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Matt Shirley is a legend, a visual genius, and a master of social insight. Odds are that you know of his work even if you aren’t aware of his name. His creative and hilarious charts have been gracing social media sites for years, and you’re bound to have stumbled upon one of his creations. They’re as quirky as they are funny. And they’re incredibly relatable (even if some of us won’t say it aloud).

We’re not the only ones who think so. A whopping 419k people follow Matt on Instagram, waiting for his hottest new graph doodles, straight off the digital press. We really wanted to show you what the artist’s been up to recently, so we’ve collected his best newest doodles to share with you, dear Pandas. Scroll down, upvote your fave graphs, and be sure to follow Matt on social media. Why? Because he’s awesome and we know you love his stuff.

Bored Panda reached out to Matt to see how he's doing, and he was kind enough to answer our questions. Read on to see how he feels about his popularity, what he does to stay creative, and why consistency in posting might not be the only thing that new content creators should focus on.

Oh, and if you can’t get enough of the artist’s funny and honest charts about being a real-life human being, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. When you’re done with this list, check out Bored Panda’s earlier features about his work here, here, and here.

More info: Instagram | MattShirleyCharts.com | Facebook | Twitter | Patreon

#1

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Nimues Child
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS! Rudeness is just a pale imitation of power.

Moxxidude
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once had the rudest table. Everyone on phones. No eye contact. Barking orders. Nothing was to their liking. I finally said, “That’s it. I quit.” I had no choice but to come back the next day and guess what? Same table. Then I realized I’m not a waiter. This is my house.

Shyla Clay
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does that mean you didn't get a tip? 😾

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Giles McArdell
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think mine would be almost entirely "Because I'm generally polite to everyone" - no idea why Waiters or any staff should require different treatment.

Nimues Child
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm with you. But there are so many people in this world who think that treating any staff like c**p shows their "class". Unfortunately, all it slows is their "klass".

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Yvonne Blau
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The dark purple one would be the largest part for me (just kidding.... kind of)

Peacemaker21
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But there's always the obstacle to surpass when being polite to waiters: Waiter: "Enjoy your meal!" Me: "Sure, you too!"

bottomless.abyss.of.bordem
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where's the slice that says Even though I'm 41, my mom would kick my butt?

Chase Smith
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Add in a healthy dose of, "I also work with the public and know how irritating and exhausting it can be!"

Linziaj
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hopeful. Think actually blue would be the higher haha

Denikitty
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3 years ago

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Calvin Barnes
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I also can't understand why someone would verbally abuse them if their food doesn't taste good. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a waiter's job is to get your order, then bring your food to the table. They didn't cook your food. Sorry your potatoes are too salty, Sheryl, but it's not the waiter's fault.

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Matt is still over the moon that people enjoy his charts. "I'm very excited people still find my stuff to be entertaining," he told Bored Panda via email.

"I've always been worried that my content would be for a specific time and place and then people would get tired of it and move on but so far I've been able to keep it fresh and explore different topics that people seem to like," he shared some of his hopes and fears.

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    #2

    mattsurelee Report

    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Matt, you are mapping my whole life in these charts!

    Powerful Katrinka
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once bought an expensive pair of Ray-Bans--paid for them--walked out of the shop--took them off and put them on the roof of my truck (I was looking for something in my purse)--got in the truck--drove off, with my glasses still on the roof--and then ran over them. From start to finish? Probably 3 minutes.

    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cheap sunglasses are always the best. I usually go for some polarized ones around 20$ and they last forever.

    Littlebunnyfufu
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, but this person obviously doesn't live in a place where there are intermittent sun breaks. Here the cycle goes: first hint of spring --> buys cheap sunglasses --> wears them for two days before it starts raining again --> misplaces glasses --> looks for glasses for two days --> gives up and buys new pair in next sun break --> rinse and repeat until October when you start finding all of said sunglasses....

    bottomless.abyss.of.bordem
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I left my Coach ones in a fitting room of a place that does NOT sell Coach.... That was like 8 years ago, husband still talks junk...

    David Brown
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never lost or broken cheap sunglasses. I usually end up tossing them once the lenses are scratched to the point of being able to notice the scratches while wearing them. Every expensive pair I've ever had I either lost them or someone decided they wanted them worse than me and stole them.

    Yayheterogeneity
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, this hits home so precisely that I feel watched. Matt, did you follow me??!

    Jamie Wertz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is gold and all too real.

    GramDB
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had my sunglasses for 10+ years … my granddaughter 17 borrowed them …. GONE FOREVER!

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    #3

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    Delta Dawn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    also me the whole time: adjusting the angle of my stupid face to look slightly less stupid

    Susan Reid Smith
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sometimes adjust the angle of the screen so my cat's ugly bits don't show.

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    bv7hearts
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol this is why I turn off self-view EVERY TIME

    Yoga Kitty
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Black line: Me trying to keep my five cats from entering the meeting...

