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Revision as of 07:14, 2 January 2015

Worrying
If the breaking news is about an event at a hospital or a lab, move it all the way over to the right.
Title text: If the breaking news is about an event at a hospital or a lab, move it all the way over to the right.

Explanation

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This chart is a visual representation of how worried people tend to be by various events in real life compared to the same events in movies. Events on the chart are further up the more worrying they are in real life, and further to the right the more worrying they are in movies. Explanation by event: Spilling a drink on your shirt: This is considered nothing much to worry about, either in a movie or in real life. Parking ticket: In movies, parking tickets are usually ignored, but in real life, they are moderately worrying because you can get a fine and points. Getting knocked out by a punch: In movies, people are often knocked out by punches and quickly recover without much worry or concern. However, in real life, being knocked out by blunt-force trauma to the head can cause a concussion and lead to complications and recommended medical attention.

Transcript

[A chart is presented with the title "How Worried Should You Be When Various Things Happen To You:". The vertical axis is titled "...In Real Life", and the horizontal axis is titled "...In Movies". Both axes start at "Not very worried" and move outward toward "Very worried".]

[Events, moving from bottom to top of the "In Real Life" scale:]

In Real Life In Movies Event Description
Not very worried Not very worried Spilling a drink on your shirt
Not very worried Extremely worried Nosebleed
Slightly worried Mostly worried Breaking news
Slightly more worried Not at all worried Parking ticket
Moderately worried Very worried Persistent cough
Mostly worried More worried "We need to talk"
Mostly worried (slightly more) Not at all worried Getting knocked out by a punch
Very worried Somewhat worried (Chest wound) ...on your right side
Very worried Very worried (Chest wound) ...on your left side


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Discussion

My first transcript and more-or-less complete explanation. :) Hope I'm not stealing anyone's thunder... KieferSkunk (talk) 07:45, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

The original "transcript" is more like another explanation. It should be changed. Try to see one for another chart comic. Kynde (talk) 13:32, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
I have now made the changes my self and created the table under the explanation --Kynde (talk) 13:32, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Breaking news being important in movies had already been discussed in xkcd #1387

http://xkcd.com/1387/

173.245.49.128 09:27, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

"Being in the same vicinity as oranges" should be way right on the "Very worried" axis for movies because of The Godfather. 173.245.56.206 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

The heart has 2 atria, one on each side. The wound to the left side of the chest is considered worse because the left ventricle so more of the heart is on the left side 108.162.215.78 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


One of the most serious movie situations is entering a bathroom. Mark31415926 (talk) 03:13, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Like the movie Cast-Away? Can't even take a pee without a jet engine soon sucking in seawater and exploding near you. 108.162.215.94 09:03, 3 January 2015 (UTC)


I'm pretty sure the nosebleed thing is a reference to The Ring. 108.162.212.106 22:13, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

I'm of the opinion that nosebleed as something to be worried about is pretty universal in movies. In animes, though, it's just a sign that there are attractive people nearby... 188.114.99.189 22:53, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Attila the Hun is traditionally supposed to have died of a nosebleed. Gmcgath (talk) 21:53, 30 October 2016 (UTC)

I saw an imgur image a few months ago of a blood clot pulled out of an elderly gentleman administered to hospital with trouble breathing. The blood supply was from a nosebleed. To understand how serious this actually was - the clot formed a very detailed map of the inside of his lungs... 162.158.91.125 14:44, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

     That is both interesting and disgusting at the same time.