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[[A man is hunched up at a computer. A circle surrounds him; the rest of the panel is black.]]
Narrator: I shouldn't have watched all that porn as a teenager.
Narrator: It's not that it scarred me.
[[The computer screen is visible. It shows an online video player, with what appears to be someone performing cunnilingus. Ads are also visible, though what they depict is not.]]
Narrator: It's just that we had dial-up.
[[A 14.4kbps modem is shown.]]
Narrator: And now I'm stuck with a fetish.
Narrator: For video compression.
[[A man and a woman are in bed together.]]
Man: Can you try to look... blockier?
{{Title text: I have a thing for corrupt women.}}
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