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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This comic coincides with the announcement of a new [https://www.apple.com/watch/ smart watch] by Apple earlier in the week | + | {{incomplete|More details.}} |
+ | This comic coincides with the announcement of a new [https://www.apple.com/watch/ smart watch] by Apple earlier in the week (9th Sept 2014). | ||
− | The timeline shows a period | + | The timeline shows a period from 2005 to 2015 where our wrists were liberated from the tethers of wearing a watch, likely attributed to the fact that almost everybody instead used a mobile phone to tell the time. |
− | + | While there are other smart watches available and planned, the typical widespread adoption of any product by Apple means Randall predicts that from 2015 our wrists will again become shackled in the grip of watches. The wording of the label suggests that Randall is pre-emptively mourning the imminent lack of freedom of his and others' wrists. | |
− | The title text refers to how | + | The title text refers to how 'old people' tend to express derision towards anything that the younger generation does as not being like it was 'in the good old days', even if this means they contradict themselves. At first wearing a watch was negative according to the older generation, but now all of a sudden ''not'' wearing an old-fashioned watch is instead negative. The second part of the title text starts as if Randall is going to express an opinion on wearing a watch, but then veers off to mock the word '{{w|think piece|thinkpiece}}' as sounding like a made up word for brain. For more details on ''thinkpiece'' see this [http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/05/07/thinkpiece_definition_and_history_roots_of_the_word_show_it_has_long_been.html article]. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A timeline shows the following years but extends further in both | + | :[A timeline shows the following years but extends further in both direction:] |
:1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 | :1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 | ||
− | :[A grey box extends from the left border to approximately 2005 and another grey box begins approximately at 2015 and continues to the right border. | + | :[A grey box extends from the left border to approximately 2005 and another grey box begins approximately at 2015 and continues to the right border. Each are labeled:] |
:Regular watches | :Regular watches | ||
:Smart watches | :Smart watches | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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