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1454: Done

2014-12-01T09:40:35Z

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{{comic
| number = 1454
| date = December 1, 2014
| title = Done
| image = done.png
| titletext = I'm sorry, but the author of this Facebook comment clearly believes you were.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Rough draft, needs editing and expanding.}}

The comic opens with a girl typing a message to someone. Over the course of the next few panels it becomes clear that the recipient is someone the girl deeply cares about, as she is planning on saving enough money to have the person flown to her location from "half a world away." It is also evident that this person was found after a significant amount of searching by the writer. The writer finishes her message with a promise to communicate daily until the recipient is able to meet with her.

Upon attempting to send the message, however, the writer discovers that she is unable to send the message because she does not have a connection to the Internet. Ponytail enters the comic at this point an explains that someone had commented, "That's it. We're done. We can shut down the internet now."
The comment is an internet meme in which users will post comments in response to content found humorous or clever. While most statements are normally disregarded as insincere, somehow this comment set into motion the complete shutdown of the internet. The comic contrasts the legitimate, intimate impact the internet can have with the simple entertainment value that some people can see as its only or primary use.

The title text simply serves as another mention to the mysterious commentator on Facebook who caused the demise of the internet.

==Transcript==
Girl (typing): I had started to think I was asking too much, that I needed to settle. And then I found you half a world away.

Girl (typing): I've been saving money. Six months from now, I'll be able to fly you here and support us for a while.

Girl (typing): It's a long wait, but we'll talk every day until then. Maybe this won't work out, but I want to try. What do you think?

Computer: '''ERROR''': Your message could not be sent.

''[Refresh]''

Computer: '''ERROR''': No connection.

Girl: ??

Girl: Why can't I connect?

Ponytail: Someone saw a ridiculous video and said "That's it. Shut down the internet. We're done." So they did.

Girl: ... But... I wasn't done.

{{comic discussion}}
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1443: Language Nerd

2014-11-05T08:12:55Z

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{{comic
| number = 1443
| date = November 5, 2014
| title = Language Nerd
| image = language_nerd.png
| titletext = Not to go all sentence fragment on you.
}}

==Explanation==
Megan is telling Cueball that she used 'legit' as an adverb. By saying this - i.e. "I (...) adverbed" - shes using 'adverb' as a verb. In the beginning of the sentence she also used 'language nerd' as an adjective, which is why she's saying that she "adjectived" it.

==Transcript==
Megan: I don't mean to go all language nerd on you, but I just legit adverbed "legit", verbed "adverb" and adjectived "language nerd".

1443: Language Nerd

2014-11-05T08:12:19Z

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{{comic
| number = 1443
| date = November 5, 2014
| title = Language Nerd
| image = language_nerd.png
| titletext = Not to go all sentence fragment on you.
}}

==Explanation==
{{Megan is telling Cueball that she used 'legit' as an adverb. By saying this - i.e. "I (...) adverbed"- shes using 'adverb' as a verb. In the beginning of the sentence she also used 'language nerd' as an adjective, which is why she's saying that she "adjectived" it.}}

==Transcript==
Megan: I don't mean to go all language nerd on you, but I just legit adverbed "legit", verbed "adverb" and adjectived "language nerd".

1443: Language Nerd

2014-11-05T08:11:18Z

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