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| date = September 26, 2014 | | date = September 26, 2014 | ||
| title = Reduce Your Payments | | title = Reduce Your Payments | ||
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| titletext = I tried oxidizing them, but your bank uses some really weird paper and it wouldn't light. | | titletext = I tried oxidizing them, but your bank uses some really weird paper and it wouldn't light. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Black Hat]] walks into a room where [[Cueball]] sits in an armchair. Black Hat says to Cueball that he can reduce his mortgage | + | {{incomplete|This explanation states what is obvious in the comic without explaining. A description of Sodium borohydride's effects on paper are required. }} |
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+ | [[Black Hat]] walks into a room where [[Cueball]] sits in an armchair. Black Hat says to Cueball that he can reduce his mortgage bills, while holding a docket of paper, presumably Cueball's bill. Black Hat uses the same formulation many internet advertisements use: "Discover this (strange/new/amazing...) trick to (lose weight/reduce your mortgage bills/meet amazing women)" to gather clicks[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickbait]. Cueball wants to know how and Black Hat responds by mentioning {{w|Sodium_borohydride|sodium borohydride (NaBH<sub>4</sub>)}}. | ||
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+ | Sodium borohydride is a strong {{w|Reducing_agent|reducing agent}}, meaning in a chemical reaction it will "reduce" something else, by contributing (an) electron(s). It is in fact used during the [http://www.borax.com/library/articles/news-and-events/news-release/paper's-tiger manufacture of paper], in order to bleach the pulp and improve the resulting papers properties. | ||
− | + | This comic is a typical switcharound pun. Cueball expects the value (on a bill) you have to pay reduced, while Black Hat uses the chemical meaning of reducing. Cueball, realizing this, then proceeds to say "I hate you", when he realizes the pun. | |
− | + | The title text implies that Black Hat has already attempted to oxidize (as the contrary of the chemical "reduce") the paper mortgage bill by burning it but the paper would not light. | |
− | + | Black Hat's "weird trick" actually works, yet in an unexpected manner, and does not solve the actual problem. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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