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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic satirizes the | + | This comic satirizes the annoying {{w|Ringtone|ringtones}} some people have on their cell phones. Some will even go so far as to use ringtones that resemble everyday sounds. Some examples include, but are not limited to, doorbells, coughing, alarm noises, or, in this case, the buzzing of a mosquito. Although seemingly harmless, these ringtones can get annoying to some people, which is what this comic is getting at. |
− | + | The title text refers to four other annoying ringtones: | |
− | + | *"Clock radio alarm". These sounds are often loud and annoying, just to ensure that you really will wake up. | |
− | The title text refers to four other annoying ringtones | + | *"B-flat at 194 decibels". {{w|B♭ (musical note)|B-flat}} is the note most commonly used for tuning wind instruments. 194 decibels is the {{w|Sound_pressure#Examples_of_sound_pressure_and_sound_pressure_levels|limit at 1 atmosphere pressure}}. More energy would create a shockwave. This could also be a reference to a crowd of {{w|vuvuzela}}s as they also produce sounds pitched around B flat. This may also refer to several B-flat-related phenomena discussed in an NPR story, [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7442915 Have You Heard About B Flat?] Specifically, B-flat has been found to agitate alligators, and waves passing through gas near a black hole have been found to resonate at a frequency which results in a B flat 57 octaves below middle C. 194 dB is quite literally deafening, so the ringtone would not so much be annoying but dangerous. |
− | *"Clock radio alarm". | ||
− | *"B-flat at 194 decibels". {{w|B♭ (musical note)|B-flat}} is | ||
*"That noise from Dumb & Dumber". {{w|Dumb and Dumber}} is a comedy movie from 1994. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cVlTeIATBs The noise] from Dumb & Dumber is referring to the point in the movie when Harry and Lloyd asked, "Do you want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?" and began shrieking in imitation of a loud fax machine. | *"That noise from Dumb & Dumber". {{w|Dumb and Dumber}} is a comedy movie from 1994. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cVlTeIATBs The noise] from Dumb & Dumber is referring to the point in the movie when Harry and Lloyd asked, "Do you want to hear the most annoying sound in the world?" and began shrieking in imitation of a loud fax machine. | ||
− | *"Recording of a sobbing voice begging you to answer". Self-explanatory. | + | *"Recording of a sobbing voice begging you to answer". Self-explanatory. Such a ringtone is obviously disruptive and potentially worrying to those in the vicinity of the phone. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[The sound of an insect going "hmmm<sub>mmm</sub>mmM'''MMM'''Mmmm<sub>mmmm</sub>".] |
− | + | :Cueball, suspecting an impending insect attack: AUGH! | |
− | :Cueball: | ||
:Black Hat: Oh, I've gotta take this. | :Black Hat: Oh, I've gotta take this. | ||
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:By unanimous decision, the winner of the Awful Ringtone Championship is "the sound a mosquito makes as it buzzes past your ear". | :By unanimous decision, the winner of the Awful Ringtone Championship is "the sound a mosquito makes as it buzzes past your ear". | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | ||
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