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This is another comic in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series]] related to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}. | This is another comic in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series]] related to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}. | ||
| − | As more and more people are getting [[:Category:COVID-19 vaccine|vaccinated]] against COVID-19, and as the CDC has released guidelines suggesting vaccinated people can start gathering in larger groups, there is increasing excitement about the possibility to resume get-togethers, and have a party. However, being very cautious, [[Randall]] is cutting down the scope for his first "post-pandemic" party from that of a normal party | + | As more and more people are getting [[:Category:COVID-19 vaccine|vaccinated]] against COVID-19, and as the CDC has released guidelines suggesting vaccinated people can start gathering in larger groups, there is increasing excitement about the possibility to resume get-togethers, and have a party. However, being very cautious, [[Randall]] is cutting down the scope for his first "post-pandemic" party from that of a normal party--in many different ways, not all of which make sense. {{Citation needed}} |
===Drinks=== | ===Drinks=== | ||
| − | * Instead of interesting alcoholic and sugary beverages, he's reducing scope by serving plain ice water. | + | * Instead of interesting alcoholic and sugary beverages, he's reducing scope by serving plain ice water. And instead of serving that water in ordinary-sized cups, he's further reducing scope by serving it in small cups. |
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===Food=== | ===Food=== | ||
| − | * A person holding an ordinary party might provide large quantities of foods of various sorts. Randall is reducing scope by serving only two types of food, {{w|M& | + | * A person holding an ordinary party might provide large quantities of foods of various sorts. Randall is reducing scope by serving only two types of food, {{w|M&Ms}} and crackers, and further reducing scope by limiting the quantities to three individual pieces of candy and one single cracker. |
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===Entertainment=== | ===Entertainment=== | ||
* Instead of regular music, Randall's party has less-exciting {{w|ambient music}}. | * Instead of regular music, Randall's party has less-exciting {{w|ambient music}}. | ||
* {{w|Karaoke}} has been eliminated completely. | * {{w|Karaoke}} has been eliminated completely. | ||
| − | * The big-screen TV has been | + | * The big-screen TV has been downscaled into a standard TV, and instead of showing active and exciting sports games, it will show mellow {{w|Bob Ross}} painting lessons. |
===Activities=== | ===Activities=== | ||
| − | * Board games require strategy | + | * Board games require strategy, so Randall has replaced them with a strategy-free game, {{w|52 pickup}}. He has then further reduced scope for this single game by reducing the number of cards involved from 52 to 3. |
| − | * His original notes indicate that the party | + | * His original notes indicate that the party would include both video games and ping pong, but he has reduced scope here as well by merging these categories and offering only a single video game, the ancient {{w|Pong}} game. |
| − | * Finally, while conversation will be allowed, Randall is reducing scope by reducing quality. This element of the party plan is qualitatively different from the others because it's generally the guests themselves that provide the majority of the conversation at a party, so it's possible that Randall is simply acknowledging [[2424|the effect]] that the pandemic has had on peoples' ability to converse normally. | + | * Finally, while conversation will be allowed, Randall is reducing scope by reducing quality. This element of the party plan is qualitatively different from the others because it's generally the guests themselves that provide the majority of the conversation at a party, so it's also possible that Randall is simply acknowledging [[2424|the effect]] that the pandemic has had on peoples' ability to converse normally. |
The title text mentions that in the end, despite Randall's efforts, even the incredibly mild disruption of an M&M's falling into a cup of water caused the party-goers to panic and flee, much as Cueball and Ponytail did in [[2330: Acceptable Risk|a similar situation]]. | The title text mentions that in the end, despite Randall's efforts, even the incredibly mild disruption of an M&M's falling into a cup of water caused the party-goers to panic and flee, much as Cueball and Ponytail did in [[2330: Acceptable Risk|a similar situation]]. | ||
