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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 | + | This comic centers on a conversation regarding the nature of conformity in social networks or more specifically, why people still use obsolete social networks. An argument is made by one of the basketball players stating 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 and that he has declined the invitation. Black hat and his behavior is an allegory intended to showcase a real life case of the argument made at the beginning. For example, he says that he is not the catch type, which symbolically represents the minority of social network users who doesn't care about universal acceptance and will use whichever social network they prefer, regardless of the opinions of the majority. This phrase may also be a pun that he shot (as in hit an object with projectile as opposed to the expected basketball connotation of shot) the ball as opposed to catching it. |
− | + | 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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