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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{w| | + | This comic describes an unlikely confusion between a {{w|condom}} and an {{w|antistatic wrist strap}}. The two characters, presumably Cueball and Megan, are in the dark and about to engage in {{w|sexual intercourse}}. Megan checks that Cueball has a condom on. Cueball thinks a condom isn't necessary because he has an antistatic wrist strap on. Megan (and the reader of the comic) finds this ridiculous. |
− | {{w| | + | {{w|Antistatic wrist straps}} are important safety tools for {{w|electronics}} work such as handling computer parts. The wrist stap provides a conduction path directly from one's skin to an {{w|electrical ground}}, preventing the buildup of {{w|static electricity}} which, if accidentally discharged upon touching part of a circuit, can damage sensitive electronic components. |
− | + | {{w|Condoms}}, on the other hand, are an important safety tool for sex, as {{w|birth control}} and protection from {{w|STDs}}. | |
− | The | + | The confusion is humorous because both items have abstract similarities, but are used in wildly different kinds of activities. In an abstract sense, both are items that you want to be sure to put on before engaging in a certain activity, wearing it throughout that activity to prevent any disastrous accidental effects. |
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+ | The last panel implies that in his confusion, Cueball put on a condom in order to replace the {{w|RAM}} in his computer the previous week. Rather than actually asking about it, Megan just thought that was weird. {{w|Geek squad}} is the computer service department of the {{w|Best Buy}} chain of American electronics superstores. So Cueball also implies that he put on a condom while working in Best Buy, for performing computer repair, and so he was fired for indecency. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[It's | + | :[It's dark. There are only the voices of a man and his lover.] |
− | : | + | :Lover: Hang on, I can't see--did you put on a condom? |
− | : | + | :Man: It's okay. I've got a wrist thing on. |
− | : | + | :Lover: A what? Let me see that. |
− | : | + | :<<fumble>> |
− | : | + | :Lover: This is an anti-static strap. |
− | : | + | :Man: You mean it doesn't ... |
− | : | + | :Lover: No. Why would you even THINK that? |
− | : | + | :Man: I guess I was mixed up. |
− | : | + | :Man: Wait, so when I was replacing that RAM last week ... |
− | : | + | :Lover: Yeah, I THOUGHT that was weird. |
− | : | + | :Man: Oh, but it explains why the geek squad fired me. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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