Editing 187: The Familiar

{{comic
| number    = 187
| date      = November 22, 2006
| title     = The Familiar
| image     = the familiar.png
| titletext = When I say we should do something sometime, I'm secretly hoping you'll say 'Why not now?'
}}

==Explanation==
[[Cueball|Cueball's]] friend asks him to go with him to view the sunrise over the ocean. Cueball refuses by giving a list of excuses, including the statement that "rationalizing the familiar is easy." This statement is amusing, because Cueball acknowledges the fact that he is making excuses and seems to refuse going out on the basis that rationalizing going to see the sunrise would require much more effort. This criticizes some people's tendency of not trying new things or going out with friends, even though one would likely get more fulfillment by doing these things. It may well be implied that the friend doing the inviting has left to view the sunrise, leaving Cueball behind since he wasn't willing to engage in an activity.

The computer with the egg-shaped profile looks like an iMac G3, sold from 1998 until 2003. It seems that rationalizing the familiar has made Cueball resistant to upgrading his computer long beyond its obsolescence date.

The title text indicates [[Randall|Randall's]] frustration with this mentality and his hope that when he wants to make plans with someone, they are just as eager.

==Transcript==
:[A guy is standing behind his friend who sits at a computer. Both looks like Cueball.]
:Guy: Let's go see sunrise over the ocean.
:[The friend turns and replies:]
:Friend: That's a long drive, it's cold, I'm tired, and rationalizing the familiar is easy.
:[The guy leaves leaves and in the next two frames the friend remains at his computer alone.]

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