history-books
Original: history-books on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: HISTORY BOOKS: A GUIDE
A two-axis scatter chart. The vertical axis runs from SHORT (bottom) to LONG (top). The horizontal axis is labeled COVERS SHORT TIME PERIOD (left) and COVERS LONG TIME PERIOD (right).
Plotted points (red):
- Top-left: "Scholarly work"
- Top-right: "Great pop history"
- Center (at the origin): "Typical pop history"
- Bottom-left: "fun pop history"
- Bottom-right: "Book that turns you into an asshole"
Attribution: (smbc-comics.com)
Votey:
A mostly empty chart frame with the same axis cross icon shown small in the top-right corner. A single point is plotted in the lower-left, labeled (blue): "Editorial comics"
A two-axis scatter chart. The vertical axis runs from SHORT (bottom) to LONG (top). The horizontal axis is labeled COVERS SHORT TIME PERIOD (left) and COVERS LONG TIME PERIOD (right).
Plotted points (red):
- Top-left: "Scholarly work"
- Top-right: "Great pop history"
- Center (at the origin): "Typical pop history"
- Bottom-left: "fun pop history"
- Bottom-right: "Book that turns you into an asshole"
Attribution: (smbc-comics.com)
Votey:
A mostly empty chart frame with the same axis cross icon shown small in the top-right corner. A single point is plotted in the lower-left, labeled (blue): "Editorial comics"
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A chart titled "HISTORY BOOKS: A GUIDE" classifying history books on two axes. The vertical axis goes from SHORT (bottom) to LONG (top), measuring book length; the horizontal axis goes from COVERS SHORT TIME PERIOD (left) to COVERS LONG TIME PERIOD (right). Five red points are plotted: top-left "Scholarly work" (long book, short period), top-right "Great pop history" (long book, long period), center "Typical pop history," bottom-left "fun pop history" (short book, short period), and bottom-right "Book that turns you into an asshole" (short book sweeping a long time period). The joke: a quick, short book covering all of history makes you insufferable. Votey: a nearly empty chart frame with the axis icon shrunk into the top-right corner; one lone point sits in the far lower-left, labeled "Editorial comics" — short books covering a short time period, ranked at the bottom.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.