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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 2277<br />
| date = March 6, 2020<br />
| title = Business Greetings<br />
| image = business_greetings.png<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|Created by an EYEBALL LICKER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br />
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The coronavirus is a big deal{{Citation needed}}. As a reaction, people are refraining from personal contact. This leads to conflicts with customs in the workplace - eg shaking hands at the beginning.<br />
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This comic parodies that by claiming people are reacting to the virus by avoid "licking eyeballs" at starts of meeting. Virus or not, it is not normal lick eyeballs at meetings{{Citation needed}}. However, eyeball licking was a teen fad in Japan and other countries during the early 2000s, suggesting something else is going on{{Citation needed}}.<br />
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This comic does not appear to have a title-text. It is possible that this is to prevent further spread of the coronavirus {{Citation needed}}. Absense of title-text is so unsusual, that broke at least one xkcd client ([https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.floern.xkcd Browser for xkcd by Floern]).<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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[Three people are sitting at a table (from left to right: Ponytail, Hairy and Hairbun), and the Beret Guy is standing on the left.]<br />
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Beret Guy: I don't think we should overreact to the coronavirus, but it might be time to put an end to the custom of starting business meetings by everyone licking each other's eyeballs.<br />
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Hairy: I'll miss the human contact, but that's fair.<br />
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Hairbun: Gotta change with the time.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}</div>Zwifi