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Cueball's logic reduces White Hat to inarticulacy, then speechlessness. Cueball then takes a photograph, implying that he would most enjoy White Hat's discomfiture by recording an image of it for posterity. | Cueball's logic reduces White Hat to inarticulacy, then speechlessness. Cueball then takes a photograph, implying that he would most enjoy White Hat's discomfiture by recording an image of it for posterity. | ||
− | Randall discusses a similar situation in the title text, the common modern phenomenon of restaurant diners photographing their meal. However, in this case he says he does not like them to document as he likes to listen to them eat. This may be sarcasm since not many people love the sound of someone else chewing. | + | Randall discusses a similar situation in the title text, the common modern phenomenon of restaurant diners photographing their meal. However, in this case he says he does not like them to document as he likes to listen to them eat. This may be sarcasm since not many people love the sound of someone else chewing. However, some people are annoyed by the food images posted to sites such as Facebook and Instagram. Note that the photograph is taken quickly; the chewing is only delayed for a few seconds. This brevity in delay can also apply to the main comic, since spending a few seconds photographing a sunset is just a brief interruption in enjoying the view sans camera. |
This comic is referenced in ''[[Thing Explainer]]'' in the explanation ''Picture taker'' by a small drawing of people taking photos of the view from the edge of a cliff. Another Cueball standing behind those taking pictures (another than in this comic for sure) is talking to [[Megan]]: | This comic is referenced in ''[[Thing Explainer]]'' in the explanation ''Picture taker'' by a small drawing of people taking photos of the view from the edge of a cliff. Another Cueball standing behind those taking pictures (another than in this comic for sure) is talking to [[Megan]]: | ||
:Cueball: I hate how everyone takes pictures instead of just enjoying the view. | :Cueball: I hate how everyone takes pictures instead of just enjoying the view. | ||
− | :Megan: ...You say | + | :Megan: ...You say instead of enjoying the view. |
− | See also [[648: Fall Foliage]] about Megan taking pictures and Cueball complaining. Later in [[1719: Superzoom]] White Hat and Cueball again discusses photography | + | See also [[648: Fall Foliage]] about Megan taking pictures and Cueball complaining. Later in [[1719: Superzoom]] White Hat and Cueball again discusses photography. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: Oh, come on. | :Cueball: Oh, come on. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[We zoom on their faces.] |
:Cueball: Trying to take a picture of a thing makes me pay more attention to it. Some of my best adventures are built around trying to photograph something. | :Cueball: Trying to take a picture of a thing makes me pay more attention to it. Some of my best adventures are built around trying to photograph something. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[We just see Cueball's face.] |
− | :Cueball: If "other people having experiences incorrectly" is annoying to you, think how unbearable it must be to have a condescending stranger tell you they hate the way you're experiencing your life at just the moment you've found something you want to remember. Why the fuck do you care how someone | + | :Cueball: If "other people having experiences incorrectly" is annoying to you, think how unbearable it must be to have a condescending stranger tell you they hate the way you're experiencing your life at just the moment you've found something you want to remember. Why the fuck do you care how someone else enjoys a sunset? |
− | :[ | + | :[We zoom back out.] |
− | :White Hat: Well, they... | + | :White Hat: Well, they... Because I just, uh... ... |
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:[Cueball takes out a camera.] | :[Cueball takes out a camera.] | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | ||
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[[Category:Food]] | [[Category:Food]] |