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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a THE FOLLOWING ANNOYING MESSAGE IS IMPORTANT: REPEAT AFTER ME, "EVERYTHING IS GOOD. EVERYTHING IS GOOD. NOTHING IS GETTING WORSE!" Repeat six times before and after each time you brush your teeth. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | Things are not good, and are getting worse. The only way for things to not be bad is for someone to do something about it. Megan and Cueball are presenting these things to White Hat, presumably hoping to encourage him to do something about things, but he instead chooses to wait for things to become bad, to which Megan replies that this is exactly the bad thing she and Cueball were hoping to avoid. | |
− | + | What things? Any number of things, because, as the title text remarks, this is true of "like half of" bad things facing society. The three comics preceding this one have been about COVID-19 ("the coronavirus"), so "things" could refer to cases of infections, but more like #227, it is likely a comment on the numerous world catastrophes that get sidelined until the very last moment, such as unemployment, crime, water quality, road systems, rising extremism and wars between groups with similar needs, lack of responsible oversight in majorly impactful international decisions, corruption and lack of trust for those with power, or climate change and related extinction of most species and cultures. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
:[Megan and Cueball are showing a graph on a projected screen. The graph is labeled "Things", with "Time" advancing to the right on the ''x''-axis. The level of "Things" has been rising over time to a point labeled "Now". The current level of "Things" is above a level labeled "Good", and about as far below a level labeled "Bad". Megan is pointing to the line of "Things" with a pointer stick, while Cueball is pointing up to the "Bad" level with a pointer stick.] | :[Megan and Cueball are showing a graph on a projected screen. The graph is labeled "Things", with "Time" advancing to the right on the ''x''-axis. The level of "Things" has been rising over time to a point labeled "Now". The current level of "Things" is above a level labeled "Good", and about as far below a level labeled "Bad". Megan is pointing to the line of "Things" with a pointer stick, while Cueball is pointing up to the "Bad" level with a pointer stick.] | ||
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:White Hat (off-panel, left): So you don't know, | :White Hat (off-panel, left): So you don't know, | ||
:White Hat: And the graph says things are '''''not''''' bad. | :White Hat: And the graph says things are '''''not''''' bad. | ||
− | :Cueball: But if no one acts, they'll '''''become''''' bad. | + | :Megan (or Cueball?): But if no one acts, they'll '''''become''''' bad. |
:[White Hat is back inside the frame. He is gesturing to Megan and Cueball with his palm up.] | :[White Hat is back inside the frame. He is gesturing to Megan and Cueball with his palm up.] | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | + | Poorly labeled graphs were already the topic of [[833: Convincing]]. | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
[[Category:Charts]] | [[Category:Charts]] | ||
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