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The current explanation seems to suggest that Cueball sent <nowiki>"*hug*"</nowiki> and is replacing the word with him hugging Megan in his mind. However it is more probable to me that the messenger program interprets words enclosed in asterisks to be a kind of markup that inserts a picture or emoticon, and <nowiki>"*hug*"</nowiki> corresponds to a image of two people hugging. --[[User:Troy0|Troy0]] ([[User talk:Troy0|talk]]) 04:39, 25 July 2014 (UTC) | The current explanation seems to suggest that Cueball sent <nowiki>"*hug*"</nowiki> and is replacing the word with him hugging Megan in his mind. However it is more probable to me that the messenger program interprets words enclosed in asterisks to be a kind of markup that inserts a picture or emoticon, and <nowiki>"*hug*"</nowiki> corresponds to a image of two people hugging. --[[User:Troy0|Troy0]] ([[User talk:Troy0|talk]]) 04:39, 25 July 2014 (UTC) | ||
| − | Around 2007 or so when this comic was posted, MSN Messenger (WLM) had a feature where you can draw messages rather than just type them. I think this simply refers to making a drawing rather than simply typing *hug*. See also: google image search for "msn messenger drawing". (J.V. 20160510) | + | Around 2007 or so when this comic was posted, MSN Messenger (WLM) had a feature where you can draw messages rather than just type them. I think this simply refers to making a drawing rather than simply typing *hug*. See also: google image search for "msn messenger drawing". (J.V. 20160510) {{unsigned ip|141.101.104.78}} |
Latest revision as of 17:39, 10 May 2016
The current explanation seems to suggest that Cueball sent "*hug*" and is replacing the word with him hugging Megan in his mind. However it is more probable to me that the messenger program interprets words enclosed in asterisks to be a kind of markup that inserts a picture or emoticon, and "*hug*" corresponds to a image of two people hugging. --Troy0 (talk) 04:39, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
Around 2007 or so when this comic was posted, MSN Messenger (WLM) had a feature where you can draw messages rather than just type them. I think this simply refers to making a drawing rather than simply typing *hug*. See also: google image search for "msn messenger drawing". (J.V. 20160510) 141.101.104.78 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
