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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Cueball]] is arguing with a {{w|conspiracy theorist | + | {{incomplete|Examples of the type of conspiracy pages mentioned with black background and different fonts would be an improvement. Also counter examples for such an example from Wikipedia etc. Also: what's the significance of a ".net page"?}} |
+ | [[Cueball]] is arguing with a {{w|conspiracy theorist}}, who is sitting in front of his computer talking back. They are probably using {{w|Skype}} as Cueball later asks him to watch closely, holding his phone up to show the other guy what he is doing. | ||
− | Cueball's opponent seems to ignore all reliable sources, like {{w|Snopes}} and {{w|Wikipedia}} on top of several {{w|Academic journal|journals}}, instead preferring sources that are seemingly not credible (but that do agree with him). These conspiracy ".net" pages typically just have a black background and | + | Cueball's opponent seems to ignore all reliable sources, like {{w|Snopes}} and {{w|Wikipedia}} on top of several {{w|Academic journal|journals}}, instead preferring sources that are seemingly not credible (but that do agree with him). These conspiracy ".net" pages typically just have a black background and uses several different sizes of fonts, the larger (and probably also in bright colors), the more convincing, seems to be the belief, and Cueball cannot take these kind of sources seriously. |
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− | The | + | The conspiracy theorist insists that by trusting reliable sources, Cueball is simply buying in to the cover-up. Cueball says he can win the argument, and will show him how, and then ceases to argue further in favor of going down a {{w|waterslide}} while holding up the phone to show the other guy how to have a good time. Since conspiracy theorists tend to be [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intransigent intransigent], Cueball sees himself as the victor after ceasing to argue with a guy who cannot be argued with, and instead decides to have some fun. This is even improved by the fact that it makes his opponent angry. (It is like discussing {{w|religion}} with very religious people - you can never make them change their mind by arguing with reason taken from scientific studies). |
− | The title text points out that belief in a conspiracy presupposes that those with the power to carry out the conspiracy actually have a plan, a situation which might be found more "comforting" than the alternative that those in power are just muddling through with no plan at all. This concept is revisited in [[1274: Open Letter]]. | + | The joke here is also in the title of the comic which is ''[http://imgur.com/EKkAXgR Argument Victory]'' something that is very hard to achieve by on the web... Cueball won this victory not by arguing by by stopping this argument he was having with someone that could/would not be argued with. |
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+ | The title text points out that belief in a conspiracy presupposes that those with the power to carry out the conspiracy actually have a plan, a situation which might be found more "comforting" than the the alternative that those in power are just muddling through with no plan at all. This concept is revisited in [[1274: Open Letter]]. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[A split panel, with a close-up of the conspiracy theorist above and below Cueball is sliding down the waterslide with both hands above his head, water splashing up behind him as he holds his smartphone above the water in one hand.] | :[A split panel, with a close-up of the conspiracy theorist above and below Cueball is sliding down the waterslide with both hands above his head, water splashing up behind him as he holds his smartphone above the water in one hand.] | ||
− | :Conspiracy theorist: So? | + | :Conspiracy theorist: So? what does that prove? |
:Cueball: ''Wheee..'' | :Cueball: ''Wheee..'' | ||
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[[Category:Wikipedia]] | [[Category:Wikipedia]] | ||
[[Category:Internet]] | [[Category:Internet]] | ||
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