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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic is the third comic in a row in | + | {{incomplete|Created by an EYEBALL LICKER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | This comic is the third comic in a row about the {{w|2019–20 coronavirus outbreak|outbreak in 2020}} of the {{w|coronavirus}} - {{w|SARS-CoV-2}}. The first comic being [[2275: Coronavirus Name]] and the second [[2276: Self-Isolate]]. This thus makes all comics of that week about the corona outbreak. | ||
− | As a reaction to the COVID-19 | + | As a reaction to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, people are refraining from personal contact. This leads to conflicts with customs in the workplace - e.g. shaking hands at the beginning of a meeting etc. |
− | The comic shows [[Beret Guy]] addressing his employees | + | The comic shows [[Beret Guy]] addressing his employees in his company [[Ponytail]], [[Hairy]] and [[Hairbun]]. He states that they should not overreact to the coronavirus. But at least they should now quit their usual startup procedure at meetings where everyone is "licking each others eyeballs". Virus or not, it is not normal to lick anyone's eyeballs at meetings - or in any other normal situation... ever! However, in Nabokov's Lolita Humbert licks Lolita's eyeball to remove a particle. Humbert, an unreliable narrator, claims that Swiss peasants do this. |
− | + | The fun thing is that his employers state that they will miss this human contact, but that they at least understand. | |
− | Contact between saliva and eyes are a very common way to spread | + | Contact between saliva and eyes are a very common way to get the virus spread. But usually this occurs from one person sneezing, not by licking the other persons eye. |
− | + | It is possible that this is the same company of which Beret Guy has previously been shown as the boss, in one of his many [[:Category:Beret Guy's Business|Businesses]]. | |
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+ | When the comic was first published, it did not have a title-text. This has almost exclusively occurred previously with special interactive or dynamic comics. Absence of title-text is so unusual that it broke at least one xkcd client ([https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.floern.xkcd Browser for xkcd by Floern]). During the day of the release, the title-text has been added. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Hairbun: Gotta change with the times. | :Hairbun: Gotta change with the times. | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Beret Guy]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairbun]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairbun]] | ||
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[[Category:Social interactions]] | [[Category:Social interactions]] | ||
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