Editing 3034: Features of Adulthood

{{comic
| number    = 3034
| date      = January 6, 2025
| title     = Features of Adulthood
| image     = features_of_adulthood_2x.png
| imagesize = 704x620px
| noexpand  = true
| titletext = I don't dig pit traps and cover them with sticks and a thin layer of leaves nearly as much as I expected; I find a chance to do it barely once a month.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete| Unexpectedly created by an adult BOT digging pit traps - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
 
This comic is a graph comparing  the (mostly) common ideas of adulthood from a young person's perspective with the sad reality of it. The features that are most expected but don't actually come up (quicksand, grappling hooks, crocodiles, and twins switching place) are common tropes in fiction. At the opposite end, some very mundane activities are common but we don't expect them to be important when we're young: deciding what to eat, dealing with weird noises and smells.

It is clear that many of the thigns that were imagined more likely than they turned out to be are ''direct'' references to fictional scenarios on film or TV, especially with a number of action movie tropes, throughout the 'lower-right triangle'. In contrast, the complimentary 'upper-left triangle' has situations that mostly (though not entirely!) seem to not be portrayed in many finctional depictions.

==Events==

{| class="wikitable"
! Event
! Expected frequency in adulthood
! Actual frequency in adulthood
! Notes
|-
| Which {{w|fork}} you're supposed to use for what
| 0%
| 0%
| Different types of forks are used to eat different courses of a meal. Usually, cutlery is arranged in a way that makes easier to understand which is needed.
|-
| {{w|CartoonBomb|Lit fuses}}
| 0%
| 
| Explosives with visible lit fuses are commonly seen in movies and TV shows. In reality, explosives are more likely to be remotely detonated or have a concealed fuse (e.g. {{w|grenade}}s).
|-
| {{tvtropes|PalatePropping|Shoving a stick}} in a {{w|crocodile}}'s mouth to wedge it open
| 80%
| 0%
| 
|-
| {{w|Quicksand}}
| 100%
| 0%
| Quicksand is {{tvtropes|QuicksandSucks|common in adventure fiction}}, but its quite rare in real life, and an average person is highly unlikely to encounter quicksand in day to day life.
|- 
| {{w|Car chase}}s
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| {{w|Grappling hook}}s
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| {{w|Middle name}}s
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| {{w|Food fight}}s
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| Twins {{tvtropes|TwinSwitch|switching places}}
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| {{tvtropes|PoptheTires|Flat}} {{w|tire}}s
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| {{w|Briefcase}}s
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|}

==Transcript==
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}

:[Shown is a scatter plot:]
:Y axis label: How often it comes up in my adult life
:X axis label: How often I expected it to come up in my adult life


{{comic discussion}}

[[Category: Scatter plots]]