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This comic is the tenth comic in a row in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] about the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.
 
This comic is the tenth comic in a row in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] about the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.
  
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In the wake of the COVID-19, the advice from many professionals in the United States is to avoid public gatherings to slow the spread of the disease and "flatten the curve".
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For fun: An exercise in recursive translation (google translate), starting with arbitrary text.
  
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In this comic, some group of people (we're not told who) are planning a public event, which is very much contrary to the widespread professional advice, and is said to put everyone at risk by accelerating the spread of the disease in the general population.  In an effort to sabotage this event by deterring people from attending, [[Cueball]] applies reverse psychology, pretending to be enthusiastically planning various activities at the gathering that most people would go out of their way to avoid:  a wild skunk petting zoo, which would most likely result in everyone getting heavily sprayed with violently foul-smelling skunk scent that wild skunks use to drive away predators; and {{w|karaoke}} featuring the song "{{w|Baby Shark}}", which is a song for small children that is generally considered annoying to adults, made even more direly annoying in this case by being spoken rather than sung.
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What do you call a useless human robot and what is the strong emotion of its domestic tiger? Putting perfume on your face is not expensive, because a slave, we lose resources to feed our presidents. I was sensitive when the gun called me into the blood and water of an enemy killed by a fish. Blood!
  
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In the title text, Cueball has stepped up his game from merely threatening to spoil everyone's fun to making them fear that they might get infected. He claims to have attended the "World Handshake Championships", which presumably would involve shaking hands with as many people as possible; this would facilitate the spread of diseases such as COVID-19. He furthermore claims to have traveled home from the championship via a cruise ship, which may also cause concern because cruise ships are known for their densely populated environments and lack of extensive medical facilities making prevention and treatment of infections very difficult or impossible. Cruise ships have been a recent topic of interest in relation to {{w|SARS CoV-2}} due to many people being stranded at sea with infected patients because of COVID-19 pandemic on board.
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What is the name of the useless robot and what is the strongest elephant in it? Applying perfume on our faces does not work because the slaves have given up their means to satisfy our desires. I was frightened by the bullets that hit the blood and water of the enemy fish. Economy!
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What is a passive robot, a powerful elephant? Slaves do not use lip balm because they can not control our desires. He was afraid that the bullets and the blood would reach the enemy. I'm good:
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A big elephant car? Do not use too many slaves because they can not control evil desires. Fear that the enemy will be destroyed by e. Yes, I do
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Karate? Not considered too many employees, because you can not have a bad dream. The enemy is afraid of death. Yes, this is true
  
 
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