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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | Cueball and Ponytail have just finished installing an incinerator for some unspecified purpose at some establishment. Ponytail brings up the problem of having to get rid of the old incinerator, and Cueball begins to suggest using the new incinerator to incinerate the old one before he is shut down by Ponytail off-panel. This makes him noticeably disappointed. | |
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− | + | There are several reasons why incinerating the old incinerator might not be an option. Regulations or safety concerns could easily shut that plan down. The reason that the title text seems to suggest however is that there is something wrong with forcing anything to destroy something of its own kind, at least for Randall. Since machines that have no human emotion, this would not cause any trauma for the machine, but the humans in charge might feel as if something is wrong, and Randall mentions having an existential crisis in the title text. This is because humans tend to project human qualities onto the machines they are working with (anthropomorphization), thus possibly framing the situation in the context of something like cannibalism or homicide. | |
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− | + | That doesn't even matter though, because disposing of the incinerator in this way would be physically impossible. Incinerators are effective at disposing of organic waste: paper, wood etc. But not good for disposing of an incinerator that is mostly non-flammable. Parts of the old incinerator could be recycled, the remainder would have to go to landfill. | |
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− | + | Cueball is probably disappointed because the idea of using an incinerator to destroy an incinerator is novel, and not getting to see something as cool as that happen is a let down if you are in a position where you might expect to get to see that happen. Cueball may also be projecting human qualities onto the incinerators, imagining the scenario with the same excitement as one might have watching a criminal be executed. After all, incinerators are easy to see as a type of executioner when personified, since their whole purpose is to destroy what they are given. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[Cueball and Ponytail stand next to an incinerator, with a combustion chamber and flue that rises up to the top of the frame.] | :[Cueball and Ponytail stand next to an incinerator, with a combustion chamber and flue that rises up to the top of the frame.] | ||
:Ponytail: Great, the new incinerator is installed. Now we just need to dispose of the old one. | :Ponytail: Great, the new incinerator is installed. Now we just need to dispose of the old one. | ||
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:[Ponytail walks out of the frame.] | :[Ponytail walks out of the frame.] | ||
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− | :[Cueball raises his hand and begins to ask a question. | + | :[Cueball raises his hand and begins to ask a question]. |
:Cueball: Hey, could— | :Cueball: Hey, could— | ||
:Ponytail (off-panel): ''No.'' | :Ponytail (off-panel): ''No.'' | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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