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As a grandparent of twins, I would put "switching places" higher on the y-axis.

They are technically pocket microwave communicators, but I think we can give this one a pass.

Disney really did us dirty making us think there was quicksand around every corner

Cursive Handwriting

adding "scarecrows" to the bottom right

To run into quicksand, you just have to live in the right place. I have a couple of nearby parks with quicksand warnings. (Although given that someone clearly drove a mower over this spot, I question the quickness of the sand)

I wonder where "cursive handwriting" would land on this chart. Probably right under parachutes.

Getting my tongue stuck with peanut butter was a childhood fear. I didn't like peanut butter sandwiches for that reason. I did like peanut butter cookies though!

As a matter of fact, Dr Hartley, I've been in touch with your 6th grade math teacher who had something to say about your language habits that year... this may impact your quarterly performance review.

youtu.be/-fGWY5vjEkE?...

You left out Caves With Doors over there on the right-hand side.

After recent Covid, I developed a weird condition where I smell smoke intermittently, all the time. I know it's a long Covid symptom, but I'm still slightly worried. And I just had to revisit my academic record for only the 2nd time in my adult life, and probably never will again.

Quicksand not so much, but evil sucking Marsh mud, yes. I had to rescue a friend from some using a fragment of tank track years ago

Tim Hunkin has a great video on adhesive... youtu.be/qDwdFmU6A_w

Sometimes I wonder why I even bothered to learn about shurikens as a child...

I’m fan-girling here… awesome to see you here!

What about the Bermuda Triangle? 'Dinner' is too real. I don't mind cooking a good meal, but every single day? Who has the time or energy for that?

People smoke less than they did.

I'm sorry, but I can't take seriously any diagram like this which doesn't include unexpected vulcanism or getting one's leg trapped in a giant clam while snorkeling.

Flat tires would be WAY higher on my chart. But I moved to a city where I no longer need to drive! WOOHOO!

Same!

Dangerous driving situations ↗️↗️↗️

I glimpsed "Isaac Hayes" but it turned out to be "HVAC Issues". Disappointing.

Figuring out dinner needs to be about 3 ft above the rest of the graph.

Huh! I thought I was the only one with the crocodile, stick, mouth thing!

It got fixed in 1989 but it made a comeback recently.

Oh god, so true. But trust me, it gets better.

yess

There are books on Manners that explain the forks but in a pinch the outermost forks align with the presentation of the courses. Bon Appetite.

I really did think quicksand would be a much broader concern than it turned out to be. Then I learned about liquefaction in engineering school and I got excited for a moment…but I live in the mid-Atlantic region. 😫

Usually the smells and noises have an explanation

Makes sense to me. Cooking happens out in the kitchen, but kids might not see the invisible work of planning meals. It's kind of startling becoming an adult and discovering how much background work it takes to run your life and home. There's way more "figuring out what to do" than I realized.

On my graph in the upper left would be "Waiting for the dog to poop"

Moderately concerned about the relative frequencies of 'unexplained smells' vs 'what to have for dinner'.

Comprehensive graph

I also have car and work desk acetaminophen.

As well as cheap reading glasses stached EVERYWHERE! 🤓👓📖

So many dinners

"My academic record" The world was going to end if I failed an exam. But it didn't

Pizza is higher on my graph.

Damn that's way higher than it deserves to be, I'm jealous.

The good news is that I have lived long enough to learn that you cannot breathe through a reed or straw from the bottom of a stream when a bunch of men on horseback are trying to track you down. Of course, I also haven't been tracked down by men on horseback, so I better start living life.

I like how Board Games held its own on this chart. Amazing how the digital infrastructure (Kickstarter, BoardGameGeek, etc.) helped that industry thrive by indulging nifty niche ideas like Wingspan or Age of Renaissance, instead of leaving us all suffering Monopoly or Risk.

Okay, I'm very curious because the twin swap is much higher up on the y axis than I expected.

Oh no! The pain of healthcare is missing.

Star Wars, quicksand, grappling hooks, car chases - we're you expecting to be Harrison Ford?

No unexpected pain and sores. Good.

Better foresight than me on bills and taxes 😣

I get offered free drugs all the time here in the UK because of the NHS and being over 60, but they're not the interesting ones

That is a healthy amount of food fights for an adult. Kudos!

I excitedly told American GF that if we visit Runnymede there’s a text-book oxbow lake (the first one I ever saw at like 35 years old) and received a blank stare of “what the hell are you talking about?”

Wrong about tying knots. Uhmmmm...boats?

In my childhood, I was made to believe turtles, owls, and frogs were a lot more common than they turned out to be.

You forgot being set on fire and having to stop-drop-roll.

Not recently 😊

Accurate.

For the young people out there, this is an excellent primer on what adulthood is really like

Can't see sex?

Stop, Drop, and Roll. Based on how often we were taught that in Elementary school, catching on fire should be a lot more common than it is

That's a fair few knots you must be tying ➰

Star Wars is definitely coming up more than I expected. I definitely expected the prequel trilogy to be the end of it, and I definitely had an adult or two tell me it was mostly for kids.

Same re wind.

We were led to believe quicksand would be a much bigger problem than it has turned out to be. I'm mildly disappointed by that revelation.

As an #ActualAutistic person I know how much sensory issues increase with age.   Being overly tuned into strange smells and noises can be hard. However, it can be helpful.  You can detect coolant leaks before anyone else, for instance.  Still, it can be annoying too.

Briefcases got replaced by messenger bags in the 00's and not a moment too soon.

Yes, I always tape crocodiles' mouths closed, much safer.

Based on my geography Lessons, I really thought amphibious vehicles were more of Thing, because that Made way more Sense than using a Bridge...

Not having enough car chases is a bummer, I know. My 10 year old version misses that very much. And as you pointed out, getting compensated with cable management isn't the flex it seems, pun intended. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Some quicksand for you... Unfortunately not as impressive as in the movies, though with a bit of work it will suck you down.

I’ve never been chased around outside by a little bald man in a conductor’s uniform to the tune of Yakety Sax. Yet 🙃

Have you asked your horse about your passwords?

Interestingly we live near a very fast tidal bay with a load of quicksand and I think my kids' estimate of how often it will come up might be accurate if they bring kids up here too.

By the end of the work day I don't have the mental bandwidth to figure out what to make. Plus, I need to make something the rest of the family is willing to eat. My solution is to plan the meals for the week ahead of time.

Sure, if you only have to make food for yourself, are rich and have no allergies, food sensitivities, or nutrition concerns. But if you eat with another person, it's more than 2x as hard. If you eat with 3 other people-- some of whom will change food preferences based on color... it's complicated

also in the bottom right corner is being on fire and getting struck by lighting

Why does laundry literally never end

bottom right needs the Bermuda triangle

You need more reliable HVAC.

40-something mom here and this nails it 🤣🤣🤣

📌

Bombs play a much smaller role in my life than I was led to believe by the 1960s show "Combat!"

what about winning the lottery

Ah, Mary Reeser's leg...

Tracks, except that water damage is higher on the y axis for some of us.

Title text: "I don't dig pit traps and cover them with sticks and a thin layer of leaves nearly as much as I expected; I find a chance to do it barely once a month." Alt text: https://explainxkcd.com/3034#Transcript

its very possible "twins switching places" *does* come up often in your adult life...

We have. We're just not telling anyone.

You're missing... death. At some point people start dying, and suddenly you can't go a month without hearing about someone's operation :(