    Kel_how
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Black line: me checking the mute button

    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, thinking of what I'm getting for lunch while staring at my own stupid face.

    Dorothy Reiser
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except I shut my video off if I can.

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    The creator was very candid with us that he's "always worried about losing the creative edge," as well as doing only the things that are easy. It's an issue that many artists must feel like they've had to tackle at some point in their careers.

    "I've run into this quite a few times over my career. I will find myself a little burnt out and not seeing my content as very funny which usually means I need to try to switch it up and get out of my comfort zone. In theory, I always want to try new things, new mediums, new topics, but in practice, it's a lot harder to get yourself to do this," he explained.

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    BoredBirb
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now I'm stuck here looking at all the possibilities xD

    Existing Panda(Lazy_Panda)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My favorite is "I just got a text: my dog got assaulted by the mailman"

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    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I gotta run, my dog is splitting an atom in my backyard. Yes, I did say my dog, he's very smart and creative even without the opposable thumbs. Of course I've spoken to him, he understands what a nuclear winter is but it still seems to intrigue him."

    Paul C.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just got a text, Amber Heard, peed on a little girls lemonade stand. Just after Joe Biden came back to life.

    Pa4040
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I could tak but my Harry Potter cardboard cutout got assaulted by the mailman.

    Ece Cenker
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Give your family my best, because Amber Heard isn't going to make it.

    Cerise Hood
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I gotta run, my dog crashed my car.

    美美
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    look over there! Joe Biden peed on a little girl's lemonade stand

    Cuppa tea?
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Give your family my best because Joe Biden peed on a little bit girl's lemonade stand.

    🦩Laneypooh🦩
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look over there! my imaginary girlfriend just peed on a little girls lemonade stand

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    #5

    mattsurelee Report

    Rahul Pawa
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "# of boxes packed" is entirely too linear. It should look more like the "money spent" line

    K W
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After moving about 20 times in 25 years I no longer have the capacity to move. Some of those moves were for things like college and what not.

    Nitka Tsar
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whow that's at least 15 too many. If I do not count my parents moving when I was a small child, then I moved 6 times. I'm nearly 40. (My parents moved 3 times, when I was small)

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    Diolla
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I moved last December and the blue line made me displace lots of stuff so I had to buy again. Recently managed to unpack most of the 30 leftover boxes. Now selling loads of stuff online because I have them double. SO I miss lines for "misplacing/ losing stuff"and "unpacking".

    David Brown
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one sums up moving perfectly. I'd rather slam my dong in a car door repeatedly than have to go through a move. But its a foolproof way to determine who your true friends are. Sucks when you figure out you don't have any.

    Chris Osborn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just moved ... and the struggle is real! Wish I could upvote more.

    Jay Son
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm renovating. It's about the same, including packed boxes lol

    Melissa Johnson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We moved 6 times in 8 years...and this is 100% true.

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    #6

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    Paul C.
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Waaay too much work. Unless they hurt animals or children. Edit. Interesting how much knowledge there is on this subject.

    Destiny Thornton
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Murder is the easy part. It's what to do with the body that's a lot of work.

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    Sebastián Morales
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when you want to murder someone, take them on a private boat ride, go into the open ocean, and drop them there. Works best at night when all the deep sea creatures come up to feed and your victim can't be seen

    Person
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    relatable. like I WOULD kill someone but like... first you gotta plan it out, then you have to kill them, then hide the body, then run away, and all the while make sure you leave NO EVIDENCE at all... man just sounds like a pain in the a*s.

    Ashley Scullion
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And with all the cameras now days, it'd be so hard not to get caught on camera somewhere 😂

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    Almarako94
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me it's just the last three pillars, but the last one isn't sounds like a lot of work, it's " cleaning up will be a lot of work "

    That nerd Zoe ️‍🇺🇦️‍
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Morals is a lot higher for me but I feel bad about moving my cat off my lap to get a drink when I haven't drank anything all day -

    David K
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why are morals so low!? :(

    Virtually Fabulous
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eh, weak stomach would be higher up for me

    Keisha
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have always said that if I snapped and murdered someone no way I'm trying to cover it up. Way to much work and I'm going directly to the police with my statement prewritten and a full confession.All that time with people yelling at me in a tiny room may make me snap and commit another one. I would do well in isolation because I'm not a huge fan of people but couldn't deal with the noise I perceive there to be in jail.

    Kristina Hall
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually morals would be 100% for me

    David Brown
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surprised to see that not having a good hiding place for the body isn't included on this one.

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    Bored Panda also wanted to get Matt's opinion on discipline, considering how consistently he makes and posts content. It's a character feature that many artists would give a lot for.

    "I know a lot of people say consistency is key but I think that's a bit overstated. Of course, you don't want to go a year without posting but to take a month or week or day off is not a big deal. It's much more important for the content to be quality," he said that there has to be a happy balance between consistency and quality.

