What an interesting comic. I hope I’m not ruining the joke by talking about it, but to paraphrase Marge Simpson, I just think it’s neat.
So first, I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s some museum out there that actually has a display like this today.
An alien looking at this display might think that it’s interesting how the same creature dressed differently and used different tools at different times. But a human would look at this, see the cell phones as a joke, and think how different we are today from the other displays.
But realistically, the alien’s perspective is more correct. Humans haven’t changed all that much. In the grand scheme of things, our technology and culture has changed a great deal, but the humans living in that culture and using that technology would fit right in if they were born in the time of the spear wielding display. There are some changes, but we’re pretty much the same creatures.
I read your comment and still didn’t get it. Then, I clicked on the link, and discovered that when you said “CIA removed glow in the dark”, it’s actually more like “CIA [redacted] glow in the dark”. I had first read it as if there was something that glowed in the dark, and the CIA removed its glow in the dark properties.
So, now that I have fully read and understood the meaning of the term, I can say that I still don’t get it. Well… either I don’t get it or I don’t think it’s funny. Like, if it’s really just a joke that “glow up” could mean “became an agent,” then I don’t get why he’s portrayed as old, because that joke would still work exactly the same if he just looked normal.