2011-11-19
Original: 2011-11-19 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic:
A hand-drawn line graph. The vertical (Y) axis is labeled "LIFE SATISFACTION". The horizontal (X) axis is labeled "AGE", with markings at 20, 40, 60, and 80.
Legend:
RED line = "MOST PEOPLE"
BLUE line = "NERDS"
The red "MOST PEOPLE" line starts high in childhood, dips in the early teens, then rises to a sharp peak around age 20-25, after which it declines steadily and flattens out at a low level through the rest of life.
The blue "NERDS" line starts at the same point in childhood, dips to a low trough around age 20, then rises continuously and steeply, climbing higher and higher into old age, ending well above the red line by age 80.
Votey:
Another simple hand-drawn graph with an X axis and Y axis. A curve rises almost vertically from the origin and then quickly flattens into a high plateau. An arrow points up at the curve with the label "EXTROVERTED NERDS" — indicating their life satisfaction shoots up early and stays high.
A hand-drawn line graph. The vertical (Y) axis is labeled "LIFE SATISFACTION". The horizontal (X) axis is labeled "AGE", with markings at 20, 40, 60, and 80.
Legend:
RED line = "MOST PEOPLE"
BLUE line = "NERDS"
The red "MOST PEOPLE" line starts high in childhood, dips in the early teens, then rises to a sharp peak around age 20-25, after which it declines steadily and flattens out at a low level through the rest of life.
The blue "NERDS" line starts at the same point in childhood, dips to a low trough around age 20, then rises continuously and steeply, climbing higher and higher into old age, ending well above the red line by age 80.
Votey:
Another simple hand-drawn graph with an X axis and Y axis. A curve rises almost vertically from the origin and then quickly flattens into a high plateau. An arrow points up at the curve with the label "EXTROVERTED NERDS" — indicating their life satisfaction shoots up early and stays high.
Alt text
A hand-drawn line graph titled with axes "LIFE SATISFACTION" (vertical) versus "AGE" (horizontal, marked 20/40/60/80). A legend shows a red line for "MOST PEOPLE" and a blue line for "NERDS." The red "most people" line peaks sharply around age 20-25, then declines and flattens out low for the rest of life. The blue "nerds" line dips to its lowest around age 20, then climbs steadily and steeply, surpassing most people and ending highest of all in old age. The joke: nerds are miserable when young but their life satisfaction keeps rising for the rest of their lives. The votey is a second simple graph where a curve shoots up almost vertically and flattens into a high plateau, with an arrow labeled "EXTROVERTED NERDS" — they get to the high-satisfaction plateau even faster and earlier.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.