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*This clearly refers back to the main comic, thus saying that it also feels bad to have this constant stream of input, which could often be disturbing. So there is no good choice listed in the comic, because it is bad to be completely offline, but being online all the time is also bad. And it is hard to find the right balance. This problem with finding the right balance between two things is related to the recent [[1796: Focus Knob]], where one thing was following the news too much the other not at all. In that comic it was impossible to follow the news without it getting too much.
 
*This clearly refers back to the main comic, thus saying that it also feels bad to have this constant stream of input, which could often be disturbing. So there is no good choice listed in the comic, because it is bad to be completely offline, but being online all the time is also bad. And it is hard to find the right balance. This problem with finding the right balance between two things is related to the recent [[1796: Focus Knob]], where one thing was following the news too much the other not at all. In that comic it was impossible to follow the news without it getting too much.
 
*A related comic was posted long ago with [[77: Bored with the Internet]]. In this comic Cueball go for a walk to escape the internet, only to be thinking about the next post to make once back online.
 
*A related comic was posted long ago with [[77: Bored with the Internet]]. In this comic Cueball go for a walk to escape the internet, only to be thinking about the next post to make once back online.
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*This comic is also related to the recent comic [[1773: Negativity]], as both deal with the inability to escape the media during objectively peaceful pastimes. While in the former, the nature attacks Cueball with the types of comments he wishes to avoid, here, he brings along his phone even though it will ruin the goal of the walk he is going to take. Negativity seemed to be a kind of follow up on [[1761: Blame]] where Cueball feels sad because of all the bad things that are happening, typically that which could be described as scary news, which in that case was posted by his friends on {{w|Facebook}} so Cueball blames his friends. This comic thus, for the third time in about three month, express a dislike for online societies and its reaction to lots of bad news, also refereed in other comics during those three months.
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*This comic is also related to the recent comic [[1773: Negativity]], as both deal with the inability to escape the media during objectively peaceful pastimes. While in the former, the nature attacks Cueball with the types of comments he wishes to avoid, here, he brings along his phone even though it will ruin the goal of the walk he is going to take. Negativity seemed to be a kind of follow up on [[1761: Blame]] where Cueball feels sad because of all the bad things that are happening, typically that which could be described as scary news, which in that case was posted by his friends on {{w|Facebook}} so Cueball blames his friends. This comic thus, for the third time in about three month, express a dislike for online societies and its reaction to lots of bad news, also refereed in other comics during those three months. (See more on this [[Sad comics|here]].)
 
*This is the second comic in a row where having access to the internet on a smartphone while out walking is a major part of the plot, the first being [[1801: Decision Paralysis]], where Randall mentions how access to the internet when having two similar options to choose from can cause a decision paralysis while he researches the best option.  
 
*This is the second comic in a row where having access to the internet on a smartphone while out walking is a major part of the plot, the first being [[1801: Decision Paralysis]], where Randall mentions how access to the internet when having two similar options to choose from can cause a decision paralysis while he researches the best option.  
 
*Should not be confused with the other ''Phone comics'' from the [[:Category:xkcd Phones|xkcd Phone series]], but generally smartphones is a [[:Category:Smartphones|recurring subject]] on xkcd.
 
*Should not be confused with the other ''Phone comics'' from the [[:Category:xkcd Phones|xkcd Phone series]], but generally smartphones is a [[:Category:Smartphones|recurring subject]] on xkcd.

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