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xkcd: Bridge
A webcomic of romance,
sarcasm, math, and language.
Permanent link to this comic: https://xkcd.com/1170/
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A webcomic of romance,sarcasm, math, and language.
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Bridge
Permanent link to this comic: https://xkcd.com/1170/
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[[A teenager stands talking to a parent off-screen.]]
Parent: No, you can't go.
Teenager: But all my friends-
Parent If all your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?
Teenager: Oh Jeez. Probably.
Parent: What!? Why!?
Teenager Because all my friends did. Think about it - which scenario is more likely:
Teenager: Every single person I know, many of them levelheaded and afraid of heights, abruptly went crazy at exactly the same time... ... or the bridge is on fire?
Parent: ... I, uh... hmm.
Teenager: Imagine reading this on CNN: "Many fled their vehicles and jumped from the bridge. Those who stayed behind..." Is something good about to happen to those people?
Parent: Maybe they'll find cookies?
Teenager: OK, *you* stay. I'm jumping.
{{Title text: And it says a lot about you that when your friends jump off a bridge en masse, your first thought is apparently 'my friends are all foolish and I won't be like them' and not 'are my friends ok?'.}}
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