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| number = 2718 | | number = 2718 | ||
| date = December 30, 2022 | | date = December 30, 2022 | ||
− | | title = New Year's Eve | + | | title = New Year's Eve 2023 |
| image = new_years_eve_2023_2x.png | | image = new_years_eve_2023_2x.png | ||
| imagesize = 306x274px | | imagesize = 306x274px | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{ | + | {{incomplete|Created by a "2023" LASER EYE SURGEON. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
− | + | {{w|New Year's glasses}} are novelty glasses typically worn at New Year's Eve parties and are shaped like the digits of the upcoming year. They were popularized in the late 1990s and early 2000s since the middle digits (9 and 0) had holes large enough to look through or mount lenses into. | |
− | In | + | [[Ponytail]], [[White Hat]], [[Megan]] and [[Cueball]] are at a party. The first three are wearing such glasses in the shape of the numerals "2023", in honor of the upcoming New Year. It appears that Cueball has pursued a different approach and may have obtained laser eye surgery. Usually, this is geared towards adjusting a person's corneas towards correcting long- or short-sightedness, so that glasses are less necessary in everyday life. Using it to replace the novelty glasses, Cueball has had the digits 2023 etched into his eyes. In actuality, {{w|scleral tattooing}} can be done for 'cosmetic' reasons, with {{w|corneal tattooing}} claiming both cosmetic and vision-improvement benefits, but the efficacy and safety of the process is not universally accepted. |
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+ | Here, it has clearly ruined his vision enough that he momentarily mistakes a [[Hairy]]-like individual, who it seems has just arrived at the party and not yet divested himself of his outdoors jacket, as [[Rob]] (generally shown as a Cueball, himself). Realizing he's probably in error, an immediate second guess is that the new arrival is someone called Mike, but we don't know if Cueball is any more correct in this. | ||
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+ | In the title text, by way of a 'flashback' conversation, it unfolds that his problems stem from having had the laser actually shape and/or burn the digits straight onto his eyeballs, obviously without any regard to the effect on his vision. Most versions of Cueball have not notably required any form of vision-correction before now. Laser eye surgery was previously referenced alongside other laser-related products and devices in [[1681: Laser Products]]. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Ponytail and White Hat | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | :[Ponytail, White Hat, Megan, Cueball, and Hairy are standing around. Ponytail, White Hat, and Megan are wearing glasses in the shape of the number 2023 and holding party-related items. Hairy is on the other side of Cueball from them and is only carrying some item of clothing, probably a recently removed coat. Cueball carries nothing, and his attention is on the new arrival, possibly having to squint at him, as depicted by a set of short radial lines projecting away from where Cueball's eyes would be if they were ever drawn.] | ||
:Cueball: Hey Rob! Or, uh... | :Cueball: Hey Rob! Or, uh... | ||
:Cueball: Sorry, is that Mike? | :Cueball: Sorry, is that Mike? | ||
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:[Caption below the panel]: | :[Caption below the panel]: | ||
:I'm regretting my New Year's Eve novelty "2023" laser eye surgery. | :I'm regretting my New Year's Eve novelty "2023" laser eye surgery. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
− | + | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | |
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Medicine]] | ||
[[Category:New Year]] | [[Category:New Year]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
− | + | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] <!-- Until shown otherwise, whether truly called Mike or not --> | |
− | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | ||
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