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<p>ZeroXis: fixed type</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 1978<br /> | date = April 9, 2018<br /> | title = Congressional Testimony<br /> | image = congressional_testimony.png<br /> | titletext = James Cameron's Terminator 3 was the REALLY prophetic one. That's why Skynet sent a robot back to the 1990s to prevent him from ever making it, ultimately handing the franchise over to other directors.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created in the past by a TERMINATOR - Please change this comment in the future when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon or in the past.}}<br /> <br /> [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are discussing Mark Zuckerberg's upcoming testimony.<br /> <br /> Megan then starts talking about rewatching ''{{w|The Terminator}}'', a movie about a killer robot.<br /> <br /> Megan recalls that it was weird how the phone book turned into {{w|Skynet (Terminator)|Skynet}}.<br /> <br /> The title text makes the claim that Skynet, likely in fear of humans seeing it, had a robot time travel in order to stop the creation of ''Terminator 3'' by James Cameron, who was responsible for the first two films.<br /> <br /> It is unclear if Randall is:<br /> *1. Commenting on his lack of interest in the news regarding yet another internet tool being used for purposes it was not intended for by comparing it to the much more interesting movie &quot;Terminator&quot;.<br /> *2. Pointing out that using programs in ways they are not originally designed for is actually quite common in both reality and fiction.<br /> *3. Pointing out that Facebook stores names and phone numbers and could thus be considered to have a phone book database...<br /> *4. All of the above<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Megan and Cueball sitting against a leafless tree; they are on opposite sides.]<br /> :Megan: Mark Zuckerberg is testifying before Congress this week.<br /> :Cueball: Should be interesting.<br /> <br /> :[Beat panel.]<br /> <br /> :Megan: I recently re-watched ''Terminator''.<br /> :Cueball: Yeah?<br /> <br /> :Megan: It's weird that the thing that evolved into Skynet wasn't our nuclear launch systems '''''or''''' our humanoid robots. <br /> :Megan: It was the phone book where the Terminator looked up Sarah Connor's address.<br /> :Cueball: Funny how things turn out.<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]<br /> [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]</div>

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