    "For me, I treat it as my job and at this point, it's not too difficult to come up with an idea or two every day," he said.

    #7

    mattsurelee Report

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish people would just accept an email attachment it is so pathetic this thing of filling out the same contents over and over. I mean why bother having a resumé in the first place then??

    Bryan W.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If some moronic HR system had the gall to ask me to write an essay on why I am passionate about a job, I would be reminded that I am not and immediately abort the process and it will be for the best, as a company full of cheerleaders is annoying at best but likely toxic.

    Lady Goldberry
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it's somehow worse when you realise they're not all cheerleaders, but they have to pretend they are cos management thinks they're a family...a dysfunctional family who hate one another, sure. So then you realise that they're all just as miserable and defeated as you are... Source: the one job I had which wasn't creative in some way

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    Robert Trebor
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does every web site want you to create an account - not just jobs. I'm passworded out.

    Gary Harkins
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then some of those websites will show the job, then you click on it and it takes you to ANOTHER website with jobs not even kinda related to the job you were clicking on!!?? That's what annoys me the most!

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    Indigocat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This. Freaking this. Takes too long just to fill out a job application and most of the companies never even bother calling.

    Seedy Vine
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I applied to a job once and now I have 50 new online accounts. Ah, privacy!

    West Hermans
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whenever I apply on one of the big websites that already have all of my info and I get "click this link to apply on the company website" and it's not just "confirm that your info is accurate", that company loses its chance to reject me for wasting 2 hours. I'll reject the company immediately instead for being too inefficient.

    g90814
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The blue part on the right should take up 75% of the chart minimum.

    John G
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Need one for job motivation you vs company. You $$, why company thinks you want the job: anything but money.

    Lady Goldberry
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Urgh yeah - 'tell me why you want to work for us here at Braindead B******t Co?' Mate, I'm skint and you're about to hear the same thing I've said during the 20 other interviews I've had this month.

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    No One
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t forget their 100 question assessment to see your personality type

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    #8

    mattsurelee Report

    Emerald Ocean
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The little “these are trees” thing at the bottom🤣

    Rowan/Vin
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My life. Except its a biker group that takes up like the whole street as they cross and they're all talking and one of them stops and points something out so the whole group stops in the middle of the road..

    foofoofloofy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a third laughing guy, a third dumb idiot, and a third tree.

    Duesvolent90
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Basically every city in the US. Where pedestrians dare you to hit them or they'll sue. Can't sue if you're dead bud.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    haha in our country the pedestrian will definitely be running for his life, not dawdling

    Eunice Bentley
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    as we get older we may tend to walk slower, so some drivers see a person with grey hair crossing the street and start honking, some even go so far as to yell "hey grandma I have a job to get too". As it happens this 71 year old grandma can cross a 5 lane intersection in about 14 seconds ( yes we have counters). I wish I knew how that is taking too much time out of someone's day.

    Isaac Harvey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about the white, gray, and black areas?

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    #9

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    Sleeping Solipsist
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    PickleRick!!! I put googly eyes on a gherkin the other day. I laughed.. the pickle laughed. Good times!

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    Joshua Moore
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm so much more productive at home than I am in the office. I don't have 25 people stopping by my desk interrupting me during the day. I can ignore instant messages all day long. Getting a shower, brushing my teeth and putting on pj's for the day, is also a nice perk. 😁😜

    ~Noodlefromdabucket~
    Community Member
    3 years ago

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    Permiegirl is bot trying to make you do some job

    Ambry Petersen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm 26 weeks pregnant, pants are the bane of my existence.

    Melissa Johnson
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Unrivaled"? Hold my beer...and prepare to be amazed.

    Josurf
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't feel like a pro-crastinator... more like a dilettante or an amateur.

    Hill Branda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently someone is spying on me because, tragically, this sums up my life rather well.

    Dani Fogel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I pretty sure this is somehow based on the JoHarry model in communications or something..

    Cuppa tea?
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No dress code, no not drinking policy.

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    During a previous chat with Bored Panda, Matt told us that he’s “always loved” things that are related to visuals and design. He said that it was a natural fit for him to try and do something similar on his Instagram page.

    “Sometimes, it is a challenge to keep motivated, but the good thing about charts is that you can pretty much do one on any topic,” he shared with us.

    “I'm not confined to a certain field of expertise which helps with inspiration. If I'm not feeling inspired to create something on a certain topic, I can always look in the complete opposite direction for something that activates the creative juices,” Matt opened up to Bored Panda about how he keeps the creativity flowing.

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    LapCat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think “alarm going off on Monday morning” would be on point 😆

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    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Introvert Alert chart. Completely relatable.

    Lys Chen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seriously though, what is it with sunday?? I hate this day but don´t know why I´m so anxious about it..

