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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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[[Cueball]] has been betrayed by his girlfriend, and later found out that he's not the first one she betrayed. He thinks that the society should provide a service that collects reports about such notorious liars, warning future dates about their true nature.
 
  
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Cueball's friend, [[White Hat]], is concerned about the matter of personal integrity, comparing this proposed service to {{w|Sex offender registration|sex offender registries}}. Cueball, though, thinks that there are certain governments who would have no problem with personal integrity infringement.
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This comic is fairly self-explanatory — in the first three panels of the comic [[Cueball]] relays to another his ideas for an online service that tracks devious or deceptive ex-partners, [[White Hat]] comments on the feasibility of this scheme comparing it to existing efforts to track sex offenders, and in the last panel an imaginary scenario involving the scheme is depicted.
  
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In the last panel, we see such a notification being given to a woman at a date. One interpretation of this comic could be that the bearded man is not, in fact, a douchebag, but Cueball is calling him one because he likes her, and thus wants to separate them.
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The "State of California" dialog is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_65_(1986) Proposition 65] which requires specific products to state: "This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm."  California is also known to be one of the states where liberal experimentation would occur.
  
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The "State of California" dialog is a reference to {{w|California_Proposition_65_(1986)|California Proposition 65}} which requires specific products to state: "This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm." California is also known to be one of the states where liberal experimentation would occur.
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The title text name-drops the infamous filmmaker duo {{w|Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer}}, known for making shallow parody movies.
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The title text mentions a few "{{w|douchebag}}" warning signals that the woman should have observed, for instance his interest in the infamous filmmaker duo {{w|Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer}}, known for making shallow parody movies that are notorious for how universally negatively they are recieved, with some of their movies, including {{w|Epic_Movie|Epic Movie}} and {{w|Disaster_Movie|Disaster Movie}}, considered to be among the worst movies ever made.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[Cueball turns, thoughtfully.]
 
:[Cueball turns, thoughtfully.]
 
:White Hat: But after all the problems with sex offender registries, who would agree to run it?
 
:White Hat: But after all the problems with sex offender registries, who would agree to run it?
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:Cueball: Maybe one of the state governments more willing to experiment could try it out...
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:Second person: Maybe one of the state governments more willing to experiment could try it out...
  
 
:Soon...
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Romance]]
 
[[Category:Romance]]
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[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
 

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