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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | In the first panel of this comic, it is clear that Cueball has just written some comment that his friend thinks will lower his chances for getting a job in the future. This is common advice given to teenagers and young professionals, | + | {{incomplete|Title text not fully explained, explanation rather short.}} |
+ | In the first panel of this comic, it is clear that Cueball has just written some comment that his friend thinks will lower his chances for getting a job in the future. This is common advice given to teenagers and young professionals, who get warned that their posts online could be seen by a potential future boss. | ||
− | In the next panel, Cueball replies with a seeming non-sequitur: when did we forget our dreams | + | In the next panel, Cueball replies with a seeming non-sequitur: when did we forget our dreams. Without explanation, this seems like one of the overly philosophizing, ultimately meaningless questions that also happen to pop up on social media sites. Cueball's friend is confused by the sudden shift in conversation. |
− | The long monologue Cueball delivers focuses around the fact that as people get older, their | + | The long monologue Cueball delivers focuses around the fact that as people get older, their life becomes narrower and less filled with possibilities and novelty. This is a speech made in the manner of someone getting older and missing the simpler days of youth, where everything was much more exciting. From this point, he explains that part of the deadening process is responding the same way to each event that happens, and creating a routine. If a person can create a stable routine in the present, they will have the means to follow their now-ignored dreams in the future. |
− | Finally | + | Finally Cueball gets to relating this monologue to posting inappropriate material to social media sites: he will not let his concerns for a nebulous future hinder the outlook on life he has now. He will not limit his choices in order to conform with the expectations of an uninspired future. He ends with the blunt explanation of his choices, "Fuck that shit!", bringing him into a full circle, expressing crudely and inappropriately his thoughts on the matter which he has just eloquently finished describing. |
− | + | Connor's second thesis from the title text is a quote from the character {{w|Sarah Connor (Terminator)|Sarah Connor}} in the film {{w|Terminator 2: Judgment Day|Terminator 2}}. The message expressed is a restatement of Cueball's monologue: the more creativity lost to conform, the more routine life becomes, and the more routine life becomes, the less creative you become. The roadtrip suggestion is the situationally unexpected break that shows the speaker is willing to break out of the routines threatening to set in. | |
− | + | Other comics with a similar theme about finding or taking unexplored paths, instead of fitting into the mold, includes [[59: Graduation]] and [[267: Choices: Part 4]]. | |
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− | Other comics with a similar theme about finding or taking unexplored paths, instead of fitting into the mold, | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Cueball is typing at a computer, and his friend is standing behind him.] |
:Friend: You should be more careful what you write. Future employers might read it. | :Friend: You should be more careful what you write. Future employers might read it. | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Cueball has stopped typing.] |
:Cueball: When did we forget our dreams? | :Cueball: When did we forget our dreams? | ||
:Friend: What? | :Friend: What? | ||
− | :[Cueball stands beside his friend | + | :[Cueball stands beside his friend] |
− | :Cueball: The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mind. The sheer number of experiences I could have is uncountable, breathtaking, and I'm sitting here refreshing my inbox. We live trapped in loops, reliving a few days over and over, and we envision only a handful of paths laid out before us. We see the same things every day, we respond the same way, we think the same thoughts, each day a slight variation on the last, every moment smoothly following the gentle curves of societal norms. We act like if we just get through today, tomorrow our dreams will come back to us | + | :Cueball: The infinite possibilities each day holds should stagger the mind. The sheer number of experiences I could have is uncountable, breathtaking, and I'm sitting here refreshing my inbox. We live trapped in loops, reliving a few days over and over, and we envision only a handful of paths laid out before us. We see the same things every day, we respond the same way, we think the same thoughts, each day a slight variation on the last, every moment smoothly following the gentle curves of societal norms. We act like if we just get through today, tomorrow our dreams will come back to us And no, I don't have all the answers. I don't know how to jolt myself into seeing what each moment could become. But I do know one thing: the solution doesn't involve watering down my every little idea and creative impulse for the sake of some day easing my fit into a mold. It doesn't involve tempering my life to better fit someone's expectations. It doesn't involve constantly holding back for fear of shaking things up. This is very important, so I want to say it as clearly as I can: |
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− | :Cueball: | + | :[Just Cueball.] |
+ | :Cueball: '''FUCK.''' | ||
− | :Cueball: | + | :Cueball: '''THAT.''' |
− | :Cueball: | + | :Cueball: '''SHIT.''' |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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