2011-02-20
Original: 2011-02-20 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (top): COMPLEX EMOTIONAL SITUATIONS BY SHAPE:
Diagram 1 — Label: THE LOVE TRIANGLE
Three smiling faces arranged at the corners of a triangle, connected by arrows pointing from one to the next around the triangle (a closed three-person cycle of attraction).
Diagram 2 — Label: THE HATE RHOMBUS
Four scowling/angry faces arranged at the corners of a rhombus, connected by arrows showing a web of mutual dislike between the four people.
Diagram 3 — Label: THE LUST INFINIGON
A huge, dense tangle of dozens of faces (showing a wide range of expressions — grinning, leering, frowning, surprised) connected by an overwhelming chaotic mess of crisscrossing arrows pointing in every direction, representing a near-infinite-sided polygon of mutual lust.
Votey:
Label: THE FOREVER ALONE LINE
A simple line drawing of two faces. On the left, a small sad/uneasy face. On the right, a large grinning face. A single arrow points from the sad face on the left to the grinning face on the right — a one-way, unreciprocated connection.
Diagram 1 — Label: THE LOVE TRIANGLE
Three smiling faces arranged at the corners of a triangle, connected by arrows pointing from one to the next around the triangle (a closed three-person cycle of attraction).
Diagram 2 — Label: THE HATE RHOMBUS
Four scowling/angry faces arranged at the corners of a rhombus, connected by arrows showing a web of mutual dislike between the four people.
Diagram 3 — Label: THE LUST INFINIGON
A huge, dense tangle of dozens of faces (showing a wide range of expressions — grinning, leering, frowning, surprised) connected by an overwhelming chaotic mess of crisscrossing arrows pointing in every direction, representing a near-infinite-sided polygon of mutual lust.
Votey:
Label: THE FOREVER ALONE LINE
A simple line drawing of two faces. On the left, a small sad/uneasy face. On the right, a large grinning face. A single arrow points from the sad face on the left to the grinning face on the right — a one-way, unreciprocated connection.
Alt text
A diagram comic titled "Complex emotional situations by shape." First, "The Love Triangle": three smiling faces at the points of a triangle, linked by arrows in a loop of mutual attraction. Second, "The Hate Rhombus": four angry faces at the corners of a rhombus, linked by arrows of mutual dislike. Third, "The Lust Infinigon": an enormous, chaotic tangle of dozens of faces with assorted expressions, connected by a dense mess of arrows crisscrossing in every direction. Votey: "The Forever Alone Line" — a small sad face on the left with a single arrow pointing right to a large grinning face, an unreciprocated one-way attraction.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.