1936: Desert Golfing

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Desert Golfing

Title text: I just want to stay up long enough to watch the ball drop into the hole number 2018.

Explanation

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A common joke surrounding the turn of the New Year is to make a comment about "next year" on New Year's Eve or "last year" on New Year's Day. While technically correct, there is a snarky humor derived from making observations about the span of years when the reality has been more along a span of days.

In this comic, released on New Year's Day 2018, Cueball observes that he has technically "been playing Desert Golfing nonstop since late 2017". Desert Golfing is a game that takes place in an endless side-scrolling desert, where the player can shoot a golf ball using a one finger swipe to determine direction and power. The entirety of the "golf course" is made of sand, making the physics of the golf ball more difficult to predict and control, as if from a bunker. After reaching a hole, the game automatically generates a completely random new course, making the game go on forever, and the score is purely dependent on how long you play the game.

Although Cueball's statement could be taken to mean he has devoted his waking hours to the game, the clock on the wall reveals both the truth of his comment and that he is not exaggerating. While he has only been playing the game for two and a half hours, give or take, those two-and-a-half hours started at about 11:10 PM on December 31st, meaning that it is presently January 1st and he has indeed been playing the game "nonstop since late 2017" (assuming he has not taken a break to eat or use the facilities).

Someone off-panel acknowledges the joke by saying that he should "take a break in 2018", and Cueballs declares it is his New Year's resolution to go to bed. This is not a typical New Year's resolution, as most people don't need to resolve to go to bed.^{[citation needed]}

The title text states that the only reason Cueball has stayed up to play Desert Golfing is to watch the ball drop into hole number 2018, another reference to the New Year. The turn of the New Year is celebrated in certain places by the dropping of a ball; Cueball takes this literally, and tries to drop his (golf) ball to signify the beginning of 2018.

Transcript

[A clock on the wall is showing 11:11]

[Cueball is laying down on a couch playing Desert Golfing on his phone]

[The clock is now showing 12:00]

[Cueball is now sitting upright on the couch, playing Desert Golfing]

[The clock is showing 12:33]

[Cueball is laying down again, still playing Desert Golfing on the couch]

[The clock is showing 1:47]

Cueball: Technically, I've been playing Desert Golfing nonstop since late 2017.

Off-screen person: Might want to take a break sometime in 2018.

Cueball: Yeah, my New Year's resolution is to go to bed.

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Discussion

FIRST 05:11, 1 January 2018 (UTC) 162.158.78.94 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Desert golf! It's an actual event! From the top of Socorro Peak it's 3 miles and 2500 vertical feet to the hole. It's the Elfego Baca Golf Shootout in New Mexico.

172.68.54.76 05:46, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Finished first draft, need some help to complete it. Oh, and Desert Golfing is an app developed by Blinkbat Games. Herobrine (talk) 06:10, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Probably have to play this game!Boeing-787lover 07:20, 1 January 2018 (UTC) -- Xkcdreader52 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)