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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic makes fun of a certain type of images very common on the internet. Those pictures are | + | This comic makes fun of a certain type of images very common on the internet. Those pictures are created with a camera turned 90° or rotated later by software, thus creating the illusion of people walking on walls or ceilings. While the original pictures depict the physical impossibility of a rotated {{w|gravitational force}}, Cueball uses the aforementioned technique to create pictures of himself on a {{w|climbing wall}}. Megan approaches him from above the wall, indicating that the climbing wall is in fact lying on the floor. It becomes clear that Cueball was not able to climb a real wall and therefore crawled on the floor with his camera adjusted accordingly. |
Her comment is a sideswipe on the practise of self-display on {{w|Facebook}}, which is often done with the help of {{w|image manipulation}}. | Her comment is a sideswipe on the practise of self-display on {{w|Facebook}}, which is often done with the help of {{w|image manipulation}}. | ||
− | The title text implies that Cueball has in fact stolen a real climbing wall | + | The title text implies that Cueball has in fact stolen a real climbing wall. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball | + | :[Cueball is apparently ascending a climbing wall.] |
− | :[ | + | :[We see him again in silhouette, as well as the edge of another person standing at a ninety degree angle to him with her feet on the wall above him.] |
− | :[ | + | :[The "climber" stops and looks up at Megan, who is standing on the "vertical" wall, looking at him.]] |
− | + | :Megan: Your facebook rock climbing pictures just got a lot less impressive. | |
− | :Megan: Your | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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