adverbially
Original: adverbially on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
A line graph with two axes.
Y-axis label: USE OF ADVERBS THAT MEAN "TO A GREAT EXTENT."
X-axis label: HOW MAD YOUR SPOUSE IS AT YOU
The red curve rises steeply from the origin toward the upper right, showing a positive correlation.
Lower on the curve, a stick figure (the spouse) points and shouts:
Spouse: "Did you really, actually, seriously, utterly, completely forget the stove was totally entirely left on?"
Higher on the curve, a second stick figure thinks/says nervously:
Other person: "My god. I'd better sleep with a knife tonight."
Votey:
A close-up of an annoyed person glaring with narrowed eyes.
Person: "Did you really actually do a comic about me?!?"
Y-axis label: USE OF ADVERBS THAT MEAN "TO A GREAT EXTENT."
X-axis label: HOW MAD YOUR SPOUSE IS AT YOU
The red curve rises steeply from the origin toward the upper right, showing a positive correlation.
Lower on the curve, a stick figure (the spouse) points and shouts:
Spouse: "Did you really, actually, seriously, utterly, completely forget the stove was totally entirely left on?"
Higher on the curve, a second stick figure thinks/says nervously:
Other person: "My god. I'd better sleep with a knife tonight."
Votey:
A close-up of an annoyed person glaring with narrowed eyes.
Person: "Did you really actually do a comic about me?!?"
Alt text
A hand-drawn line graph. The y-axis reads 'Use of adverbs that mean "to a great extent."' and the x-axis reads 'How mad your spouse is at you.' A red curve climbs steeply to the upper right, showing the two are correlated. A stick figure low on the curve points and yells, 'Did you really, actually, seriously, utterly, completely forget the stove was totally entirely left on?' A stick figure higher up nervously thinks, 'My god. I'd better sleep with a knife tonight.' The joke is that the angrier a spouse gets, the more piled-on intensifier adverbs they use. Votey: a close-up of an irritated, narrow-eyed person glaring and saying, 'Did you really actually do a comic about me?!?'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.