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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This comic is the third comic in a row in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] about the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}. With this comic also on that topic, all comics of that week were about the pandemic. This continued for many more weeks.
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{{incomplete|Created by an EYEBALL LICKER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
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This comic is the third comic in a row about the {{w|2019–20 coronavirus outbreak|outbreak in 2020}} of the {{w|coronavirus}} - {{w|SARS-CoV-2}}. The first comic was [[2275: Coronavirus Name]] and the second [[2276: Self-Isolate]], making all comics of that week about the virus outbreak.
  
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As a reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, people are refraining from personal contact. This leads to changes with customs in the workplace, such as {{w|handshake|shaking hands}} at the beginning of a meeting.
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As a reaction to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, people are refraining from personal contact. This leads to changes with customs in the workplace - e.g. {{w|handshake|shaking hands}} at the beginning of a meeting, etc.
  
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The comic shows [[Beret Guy]] addressing his employees at [[:Category:Beret Guy's Business|his eccentric company]] ([[Ponytail]], [[Hairy]] and [[Hairbun]], see also [[1997: Business Update]]). He states that although they should not overreact to the coronavirus, they should at least stop their custom of beginning meetings by "licking each others' eyeballs". Virus or not, it is not common for people to lick anyone's eyeballs at meetings,{{Citation needed}} but it could be an extreme stretch of intimate behavior to make an analogy to some cultures' norm of kissing acquaintances in greeting.
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The comic shows [[Beret Guy]] addressing his employees at [[:Category:Beret Guy's Business|his eccentric company]] ([[Ponytail]], [[Hairy]] and [[Hairbun]], see also [[1997: Business Update]]). He states that they should not overreact to the coronavirus. But at least they should now quit their usual startup procedure at meetings where everyone is "licking each others eyeballs". Virus or not, it is not common for humans to lick anyone's eyeballs at meetings, but it could be an extreme stretch of intimate behavior to make an analogy to some cultures' norm of kissing acquaintances in greeting.
  
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Humorously, his employees state that they will miss this human contact, but that they at least understand.
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The fun thing is that his employees state that they will miss this human contact, but that they at least understand.
  
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Contact between saliva and eyes are a very common way to spread the disease. However, this usually occurs from one infected person sneezing and airborne particles randomly coming in contact with an uninfected bystander's eye, or people touching their own faces and eyes after having touched an infected surface, not by applying the saliva directly to a person's eyeball by means of another person's tongue. Also, most people's eyelids instinctually close when they see an object, including someone else's tongue, about to hit them in order to protect the eyeballs, so actually licking each others' eyeballs, as opposed to merely each others' eye''lids'', would be very difficult for most people, but Beret Guy being able to do this would not be very surprising considering his other abilities, such as being immune to his head being impaled.
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Contact between saliva and eyes are a very common way to get the virus spread. But usually this occurs from one person sneezing,
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or people touching their faces and eyes, and airborne particles randomly coming in contact with the eye, not by applying the saliva directly to a person's eyeball by means of the tongue.
  
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The title text refers to an actual business custom (exchanging {{w|business card}}s), but one which is absurdly altered to promote the spread of disease by touching cards and hands to faces. It is not clear whether this is safer or more dangerous than Beret Guy's previous practice of eating business cards, see [[1032: Networking]].
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The title text refers to an actual business custom (exchanging {{w|business card}}s), but one which is absurdly altered to promote the spread of disease by touching cards and hands to faces. It is not clear whether this is safer or more dangerous than Beret Guy's previous practice of eating business cards, see [[1032: Networking]].
  
 
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
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*When the comic was first published, it did not have a title-text; it was added later during the day of release.  
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*When the comic was first published, it did not have a title text.  
 
**This has almost exclusively occurred previously with special interactive or dynamic comics.  
 
**This has almost exclusively occurred previously with special interactive or dynamic comics.  
 
***Absence of title-text is so unusual that it broke at least one xkcd client ([https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.floern.xkcd Browser for xkcd by Floern]).  
 
***Absence of title-text is so unusual that it broke at least one xkcd client ([https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.floern.xkcd Browser for xkcd by Floern]).  
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*The phrase "each other" is actually singular. It should be "each other's eyeballs" (the eyeballs of each other person) and "each other's face" (the face of each other person).
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**During the day of the release, the title text has been added.
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***So it was a mistake by Randall, and not intentional.
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***Thus this comic does not belong in the [[:Category:No title text]] category.
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Beret Guy's Business]]
 
[[Category:Beret Guy's Business]]
 
[[Category:Social interactions]]
 
[[Category:Social interactions]]
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[[Category:COVID-19]]
 

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