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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a user who also doesn't know how to make friends - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | The theme of this comic is social awkwardness. It shows [[Cueball]] (standing in for [[Randall]]) trying to be friends with [[Hairy]]. | |
− | Before Hairy can even respond, Cueball then says that they could instead | + | It starts out with a common way of making friends or interacting with friends, hanging out over a meal, which Cueball suggests. Before Hairy can even respond, however, Cueball then says that they could instead "sit together and talk without eating." Although this is indeed another common way to make friends, it's kind of an odd way to phrase it, especially since he didn't even give Hairy a chance to reply to his initial suggestion. Cueball then says he doesn't need to eat (meaning not ''right now''), but he immediately feels compelled to clarify that he ''does'' need to eat (meaning ''in general''), and again it's weird that he clarified, as his original wording probably would have been understood. He then awkwardly remarks about how he can eat later if Hairy would rather just talk. The overall implication is that Cueball's awkwardness and over-explanation would be off-putting to a typical person. |
− | This is a situation that Randall has encountered before, | + | This is apparently a situation that Randall has encountered before, and he apologizes for trying to offer advice. |
− | The title text says Cueball wants to be friends ''at'' Hairy, rather than ''with'' him, which | + | The title text says Cueball wants to be friends ''at'' Hairy, rather than ''with'' him, which isn't how friendship usually works. "At" implies that Cueball considers being friends to be a unilateral action that he needs to direct towards Hairy, like "smiling at" or "pointing at", and does not understand that it is typically a mutual activity of building a relationship, which would be indicated by being friends ''with'' him. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | + | :[First panel with words:] | |
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:''Presenting:'' | :''Presenting:'' | ||
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:Cueball: We could also sit together and talk without eating. I don't need to eat. I mean, I do need to eat. But if you don't want to eat then we can just talk. I can eat later. | :Cueball: We could also sit together and talk without eating. I don't need to eat. I mean, I do need to eat. But if you don't want to eat then we can just talk. I can eat later. | ||
− | :[Third panel with words | + | :[Third panel with words:] |
:''Okay'' | :''Okay'' | ||
− | :It turns out I still haven't figured | + | :It turns out I still haven't figured how to do this. |
:''Sorry'' | :''Sorry'' | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | ||
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