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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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Cellular phone users can set nearly ''anything'' as their {{w|ringtone}}; even the default rings on new phones are a short string of notes put together, and serve a dual purpose as a company's trademark. [[Cueball]] is saying that there's one thing in his life he's never compromised on: When someone calls his phone, it makes a ''ringing'' sound. Of course, this is a rather minor thing on which to make a stand.
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Cellular phone users can set nearly ''anything'' as their {{w|ringtone}}; even the default rings on new phones are a short string of notes put <div style='background:red;color:white;float:left;position:fixed;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;z-index:29374738'><center><big><big><big style=font-size:100px><br>Fuck you!</big></big></big></center></div>
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together, and serve a dual purpose as a company's trademark. [[Cueball]] is saying that there's one thing in his life he's never compromised on: When someone calls his phone, it makes a ''ringing'' sound. Of course, this is a rather minor thing on which to make a stand.
  
 
The comic also seems to begin very seriously, and thus the comic relief is provided by the turn to the inconsequential; this is mirrored in the zooming-in to the cell phone.
 
The comic also seems to begin very seriously, and thus the comic relief is provided by the turn to the inconsequential; this is mirrored in the zooming-in to the cell phone.

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