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This is another comic on [[:Category:How to annoy|How to annoy]] people. Here [[Cueball]] annoys [[Ponytail]], an entomologist who studies ant navigation, by telling her "So, I hear you're really into chemtrails?" | This is another comic on [[:Category:How to annoy|How to annoy]] people. Here [[Cueball]] annoys [[Ponytail]], an entomologist who studies ant navigation, by telling her "So, I hear you're really into chemtrails?" | ||
− | Two similar comics have been released, [[2036: Edgelord]] and [[2744: Fanservice]], with | + | Two similar comics have been released, [[2036: Edgelord]] and [[2744: Fanservice]], with same setting but different text, both with [[White Hat]] being annoyed. |
− | {{w|Entomologist}}s study insects. {{w|Ant}}s are social insects that leave chemical trails | + | {{w|Entomologist}}s study insects. {{w|Ant}}s are social insects that leave chemical trails to and from food sources or other sites. These chemical trails can guide other ants in their colony, for instance to return to food. Biologists call such signaling chemicals {{w|pheromones}}. This comic uses the word chemtrail as a shortening of chemical trail. [[Cueball]] is intentionally conflating ant chemical trails with {{w|chemtrails}}, the subject of a fallacious conspiracy theory that the government controls the population by spraying toxic or mind-/body-transformative chemicals from high altitude aircraft. |
That conspiracy theory may be partly based on the practice of {{w|cloud seeding}}, which uses chemical flares containing silver nitrate to attempt to increase precipitation [https://www.vox.com/videos/23290459/cloud-seeding-manmade-rain-future-perfect]. Despite [[1677: Contrails|occasional conflation]], chemtrails are distinct from "contrails," short for "condensation trails," which are cloud-like lines in the sky created by {{w|Contrails|airplane engines or airfoils}}. There is very little evidence that sophisticated mind control posited by chemtrail conspiracists is possible, even after extensive research.[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Poisoner_in_Chief/U6iDDwAAQBAJ] | That conspiracy theory may be partly based on the practice of {{w|cloud seeding}}, which uses chemical flares containing silver nitrate to attempt to increase precipitation [https://www.vox.com/videos/23290459/cloud-seeding-manmade-rain-future-perfect]. Despite [[1677: Contrails|occasional conflation]], chemtrails are distinct from "contrails," short for "condensation trails," which are cloud-like lines in the sky created by {{w|Contrails|airplane engines or airfoils}}. There is very little evidence that sophisticated mind control posited by chemtrail conspiracists is possible, even after extensive research.[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Poisoner_in_Chief/U6iDDwAAQBAJ] |