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− | The comic is about [[Cueball]] confronting [[Ponytail]] | + | The comic is about [[Cueball]] confronting [[Ponytail]] about her recent behavior and emotional state, which has lasted a few months. It's implied that she (and thus also [[Randall]]) is sad following last years {{w|United States presidential election, 2016|election}}, though the actual reasons for Ponytail's frustrations and depression aren't dwelt on and the focus is on her retreat into video games and the damage it's doing to her work projects. |
− | + | <!--Of course such sadness could come from many causes, so this comic would also work for someone who has a heartache from breaking up, or has lost some other important object of affection in their life (alive or dead or just their own abilities for instance in an accident). And people could choose to view it like this, if it suits some personnel experience. However, the notion that this comic is political is supported by the fact check in the second panel (see more below regarding PolitiFact). | |
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− | + | AS THE INFORMATION IN THE NEXT SECTIONS ARE ALSO RELEVANT FOR OTHER COMICS LINKING TO THE TRIVIA BELOW PLEASE LEAVE IT BOTH HERE AND BELOW EVEN THOUGH IT IS A REPETITION | |
+ | This was also only the second comic released after {{w|Donald Trump}}'s {{w|Inauguration of Donald Trump|inauguration}} the Friday before this comic's release, and it is clearly a reference to the sadness that has affected many Americans (as well as foreigners) after Hillary lost the election, and it fits with ''the past few months'' cited by Cueball in the first panel. And it seems to be worse for women making it obvious that it is Ponytail that are sad in this comic. | ||
− | + | Although it could be said that Trump first took office Monday (before this Wednesday comic) he already began signing {{w|Decree|decrees}} (or {{w|Executive order|executive orders}}) on Friday {{w|First_100_days_of_Donald_Trump's_presidency#Immediate_regulatory_freeze_pending_review|within a few hours}} after becoming president. {{w|First_100_days_of_Donald_Trump's_presidency#Policy|Most of these}} would make it even worse for those already sad about him becoming president, because they would now see that he really meant all the things he promised/threatened to do depending on your political stance. (Actually fulfilling all political promises made during an election campaign is most often not the case!) | |
− | + | Up to the day this comic was released (January 25th) it would already be drastic things like the {{w|First_100_days_of_Donald_Trump's_presidency#Mexican_border_wall|Mexican border wall}} (on the day of the comics release), the {{w|First_100_days_of_Donald_Trump's_presidency#Withdrawal_of_Affordable_Care_Act|withdrawal of Affordable Care Act}}, the approval of the {{w|First_100_days_of_Donald_Trump's_presidency#Dakota_Access_and_the_Keystone_XL_pipelines|Dakota Access and the Keystone XL pipelines}} (which would be troublesome for an [[:Category:Climate change|environmentalist]] as Randall as {{w|Dakota_Access_Pipeline#Environmental_concerns|both}} {{w|Pipeline_transport#Oil_and_natural_gas|oil pipes}} {{w|Keystone_Pipeline#Environmental_issues|have}} environmental issues) and the {{w|First_100_days_of_Donald_Trump's_presidency#Mexico_City_Policy|Mexico City Policy}} regarding stopping any help to poor women abroad with regards to information or any other way helping with {{w|abortion}}. This latter point could be especially troublesome for women like Ponytail (in one of Randall's comics) as it is against {{w|Women's_rights#Abortion|Women's right}}, which should only be expected from {{w|Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations|Donald Trumps sexual harassment of women}} in general and especially to his ''grab them by the pussy'' {{w|Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording|comment}}. | |
− | '' | + | See much more abut these issues and the several other recently released '''[[#Sad comics|sad comics]]''' in the trivia. The first of these sad comics was [[1761: Blame]] in which Cueball begins by stating that: ''I feel sad!'' a clear relation to this comic!--> |
+ | Ponytail seems unwilling to acknowledge that anything she is doing is wrong, offering absurd justifications for her behavior. When Cueball mentions that her projects have stagnated, she retorts that her virtual farm in the video game ''{{w|Stardew Valley}}'' is in great shape. | ||
− | Cueball | + | Cueball's comment about not being able to hide from everything is a common one to give to insecure people or to those trying to run away from their problems. Ponytail's reply is in the form of a {{w|PolitiFact.com|PolitiFact}} reply, claiming (possibly quite truly) that such assertions are ''mostly false'', one of the six options, but it is far from being the worst, thus acknowledging that you can't hide from everything, just mostly. See more about Politifact.com in the comic [[1712: Politifact]]. This is the only political answer she gives in this comic, but it is another clear indication (by Randall and Ponytail) that her trouble is with Trumps leniency with the truth in both election campaign and since, to the point where lies are now on a daily basis just called {{w|alternative facts}} or {{w|post-truth_politics#United_States|Post-truth}}. |
− | {{w| | + | {{w|Comment (computer programming)|Comments}} are something a programmer adds to their code such to make a note for themselves or others, typically to explain a complicated piece of logic or explaining external dependencies of a piece of code. Instead, Ponytail has been writing unrelated notes filled with obscenities. Ponytail's reply is one of typical advice given to amateur fiction and non-fiction writers, that to "write what you know.", implying that all Ponytail knows right now is obscenities. |
− | + | {{w|Subroutine|Functions}} are pieces of code which developers create to avoid repetition and make the code clearer (such as "calculate distance between points" or "process values"). A function which does nothing is almost useless (although sometimes programmers leave functions empty, when they create the skeleton of a program, but then they usually intends to fill them out later). It is expected that a function ''does'' something with a given parameter, but Ponytail’s function does nothing with the parameters except returning the parameter but with the comment ''No, '''you''' deal with this''. Thus she wishes that somebody/something else ''deals'' with any problem, probably what she would also wish for right now, where she is so sad that she even neglects her projects. | |
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+ | Ponytail replies that she writes them like this in order to try to avoid {{w|Side effect (computer science)|side effects}} (i.e. unexpected, unintended, and typically unwanted effects upon calling a piece of code), in line with a {{w|functional programming}} paradigm. When Cueball points out that she avoids all effects, Ponytail [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090605/quotes?item=qt2959706 quotes] part of a famous quote from Ripley in {{w|Aliens (film)|Aliens}}: ''I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the '''only''' way to be sure'''. By replying that it's the "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q only way to be sure]" she is thus indirectly saying better safe than sorry, but in reality she just don't care about her programming anymore because of her sad state of mind. | ||
The title text is a pun, interpreting the phrase "side effect" literally. If you turn an object 90 degrees along the right axis you will place it on its side, so thus making it a effect of putting something on its side, or a "side effect." You can also turn 90 degrees (along another axis), facing what was previously your side. | The title text is a pun, interpreting the phrase "side effect" literally. If you turn an object 90 degrees along the right axis you will place it on its side, so thus making it a effect of putting something on its side, or a "side effect." You can also turn 90 degrees (along another axis), facing what was previously your side. | ||
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+ | The title "Sad" is a common interjection in Trump's tweets. The time-frame of "the past few months" from the first panel is consistent with this, as the election was on November 8, 2016, and the comic was posted on January 25, 2017 four days after Donald Trump's inauguration as 45th president of the United States on January 20, 2017. The reference to fact-checking in the second panel is also reminiscent of the election and post-election coverage. This is not the first sad comic since Trump was elected; check the Trivia section below for more correlations on the subject. | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Programming]] | [[Category:Programming]] | ||
− | [[Category:Video | + | [[Category:Video Games]] |
[[Category:Politics]] | [[Category:Politics]] | ||
[[Category:Sarcasm]] | [[Category:Sarcasm]] |