Editing 3031: Time Capsule Instructions

{{comic
| number    = 3031
| date      = December 30, 2024
| title     = Time Capsule Instructions
| image     = time_capsule_instructions_2x.png
| imagesize = 692x235px
| noexpand  = true
| titletext = Inside is a third box, labeled DO NOT OPEN UNLESS YOU ARE IN THE TIME ZONE WHERE YOU OPENED BOTH PREVIOUS BOXES.
}}

==Explanation==
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The joke is that the instructions for opening the first box preclude opening the second... at least without inventing a time machine / changing calendars.

The second joke in the title text is that the only way one can open the first two boxes without ignoring the instructions is by crossing time zones. On the 1st of January 2025 in more Eastern locations it is still the 31st of December 2024 in the more Western places, meaning that theoretically someone could open the first box in a time zone where it is 2025 and then travel to a different time zone in which it is still 2024 to open the second box. However, the title text implies that if you take advantage of this loophole, you will not be allowed to open the third box.

==Transcript==
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:[A frame with a Time Capsule sign. Cueball and Megan are clinking wine glasses. Ponytail is digging with a shovel.]
:Off-panel sound: Happy New Year!

:[A frame showing a box labeled "DO NOT OPEN UNTIL 2025"]

:[A frame where Ponytail opens the box while Cueball and Megan watch.]
:Click

:[A frame showing contents of a box, a second box labeled "DO NOT OPEN AFTER 2024"]

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