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This comic is about [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] attempting to find some privacy to "hook up", which is slang for engaging in sexual activity.
 
This comic is about [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] attempting to find some privacy to "hook up", which is slang for engaging in sexual activity.
  
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They start at a dormitory, which would offer some privacy. Unfortunately, the door is locked. They go to another dorm, but it is occupied by someone playing a {{w|Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|MMORPG}} who is "in a {{w|Raid (gaming)|raid}}", which means that the gamer is teaming up with others to "raid" something, probably an enemy, and loot their items. This also pokes fun at the fact that some raids may take a very long time to execute, in this case apparently taking on the order of 24 hours. (This comic was published on a Monday morning.)
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They start by going to a dorm (supposedly Cueball's); however, the door is locked. They try Mega's dorm next, but Megan's roomate is currently playing a video game and is "in a {{w|Raid_(gaming)|raid}}", which is a phrase used in {{w|World of Warcraft}} and other {{w|Massively multiplayer online role-playing game|Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games}} or MMORPGs. A Raid is a large gathering of players that work together to defeat a difficult enemy.
  
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In the third frame, the two try to go to the library's rare book collection. Such a place would usually be deserted, making it usable for sexual activity. However, it is currently occupied by a visiting {{w|Nelson Mandela}}, who is on a tour of the school.  
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The Rare book collection in the library in frame three is usually deserted, so it would be perfect for sexual activity, but instead a tour is going through the area instead. It is unclear if the tour is visiting {{w|Nelson Mandela}} in the rare book section or Nelson Mandela is visiting the school and is getting a tour through the rare book section.
  
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Moving on to more bizarre places, they next try an {{w|Particle accelerator|accelerator tunnel}}, another place that would be private. However, the particle accelerator is in use and the door is sealed tight. This would be a normal safety feature to protect researchers (and their genitals) from being exposed to potentially dangerous ionizing radiation from the particle beam.
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Next they try an accelerator tunnel that is in use and thus locked. This is a normal safety feature in particle accelerators in order to protect researchers from being exposed to potentially dangerous radiation from the particle beam, simply by being near the accelerator while it is in use.
  
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The couple then try a {{w|beaver lodge}}, which, despite being private, is too tiny to fit in, and the only entrance is underwater. What makes it more difficult to get in is that it is winter, and the ground is presumably frozen solid.
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Then they try a beaver lodge. A beaver lodge is usually only accessible from underwater and during winter, the entrances are even further protected by a solid sheet of ice. Note that the final level of the Nintendo 64 game [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Kazooie] includes a beaver's living space resembling the one shown. In the game, the lodge is only accessible during the winter phase, when the player must swim from a hole in the ice to the underwater entrance.
  
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The last place they attempt to go to is {{w|hyperspace}}, science fiction jargon for an ‘alternate dimension’ that starships supposedly use to travel faster than light. The word is frequently used in the ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' movies. However, there is no evidence that anything like hyperspace exists in reality, and in fact current theories of physics do not allow it.
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With our current understanding of physics, there is neither the possibility of {{w|hyperspace}} existing, nor the possibility of getting there quickly.
  
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An {{w|inverse proportion}} is a relationship in statistics where one value decreases when the other value in the relationship increases. In this case, the caption posits that the more you want to make love, the less private space there is available to do so.
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The title text indicates that the two found privacy for sex in the lab, but inadvertently got Megan pregnant. This is a pun on news titles about scientists who have created synthetic life in the lab. This eventual headline appears in a few [[1037: Umwelt]] frames as "Scientists Create Life In Lab".
  
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The title text indicates that the two eventually found privacy for sex in a laboratory, but inadvertently got Megan pregnant. This is a parody of news articles discussing whether scientists can create synthetic life in a lab. This eventual headline appears in a few [[1037: Umwelt]] frames as "Scientists Create Life In Lab", with a similar secondary headline/caption as the punchline.
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The comic [[658: Orbitals]] is similar.
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The comic [[658: Orbitals]] is similar in nature to this comic.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 
:Dorm:
 
:Dorm:
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:[Cueball and Megan holding hands in front of a door. Megan is attempting to turn the doorknob.]
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:[An incredibly libidinous, extremely attractive couple try and enter one person's dorm room.]
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:Locked
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:Locked.
  
 
:Other Dorm:
 
:Other Dorm:
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:[Cueball and Megan holding hands inside another dorm room. The roommate is sitting at a computer wearing a headset.]
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:[The same couple in the other person's dorm room, where the roommate is sitting at a computer playing an MMO.]
 
:Roommate: I'll be done Tuesday.
 
:Roommate: I'll be done Tuesday.
 
:Roommate in raid
 
:Roommate in raid
  
 
:Library Rare Book Collection:
 
:Library Rare Book Collection:
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:[Cueball and Megan looking through a closed door. Inside Nelson Mandela and two university workers are talking amongst various items on display.]
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:[Libidinous couple staring inside the room from outside. Nelson Mandela and other university workers inside the room, looking at some extremely expensive items.]
 
:Occupied by tour for visiting Nelson Mandela
 
:Occupied by tour for visiting Nelson Mandela
  
 
:Accelerator Tunnel:
 
:Accelerator Tunnel:
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:[Cueball and Megan in silhouette in front of an imposing-looking door. The door is marked "NO ENTRY" with a radioactive trefoil symbol, and has a passcode scanner beside it.]
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:[Couple stares at a heavy, imposing door denying them entry.]
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:Sealed while beam is in operation
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:Sealed while beam is in operation.
  
 
:Beaver Lodge:
 
:Beaver Lodge:
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:[Megan climbing on top of a dirt mound while Cueball stands on the ice beside it. A cross-section reveals a beaver inside the mound and a submerged entrance.]
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:[Couple attempting to enter an occupied beaver lodge.]
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:Frozen over for winter to keep out predators, only accessible via underwater entrance
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:Frozen over for winter to keep out predators; only accessible via underwater entrance.
  
 
:Hyperspace:
 
:Hyperspace:
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:[Megan reading a textbook in front of a table piled with five other textbooks. Cueball looks over Megan's shoulder.]
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:[Couple in front of a number of highly advanced physics textbooks.]
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:Cueball: Are you ''sure''?
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:Cueball: Are you ''sure?''
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:Ruled out by current understanding of physics
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:Ruled out by current understanding of physics.
  
 
:College Law #27:
 
:College Law #27:
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:The availibility [sic] of private space is inversely proportional to the desirability of the hookup.
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:The availability of private space is inversely proportional to the desirability of the hookup.
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Video games]]
 
[[Category:Video games]]
 
[[Category:Physics]]
 
[[Category:Physics]]
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[[Category:Multiple Cueballs]]
 

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