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It's not a log scale, though? It's just slightly unfortunate that the small curvature of the plot is hard to see.

Going against the grain with this pun!

Not exponentials

Uh? log(2^x) == xlog(2) which is linear?

if y = 2^x then taking logs of both x and y we have log y = 2 ^ log x, still an exponential relation.

so it depends on whether "log enough scale" applies to both axes...

Then there's functions like n -> 2^2^...^2 with an exponential tower of height n. That's doesn't become linear with any finite number of logs...

If y = 2^x, then log y != 2^log x because of Jensen's inequality. You can take log of both sides to keep the equality, but applying the transformation inside of 2^() results in the equality turning into a strict inequality.

I'd say if the graph isn't linear, one of the axes aren't log enough...

Nice pun. Possibly also gets points for being a reference to number 6 in this classic list:

https://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/akins_laws.html

6. (Mar's Law) Everything is linear if plotted log-log with a fat magic marker.