Comic #5771: trough
Description
Here's the transcription of the text from the comic:
Panel 1:
- Child: "Dad, how come adults are all crazy?"
- Parent: "Because they had parents."
Panel 2:
- Parent: "This is well-studied. In countries around the world, the lowest levels of happiness occur between the ages of 35-45. This is regardless of whether you have kids or not."
Panel 3:
- Parent: "So, at the exact moment you've come to me for guidance, I'm at my lowest level of utility. You are getting all your advice and role-modeling from people at their lifetime maximum of confusion, sorrow, and anger. And everyone else is too."
Panel 4:
- Parent: "I asked mom the same question and she said she was 'crazy with love' for me."
- Parent: "Damn her."