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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | When shopping for anything via reviews, whether it be electronics or even something as simple as lamps like the comic demonstrates, one negative review can spoil a lot of positive reviews. That hits home even more if the review is specific, because humans attach more weight to anecdotes and specific stories. This comic points out the absurdity of paying attention to those reviews, by making the negative review itself absurd (a lamp making your cats go deaf and interfering with your taste buds would imply, at the very least, anomalous radiation, and would not be on store shelves long before some kind of serious recall). The 2nd frame starts out normal -- a lamp with ''lots'' of negative reviews implies the product really isn't good after all -- and then proceeds to get more and more absurd all the way to the image text. | |
− | + | {{w|Franc}}s are units of currency formerly used in France and currently used in Switzerland; Francs have not seen much in France use since the adoption of the euro in 1999, but the {{w|Swiss franc}} is still the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Assuming Swiss francs, the price of the artisan lamp is about US$1310 (at the quoted rate as of December 2015). For comparison, US$15 can get one a decent lamp at IKEA. | |
− | + | In the title text, {{w|Akkadian}} is an extinct {{w|Semitic language}} that was spoken in {{w|ancient Mesopotamia}}. Even if the dog actually did speak a sentence of perfect Akkadian, the chance that the owner would be able to recognize it as such is negligible. But apart from that the dog first went rigid and after delivering the line it was hurled out the picture window. The final joke it that the worst part of this lamp, was not the above mentioned crazy effects on his dog, but that the lamp had, completely normally, the switch on the cord, as opposed to having it on the body of the lamp. A production argument about where to place such a switch, leading to someone getting fired, was part of the joke in [[1741: Work]]. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball and Megan stand in a store looking at a lamp that Cueball points at on a table in front of them. There is another table behind them with another lamp and next to it stands a box with a picture of yet a different type of lamp in the bottom right corner. Both lamps have a | + | :[Cueball and Megan stand in a store looking at a lamp that Cueball points at on a table in front of them. There is another table behind them with another lamp and next to it stands a box with a picture of yet a different type of lamp in the bottom right corner. Both lamps have a prize tag dangling from their shade. Above them (and their spoken text) is a frame with a caption:] |
:Shopping before online reviews: | :Shopping before online reviews: | ||
:Cueball: This lamp is pretty. | :Cueball: This lamp is pretty. | ||
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:Cueball: What about- ...no, review points out it resembles a uterus. | :Cueball: What about- ...no, review points out it resembles a uterus. | ||
− | :[Cueball is holding | + | :[Cueball is holding hos smartphone up in front of his face, Megan, looking at him, is holding her smartphone but has her arms down. There are no lamps shown.] |
:Cueball: OK, I found a Swiss lampmaker with perfect reviews. Her lamps start at 1,300 Francs and she's only reachable by ski lift. | :Cueball: OK, I found a Swiss lampmaker with perfect reviews. Her lamps start at 1,300 Francs and she's only reachable by ski lift. | ||
:Megan: You know, our room looks fine in the dark. | :Megan: You know, our room looks fine in the dark. | ||
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[[Category:Smartphones]] | [[Category:Smartphones]] | ||
[[Category:Animals]] | [[Category:Animals]] | ||
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