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{{comic
 
{{comic
 
| number    = 290
 
| number    = 290
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| date      = July 16, 2007
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| date      = July 7, 2007
 
| title    = Fucking Blue Shells
 
| title    = Fucking Blue Shells
 
| image    = fucking_blue_shells.png
 
| image    = fucking_blue_shells.png
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| imagesize =
 
| titletext = You can evade blue shells in Double Dash, but it is deep magic.
 
| titletext = You can evade blue shells in Double Dash, but it is deep magic.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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Sometimes something goes wrong and you can only shout obscenities at it. For instance, when a bone breaks, or when something unexpected happens, or when a program breaks itself in a spectacular kind of way. There are a lot of things that necessitate this kind of response.
  
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Sometimes, something suddenly goes wrong, and you can only shout obscenities at it. For instance, when the dog bites, when the bee stings, something unexpected happens, or a program crashes (e.g. a {{w|Segmentation fault|segfault}}), the victim often reacts by swearing.
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But, mainly the blue shells in {{w|Mario Kart}}. The blue shells, when fired target the player currently in first and stops them cold. In a close game, you can go from first to an unrecoverable last in one hit. [[137: Dreams]] puts it best: Fuck. That. Shit.
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For [[Randall]], however, profanities are caused mostly by {{w|blue shell}}s in the video game {{w|Mario Kart}}. The blue shells, when fired, target the player currently in first place and stop them cold. In a close game near the end of the race, a player can go from first to an unrecoverable last in one hit.  
 
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The title text refers to {{w|Mario_Kart:_Double_Dash!!|Mario Kart: Double Dash}}. This includes a technique to avoid being hit by a blue shell, but it requires skillful timing to accomplish. The term "{{w|deep magic}}" comes from computer programmer slang. Interestingly, with a boost mushroom in Mario Kart Wii and Mario Kart 8 (and the so-called "Super-Horn" in the latter), it is also possible (with accurate timing) to escape blue shells.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 
:My Profanity Usage By Cause:
 
:My Profanity Usage By Cause:
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:[A pie chart is shown.]
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:[Pie chart is shown]
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:[Injury is about 2.5% of pie chart.]
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:[Injury is about 5% of pie chart]
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:[Irony is about 2.5% of pie chart.]
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:[Irony is about 5% of pie chart]
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:[Misc is about 2.5% of pie chart.]
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:[Misc is about 5% of pie chart]
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:[Segfaults is about 10% of pie chart.]
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:[Segfaults is about 10% of pie chart]]
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:[Mario Kart is about 82.5% of pie chart.]
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:[Mario Kart is about 75% of pie chart]
  
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{{comic discussion}}
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{{comic discussion}}  
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[[Category:Pie charts]]
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[[Category:Comics with charts]]
 
[[Category:Comics with color]]
 
[[Category:Comics with color]]
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[[Category:Video games]]
 
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[[Category:Mario Kart]]
 

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