0523: "Decline"

[dennisw]

Title-text: 'There's also a spike on the Fourier transform at the one-month mark where --' 'You want to stop talking right now.'

Link: http://xkcd.com/523/

Punctuation mark!

[sje46]

Poor randall.

[alchemistique]

No, Randall, seriously - gtfo of my head ;_;

[Wehpudicabok]

This one struck me as sort of a self-ribbing on Randall's part, as a reference to all of the graph-based comics he's done recently. Good comic.

[fransisco4]

No, Randall, seriously - gtfo of my head ;_;

I was just thinking about how much ot would take for some to say that.

Seriously you girlfriend left you for graphing things?

[Cimorene07]

Speculation as to what happened at the one-month mark?...

[GodShapedBullet]

My first thought was about NOFX's song "The Decline."

My first thought on topic was that this was a pretty funny comic today.

[roc314]

The Fourier Transform, helping you sleep on the coach since 1822.

The alt text made this one.

Although I wonder if his cat also had the one month peak.

[RandallGetOutOfMyHead]

No, Randall, seriously - gtfo of my head ;_;

I know!

It's really weird that Randall would put a comic about graphs when I JUST looked at a graph in the paper.

[Kleppner]

I remember how my friends and I realized that our romantic relationships seemed to follow a sine wave...

[TheGrammarBolshevik]

No, Randall, seriously - gtfo of my head ;_;

This has happened to you?

[fransisco4]

Speculation as to what happened at the one-month mark?...

He went through a brief period of making flowcharts for every decision he had to take.

[Affableprechaun]

This one struck me as sort of a self-ribbing on Randall's part, as a reference to all of the graph-based comics he's done recently. Good comic.

Indeed. Randall is a little too fond of graphs, as many of us here apparently are judging from our enjoyment of his constant use of them.

[dennisw]

Speculation as to what happened at the one-month mark?...

For a clue, see the opening post (it helps if you speak American English rather than British English).

edit: typo

[TheHand]

Coincidence? I think NOT!

[Doodle77]

So the frequency of <3 in their relationship increased briefly at one month?

[Cimorene07]

Speculation as to what happened at the one-month mark?...

For a clue, see the opening post (it helps if you speak American English rather then British English).

Hmm...I do. And now feel silly for missing something.

[Lindir The Green]

Speculation as to what happened at the one-month mark?...

For a clue, see the opening post (it helps if you speak American English rather then British English).

I don't get it. Fourier transforms spike when there's a sharp corner, right? So the original plot of love vs. time has a sharp corner at t = 1 month, which somehow implies something?

edit: Or it could just be the frequency of love increasing... But why did she cut off his statement then? Unless there was a biological reason for the frequency increasing, but then wouldn't it be a recurring thing?

[roc314]

I don't get it. Fourier transforms spike when there's a sharp corner, right? So the original plot of love vs. time has a sharp corner at t = 1 month, which somehow implies something?

The spike indicates a periodic component with that wavelength. So there is a monthly cycle in their relationship.

[Lindir The Green]

Ok, ok, I get it now.

[accurrent]

Posted literally the minute a relationship started to tank.

Out of my head, now.

[_bud_]

I wonder how one would graph <3 quantitatively...?

[Byrden]

Something's wrong here. A Fourier transform cannot have a spike at "the 1-month mark". The base axis of such a transform is frequency, not time. There is nowhere on the transform you can point and say it's "the 1-month mark".

David

[stormieau]

accurrent I know what you mean.
Having a relationship dying over Christmas/NY REALLY sucks.

[dennisw]

Something's wrong here. A Fourier transform cannot have a spike at "the 1-month mark". The base axis of such a transform is frequency, not time. There is nowhere on the transform you can point and say it's "the 1-month mark".

David

You've answered your own question. Now slap yourself on the forehead and be enlightened.

[my_ledge_ends]

Randall, please get in my head. It's dark in here, and the voices have started to work together.

[Flesh_Of_The_Fallen_Angel]

Randall, please get in my head. It's dark in here, and the voices have started to work together.

You made me feel much better about the world with that statement, I <3 you . . . (Quick! Someone graph how badly this ends!)

[pyroman]

while i didn't have graphs per say i often did break things down into equations and logical expressions.... yea she didn't like that.

I wonder how one would graph <3 quantitatively...?

don't think Randall knows either... http://xkcd.com/55/

[Rufaellie]

I think the graph jokes are funny. Am I the only one who thinks the graph jokes are funny? Even Randall doesn't think the graph jokes are funny. I wonder why no one thinks the graph jokes are funny?

But seriosuly people, you should really know that 46% of all statistics are made up on the spot. Be warned.

[Felstaff]

I give the fellow credit for convincing his significant other to attend the meeting.
'We know why we're here today. May I bring your attention to our first graph: "sexual satisfaction". See how it has quickly declined to no more than a murmur after the first month or so. It does, however, spike every Monday when I visit your sister for those fifteen minutes after work.'

[Whispering]

But seriosuly people, you should really know that 99.999999% of all statistics are made up on the spot. Be warned.

Fixed that one for you.

[dennisw]

I give the fellow credit for convincing his significant other to attend the meeting.
'We know why we're here today. May I bring your attention to our first graph: "sexual satisfaction". See how it has quickly declined to no more than a murmur after the first month or so. It does, however, spike every Monday when I visit your mom for those fifteen minutes after work.'

Fixed.

[my_ledge_ends]

Randall, please get in my head. It's dark in here, and the voices have started to work together.

You made me feel much better about the world with that statement, I <3 you . . . (Quick! Someone graph how badly this ends!)

I'm torn as to whether or not you feel better about yourself at my expense, or if it's something else altogether. The lack of communication in that respect leads to doom.

That, and the voices. Sneaky bastards...

[SirMustapha]

This one struck me as sort of a self-ribbing on Randall's part, as a reference to all of the graph-based comics he's done recently. Good comic.

Same thought here. Either the XKCD: Overrated blog is starting to hit him, or he's just calculated the right time to burst his own bubble for fun and lulz.

[thinglie]

Graphy-relationship-starved-guy returns! Hooray!

[alok]

Title-text: 'There's also a spike on the Fourier transform at the one-month mark where --' 'You want to stop talking right now.'

A wavelet transform offers better resolution in the time as well as in the frequency domain. I wonder if that would result in deeper insights.

[yohanleafheart]

The Fourier Transform, helping you sleep on the coach since 1822.

The alt text made this one.

Yeah, although the idea of defining love, and plotting it against time is a good one. I should try remembering my past relationships and trying to find those spots where things go downhill.

EDIT: Spelling

[GodShapedBullet]

This one struck me as sort of a self-ribbing on Randall's part, as a reference to all of the graph-based comics he's done recently. Good comic.

Same thought here. Either the XKCD: Overrated blog is starting to hit him, or he's just calculated the right time to burst his own bubble for fun and lulz.

I'm optimistic that the blog will only serve to improve the comic.

[charl.ie]

Let this comic serve as a warning to those of you that posted in the "Graphs or diagrams that describe your life" thread...

[markkat]

Hm. The relationship began with love 5-6 times higher than the current level. -Not good.