quadrants
Original: quadrants on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: THE QUADRANTS OF RELATIONSHIP STATUS
Subtitle: AS PREDICTED BY WHAT TYPE OF EMAIL YOU SEND.
The comic is a 2x2 grid (chart) with column headers and row headers.
Column headers (across the top):
- Column 1 (left): SHORT EMAIL
- Column 2 (right): LONG EMAIL
Row headers (down the left side):
- Row 1 (top): SHORT TIME SPENT CRAFTING EMAIL
- Row 2 (bottom): LONG TIME SPENT CRAFTING EMAIL
Grid cell contents:
- Short email / Short time spent crafting: HAPPILY MARRIED OR FURIOUS AT EACH OTHER
- Long email / Short time spent crafting: FRIENDS WHO SHARE PRIVATE RANTS
- Short email / Long time spent crafting: NEW LOVE YOU DON'T WANT TO SCARE AWAY
- Long email / Long time spent crafting: JUST STARTED DATING OR GETTING A DIVORCE
Credit: smbc-comics.com
Votey:
A handwritten message/note that reads:
"Hit squirrel on way home. Feel bad. Otherwise good.
Sex 2nite?
cu l8r
xoxo"
Below the message is a small box with the handwritten word: "reply?"
Subtitle: AS PREDICTED BY WHAT TYPE OF EMAIL YOU SEND.
The comic is a 2x2 grid (chart) with column headers and row headers.
Column headers (across the top):
- Column 1 (left): SHORT EMAIL
- Column 2 (right): LONG EMAIL
Row headers (down the left side):
- Row 1 (top): SHORT TIME SPENT CRAFTING EMAIL
- Row 2 (bottom): LONG TIME SPENT CRAFTING EMAIL
Grid cell contents:
- Short email / Short time spent crafting: HAPPILY MARRIED OR FURIOUS AT EACH OTHER
- Long email / Short time spent crafting: FRIENDS WHO SHARE PRIVATE RANTS
- Short email / Long time spent crafting: NEW LOVE YOU DON'T WANT TO SCARE AWAY
- Long email / Long time spent crafting: JUST STARTED DATING OR GETTING A DIVORCE
Credit: smbc-comics.com
Votey:
A handwritten message/note that reads:
"Hit squirrel on way home. Feel bad. Otherwise good.
Sex 2nite?
cu l8r
xoxo"
Below the message is a small box with the handwritten word: "reply?"
Alt text
The main comic is a chart titled 'THE QUADRANTS OF RELATIONSHIP STATUS, as predicted by what type of email you send.' It is a 2x2 grid. The columns are labeled SHORT EMAIL and LONG EMAIL; the rows are labeled SHORT TIME SPENT CRAFTING EMAIL and LONG TIME SPENT CRAFTING EMAIL. The four cells read: short email and short crafting time means 'happily married OR furious at each other'; long email and short crafting time means 'friends who share private rants'; short email and long crafting time means 'new love you don't want to scare away'; long email and long crafting time means 'just started dating OR getting a divorce.' The joke is that the same casual or labored writing style can signal opposite relationship states. The votey (bonus panel) shows a short, casual handwritten note: 'Hit squirrel on way home. Feel bad. Otherwise good. Sex 2nite? cu l8r xoxo,' with a small empty 'reply?' box beneath it, illustrating the breezy short-email-short-effort quadrant.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.