Difference between revisions of "490: Morning Routine"
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| − | Thanks to the portability of the modern computer, the availability of the | + | Thanks to the portability of the modern computer, the availability of the internet and the advent of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, someone could conceivably use their laptop to catch up on the lives of everyone they care about from the comfort of their own bed; indeed, they could do it under the covers if they want to. |
This is rather different than the pre-computer days in which catching up with friends required a great deal more effort. Hence, laptops are ''weird.'' | This is rather different than the pre-computer days in which catching up with friends required a great deal more effort. Hence, laptops are ''weird.'' | ||
| − | The | + | The title text refers to the ''{{w|South Park}}'' episode "Gnomes", in which a race of tiny gnomes steal people's underpants. Their business plan is finally explained as: |
:Phase 1: Collect underpants | :Phase 1: Collect underpants | ||
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:Morning Routine: | :Morning Routine: | ||
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| − | + | #Catch up on the lives of friends from around the world | |
| − | + | #Get out from under the covers | |
:Laptops are ''weird''. | :Laptops are ''weird''. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
Revision as of 13:23, 18 August 2013
| Morning Routine |
 Title text: I had a really hard time not writing '...profit!' |
Explanation
Thanks to the portability of the modern computer, the availability of the internet and the advent of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, someone could conceivably use their laptop to catch up on the lives of everyone they care about from the comfort of their own bed; indeed, they could do it under the covers if they want to.
This is rather different than the pre-computer days in which catching up with friends required a great deal more effort. Hence, laptops are weird.
The title text refers to the South Park episode "Gnomes", in which a race of tiny gnomes steal people's underpants. Their business plan is finally explained as:
- Phase 1: Collect underpants
- Phase 2: ?
- Phase 3: Profit
This became an internet meme.
Transcript
- Morning Routine:
- Wake up
- Catch up on the lives of friends from around the world
- Get out from under the covers
- Laptops are weird.
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And by dint of being being far more convent to use in bed, tablets are weirder still. Compro01 (talk) 20:58, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
- Or smartphones... Elektrizikekswerk (talk) 10:28, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
- Guys, consider that this was posted in 2008... CsBlastoise (talk) 18:20, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
What's silly is that the whole premise is flawed. Long before laptops, some people would call a friend from bed, via land line, and get caught up on their circle. Not to mention those of us who had a BBS with the keyboard in reach of the bed in the early nineties. — Kazvorpal (talk) 18:58, 19 August 2017 (UTC)
- Nonsense, nobody ever did that. -- The Cat Lady (talk) 15:45, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
So, for a while there, another comic "fell down a vent" and landed here. Interesting. 22 November 2018 (UTC)
Comic 490 is displaying correctly now, but I don't have the self-confidence to edit the page. Can someone do that for me?
Yup! It's done!
