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[[A man and woman are standing with a baby in between them.]]
Man: Oh man, we made a baby.
Woman: Don't panic. Don't panic.
Baby: Baby!
Man: Parenting can't be that hard. Let's just do what comes naturally.
[[Beat frame.]]
Soon:
[[There are now two babies in between them.]]
Woman: Aw, crap.
{{Title text: On one hand, every single one of my ancestors going back billions of years has managed to figured it out. On the other hand, that's the mother of all sampling biases.}}
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