiar with the biological concept of spandrels?"
• Character 2: "Yeah. Listen… I think our relationship has spandrels."

Panel 2:

• Character 2: "Like, as part of my 'seem interesting' adaptation, I started tending a plot in an urban organic garden. I claimed to be interested, but was mostly excited by the idea that I was thoughtful and unusual."

Panel 3:

• Character 2: "Now, we both manage a five by five plot of zucchini, even though we'd both rather watch TV, and we both hate zucchini."
• Character 1: "My god."

Panel 4:

• Character 2: "I had assumed all the stuff we did together was for the benefit of our relationship. But the spandrel theory explains so much – the antiquing trips… the collaging classes… the novelty knitting projects…"

Panel 5:

• Character 1: "Do you actually like the martinis we started making together?"
• Character 2: "I've been pouring mine down the kitchen sink when you went to the bathroom."

Panel 6:

• Character 1: "I love you, Sally."
• Character 2: "I love you, Todd."

Panel 7:

• Text: "Every day for the next forty years:"

Panel 8:

• (Image of the two characters sitting together on a couch, with Character 1 eating popcorn while Character 2 looks bored.)