    Remi (He/Him)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Getting feelings on a Sunday ---> too late hell is already here 😬

    Dolevaal
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In a fight with a bear seem some good alert note

    JùjùLittleBihan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Social but not drinking" would be in the pink zone 😂

    Lola G
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm more comfortable speaking in front of an audience than talking to strangers, it's a one-way street.

    Science Lady
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alert! I'm going to die, it's Sunday!

    Shyla Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My biggest orange is my mother coming to visit.

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    JJ
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Clearly, boredpanda is missing in this chart

    Rahul Pawa
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me it's a simple replacement: Instagram -> Bored Panda. Also Twitter -> Google News Feed.

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    K W
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Twitter is a cesspool of outrage and negativity. That's also pretty much the current state of most news outlets in the US. I recently downloaded the good news app and joined a bunch of incredibly positive reddit subs and it's helped my mental so much.

    Phyzzi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't read news on Twitter, period. I read jokes occasionally, but I have managed to get my Google news feed to be about half tech news and half bored panda and similar. I still manage to get major news from the occasional Facebook doomscroll but if I actually want news I try for either NPR daily summery or Reddit because yeah, actual "news" has become a bit of a cesspool.

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    Bryan W.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "There's never good news on Twitter" 😂

    Remen Zack
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Matt is really good with charts. Everything looks so neat and organized 😍

    Bouthaina Van buuren
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I exited this circle a long time ago, best decision i made

    Ambry Petersen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a reason I don't have either Instagram or twitter.

    Bored_Panda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s now 11:58 pm and I went on my phone at 9:30 lol

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    Nimues Child
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rinse and repeat. Endlessly.

    Freya the Wanderer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I prefer a checkout lane with a human being. Those checkout people are far more efficient tan I will ever be!

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    Lily
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I usually tell the machine to shut up and stop it, I've got it, I don't need to be reminded like a nagging parent.

    David Brown
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The self checkouts at Lowe's hardware do this constantly. I walked out and left a buggy full of s**t the last time it happened.

    Adam L
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They forgot the Walmart one: ring in item > place item in bagging area > unexpected item in bagging area > calls police

    Morris Burgess
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Literally just happened to me yesterday. I HAD ONE ITEM.

    Mental Liberals
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this weekend we went through this! As SOON as my wife scanned an item, it said/showed place item in bagging area...NO time to actually do it! Then every other item was above...technology! Phhh!

    Lunar Rat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually yelled at a self service checkout once in Tesco, I think everyone thought I was crazy.

    K W
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Albertsons one is so condescending.

    Melissa Johnson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He forgot the part where I pick up the entire computer and chuck it through the front ice freezer. Oh, wait...no, that's just in my brain.

    Eunice Bentley
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why I never self checkout. The machine always tells me to put my just scanned item in the bagging area and then seems to forget it just told me that. Too much frustration. They don't pay me enough to deal with those machines.

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    Charts are a great medium for sharing humor with people. They’re very to-the-point and pack a lot of punch in bite-sized bits of content.

    “I like charts because they don't require a lot of reading and there's an inherent discovery process whenever you are trying to figure out what a chart is trying to depict, whether it's for entertainment or data-driven,” the artist told us.

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    “The only limitations I've found are with the types of jokes you can include. If you want long-winded setups and character-driven jokes then charts are definitely going to be difficult to work with,” Matt explained that charts allow for concise and snappy jokes, nothing too deep.

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    Nimues Child
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need to make this my desktop.

    David Green
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have the mantra "don't let the perfect get in the way of the good". While usually this is a bit of post hoc justification for not doing anything properly, it is reassuring to know I'm on the right path. Now to show this graph to my wife....

    Giles McArdell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perfection is something to aim for, it is not required that we achieve it.

    Joseph Harmon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly"

    Lorraine R
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Progress, not perfection" is the best motto for most tasks.

    Melissa Johnson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Should be "...when we just aim to get it done.", but whatevs.

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    PickleRick
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This guys a genius. All of these posts are fantastic.

    foofoofloofy
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like my job, at least for now. It's something that I enjoy doing, and I'll just have to live with the constant worry that I'll stop liking it...

    Keisha
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm so glad I am self employed and love my job.

    James Fe
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I keep hearing people say that if they won the lottery they would keep working,..pfft. There would be a James shaped hole in the door and a roadrunner smoke trail down the highway.

    Xanthin Cyan Alizarin
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok I actually love my job, but I'm 57, this is the first time I ever did love one.

    Sean Pedersen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, part of the "humans are never happy" universal sets.

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    Existing Panda(Lazy_Panda)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't true for me, but I have friends who have parents like this 😆

    Ambry Petersen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My father likes to call when he's getting drunk, and will proceed to talk your ear off.....for several hours.

    Daveygravey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Dads being saying 'Heres your Mum' for the last 40 years..

