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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The 10-day forecast is a prediction of the weather extending 10 days into the future (with | + | The 10-day forecast is a prediction of the weather extending 10 days into the future (with varying degrees of accuracy). However, when [[Cueball]] checks the forecast for his local area, it apparently predicts progressively extreme lightning storms, a plague of insects, what appears to be {{w|Rapture|The Rapture}}, and the appearance of the anti-Christ. Upon the anti-Christ (or perhaps Woden or Mothra) appearing, the forecast breaks up into static and nothingness with the day stuck on Tuesday, meaning that the world has ended. |
When asked about this, [[Megan]] casually explains that Cueball put a minus (-) sign in front of his ZIP code. A {{w|Zone Improvement Plan|ZIP code}} is a numeric postal code used in the United States, but many more countries use similar systems. As ZIP codes are tied to a geographic location, it is also often used to specify a local region for the purposes of weather reports. | When asked about this, [[Megan]] casually explains that Cueball put a minus (-) sign in front of his ZIP code. A {{w|Zone Improvement Plan|ZIP code}} is a numeric postal code used in the United States, but many more countries use similar systems. As ZIP codes are tied to a geographic location, it is also often used to specify a local region for the purposes of weather reports. | ||
− | Many computer systems that let the user write in a number only work with certain numbers (such as positive numbers). Numbers the system is not designed to work with | + | Many computer systems that let the user write in a number many only work with certain numbers (such as positive numbers). Numbers the system is not designed to work with (such as negative numbers) may lead to errors or unpredictable behavior. When this happens with the number of a video game level, it can result in data of another type being loaded, creating a level with a corrupted or physically-impossible landscape; this is sometimes known as a "[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MinusWorld Minus World]". |
− | Megan | + | Megan assumes that the negative zip code represents an actual geographical location, or a real-life Minus World, and that the weather forecaster is indeed showing an accurate forecast for the (corrupted) area. She also implies that several such Minus World locations exist. |
− | In the title text, Megan agrees with Cueball's desire not to move to that ZIP code area, the punchline being that her reason | + | In the title text, Megan agrees with Cueball's desire not to move to that ZIP code area, the punchline being that her reason is not to avoid the apocalypse, but to retain access to Amazon Prime, which shows that her priorities are amusingly warped. The service Amazon Prime is provided by {{w|Amazon.com|Amazon}}, where the user pays a flat annual fee and in exchange they get access a number of "enhanced" Amazon services, including free two-day shipping, free access to a library of streaming videos, and the ability to borrow books. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | :Megan: Is it going to rain this weekend? I have a thing. | |
− | :Megan | + | :[Cueball sits behind a computer desk.] |
:Cueball: Lemme check. | :Cueball: Lemme check. | ||
:<small>*type type*</small> | :<small>*type type*</small> | ||
− | :Cueball: ... | + | :Cueball: ...uhh. What? |
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:'''Your 10-day forecast:''' | :'''Your 10-day forecast:''' | ||
− | :[ | + | :Today [Sunny] Today |
− | + | :Tomorrow [Cloudy] Tomorrow | |
− | :[ | + | :Friday [Thunderstorms] |
− | + | :Saturday [Extreme thunderstorms] | |
− | :[Thunderstorms | + | :Sunday [Swarm of insects] |
− | : | + | :Monday [Images of distorted, floating people] |
− | + | :Tuesday [A human with two horns silhouetted against a bleak red background] | |
− | : | + | :Tuesday [Grey static] |
− | + | :Tuesday [Black screen] | |
− | : | + | :Tuesday [Black screen] |
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− | :Tuesday | ||
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− | :Tuesday | ||
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− | :Tuesday | ||
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:Megan: ...Oh! You typed a minus sign in the ZIP code. The negative ZIP codes are all like that. | :Megan: ...Oh! You typed a minus sign in the ZIP code. The negative ZIP codes are all like that. | ||
:Cueball: Let's ''never'' move there. | :Cueball: Let's ''never'' move there. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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