2330: Acceptable Risk

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Acceptable Risk
Good thing I'm not already prone to overthinking everyday decisions!
Title text: Good thing I'm not already prone to overthinking everyday decisions!

Explanation

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This comic shows two people who are nervous to meet while in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic (which, for contamination prevention, it is highly recommended to stay away from people), they are worried that they are not sure it is worth "risking their lives" for the social interaction.

Their screaming actually increases the risk of the interaction; this is why Japan recently banned screaming on amusement park rides.

Transcript

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[All of the panels depict the same two characters seen from a long distance, making them difficult to recognize. However, they appear to be Cueball (on the left) and Ponytail (on the right). They are each wearing a mask.]

Cueball: Okay. Based on the local virus prevalence, our careful quarantines, and the steps we've taken to reduce transmission risk,
Cueball: I think it's okay for us to hang out.
Ponytail: I agree.

[Cueball and Ponytail get closer to each other.]

[Cueball and Ponytail get still closer.]

Cueball: Hi.
Ponytail: Hi.
Cueball: Is this social interaction good enough that it's worth risking our lives and the lives of others?!
Ponytail: I don't know!
Cueball: AAAAA!
Ponytail: AAAAAA!

[Cueball and Ponytail stand much farther apart.]

Cueball: Healthy socializing was hard enough before the pandemic.
Ponytail: Let's just try again in 2021.


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Discussion

Back to COVID-19. 162.158.63.172 23:59, 8 July 2020 (UTC)

Transcript claims that there is Ponytail while explanation says it's MeganTkopec (talk) 09:37, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Fixed! --162.158.238.4 09:48, 9 July 2020 (UTCA

"I don't know! AAAAA! AAAAAA!" Must be referring to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPOyOM7wxlE At least, it seems that way to me . . . . 162.158.74.95 11:12, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

How could having to answer three questions so as to be able to cross the Bridge of Death and in order to avoid being thrown into the Chasm of Eternal Peril have anything to do with this comic? Not everything is a reference to something else.162.158.165.34