    Keisha
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I had parents there's no way they would question me about being single nor career because I wouldn't tolerate it.

    That nerd Zoe ️‍🇺🇦️‍
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This but grandparents ;-; and thankfully no single questions or career questions... Mostly visitation questions which I avoid bc my mom doesn't let me go over there. Personal reasons. It's annoying, I shouldn't have to feel like this about my grandma... Anyways I'm gay and they're homophobic so I'm superrr thankful I don't have to answer questions about that.

    Science Lady
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just need to add to dad's side "How's the oil in your car?"

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    Meanwhile, during a couple of more recent talks with Bored Panda, the chart and graph virtuoso revealed that “it’s actually quite difficult” keeping up with current events. Sure, they might make for great content, but being up-to-date with all the freshest news, all the time can be exhausting. Matt picks and chooses what he engages with.

    “I tend to not pay attention to the news too awfully much because I find that it's not exactly great for my mental health, so I have to pick and choose the types of current events I talk about with my charts,” he told Bored Panda

    “In general. I like to do things that are light-hearted so it's natural that some of the more light-hearted news stories are right up my alley. And then, of course, I can always draw off my own experiences, whether it's working from home or dealing with isolation or my thoughts on anxiety,” he shared a glimpse into his creative process with us.

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    Emerald Ocean
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who goes to bed as a kid thinking about butts?!

    GayBoi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I relate to the kid side, but the other side for me would be as a teen: Wake up > Cry > Red bull > Watch YT > Panic attack > Stare at Phone > Maybe eat frozen food > Cry again > go to sleep late and depressed

    Frostfirefox919
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think about Trevor Henderson creatures and SCPs- on a completely unrelated note I have not slept it 2 days :(

    Sarah Young
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still think about butts before bed. Growing up is a choice.

    Ambry Petersen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids think many strange things before bed.

    Keisha
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My childhood certainly looked different. I grew up on a farm and couldn't wait to get outside to spend time with all my animals.

    Michele Lein
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just posted last night about the U.S. self destructing due to the insanity of the Maga agenda, and any crazy Trumpists still hanging on, and that anyone left here that's sane should pack up and head to saner shores in 1. New Zealand 2. The Netherlands 3. Europe.

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    DennyS (denzoren)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I exist in the lawful good and I am annoyed by anyone who is outside of that.

    K W
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol. I'm pretty sure it's a law where I live that you have to talk about the weather at least once in a conversation.

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    Pekoe
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All I hear when someone says "you look tired" is damn you look like s h i t.

    Fluffy Cat Sleeps
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    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where does "Hey!" and a little wave and then going back to my desk fall?

    Sylvia Schmitz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We Germans are known to not like small talk, but in northern Germany we get by with just four words: Moin - Und? - Muss! ( moin is a greeting that's valid the whole day and has different underlying meanings. Und means and like in and how are you doing? Muss means must and covers the whole spectrum of negative life experiences, from not too bad to my wife just died.) Alternatively the answer could be a slow Joah, which is the equivalent of an enthusiastic Yes, life is good!

    Jen Berry
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tend to hang out in the lawful good, lawful neutral and true neutral, but as I work in a medical clinic we have been known to go chaotic evil given the appropriate circumstances.

    Zack Podany
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I literally start every Email with "Good [afternoon]," I'm the office paladin. AKA Lawful Stupid.

    Sean Pedersen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where's the "I don't care, go away" belong?

    Nikole
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You look tired." Why oh why do people say this to others?? Jealous bitches?

    urlocalmtndewaddict
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do without thinking out of concern. Also yknow without thinking. I have no filter.

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    Patrick c whitty
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All my answers were chaotic or evil good thing I'm a cook🤣

    LapCat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When it doubt, talk about the weather

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    Eirik Johnsbråten
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Living with anxiety, it's mostly green and pink for me. And no yellow. Definitely no yellow.

    Monsen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never yellow and definitley brown in between of pink

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    Zack Podany
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not true. Who has time for breakfast?

    Kathy Overholser
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only TWO coffee addictions for adults? Come on... wait, I'm not ready to go yet, more coffee! LOL

    Shyla Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget staring at the wall for 20 minutes.

    Nina Stanislaus
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My lovely day almost always starts with green, then goes to teal. If lucky to have caregiver that day will make it to yellow. Life with a physical disability sucks but sunlight feels amazing every time.

    Jeff Lum
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will never understand the point of making your bed.

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    When Matt first started out venturing into the world of digital virality on Instagram, he was drawing his charts on whiteboards. However, he eventually upgraded and went fully digital.

    “This worked great at first, but eventually I found that I would often make mistakes that were almost impossible to fix on a whiteboard and I moved to more graphic design charts,” he said.

    According to Matt, going fully digital has allowed him to be more flexible. Now he can draw multiple things each day. Moreover, he can reuse certain templates, “so I don't have to measure and draw the same pie charts or tables over and over again.”

