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This plot isn't even that fucking complicated, do you guys watch anything other than porn?
I don't even disagree, it's a bit silly we're getting the equivalent of an Outer Limits episode in a titillating furry comic but it makes my eye twitch far more to see people go "wtf is happening???" just because there's an unusual concept, a flashback and a couple of simultaneously running plot threads. This is the most well-explained it's gotten up to this point as well; from comics 1 and 2 we were still in the mystery zone and had to infer everything that is now happening, it's just confirmed now.
Also, I don't think the characters' views of the world they live in are necessarily Rick's. The "counterpoints" ARE provided and are expressed through Prude Clay, who, meta-narratively speaking, exists purely to provide an outsider's commentary on the setting. He doesn't think the casual sex-positivity is strictly a *bad* thing (re: "It's weird how fast you get used to this place") but doesn't quite understand it and feels offput by it for reasons that could be considered completely fair. In a way, a culture like this gatekeeps people who don't want to be surrounded with hedonistic pleasure and physical contact 24/7. Which is why Prude Clay immediately feels like he's being shunned and treated as a mental patient.
Additionally, to me the way the characters that aren't Prude Clay seem to happily conclude that the world they live in is "the best possible" actually comes off to me as a criticism on furry culture and maybe even progressivism in general, where things grow to a point that people casually disregard any alternative to their ways because they see their culture as more advanced and completely without consequence. I can see how this story could just as easily come off wish fullfilment or even just neutral commentary but before reading any comments and without having read any of Rick's out-of-universe posts or thoughts I did end up assuming it's a criticism, myself. Maybe I'm just projecting, who knows. But it is moreso common practice in sci-fi to make your utopias also dystopias. There's always something disturbingly wrong under the surface because at the end of the day you can't fix people being people. I wouldn't be surprised if down the line we get some sort of reveal to that kind of effect, though this is a light-hearted story overall so whatever consequences exist will probably be played off for humor.
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