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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Still very brief. Is there any more code hidden in the silence, speak, silence, speak pattern of the comic?}} | |
− | + | [[Cueball]] recounts the last message sent by the French Navy upon retiring {{W|Morse Code}}. | |
− | The | + | The poetic, and potentially angsty-sounding nature of the message remind him of the on-line journal website {{W|LiveJournal}}, which was popular until the late 00s (it was launched in 1999), and stereotypically used by angst-ridden teenagers to post song lyrics, poems, or cryptic messages to express their emotions. Since Cueball never uses his LiveJournal account any more, he wonders if he can find the password again, so he could post the final Morse Code message as his own last and final message on his LiveJournal. |
− | The | + | The popularity of the site died down considerably with the arrival of Social Networking sites like {{W|MySpace}}, {{W|Facebook}}, {{W|Google Plus}} and the advent of microblogging platforms like {{W|Twitter}} and {{W|Tumblr}}. Thus when [[Megan]] is upset with his desire to let LiveJournal die out like the Morse Code, Cueball describes it as "a nice place to go for some peace and quiet" . |
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+ | The title text is a sarcastic remark indicating that Facebook is no less filled with angst-ridden garbage than LiveJournal was. | ||
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+ | ==References== | ||
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+ | * [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-53668116.html An obituary for Morse code] | ||
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+ | * [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_kHz_%28maritime_et_a%C3%A9ronautique%29#Nuit_du_31.C2.A0janvier.C2.A01997_au_1er.C2.A0f.C3.A9vrier.C2.A01997.2C Transcript of communications of the french station that night] | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball and Megan are | + | :[Cueball and Megan are laying in a grassy, lonely plain.] |
:Cueball: When the French navy retired morse code in 1997, they broadcast a final message: "Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence." | :Cueball: When the French navy retired morse code in 1997, they broadcast a final message: "Calling all. This is our last cry before our eternal silence." | ||
− | :Cueball: I wonder if I can find my Livejournal login. | + | :Cueball: I wonder if I can find my Livejournal login. |
− | :Megan: Hey, I ''like'' Livejournal. | + | :Megan: Hey, I ''like'' Livejournal. |
− | :Cueball: It's a nice place to go for some peace and quiet, I suppose | + | :Cueball: It's a nice place to go for some peace and quiet, I suppose. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Social networking]] | [[Category:Social networking]] |