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    Emerald Ocean
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is me sadly! I want compliments then when I get them I’m awkward and shy!

    Zack Podany
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel seen, and I thought I'd want that, but...

    Keisha
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't relate. I'm not a people person nor a social media person so I'm not much on the attention part at all. I rather be left alone.

    Piano
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agreed. Just leave me alone and let me live my life without interfering. I don't want/crave attention or recognition. I want to remain anonymous and inconspicuous.

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    Dillon H
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Inaccurate, some of us want to maintain invisibility.

    BigMamaDave X
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I'm PAYING for goods and/or service, I'll want the attention that King Customer is due! But other than that, just leave me alone. 😉

    Cassandra Elkin
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except move the blue circle completely out of the picture

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    Meghan Turnis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hard NOT to see me with my new post-covid body, amirite?!

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    Ivo H
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me? Start - red one, hoping it won't get any worse, it does. The end.

    MalP
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    two years out and I'm back down to blue!

    Madelyn Jeffords
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    3 years ago

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    Ambry Petersen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nice thing about being pregnant, at least I have an excuse for my belly.

    Pizzagirl 91
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I was pregnant in between, unfortunately the excuse doesn't last... I even lost weight during the pregnancy, but now, with twin toddlers and sleep loss forever, it's all back... I can carry two 12.5kg toddlers at the same time, though, so...

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    That nerd Zoe ️‍🇺🇦️‍
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me: green before quarantine, feels like red now but I'm only 130 pounds and 5' 4". I need assurance pls someone tell me I'm not overweight I'm super insecure rn

    Phyzzi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    130 lbs is still in the "I can toss you" range and I am not Legolas. Also, body size is just one of many things that matter to people judging someone so don't, er, put too much weight on it.

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    Kari Lynn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a perfect example of the evolution of WFH, lol

    K W
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This doesn't include a bible study or job interview which isn't universal but definitely exists as a permanent feature in the coffee shops where I live. Also what kind of coffee shop doesn't have decaf?

    Shyla Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never been to a coffee shop.

    Robert Trebor
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The name taker also has to have a nasal voice and mispronounce everything.

    Heather Talma
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If these coffee shop knitting groups exist, I would love to join one. So long as they have tea.

    Shelli Aderman
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Sent mobile order to wrong shop.” 🫢

    urlocalmtndewaddict
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Id be the guy with the desktop computer if I left the house

    Pursuing Peonies
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Confused how lines work could definitely also be trying to read the menus/not sure what they want and don't want to be in the way

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    In other words, digital art makes the entire work process much faster. Besides, Matt enjoys the variety of colors that he can use digitally. You just can’t get the same effect with whiteboard markers. 

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    “I absolutely didn't expect anything when I started. But it's very nice to find out that other people see the world in the same way I do,” the creator said that he never expected his chart art to take off as much as it did.

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    Starhawk Hunt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where I work, the fiscal first day of the week is Friday. So, Friday is our Monday, Monday our Tuesday and so on. Try to assimilate that Friday is Monday. Dare ya!

    Melissa Johnson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's one more line for me. The orange one is "When my four kids start asking me for everything they can possibly think of.", and then right after that is when I give up...but that's every day.

    Joshua Moore
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm dying😂😂😂😂

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    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That novelty really wears off really quickly.

    Heta Luna
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In what kind of heckhole do y'all live😭

    Keisha
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My coffee consumption would be much higher. Hell I would have my Keurig on my desk.

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    DennyS (denzoren)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do like football/soccer a lot....but you just can't beat a good afternoon nap.

    Kevin Fahy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Naps are for lazy people. A siesta is a cultural experience. You will be enriched by the experience

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    Pizzagirl 91
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There should be three diagrams: "what I say I like to do" , "what I actually like to do" and "what I have the time/energy for". E.g. I like to sew, but I can't do that while my twin toddlers run free and I work full time, so I can only do it in the evening when we've put them to bed and we've eaten. Yet they wake me up around 5am, so if I don't want to be dead, I'll have about an hour tops to do whatever I want before I should go to bed. That's not much when you're just getting started...

    Alexander Salt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like to game while I drink. Otherwise, accurate.

    Kitti B.
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love playing video games, reading graphic novels. When I'm at work I always think of doing them after work. Then I home home I watch true crime on Netflix or stupid videos on youtube :D

    Lisa Shaw
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where's the crochet/crafting?

    Deep One
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Left out video games. (although I guess they could be considered "interactive TV". :)

    Keisha
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely not on the drinking part. I love to hike but when you live in South Louisiana and the humidity is almost 100% all year round and it's 100°+ daily(usually at least 85°on Christmas)hiking is more of a luxury unless you like certain death.😂

    Ashley Deane
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need blue on the right, I need video games up there.

