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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by PHILIP J. FRY. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | This comic references both the {{w|COVID-19 vaccine}} and a common {{w|Internet meme|meme}} for when people are excited about something. | |
− | + | COVID-19 has inconvenienced some people,{{Citation needed}} so many are excited for the vaccine (which will hopefully end the pandemic). This comic shows [[Cueball]] receiving the vaccine reacting with "Inject it directly into my veins," a modified version of the phrase "just hook it to my veins" (from ''{{w|The Simpsons}}'') that Barney says after winning a lifetime supply of beer in a movie making contest in the 1995 episode "{{W|A Star Is Burns}}". This sort of phrase is used to express enthusiasm for something, usually something which is not generally injected into any part of the human body. Like some other vaccines, however, it is {{w|Intramuscular injection|injected into a muscle}}, not {{w|Intravenous therapy|directly into one's veins}}. | |
− | + | The title text references another such meme, [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/shut-up-and-take-my-money "Shut up and take my money,"] which derives from the 2010 "{{w|Attack of the Killer App}}" episode of ''{{w|Futurama}}''. The COVID-19 vaccine is being provided free of charge to Cueball, so taking money is entirely unnecessary (and possibly illegal). | |
− | The | + | The attitude of the comic shows how badly many people want this vaccine, how frustrated people all over the experiences of the pandemic. The combination of memes ends up possibly comparing the experience of getting the vaccine to that of being a street drug addict. |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
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:Cueball: Yesssss | :Cueball: Yesssss | ||
:Cueball: Inject this directly into my veins | :Cueball: Inject this directly into my veins | ||
− | :[Beat panel. Ponytail looks down at a clipboard | + | :[Beat panel. Ponytail looks down at a clipboard.] |
:[Zoom out to reveal that Cueball is standing by a stool, with Ponytail in front of him with a clipboard and syringe and Hairy behind him with a box of bandages and a first-aid kit.] | :[Zoom out to reveal that Cueball is standing by a stool, with Ponytail in front of him with a clipboard and syringe and Hairy behind him with a box of bandages and a first-aid kit.] | ||
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:Ponytail: Ok, but the vaccine is intramuscular... | :Ponytail: Ok, but the vaccine is intramuscular... | ||
:Hairy: Why do people keep ''saying'' that? | :Hairy: Why do people keep ''saying'' that? | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:COVID-19]] | [[Category:COVID-19]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairy]] |