Editing 1314: Photos

{{comic
| number    = 1314
| date      = January 8, 2014
| title     = Photos
| image     = photos.png
| titletext = I hate when people take photos of their meal instead of eating it, because there's nothing I love more than the sound of other people chewing.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Rewrite to explain punchline. Rewrite to explain title-text. Remove paraphrasing of transcript.}}

White Hat complains about people taking photos of great moments (like a sunset) instead of living them. When he makes his point, Cueball says that being told he is not living a moment is more annoying. Cueball points out that his best memories came from adventures which happened when he was trying to take a picture. The moral of this strip is that everyone can live their life like they want, even if others don't like how they do it. The title text is an exaggeration of White Hat's position, showing where [[Randall]] stands on the issue.

==Transcript==
:[Three people are seen, two of them taking photos of a sunset in a city. Cueball and White Hat are seen in the foreground.]
:White Hat: Ugh, I hate how people take pictures instead of just enjoying the view.
:Cueball: Why?

:[Just Cueball and White Hat.]
:White Hat: Documenting your life distracts you from '''''living''''' it. You're not really—
:Cueball: Oh, come on.

:Cueball: Trying to take a picture of a thing makes me pay more attention to it. Some of my best adventures are built around trying to photograph something.

:[Closeup of Cueball.]
:Cueball: If "other people having experiences incorrectly" is annoying you, think how unbearable it must be to have a condescending stranger tell you they hate the way you're experiencing your life at just the moment you've found something you want to remember. Why the fuck do you care how someone '''else''' enjoys a sunset?

:White Hat: Well, they... Because I just, uh... ...

:[Cueball takes a photo of White Hat.]

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 ==Explanation==
-[[White Hat]] is upset at the sight of people photographing a richly colored sunset. His argument is that by documenting it instead of simply enjoying it, they have become an observer rather than a participant in life. [[Cueball]] expresses a contrary view, saying that not only does taking a photo of something help him focus attention on it, it is also none of White Hat's business how someone else chooses to enjoy a sunset.
+{{incomplete|Rewrite to explain punchline. Rewrite to explain title-text. Remove paraphrasing of transcript.}}
-Cueball's logic reduces White Hat to inarticulacy, then speechlessness. Cueball then takes a photograph, implying that he would most enjoy White Hat's discomfiture by recording an image of it for posterity.
+White Hat complains about people taking photos of great moments (like a sunset) instead of living them. When he makes his point, Cueball says that being told he is not living a moment is more annoying. Cueball points out that his best memories came from adventures which happened when he was trying to take a picture. The moral of this strip is that everyone can live their life like they want, even if others don't like how they do it. The title text is an exaggeration of White Hat's position, showing where [[Randall]] stands on the issue.
-Randall discusses a similar situation in the title text, the common modern phenomenon of restaurant diners photographing their meal. However, in this case he says he does not like them to document as he likes to listen to them eat. This may be sarcasm since not many people love the sound of someone else chewing.{{Citation needed}} However, some people are annoyed by the food images posted to sites such as Facebook and Instagram. Note that the photograph is taken quickly; the chewing is only delayed for a few seconds. This brevity in delay can also apply to the main comic, since spending a few seconds photographing a sunset is just a brief interruption in enjoying the view sans camera.
-This comic is referenced in ''[[Thing Explainer]]'' in the explanation ''Picture taker'' by a small drawing of people taking photos of the view from the edge of a cliff. Another Cueball standing behind those taking pictures (another than in this comic for sure) is talking to [[Megan]]:
-:Cueball: I hate how everyone takes pictures instead of just enjoying the view.
-:Megan: ...You say, instead of enjoying the view.
-See also [[648: Fall Foliage]] about Megan taking pictures and Cueball complaining. Later in [[1719: Superzoom]] White Hat and Cueball again discusses photography, while in [[2111: Opportunity Rover]] White Hat shares this same opinion again.
 ==Transcript==
-:[White Hat stands next to Cueball on a roof. There's a colourful sunset; in the distance, there are three people (a blonde girl, a Cueball-like guy and Megan) taking photos of the skyline as the sun sets.]
+:[Three people are seen, two of them taking photos of a sunset in a city. Cueball and White Hat are seen in the foreground.]
 :White Hat: Ugh, I hate how people take pictures instead of just enjoying the view.
 :Cueball: Why?
-:[White Hat turns to Cueball.]
+:[Just Cueball and White Hat.]
-:White Hat: Documenting your life distracts you from ''living'' it. You're not really—
+:White Hat: Documenting your life distracts you from '''''living''''' it. You're not really—
 :Cueball: Oh, come on.
-:[Only both  their faces.]
 :Cueball: Trying to take a picture of a thing makes me pay more attention to it. Some of my best adventures are built around trying to photograph something.
-:[The panel zooms in on Cueball's face.]
+:[Closeup of Cueball.]
-:Cueball: If "other people having experiences incorrectly" is annoying to you, think how unbearable it must be to have a condescending stranger tell you they hate the way you're experiencing your life at just the moment you've found something you want to remember. Why the fuck do you care how someone '''else''' enjoys a sunset?
+:Cueball: If "other people having experiences incorrectly" is annoying you, think how unbearable it must be to have a condescending stranger tell you they hate the way you're experiencing your life at just the moment you've found something you want to remember. Why the fuck do you care how someone '''else''' enjoys a sunset?
-:[Zoom back out.]
+:White Hat: Well, they... Because I just, uh... ...
-:White Hat: Well, they...
-:White Hat: Because I just, uh...
-:White Hat: ...
-:[Cueball takes out a camera.]
+:[Cueball takes a photo of White Hat.]
-:''Click''
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-[[Category:Comics with color]]
-[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
-[[Category:Comics featuring Blondie]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
-[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
+[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]]
-[[Category:Photography]]
-[[Category:Food]]