    SheamusFan1987
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do like writing and some badminton/football, but TV and napping just sounds like a forever interesting proposition :-P

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    Not everything that Matt draws ends up on social media, even though he draws pretty much every single day. He feels that some of his charts aren’t “up to snuff” and end up in his computer archive, never to see the light of day. He feels that the content that genuinely makes him laugh will make others laugh as well.

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    Monique Reed
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's missing 1) the other circling cars looking for a spot and beating you to all of them 2) the giant pickup or other rude vehicle taking up two spaces, 3) the reserved spots (needed for folks with limited mobility and/or kids) but currently empty, 4) the space with something broken or spilled that you don't want to chance driving through, and 5) the "empty" space that turns out to be a cart return.

    Jason Davis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your number 3 is missing the excessiveness of spots for people with limited mobility. IE walmart and the 40 spaces reservered that only ever have 10 in use.

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    Starhawk Hunt
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the guy parked actually illegally in the handicapped space, and the astronomically entitled sweety who is parked on the loading zone FOR the handicapped spot! (I explained to her that if we scratched her car with my one-legged husband’s wheelchair, the cops would ticket “!her!”. Turns out she was pretty fast.)

    Keisha
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always just park at the back of parking lots when I go to my store. Keeps my car from getting banged up from door dings and other assorted c**p.

    Zack Podany
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why I instituted the Rule of Next Available, or RONA (yeah, that name didn't age well). At some point, I say RONA to myself and wherever the next spot is, I park there.

    Robert Trebor
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Went to my supermarket yesterday. Four of the handicapped spots taken up by two cars.

    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WHAT ABOUT THE YELLOW CAR

    Omiyaru
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget the guy backing out, and the jerk going the wrong way

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    Lillian Swaim
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know where I am on this graph and I'm sorry coworkers

    Kate Johnson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, sweetie, you're NOT the worst ever! You don't have to apologize! (😉)

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    K W
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now talk about how the buffoon gets paid more because they look like "management potential". Or how they're already middle management.

    Stolas
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what if I'm in two places depending on how I'm treated by you

    Haley Futch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mr. Jackpot is probably suffering because management, probably the buffoon that happens to be manager, keeps throwing more stuff on him to do. And now he's burnt out because he's doing everyone else's work

    Person
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you forgot to lable "the worst ever" as "(actually also the manager)"

    Phyzzi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am pretty sure that there's some middle ground for maximum productivity over which you are smart but bored and not really productive (at least in most jobs). Or maybe the right lable would be "effectiveness" or something.

    SkekVi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The boss and managers are always in the red zone lmao!

    foofoofloofy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a typical buffoon. I'm the only one on my shift though, so nobody gets to witness my buffoonery.

    Jennifer Flynn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish….more like 1/2 red, 1/4 orange & 1/4 green

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    So, Pandas, which of these charts were your faves? Which ones resonated with you the most and why? Cuz, we gotta say, we relate to most of Matt's work. Do you have any ideas that you wish the artist would illustrate in the near future? Tell us all about it (and more!) in the comment section at the bottom of this list.

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    Peacemaker21
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The purple is wrong, the line should go straight up vertical at the starts and ends

    Almarako94
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knowing you have to to work drains your energy until you work and after work your energy slowly but steadily regains.

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    SobyKay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    orange is weird to me. Is this how ppl actually work, in fits and starts?

    gk sutto
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Desire to be working" falling completely off the chart is the most accurate assessment ever.

    Heather Talma
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If ONLY we were allowed that many snacks.

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    Legolas Greenleaf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish for infinite genies, it takes care of my second wish: more friends

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    Keisha
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wish to win the lottery or have some relative I don't know leave me a fortune is missing.

    Ashley Deane
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I could stop wishing and actually start working on them..

    Greengrass
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love all of these1 So clever!

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    Shyla Clay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sleep I needed but didn't get because I was playing stupid games on my phone would be pretty high for me.

    Bored_Panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know, right? Same is happening to me right now

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    foofoofloofy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *laughs in part-time weekend job where Sunday night is Friday night*

    The Shark
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sleeping makes all the bad feelings go away! 😁 Hungry, but too tired/lazy/poor to eat? Go to sleep and forget you're hungry! Depressed? Lonely? Hating every waking hour of every day? Go to sleep and be unconscious of your own existence!

    Keisha
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Netflix binges would be much higher. I hate binging but once I get into it I have zero willpower.Didn't sleep for two days watching Secrets Of The Skin Walker Ranch on Hulu,all three seasons then Googling when will there be a fourth season. Thankfully I'm self employed and just didn't adult those two days.

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    stardust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bowser Peach naked - Haha I can't believe you opened this. Enjoy another virus loser!!! Jan 23

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    Jessica N
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My apple is the grape i tried yesterday

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    Time Lady Donna
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's okay. I need to hear that. And when I am the one affirming people's hard work I mostly make their days.

