food
Explanation
The Joke
The comic is a graph titled "How I React to a New Delicious Food" with two variables plotted over time: "Quantity Eaten Daily" (in blue) and "Quantity Remaining in House" (in red). The graph shows that when someone discovers a new delicious food, the quantity eaten daily spikes dramatically as they binge on it. Meanwhile, the quantity remaining in the house rises initially (because they bought a lot of it), but then plummets to zero as they devour the entire supply. After the supply is exhausted, the daily consumption drops back to near zero.
The graph captures a universal experience: discovering something delicious and then eating it at an unsustainable, obsessive rate until it is completely gone, rather than pacing oneself and enjoying it over time.
The Humor
The comedy comes from the relatable absurdity of human behavior around food, presented in the dry, clinical format of a scientific graph. Everyone has experienced the cycle of discovering a new snack, buying it in bulk, eating far too much of it in a short period, and then running out entirely. By presenting this common lack of self-control as if it were a natural law depicted in a formal chart, the comic highlights how predictably irrational we are when it comes to food we enjoy. The contrast between the serious, analytical presentation and the mundane, embarrassing behavior it describes is the core of the joke.