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[[Cueball]] enters, excited that he's managed to buy every one of author {{w|Terry Pratchett}}'s {{w|Discworld}} books for his {{w|Amazon Kindle|Kindle e-reader}}. [[Megan]] says that it seems pointless to her to build a Kindle collection. | [[Cueball]] enters, excited that he's managed to buy every one of author {{w|Terry Pratchett}}'s {{w|Discworld}} books for his {{w|Amazon Kindle|Kindle e-reader}}. [[Megan]] says that it seems pointless to her to build a Kindle collection. | ||
− | Cueball interprets this to mean she thinks it's pointless to build a collection on an electronic device, perhaps due to the | + | Cueball interprets this to mean she thinks it's pointless to build a collection on an electronic device, perhaps due to the {{w|Digital rights management|digital rights management}} software common on these devices which can (for instance) make it difficult to transfer the files if the device breaks. |
− | However, Megan is ''actually'' commenting on the futility of building up any kind of collection at all, since nothing we do can change the fact that we're inevitably going to die. | + | However, Megan is ''actually'' commenting on the futility of building up any kind of collection at all, since nothing we do can change the fact that we're inevitably going to die. This view is in line with those advanced by the philosophical movement known as {{w|Existentialism|existentialism}} which theorizes that life has no deep, hidden meaning and hence even things that we personally feel are meaningful (like building up collections) will not change the outcome of life in the end. (A {{w|Magpie|magpie}} is a bird traditionally thought to be drawn to collect shiny objects and bring them back to its nest.) |
− | This | + | This doesn't bother Cueball, though, and in the title text he gleefully ponders how much shelf space he'd need to accommodate physical copies of all of Terry Pratchett's books. |
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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