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    François Carré
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But I just never could throw away a Gremlins VHS tape !

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    DennyS (denzoren)
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had some really bad sex ed in school. It was more of a "don't do it!!!" rather than a "this is what you need to know".

    pink_panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. We had some bad sex ed too. If people don't ever learn the stuff in the right pie chart in school, how the hell are they expected to ever learn it, even if they're grown and/or married???

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    Seedy Vine
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was taught by a nun, who was blushing, stammering, and looked like she wanted to die.

    SkekVi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    blue and yellow are the same ya silly goose.

    Thomas Moore
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too many US schools seem to lean towards the don't do it side of things

    Izzy Curer
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've commented on here before how I guess my weird, podunk small town school was pretty woke compared to what other people have reported. It was in the midwest in the 90's, smack dab in the middle of the bible belt. During middle school sex ed, they taught all the kids everything on the right hand chart except 'how to do it good', because I assume they thought that would have been too many details for 13 year olds. I remember them putting it all up on a projector, and it was pretty graphic

    tragicaltales
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Luckily my county had a good sex Ed program

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    Talon
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To make sure my thoughts don’t wonder and I spiral down a horrible hole

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    Jessica N
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine stopped growing after i stopped shaving. Like one errant hair on back near ankle, it's crazy!

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    pink_panda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unfortunately, this is basically how everyone processes information. We are wired to make emotional decisions and then rationalize them. An ongoing goal of humanity is to be able to make more decisions rationally, but we backslide frequently...

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    Nimues Child
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This works for Powerpoint, Google Slides, Keynote too.

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    Rowan/Vin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In person should be under the graph.

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    Izzy Curer
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't like fireworks, so I stay home so I can give my dog lots of cuddles and treats when people start setting them off

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    DennyS (denzoren)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Today being the 19th....pretend to work. Gotcha!

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    Emo Sloth
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The box on Not Fulfilling and Stressful should be: Suck it up 'cause you're homeless without it.

    Rahul Pawa
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see how "get out now" is unrealistic for some people. Perhaps "look for something better" would be better.

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    stardust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like how orange is nonexistent lol

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    SchokoNL
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is the part of "Drinking because it's St. P's Day orange and NOT green? This chart is a crime!

    Nimues Child
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder how the ratios on this chart were for 2021

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    Duesvolent90
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. When the sun decides to chill tf out on trying to bake us.

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    Lucy Reeves
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel so lucky to live in England where all that stuff is done automatically and I don't have to worry about it. And free healthcare.

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    Deborah Page
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I'm not the only one who knows ALL the words to that song?!

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    GenXandEarnedItAll
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And don't forget about the guy scratching lottery tickets (while we all wait in line behind him), wins $2, buys 3 more, continues scratching, wins $100, buys beer with the winnings, howls at wolf while leaving, and passes out in driver's seat.

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    Izzy Curer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are all the places that are nothing like the rest of their state, and yet people who haven't been there assume they must be the epitome of that state

    Julie Zugz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    EXCUSE ME! WHAT?! If anything, Pittsburgh is underrated. But ya know what, i guess it's better if the word doesn't get out. We are a small city and we like it that way. Also, I've lived in NJ and most of it is lovely. It gets such a bad rap because of the dense urban areas.

    Izzy Curer
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    3 years ago

    The NJ wilderness and rural areas are stunning

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    Tara Moov
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Er, Cape Cod isn't a city...

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    DennyS (denzoren)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My self worth really takes a hit every time I visit LinkedIn. I like their job search thing but damn, seeing everyone that's doing astronomically better than you while you search for a job that utilizes even 20% of your degree isn't fun.

    François Carré
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's sad there are no memes on LinkedIn. That needs to be fixed.

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    GenXandEarnedItAll
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And a "Sorry For Your Loss" card (with an envelope that's too small) because all of the Mothers' day cards are already gone.

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    DennyS (denzoren)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My birthday is in here and I can confirm everything. Lol

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    Izzy Curer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, mostly the people on the north part of the map would rather be cold, and the people on the south would rather be hot, as if they're satisfied with the choice they made to live there. And then there's this weird section in the middle where everything is flipped around and the people want the opposite of how the weather often is. I wonder why. Is it humidity? Is it because of temperature extremes?

    Jessica N
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Green Bay i can tell you i definitely prefer the cold! Ofc it was 90° today and feels like pea soup outside from humidity...

    Chris Osborn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can verify as I too live in Green Bay! It's been way too warm and muggy here lately.

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    Thomas Moore
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll never understand how people can withstand the cold. And I leave in a state where people like the cold.

    NoDak Pirate
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Easy: I can put on as many layers that I need, I can only take off so many.

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    Nimues Child
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe you mean "Woostah, MA". 🙂

    pink_panda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fairbanks is the best! Love how Cincinnati is listed as the most overrated and the most underrated.

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