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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2693<br />
| date = November 2, 2022<br />
| title = Wirecutter Recommendation<br />
| image = wirecutter_recommendation_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 430x333px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Their 'best philosophy of epistemology' picks are great, but you can tell they're struggling a little in the 'why you should trust us' section.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|we just went with the explanation wirecutter recommended. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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''[https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter Wirecutter]'' is a product review website, owned by ''The New York Times''. As such, ''Wirecutter'' is best used for product reviews, but Randall takes this to another level by listing things that ''Wirecutter'' should ''not'' recommend.<br />
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Randall shows why religion is on the "bad" list in a previous comic, [[2536: Wirecutter]].<br />
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirecutter_(website) Wirecutter] is a review website which is often used to choose between various brands for a household or electronic product. The first panel shows [[Cueball]] telling [[Ponytail]] that he decided to go with Wirecutter's recommendation when buying something unspecified.<br />
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|The second panel shows a list of different contexts for this conversation, ranking them from "Fine" to "Very Bad"<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Thing Being Chosen!!Judgement!!Explanation<br />
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|Vacuum Cleaner||Fine||Vacuum Cleaners are an everyday household item, and exactly the kind of thing Wirecutter generally reviews.<br />
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|Headphones||Fine|||Headphones are also fairly ubiquitous, and Wirecutter would likewise be useful in such a scenario.<br />
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|Electric Scooter||Fine||While less common than the two above, electric scooters are still a popular electrical product, so Wirecutter is a decent choice for advice.<br />
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|Favorite Movie||Weird||Most people would say that your choice of favorite movie should be based on your own experiences, rather than someone else's opinions. Reviewing movies is a very different endeavor to reviewing products, and one would not expect Wirecutter to be particularly proficient with it.<br />
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|Personal Style||Weird||<br />
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|Neighborhood||Weird||<br />
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|Pet||Weird||<br />
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|College Major||Bad||<br />
|-<br />
|Career||Bad||<br />
|-<br />
|Religion||Bad||<br />
|-<br />
|Spouse||Very Bad||<br />
|-<br />
|Dreams||Very Bad||<br />
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|Favourite Child||Very Bad||<br />
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|Site For Product Recomendations||Very Bad||<br />
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|}<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
:[Cueball and Ponytail standing next to each other. Cueball has his palm raised.]<br />
:Cueball: I just went with the one Wirecutter recommended.<br />
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:[A panel of four categories with topics next to them]<br />
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:[Fine category]<br />
:Vacuum cleaner<br />
:Headphones<br />
:Electric scooter<br />
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:[Weird category]<br />
:Favorite movie<br />
:Personal style<br />
:Neighborhood <br />
:Pet<br />
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:[Bad category]<br />
:College major<br />
:Career <br />
:Religion<br />
<br />
:[Very bad category]<br />
:Spouse<br />
:Dreams<br />
:Favorite child<br />
:Site for product recommendations<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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