#2152: Westerns
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[A horizontal timeline spanning between the years 1840 and 2020. Every decade is indicated by a tick below the line, and labeled every 50 years. Two ranges are highlighted by brackets and labeled:]
[1862-1898:]
The "Wild West" era
[1902-2019:]
Western films, books, video games, etc
[Caption below the panel:]
It's weird to realize that the Western genre has now existed for three times longer than the period it's based on.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:Sitting here idly trying to figure out how the population of the Old West in the late 1800s compares to the number of Red Dead Redemption 2 players.