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This comic is poking fun at the [[927: Standards|proliferation]] of apps and internet services such as for [https://builtin.com/consumer-tech/food-delivery-companies food delivery] and [https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/banking/best-ways-to-send-money money transfer]. The characters are discussing which to use during an evening of tabletop gaming. The group has a running competition to see who can mention fake apps or services without being called out. The idea being that, since there are so many, it is difficult to identify which are real. | This comic is poking fun at the [[927: Standards|proliferation]] of apps and internet services such as for [https://builtin.com/consumer-tech/food-delivery-companies food delivery] and [https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/banking/best-ways-to-send-money money transfer]. The characters are discussing which to use during an evening of tabletop gaming. The group has a running competition to see who can mention fake apps or services without being called out. The idea being that, since there are so many, it is difficult to identify which are real. | ||
− | [[Cueball]] mentions three food delivery services, {{w|Grubhub}}, {{w|DoorDash}}, and Food.net, and [[Ponytail]] asks him to reimburse her using {{w|Venmo}}, {{w|PayPal}}, or Yahoo Cash. Cueball expresses skepticism about Yahoo Cash, after which Ponytail admits it's a fake service (it's a spoof of {{w|Google Pay}}) and is thus obligated to pay for Cueball's meal. (Incidentally, Yahoo does provide a money transfer service to facilitate private party gambling on {{w|fantasy sports}}, called [https://sports.yahoo.com/wallet/dailyfantasy/referafriend/ Yahoo Fantasy Wallet], but it uses PayPal.) Food.net, which Cueball mentioned without being called out, is not a real service; https://food.net exists, | + | [[Cueball]] mentions three food delivery services, {{w|Grubhub}}, {{w|DoorDash}}, and Food.net, and [[Ponytail]] asks him to reimburse her using {{w|Venmo}}, {{w|PayPal}}, or Yahoo Cash. Cueball expresses skepticism about Yahoo Cash, after which Ponytail admits it's a fake service (it's a spoof of {{w|Google Pay}}) and is thus obligated to pay for Cueball's meal. (Incidentally, Yahoo does provide a money transfer service to facilitate private party gambling on {{w|fantasy sports}}, called [https://sports.yahoo.com/wallet/dailyfantasy/referafriend/ Yahoo Fantasy Wallet], but it uses PayPal.) Food.net, which Cueball mentioned without being called out, is not a real service; https://food.net exists but is "not available for use," and is not related to food. |
− | Based on Ponytail's offer, if someone is correctly called out, they must pay for the player who caught them. If a player isn't caught like when Cueball mentions Food.net nothing happens. Ponytail is too afraid to call him out on this, and decides to order from a service that she knows | + | Based on Ponytail's offer, if someone is correctly called out, then they apparently must pay for the player who caught them. If a player isn't caught like when Cueball mentions Food.net nothing happens. Ponytail is too afraid to call him out on this, and decides to order from a service that she knows exist, Grubhub. And then tries to bluff the others using strange payment methods. |
− | It is not explained in the comic, but probably you also have to pay | + | It is not explained in the comic, but probably you also have to pay the other persons food, if you call a bluff and it turns out the service did indeed exist. So if [[Megan]] had said to Cueball, Grubhub, that must be fake, and he then proves that it exist (by ordering there), then Megan would most likely be obliged to pay Cueball's food. |
− | The title text offers a tip for winning the competition next week after being called out for mentioning a fake service: building a working version and then mentioning it again the next week. While it could be possible to prototype a user interface and possibly use it to perform food deliveries with a very limited number of drivers in a small area, or provide a front | + | The title text offers a tip for winning the competition next week, after being called out for mentioning a fake service: building a working version of it and then mentioning it again the next week. While it could be possible to prototype a user interface and possibly use it to perform food deliveries with a very limited number of drivers in a small area, or provide a front end interface to an existing money transfer service with strong API support, building a full-fledged viable service for either in a week is humorously beyond the reach of typical gamers. Also, as in Ponytail's case, it could cause trademark issues with brand names. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball, Megan, and Ponytail are sitting at a table to order food. Cueball is on his phone, and Ponytail, sitting opposite, | + | :[Cueball, Megan, and Ponytail are sitting at a table to order food. Cueball is on his phone, and Ponytail, sitting opposite, on her laptop.] |
:Cueball: What should we use to order? Grubhub? DoorDash? Food.net? | :Cueball: What should we use to order? Grubhub? DoorDash? Food.net? | ||
:Ponytail: I'll do Grubhub; you can send me money. Do you do Venmo? Paypal? Yahoo Cash? | :Ponytail: I'll do Grubhub; you can send me money. Do you do Venmo? Paypal? Yahoo Cash? |