13 of Your Burning Questions Answered with Flowcharts

Flowcharts were originally designed to illustrate algorithms, or the process by which something happens. As flowcharts moved from engineering to internet humor, they began to rely more on human decisions, as flawed as they are, than logical analysis of existing conditions. And there’s no shortage of people who will help you make your decisions with a humorous, or sometimes not-so-humorous, flowchart. You can use them to make the most mundane everyday decisions, or to change your life. See a baker’s dozen of these flowcharts in a list I posted at mental_floss.