transition

A man and a child sit in a small rowboat fishing on a lake under purple hills. The man, named Steve in the caption, says: "Well, at a certain point in your life you change. You become softer, happier, and nicer smelling, and at the end of that transition everyone indulges you and nothing hurts." The child cheerfully replies "Hooray!" Steve, suddenly horrified and wide-eyed, says "Hooray? Wait, oh my god. Oh jeez..." The caption reads: "Inadvertently, Steve gives the puberty conversation in reverse" — the joke being that his description of becoming softer, indulged, and pain-free is actually a description of dying and being cared for at the end of life. Votey: a crudely drawn smiling cartoon face with tears welling in its eyes says "Life is so, so beautiful."