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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Information wants to be free.}} | |
+ | The cartoon is referring to myth of {{w|Prometheus}}, who "stole" the secret of fire from the {{w|Twelve Olympians|Greek gods}} and gave it to humankind and is an (only slightly) oblique reference to {{w|file-sharing}} activities, where opponents accuse those taking part of stealing music / movies / other {{w|copyright}} content but others say that 'sharing' is just that — no one is deprived of the original and many shared copies would never be purchased anyway. | ||
− | + | It is also making a not so subtle dig at the prevalent idea that you can't steal ideas because the original owner still has them. | |
+ | The caption is a play on the phrase "{{w|information wants to be free}}". | ||
− | The | + | The hover text references Hollywood director {{w|Michael Bay}} (famous for ''{{w|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}'' and ''{{w|Armageddon (film)|Armageddon}}'') whose over-the-top action movies often involve a character saying a line that is a play on words right before doing something heroic. The play on words here is that "What Prometheus stole" was fire, and without it, modern rocketry and missile technology would not exist, so a fighter pilot firing a missile at {{w|Mount Olympus}} (where the Greek gods reside) would be, in effect, "returning" the fire that Prometheus stole from them. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Prometheus holding a torch. Cueball pointing at him and talking to another person.] |
− | :Cueball: Prometheus has stolen fire from the | + | :Cueball: Prometheus has stolen fire from the gods! |
− | :Prometheus | + | :Prometheus: Well, sort of. |
− | + | :Prometheus: I mean, when you use a fire to make another fire, the first fire doesn't go away. | |
− | ::I mean, when you use a fire to make another fire, the first fire doesn't go away. | + | :Prometheus: So really, it's more like ''sharing'' |
− | ::So really, it's more like | ||
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:Fire wants to be free. | :Fire wants to be free. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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