2012-12-06
Original: 2012-12-06 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic:
A single-panel line graph drawn with black axes and a red curve.
Y-axis label: HAPPINESS
X-axis label: TIME SPENT THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OR THE PAST
The red curve starts near zero, rises very sharply to a tall peak at a small amount of time spent thinking about the future or the past, then falls off and tapers down toward zero as that time increases.
Votey:
A hand-drawn three-dimensional graph with three axes radiating from a central origin. One axis is labeled AGE, running toward the lower right. A curve rises to a sharp spike near the origin, dips back down toward the floor of the graph, then curves upward again at the far end.
A single-panel line graph drawn with black axes and a red curve.
Y-axis label: HAPPINESS
X-axis label: TIME SPENT THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OR THE PAST
The red curve starts near zero, rises very sharply to a tall peak at a small amount of time spent thinking about the future or the past, then falls off and tapers down toward zero as that time increases.
Votey:
A hand-drawn three-dimensional graph with three axes radiating from a central origin. One axis is labeled AGE, running toward the lower right. A curve rises to a sharp spike near the origin, dips back down toward the floor of the graph, then curves upward again at the far end.
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Main comic: a single-panel hand-drawn line graph. The vertical axis is labeled HAPPINESS and the horizontal axis is labeled TIME SPENT THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OR THE PAST. A red curve shoots up to a tall peak when only a little time is spent thinking about the future or past, then drops off and trails down toward zero as more and more time is spent dwelling on past or future. The joke: a small amount of reflection makes you happy, but dwelling on the past or future steadily destroys happiness.
Votey: a rough 3D graph with three axes from a central origin, one labeled AGE. The plotted curve spikes sharply near the start, falls back down, then curves upward again at the far (old) end -- suggesting happiness over a lifetime peaks early, sags in the middle, and rises again with age.
Votey: a rough 3D graph with three axes from a central origin, one labeled AGE. The plotted curve spikes sharply near the start, falls back down, then curves upward again at the far (old) end -- suggesting happiness over a lifetime peaks early, sags in the middle, and rises again with age.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.