Comic Transcripts

Caption: DECISION-MAKING
– I don’t know if I should do it!
– Okay, then don’t do it!

– Well, maybe I should!
– Fine! Then do it!
– Now hold on! I don’t want to rush into the decision!

– Whatever you want, Honey.
– But I don’t KNOW what I want! I need your HELP!

Caption: THE SOLUTION
– Okay, FINE. I will make the decision for you.
– Now HOLD on! I’m suddenly compelled to make it MYSELF!

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{{alt-text: TRUE STORY: I once got out of a traffic ticket by, instead of denying that I had gone up a one-way street, sheepishly admitting it and commiserating with the officer about how badly the neighborhood was laid out. He wrote me up for a taillight instead.}}

#792; The Contrary Method transcribed by in

Caption: DECISION-MAKING
– I don’t know if I should do it!
– Okay, then don’t do it!

– Well, maybe I should!
– Fine! Then do it!
– Now hold on! I don’t want to rush into the decision!

– Whatever you want, Honey.
– But I don’t KNOW what I want! I need your HELP!

Caption: THE SOLUTION
– Okay, FINE. I will make the decision for you.
– Now HOLD on! I’m suddenly compelled to make it MYSELF!

{{header: choose WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: TRUE STORY: I once got out of a traffic ticket by, instead of denying that I had gone up a one-way street, sheepishly admitting it and commiserating with the officer about how badly the neighborhood was laid out. He wrote me up for a taillight instead.}}

#792; The Contrary Method transcribed by in

Caption: DECISION-MAKING
- I don't know if I should do it!
- Okay, then don't do it!

- Well, maybe I should!
- Fine! Then do it!
- Now hold on! I don't want to rush into the decision!

- Whatever you want, Honey.
- But I don't KNOW what I want! I need your HELP!

Caption: THE SOLUTION
- Okay, FINE. I will make the decision for you.
- Now HOLD on! I'm suddenly compelled to make it MYSELF!

{{header: choose WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: TRUE STORY: I once got out of a traffic ticket by, instead of denying that I had gone up a one-way street, sheepishly admitting it and commiserating with the officer about how badly the neighborhood was laid out. He wrote me up for a taillight instead.}}

TRUE STORY: I once got out of a traffic ticket by, instead of denying that I had gone up a one-way street, sheepishly admitting it and commiserating with the officer about how badly the neighborhood was laid out. He wrote me up for a taillight instead.

#792; The Contrary Method

  — January 26th, 2012

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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