Saw this on women's stuff and didn't wanna engage cause that space isnt for me, but felt like this was a 10/10 post and wanted more people to see and think about it!
Feel free to cross post if you can think of broader communities where more people would be able to see it, this is just the comm that came to mind :)
I get exactly what you mean
Code
#!/usr/bin/env gnuplot
# Shittiness , Age
$DATA << EOD
89 16
50 20
35 25
15 60
EOD
f(x) = a * exp(-k * x) + c
a = 100
k = 0.05
c = 10
fit f(x) $DATA using 1:2 via a, k, c
set terminal pngcairo size 500,325 enhanced font 'Arial,12'
set output 'age_vs_shittiness_exponential.png'
set title 'Age vs Shittiness — Exponential Fit'
set xlabel 'Shittiness'
set ylabel 'Age'
unset key
unset grid
set xrange [0:100]
set yrange [0:70]
set grid
set key top right
fit_label = sprintf('Fit: %.2f e^{-%.4f x} + %.2f', a, k, c)
plot $DATA using 1:2 with points pt 7 ps 1.6 lc rgb '#cc2222' title 'Data', \
f(x) with lines lw 2.5 lc rgb '#2266cc' title fit_label
but it still doesn't describe the positive trend you're angling for unless you invert the x-axis, which is not how the original image is framed