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Explanation
This comic plays with the time-travel trope of "if you could live your life over, would you change anything?" and subverts it with a cynically practical answer.
A child asks his father (or grandfather): "Dad, if you could live your life over again, knowing what you know now, would you change anything?" The older man answers: "Oh God, yes."
He elaborates: "I'd know the outcome of every Super Bowl, every World Cup, every Kentucky Derby. I'd be so rich." Rather than offering a sentimental answer about spending more time with family, being kinder, or avoiding regrets, he immediately jumps to the most lucrative application of future knowledge: sports betting. This is a reference to the plot of "Back to the Future Part II," where Biff uses a sports almanac from the future to become wealthy.
The child observes: "But you wouldn't have the memories that make life meaningful." The father agrees: "Yeah!" Then delivers the punchline: "You would live a life of four-star restaurants!" -- completely missing the child's point about emotional meaning, and instead doubling down on how the wealth would fund a luxurious lifestyle.
The child's deadpan response -- "I'd settle for just postponed" -- suggests he'd settle for delaying the inevitable disappointment of growing up to become this cynical. The comic pokes fun at how, given infinite do-over potential, many people would skip the profound life lessons and go straight for the money.