Listen, either I’m the biggest pervert in the world, or many, many minds should be blown by the fact that the following graph actually made it past the editors of Forbes.com and onto the interwebs, accompanying an article titled How Successful People Squash Stress.
How does this happen?!
How can anyone look at that graph and not see what I see, and I’m not even on the staff of a fairly prestigious publication, where people get paid good money to know stuff about the power of imagery, symbolism, and suggestiveness?
I mean, even with my rudimentary Photoshop skills, it was obvious to me that all I had to do was remove the erect penis in order for this to be a perfectly respectable visual aide for the article!
The most unfortunate thing, of course, is that what Travis Bradberry writes in this piece is actually quite good and contains very helpful information that could increase the wellbeing of a lot of people.
Hopefully, it still will, once we’ve all stopped laughing.
Fish & Bicycles 
This is hilarious! I was searching the internet because i am doing a layout for a textbook that contains this exact graph. I laughed when i saw it and thought it was some sort of joke…now I an searching for a more suitable alternative. But seriously, how did it get in any publication in the first place?!
Thanks, MJ, for reminding me of this nearly 6-year old post of mine. And yes, I too still can’t believe that that graph was published! 🤣