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In this comic, Randall presents a series of phrases, ordered by how likely they are to be used as a {{w|One-line joke|one-liner}} by a character in an {{w|action movie}}. One-liners are short, punchy phrases, typically witty or funny, and are routinely used in films by the antagonist to taunt the protagonist (or vice versa). The perfect one-liner leaves the recipient at a loss for a comeback, and should make sense immediately. If the phrase doesn't make sense or has to be explained, the effect is lost. | In this comic, Randall presents a series of phrases, ordered by how likely they are to be used as a {{w|One-line joke|one-liner}} by a character in an {{w|action movie}}. One-liners are short, punchy phrases, typically witty or funny, and are routinely used in films by the antagonist to taunt the protagonist (or vice versa). The perfect one-liner leaves the recipient at a loss for a comeback, and should make sense immediately. If the phrase doesn't make sense or has to be explained, the effect is lost. | ||
| − | + | While the phrases shown start off adhering to the witty and punchy stereotype of the one-liner, they quickly become absurb and non-sensical. | |
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| − | + | ! Panel No. | |
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| + | ! Explanation | ||
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| + | | You're going down the memory hole now, asshole. | ||
| + | |The {{w|Memory hole}} is a mechanism for redacting documents, photographs, etc., and a reference to {{w|George Orwell}}'s novel {{w|Nineteen Eighty-Four}}. In this instance it implies that the character on the floor is about to be 'erased' from existence. | ||
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| + | | 2 | ||
| + | | Hey! You forgot to carry the two. | ||
| + | |[[Cueball]], who appears to be at an advantage since he has a gun and his opponent only has a knife, is pointing out an arithmetic error in his opponent's calculations. This may simply be Cueball adding insult to injury "I'm about to shoot you, but first I'm going to point out that you suck at math". Alternatively, it could be a ruse to distract the knife wielding opponent, or a case of well-timed [[356|nerd-sniping]]. | ||
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| + | | 3 | ||
| + | | Looks like the Fed just lowered the interest rate. | ||
| + | | The {{w|Federal Reserve System}}, usually referred to as The Fed, is the central banking system in the United States. While interest rates are usually lowered during a recession or a crisis, this phrase appears to be completely out of context, and lacks any humor. | ||
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| + | | 4 | ||
| + | | Guess you should've scrolled all the way to the bottom before clicking "Agree." | ||
| + | | A common feature encountered when registering for user accounts or installing software is a very lengthy {{w|Terms of service}} document, describing the things you agree to abide by. The vast majority of people simply click Agree without reading the document, essentially agreeing to anything and everything that the author decided to include, which sometimes leads to things like [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/17/gamestation-grabs-souls-o_n_541549.html giving your immortal soul to a company]. In the context of this panel, perhaps the user agreed to be executed at random. | ||
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| + | | 5 | ||
| + | | Bangarang, motherfucker. | ||
| + | | This phrase is very similar to the line "Yippee-Ki-Yay motherfucker" used by {{w|John McClane}} in the {{w|Die Hard (film series)|Die Hard}} series. {{w|Bangarang}} is, among other things, the Jamaican word for "uproar." It was popularized (without the addition of 'motherfucker') as the cheer of the {{w|Lost Boys (Peter Pan)|lost boys}} in the film ''{{w|Hook (film)|Hook}}. | ||
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| − | + | The title text is another suggested one-liner phrase, referring to an update reminder that frequently pops up when one attempts to view {{w|Adobe Flash}} content on a webpage. After delivering the line, the character triggers a detonator (Double colons are sometimes used in text to denote an action), presumably setting off an explosive of some kind. | |
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| − | + | The sentence doesn't make much sense, and is too convoluted and wordy for an effective one-liner, which suggests that this is a continuation of the scale towards 'Less Likely'. This phrase also proves that simply adding Bitch, Asshole, Motherfucker or similar to the end of a phrase does not necessarily turn it into a great one-liner. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
