Comic #3840: pr

Description

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Panel 1: A character expresses, "The further I get into my 30s, the more depressed I become." Another character responds, "How's your P over R?"

Panel 2: The first character looks confused and asks, "My what?" The second character replies, "Power divided by responsibility."

Panel 3: The second character explains, "When you’re 18, you have very little power but very little responsibility, so you’re okay." An accompanying graph shows "P/R" on the vertical axis and "TIME" on the horizontal axis, illustrating a downward slope.

Panel 4: The character continues, "As you age, you get responsibility for more and more things, but your power doesn’t increase. P/R shrinks and shrinks." This is represented by another graph where P/R continues to decrease over time.

Panel 5: The character states, "By 30, you have most adult responsibilities with only a little more control over your life. This is the bottom of the trough." Another graph depicts this scenario with a low point.

Panel 6: The explanation continues, "You spend the next 30 years getting more power while gaining few responsibilities." The graph shows P/R slowly increasing over time.

Panel 7: The character states, "Then, you retire. Power drops off, but responsibility asymptotically approaches zero." A graph illustrates a sharp drop in power and a flat line for responsibility.

Panel 8: One character concludes, "I don't think the entirety of human happiness can be reduced to two variables." The other character responds, "Well, your power of comprehension will be greater in ten years."

The comic balances humor with a commentary on adult life and the relationship between power and responsibility over time.