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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|This explanation isn't nearly formal enough. It feels like a transcript of what someone said, and is way off the mark in terms of tone.}} | |
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− | They | + | The conversation in the first three panels is fairly banal—it's a quick rumination on the nature of social networking platforms, and a brief reflection on their evolution. The crux of the conversation is that whether or not everybody switches over to {{w|Google+}} or stays on {{w|Facebook}} is of no matter, as evidenced by the fact that {{w|AOL}} and {{w|IRC}} still both have devoted (if dwindling) followings. They then pass the ball to [[Black Hat]], who shoots a crossbow bolt through the basketball, with the implication being that he was invited to join the game by way of the ball being thrown his way and that he has declined the invitation. In other words, it's a symbolic gesture. When Black Hat says he's not the 'catch' type, what is really meant to be taken away from the comic is that Black Hat doesn't care about universal acceptance will do what he wants to do, regardless of what his friends are doing. The fact that he's not the catch type symbolizes that while statisticians may portray social networkers as a sort of hive mind that will gravitate towards one platform over another, at the end of the day that hive mind is made up of innumerable individuals, many of whom will share Black Hat's easily summarized world view: My way. |
− | + | In the title text, we hear of another instance of Black Hat playing by his own rules at a skeet shooting range. A clay pigeon is a clay disc that is thrown into the air and serves as a target for a shotgun. For the sole purpose of bending the rules, Black Hat captured the clay pigeons using a net and ''then'' shot them from a very close range (despite being an excellent shot), eventually getting expelled from the shooting range. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: My mom still uses AOL—it doesn't mean my social life has to happen there. | :Cueball: My mom still uses AOL—it doesn't mean my social life has to happen there. | ||
− | :[Only Cueball is shown. He passes the basketball to the right towards the off- | + | :[Only Cueball is shown. He passes the basketball to the right towards the off-pannel Black Hat.] |
:Cueball: Universal adoption isn't everything. I mean, IRC is still— | :Cueball: Universal adoption isn't everything. I mean, IRC is still— | ||
− | :[Zoom in on the basketball as | + | :[Zoom in on the basketball as an arrow pierces the ball.] |
:''Thunk'' | :''Thunk'' | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | ||
[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | ||
[[Category:Social networking]] | [[Category:Social networking]] | ||
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[[Category:Basketball]] | [[Category:Basketball]] | ||
[[Category:Crossbows]] | [[Category:Crossbows]] | ||
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