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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by A PROUD CAR. Please edit the explanation below and only mention here why it isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | This comic | + | This comic shows a car with a {{w|bumper sticker}}, which is generally a thin rectangle piece of piece of plastic with a message on one side and adhesive on the other side in order to stick to a car. This allows the owner of the car to display a message they want to present to whoever is driving behind them or in their vicinity. Bumper stickers are usually used to express a viewpoint, whether personal or political, held by the owner or driver of the car. This comic makes literal the ones that include or allude to the personal pronoun "I" and its variations, i.e. {{w|Grammatical_person|first person singular}} statements. Of course the intent is that "I" is referring to the person who put the bumper sticker on the car, but as the sticker is attached to the car the more literal interpretation is that "I" is referring to the car. So the humor is derived by the notion that the car itself is making these statements. |
− | + | The bumper sticker on the car in the comic is a variation of a sticker used to both encourage people to vote, as well as express their political part preference: "I'm a ___, and I vote" (where the blank is traditionally filled in with Democrat or Republican or some other party). However here it is attributed to the automobile which is unusual as cars are not considered sentient beings capable of voting.{{Citation needed}} | |
− | The | + | The title text seems to be another [https://www.positivepromotions.com/proud-parent-of-an-honor-student-bumper-sticker-personalization-available/p/os-3360/ typical message] on a bumper sticker, saying that the driver is a "Proud Parent Of An Honor Student". However, this sticker is a bit longer, since it continues to state that "the person driving me is proud, too". Thus once again it is the car who is the proud parent. And thus maybe it is a car that is the honor student? |
− | The comic | + | The theme of this comic is about bumper stickers on cars being a statement that the cars make about themselves, instead of by the person driving it as is the case in real life. |
− | + | Of course this comic is also another way to try to get people to register for voting, as the [[Design_of_xkcd.com#Header|header text]] at the top of the xkcd page has recently changed to "Check your registration and find your polling place at [https://www.vote.org/ vote.org]." This is because the {{w|United States midterm election}} will be held on {{w|United States elections, 2018|Tuesday, November 6, 2018}}, 11 days after the release of this comic. It is generally believed that many of those not voting would have chosen Democrats on Election Day, and thus Randall has an interest in getting as many as possible to register, see [[1756: I'm With Her]] (apart from the fact that he also most likely thinks that it is important to use the right to vote). | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
:[The bottom right rear end of a car is shown with a bumper sticker next to the unreadable license plate.] | :[The bottom right rear end of a car is shown with a bumper sticker next to the unreadable license plate.] | ||
− | :I'm a | + | :I'm a Car |
:''and I vote'' | :''and I vote'' | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | + | This is the third comic displaying a bumper sticker, after the comics [[80: My Other Car]] and [[1033: Formal Logic]] that came out in 2006 and 2012 respectively. | |
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− | + | Bumper stickers also are mentioned as a future milestone for self-driving cars in [[1925: Self-Driving Car Milestones]]. | |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Politics]] | [[Category:Politics]] | ||
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