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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | {{incomplete|Created by a | + | {{incomplete|Created by a RANDOM STRING OF LETTERS - Very bare-bones explanation. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
| − | Cueball and Megan are on vacation | + | Cueball and Megan are on vacation, and receive a code for their hotel room. Megan gives a seemingly nonsensical and unhelpful {{w|mnemonic}} by which Cueball can remember it... which, inexplicably, actually ''helps'' Cueball to remember the code. Cueball becomes VERY angry on realizing this. |
| − | The first three {{w|prime numbers}} are actually 2, 3, and 5. So this technique easily identifies the first two digits "02". "05" is slightly wrong because it's not the second | + | The first three {{w|prime numbers}} are actually 2, 3, and 5. So this technique easily identifies the first two digits "02". "05" is slightly wrong because it's not the second primary number, it's the third. And "18" is more wrong because it's not actually a prime number, it's 2 x 3 x 3. |
| − | So the mnemonic itself doesn't really provide the method for remembering the code. Instead, figuring out how to apply the bogus mnemonic will reinforce your memory of the code. | + | So the mnemonic itself doesn't really provide the method for remembering the code. Instead, figuring out how to apply the bogus mnemonic will reinforce your memory of the code. |
| − | The title text points out that the code is also similar to a date in | + | The title text points out that the code is also similar to a date in MMDDYY format, so if you happen to have a relative who was born on February 2, 2018, the memorized code will help you remember this date. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[Megan is standing next to Cueball, who is holding a phone or a note | + | :[Megan is standing next to Cueball, who is holding a phone or a note and each one has a suitcase on the out-facing side of them] |
| − | :Cueball: Okay, I need to remember that the room code is 020518. | + | :Cueball: Okay, I need to remember that the the room code is 020518. |
| − | :[Closeup on Megan who has her palm raised | + | :[Closeup on Megan who has her palm raised] |
:Megan: Easy -- just memorize it as "the first three prime numbers, if you realized you couldn't remember what came after 2 and started to panic and get them increasingly wrong." | :Megan: Easy -- just memorize it as "the first three prime numbers, if you realized you couldn't remember what came after 2 and started to panic and get them increasingly wrong." | ||
| − | :[Beat panel of Megan and Cueball standing with no border | + | :[Beat panel of Megan and Cueball standing with no border] |
| − | :[Megan and | + | :[Megan and cueball still standing] |
:Megan: ...Are you mad because that actually works? | :Megan: ...Are you mad because that actually works? | ||
:Cueball: '''''Why is memory like this?''''' | :Cueball: '''''Why is memory like this?''''' | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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