2014-09-06

A six-panel SMBC comic. An older man with glasses speaks to a group of younger people. Panel 1: he says "Bad news, kids." Panel 2: "I've decided to ignore economic data and assume the challenges facing your generation are the same as those mine faced," and a young person cries "Oh no!" Panel 3: "Worse, I'm going to assume you want what I wanted, and when you fail to strive for it, I will perceive that as laziness," prompting a "Nooo!" Panel 4: "And the bitterest pill of all is that I've mentally characterized my teenage self as simply a more athletic version of my current self, with all the knowledge and biases of my last 35 years," met with "Why?!" Panel 5: "It's okay. It's not terminal. In fact, you can survive a really long time this way. We'll just have to get through it together." Panel 6: the young people ask "How can we help?" and the man replies "When I was your age, we KNEW how to help." Votey: a close-up of a scowling, angry face in a thick black-outlined panel shouting "Now buy a house!"