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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This [[:Category:New Year|New Year | + | {{incomplete|Like 2016, the comic is just a few hours old}} |
+ | This [[:Category:New Year|New Year]] comic, the [[1623: 2016 Conversation Guide|second in a row]], uses a common genre of Internet humor, which [[Randall]] has used several times before, is an attempt at making [[:Category:Comics to make one feel old|people feel old]]. This is done by mentioning the ages of various things (often movies) which came into existence during their lifetime. Since many people tend to think of anything that they can remember a time before as "new", this often provokes a feeling of age and out-of-touchness. | ||
− | In this comic | + | In this comic [[Cueball]] crashed through the roof of a sleeping [[White Hat|White Hat's]] house (note the white hat on the bed) to wake him up, ask him if he ''want to feel old?'' and then starts to make such a list of things that are ten or twenty years old, before he is interrupted (before going on to mention even older things). |
− | White Hat is clearly less interested in Cueball's attempts to make him feel old than he is in the fact that Cueball has apparently crashed through his ceiling and woken him early in the morning on New | + | White Hat is clearly less interested in Cueball's attempts to make him feel old than he is in the fact that Cueball has apparently crashed through his ceiling and woken him early in the morning on {{w|New Years}} day. To which Cueball just replies that 2016 is already hours old and that time is passing. As it is New Years morning White Hat has probably not been in bed too long, and may even be drunk/hung-over, so he is ''acutely aware'' that the New Year is only a few hours old, and also that time is passing. |
− | ''{{w|Night at the Museum}}'' and ''{{w|Cars (film)|Cars}}'' are both children's films from | + | ''{{w|Night at the Museum}}'' and ''{{w|Cars (film)|Cars}}'' are both children's films from 2006, "{{w|Hips Don't Lie}}" was an unescapable hit for {{w|Shakira}}, and the {{w|Wii}} is a Nintendo games console. If you were born in the early-to-mid nineties, these were probably cultural touchstones of your childhood - most people who enjoyed these are now legally adults. |
− | + | ''{{w|Twister (film)|Twister}}'' and ''{{w|Independence Day (film)|Independence Day}}'' are both disaster movies that were huge box office hits. ''The Rock'' probably refers to the action film ''{{w|The Rock (film)|The Rock}}'', which also came out in 1996, but it could also refer to the the wrestler {{w|Dwayne Johnson|The Rock}}, who made his WWF/WWE debut in 1996 (he remains a celebrity to this day, although you may know him as Dwayne Johnson). ''{{w|Pokémon Red and Blue}}'', the first games in the ''Pokémon'' series, came out in Japan in 1996 (Americans wouldn't get them until 1998, however, and Europeans had to wait until 1999). "{{w|Wonderwall}}" was perhaps the biggest hit for the band {{w|Oasis (band)|Oasis}} and remains a favorite of acoustic guitarists to this day. | |
− | + | The title text adds a humorous alternative to suggested ways to feel old - by waiting... Although one would have to wait for some time to experience noticeable results. | |
− | + | Previously there has been two other New Year comics with only the new year used as the title, in 2012 it was [[998: 2012]] in and in 2014 it was in [[1311: 2014]]. For some reason this only seems to happen in the even years. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball comes crashing through the ceiling suspended by a rope | + | :[Cueball comes crashing through the ceiling suspended by a rope, White Hat is in bed and appears to have been awoken by the noise sitting up. At a first glance it looks like Hairy, but as White Hat doesn't sleep with his white hat on he has hung it on the back of the bed).] |
:'''*Crash*''' | :'''*Crash*''' | ||
:Cueball: Want to feel old? | :Cueball: Want to feel old? | ||
:Cueball: ''' ''Night at the Museum, Cars, Hips Don't Lie,'' ''' and the '''Wii''' all turn 10 this year. | :Cueball: ''' ''Night at the Museum, Cars, Hips Don't Lie,'' ''' and the '''Wii''' all turn 10 this year. | ||
− | :Cueball: ''' ''Twister, Independence Day, The Rock | + | :Cueball: ''' ''Twister, Independence Day, The Rock'' ''', '''Pokémon''', and ''' ''Wonderwall'' ''' all turn 20. |
− | :Cueball: And- | + | :Cueball: And - |
:White Hat: Oh my God, couldn't you at ''' ''least'' ''' have waited until morning? | :White Hat: Oh my God, couldn't you at ''' ''least'' ''' have waited until morning? | ||
:Cueball: It's been 2016 for ''hours!'' ''' ''Time is passing!'' ''' | :Cueball: It's been 2016 for ''hours!'' ''' ''Time is passing!'' ''' | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:New Year]] | [[Category:New Year]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics sharing name|2016]] | [[Category:Comics sharing name|2016]] | ||
[[Category:Comics to make one feel old]] | [[Category:Comics to make one feel old]] | ||
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