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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic satirizes the | + | This comic satirizes the variety of {{w|Ringtone|ringtones}} that may be used on their cell phones. While many are simply tunes that personalize a user's phone, some will use ringtones that resemble everyday sounds, such as doorbells, coughing, alarm noises, or in this case, the buzzing of a mosquito. Although rather innocuous, these ringtones can get very annoying to some people{{Citation needed}}, which is what this comic is getting at. |
− | + | The title text refers to four other annoying{{Citation needed}} ringtones, apparently none of which were deemed as annoying as a mosquito buzzing: | |
− | + | *"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, apparently none of which were deemed as annoying as a | + | *"B-flat at 194 decibels". {{w|B♭ (musical note)|B-flat}} is a musical note with a pitch of 466.16 Hz. 194 decibels is the {{w|Sound pressure#Examples of sound pressure and sound pressure levels|limit at 1 atmosphere pressure}}. Any 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. Regardless of all this, a sound played as loud as 194 dB is quite literally deafening, so the ringtone would be not so much annoying as dangerous. |
− | *"Clock radio alarm". | ||
− | *"B-flat at 194 decibels". {{w|B♭ (musical note)|B-flat}} is a musical note with a | ||
*"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{{Citation needed}}. Such a ringtone is obviously disruptive, annoying, and potentially worrying to those in the vicinity of the phone. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[At the top of the frame is | + | :[At the top of the frame is an annoying humming tone shown. Cueball is cringing while raising his arms above his head. Black Hat pulls out his phone looking at it.] |
:Ringtone: h<small>MM<small>M<small>MM</small>M</small></small><big>M<big>M<big>M</big>M</big></big>MM<small>MM<small>M<small>MMM</small></small></small> | :Ringtone: h<small>MM<small>M<small>MM</small>M</small></small><big>M<big>M<big>M</big>M</big></big>MM<small>MM<small>M<small>MMM</small></small></small> | ||
:Cueball: <big>Augh!</big> | :Cueball: <big>Augh!</big> | ||
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:[Caption below the frame:] | :[Caption below the frame:] | ||
: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". | ||
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+ | ==Trivia== | ||
+ | *The "h" of "hMMM" unusually is in lowercase, making the M's having to be capital in the transcript to show this. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Black Hat]] | ||
[[Category:Rankings]] <!--Title text ranks this tone above the others --> | [[Category:Rankings]] <!--Title text ranks this tone above the others --> | ||
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