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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{Incomplete|More detail needed, explain sociologist joke, explain Cueballs thinking more, correct title text explaination.}} | |
− | In this comic [[Cueball]] is | + | In this comic, [[Cueball]] is raising skeptical objections to something, first dismissing the notion out of hand ("There's no way that's true."), then noting that it would cause obvious and unmistakable effects that are not, in fact, observed ("It would interfere with basic cognition."), then deciding that the idea is tied to an absurd worldview ("Such a ridiculous view of masculinity."), then raising the question of how anyone would even know whether or not the claim is true ("How would you even study that?"). |
− | + | These objections, particularly the second and third one, and the title "Every Seven Seconds" suggest that the statement Cueball is dismissing is the oft-stated {{w|urban myth}} that men think about sex every seven seconds. See for example [http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140617-how-often-do-men-think-about-sex], where they say that a more realisting number is 19 times in a waking day, i.e. once every 50 minutes. | |
− | The | + | The title text confirms this inference, suggesting a more realistic scenario (thinking about something "every few months") and applying a different interpretation to the phrase "think about sex every seven seconds" (instead of thinking about sex every seven seconds, thinking about having sex every seven seconds, which would be a feat well beyond either the stamina or the desire of even the lustiest of men). |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | : | + | :Cueball is thinking while walking. |
− | : | + | :''There’s no way that’s true.'' |
− | + | :''It would interfere with basic cognition.'' | |
− | : | + | :''Such a ridiculous view of masculinity.'' |
− | : | + | :''How would you even <em>study</em> that?'' |
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− | : | + | :Text below the picture: Every seven seconds, sociologists think about that made-up statistic about how often men think about sex. |
− | :Every seven seconds, sociologists | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Sex]] | [[Category:Sex]] | ||
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