In this strip, a female is at a computer purchasing techno music on Apple’s iTunes Music Store. The male glances over her shoulder and questions her purchase. The female is clearly exasperated by the male’s question, as witnessed by her short response and body language of a slouched posture while looking away from him with her head resting in her palm. She seems to know what’s coming.
The male then proceeds to ask the female if she couldn’t just make a copy of the 15-second free sample and loop it, since that would basically be the same thing as purchasing the entire song. Obviously, the male doesn’t listen to, let alone enjoy, techno music. This is a common criticism from people regarding music they consider to be inferior to what they listen to - everything sounds the same. To a person unfamiliar with the nuance of the music, this could be especially easy to say about techno since it is often repetitive and droning by design. This entire scenario would never have happened if she was purchasing music he considered to be “real,” such as They Might Be Giants or Jonathan Coulton.
Please note that, once again, the female is the dominant figure, simply enduring the annoying tendencies of the males the author chooses to portray.
