Comic #5001: exposure

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Panel 1:

• Person 1: "Studies have shown a correlation between semen exposure and better mental health for women."
• Person 2: "Okay?"

Panel 2:

• Person 1: "This is why it’s important to fund controversial basic research! Can you imagine a corporation funding something so potentially embarrassing?"

Panel 3:

• Person 2: "But, by looking at everything with dispassion and curiosity, who knows what miracles we may uncover?"

Panel 4:

• Person 1: "If that’s true, and it’s a chemical effect, we could isolate it and make it synthetically."

Panel 5:

• Person 2: "That seems like a frivolous use of tax dollars."