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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:Timeline of Commercial Uses of Lithium Batteries: | :Timeline of Commercial Uses of Lithium Batteries: | ||
| − | :[The panel has a timeline that goes from Past to Present. The timeline has 4 notches on it] | + | :[The panel has a timeline that goes from Past to Present. The timeline has 4 notches on it.] |
:Past | :Past | ||
| − | :[the first notch, closest to the past side, has a picture of an old man with a walking stick] | + | :[the first notch, closest to the past side, has a picture of an old man with a walking stick.] |
:Pacemakers | :Pacemakers | ||
| − | :[The second notch has an image of a man in a car, who is talking on his cell phone] | + | :[The second notch has an image of a man in a car, who is talking on his cell phone.] |
:Phones for Rich Business People | :Phones for Rich Business People | ||
| − | :[The third notch, has a teen taking on his cellphone] | + | :[The third notch, has a teen taking on his cellphone.] |
:Phones for Teenagers | :Phones for Teenagers | ||
| − | :[The forth notch, closest to the present on the timeline, | + | :[The forth notch, closest to the present on the timeline, and an image of a toy plane box with $10 written on it.] |
| − | :Really cheap r | + | :Really cheap r/c planes and helicopters |
| − | |||
:Present | :Present | ||
| − | :[Below the main panel] | + | :[Below the main panel.] |
:Life would be so much better if I was one of those people who aged backward. | :Life would be so much better if I was one of those people who aged backward. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
Revision as of 06:05, 23 April 2013
| Lithium Batteries |
 Title text: I'm normally a pretty frugal person, but I still compulsively buy any R/C aircraft that's less than $30. In the last few years, this has become a problem. |
Explanation
In this comic, Randall muses that his life would have been better if he aged in reverse based on a timeline of the usage of lithium-ion batteries. Presumably, the reason is that each of these uses would come to realization when he most needed it (i.e. a pacemaker when he is old, a phone when he is a rich businessperson, etc.). This comic is likely a shout-out to the story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Transcript
- Timeline of Commercial Uses of Lithium Batteries:
- [The panel has a timeline that goes from Past to Present. The timeline has 4 notches on it.]
- Past
- [the first notch, closest to the past side, has a picture of an old man with a walking stick.]
- Pacemakers
- [The second notch has an image of a man in a car, who is talking on his cell phone.]
- Phones for Rich Business People
- [The third notch, has a teen taking on his cellphone.]
- Phones for Teenagers
- [The forth notch, closest to the present on the timeline, and an image of a toy plane box with $10 written on it.]
- Really cheap r/c planes and helicopters
- Present
- [Below the main panel.]
- Life would be so much better if I was one of those people who aged backward.
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Old pacemakers and phones kinda sucked. Might not be worth. Davidy²²[talk] 20:51, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
