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| number = 36 | | number = 36 | ||
− | | date = <!--DO NOT ADD 2006-01-01 - this was NOT the actual post date of the comic, but merely the default date in the xkcd database. These comics do not have a known post date--> | + | | date = <!--DO NOT ADD 2006-01-01 - this was NOT the actual post date of the comic, but merely the default date in the xkcd database. These comics do not have a known post date--> |
| title = Scientists | | title = Scientists | ||
| image = scientists.jpg | | image = scientists.jpg | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic plays on the type of statement that news reports often use: " | + | This comic plays on the type of statement that news reports often use: "in what [group of experts] are calling '[quote]'", to add more weight and credibility to their stories. In this case, [[Cueball]] is using the phrase to attempt to add gravitas to the (relatively mundane) fact that his shoes are missing and he thinks it's "pretty gay" by assigning this opinion to scientists (rather than it being, presumably, his own opinion). The same joke is at play in the image text where a leading expert thinks the situation is "retarded". |
− | The phrases "pretty gay" and "retarded" are | + | The phrases "pretty gay" and "retarded" are politically incorrect slang for "dumb", and so they are the opposite type of speech expected of experts on news reports. |
− | + | ==Trivia== | |
+ | * Comic #36 was originally posted as a duplicate of comic [[10: Pi Equals]]. This was corrected some time between [http://web.archive.org/web/20060422011355/http://www.xkcd.com/c36.html April 22, 2006] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20060705231511/http://xkcd.com/c36.html July 5, 2006] when [[36: Scientists]] showed up. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball is staring at an empty box on the floor | + | :[Cueball is staring at an empty box on the floor] |
− | + | :In what scientists are calling "pretty gay", I can't find my shoes. | |
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Language]] | [[Category:Language]] |