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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | {{incomplete|Created by a NORMAL PEER (DEFINITELY NOT A TROLL BOT, TRUST ME, I PROMISE) - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT try that other place down by the lake.}} | |
| − | + | Megan and Cueball are having a conversation about social media. Megan relates a negative comment she got from a stranger about her taste in movies. The twist is that it turns out the person criticizing her was a murderer. Although this does not inherently negate his taste in movies{{citation needed}}, it does free Megan from the burden of weighing his opinions equally to her own. | |
| − | In many [[918: Google+|social]] and [[997: Wait Wait|news]] sites there is a tendency to surface [[258: Conspiracy Theories|negative content]]. This can be [[1111: Premiere|editorial intent]], [[2237: AI Hiring Algorithm|naive algorithms]], or [[1390: Research Ethics|both]], attempting to induce rage to drive engagement. Review sites can exhibit a [[1098: Star Ratings|bias]] in either direction, with minutiae [[937: TornadoGuard|burying]] valid feedback. | + | The title-text mentions the “Lake Slayer,” who is referenced in the comic. They mention that a burger joint in town is unsatisfactory, and that the reader should come to a place “by the lake” instead, which might be a plot to lure people to the lake and to be killed. |
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| + | In many "[[918: Google+|social]]" and "[[997: Wait Wait|news]]" sites there is a tendency to surface [[258: Conspiracy Theories|negative content]]. This can be [[1111: Premiere|editorial intent]], [[2237: AI Hiring Algorithm|naive algorithms]], or [[1390: Research Ethics|both]], attempting to induce rage to drive "engagement". "Review" sites can exhibit a [[1098: Star Ratings|bias]] in either direction, with minutiae [[937: TornadoGuard|burying]] valid feedback. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[Cueball and Megan are having a conversation while walking.] | :[Cueball and Megan are having a conversation while walking.] | ||
:Cueball: The Internet makes it easy to be a jerk and forget the person we're talking to is a human. | :Cueball: The Internet makes it easy to be a jerk and forget the person we're talking to is a human. | ||
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:Post: Every group has one person who likes that movie, and it's the friend they all secretly hate. | :Post: Every group has one person who likes that movie, and it's the friend they all secretly hate. | ||
| − | :[Blondie as a news anchor behind a | + | :[Blondie as a news anchor behind a desk. There is a picture of the man with sunglasses with "Arrested" under his name. His picture is next to a picture of a house with "Breaking" above it. Megan's dialogue appears above the picture, but she herself is not shown in this panel.] |
:Megan: Then the next week I saw that guy on the news. He was an actual murderer! | :Megan: Then the next week I saw that guy on the news. He was an actual murderer! | ||
| − | :[Megan and Cueball standing next to each other | + | :[Megan and Cueball standing next to each other] |
:Megan: I can't believe I spent a week stressed out that my taste in movies wasn't shared by the East Valley Strangler. | :Megan: I can't believe I spent a week stressed out that my taste in movies wasn't shared by the East Valley Strangler. | ||
:Cueball: Yeah, at ''least'' wait for a second opinion from the Lake Slayer. | :Cueball: Yeah, at ''least'' wait for a second opinion from the Lake Slayer. | ||
