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| | ==Explanation== | | ==Explanation== |
| − | This is another comic in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series]] related to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.
| + | {{incomplete|Created by a SOAKED M&M. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
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| − | As more and more people are getting [[:Category:COVID-19 vaccine|vaccinated]] against COVID-19, and as the CDC has released guidelines suggesting vaccinated people can start gathering in larger groups, there is increasing excitement about the possibility to resume get-togethers, and have a party. However, being very cautious, [[Randall]] is cutting down the scope for his first "post-pandemic" party from that of a normal party. Not all of the scope reductions make sense. {{Citation needed}}
| + | ==Transcript== |
| | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
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| | + | Drinks |
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| | + | <s>Soda |
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| | + | Wine |
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| | + | Beer |
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| | + | Cocktails</s> |
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| | + | [next to the list] |
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| | + | Small cups of ice water |
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| | + | Food |
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| | + | <s>Pizza |
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| | + | Nachos |
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| | + | Various snacks</s> |
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| | + | [Next to list] |
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| | + | Three M&Ms and a saltine per person |
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| | + | Entertainment |
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| | + | Music |
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| | + | [Next to list item] |
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| | + | (Ambient) |
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| | + | <s>karaoke |
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| | + | Big screen</s> TV |
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| | + | showing <s>sports</s> |
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| − | ===Drinks===
| + | [Below crossed-out side of list item] |
| − | * Instead of interesting alcoholic and sugary beverages, he's reducing scope by serving plain ice water.
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| − | * Instead of serving the ice water in ordinary-sized cups, he's further reducing scope by serving it in small cups.
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| − | ===Food===
| + | Bob Ross |
| − | * A person holding an ordinary party might provide large quantities of foods of various sorts. Randall is reducing scope by serving only two types of food, {{w|M&M's}} and {{w|saltine cracker}}s.
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| − | * He is further reducing scope by limiting the quantities: each guest will be provided with three individual pieces of candy and one single cracker.
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| − | ===Entertainment===
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| − | * Instead of regular music, Randall's party has less-exciting {{w|ambient music}}.
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| − | * {{w|Karaoke}} has been eliminated completely.
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| − | * The big-screen TV has been reduced to a standard TV, and instead of showing active and exciting sports games, it will show mellow painting lessons by {{w|Bob Ross}}.
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| − | ===Activities===
| + | Activities |
| − | * Board games require strategy and could be exciting, so Randall has replaced them with {{w|52 pickup}}, a game with neither quality. Having already downsized to a single game, he further reduces the scope by reducing the number of cards involved from 52 to 3.
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| − | * His original notes indicate that the party might include both video games and ping pong, but he has reduced scope here as well by merging these activities and offering only a single video game, the ancient {{w|Pong}} game.
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| − | * Finally, while conversation will be allowed, Randall is reducing scope by reducing quality. This element of the party plan is qualitatively different from the others because it's generally the guests themselves that provide the majority of the conversation at a party, so it's possible that Randall is simply acknowledging [[2424|the effect]] that the pandemic has had on peoples' ability to converse normally.
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| − | The title text mentions that in the end, despite Randall's efforts, even the incredibly mild disruption of an M&M's falling into a cup of water caused the party-goers to panic and flee, much as Cueball and Ponytail did in [[2330: Acceptable Risk|a similar situation]].
| + | <s>Board games</s> |
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| − | ==Transcript==
| + | [Next to list item] |
| − | :[The comic consists of four underlined headings, two by two grid, with three or four lines of text beneath each. Almost all of the original lines of text have been fully or partially crossed out (marked with <del> below), and five new items have been added (marked with <ins> below), plus some brackets and one arrow. Even one of the added items has been modified.]
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| − | :<u>Drinks</u>
| + | <s>5</s> <s>2</s> 3-card pickup |
| − | :* <del style="text-decoration-color: red">Soda</del>
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| − | :* <del style="text-decoration-color: red">Wine</del>
| + | Video Games |
| − | :* <del style="text-decoration-color: red">Beer</del>
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| − | :* <del style="text-decoration-color: red">Cocktails</del>
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| − | :* <ins style="color: red">Small cups of ice water</ins>
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| − | :<u>Food</u>
| + | <s>Ping</s> (Pong) |
| − | :* <del style="text-decoration-color: red">Pizza</del>
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| − | :* <del style="text-decoration-color: red">Nachos</del>
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| − | :* <del style="text-decoration-color: red">Various snacks</del>
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| − | :* <ins style="color: red">Three M&Ms and a saltine per person</ins>
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| − | :<u>Entertainment</u>
| + | [Parentheses around Pong added seperately] |
| − | :* Music <ins style="color: red">(ambient)</ins>
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| − | :* <del style="text-decoration-color: red">Karaoke</del>
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| − | :* <del style="text-decoration-color: red">Big screen</del> TV showing <del style="text-decoration-color: red">sports</del> <ins style="color: red">Bob Ross</ins>
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| − | :<u>Activities</u>
| + | <s>good</s> conversation |
| − | :* <del style="text-decoration-color: red">Board games</del> <ins style="color: red"><del>52</del></ins> <ins style="color: red">3-card pickup</ins>
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| − | :* Video Games
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| − | :* <del style="text-decoration-color: red">Ping</del> <ins style="color: red">(</ins>Pong<ins style="color: red">)</ins> [A red arrow points from "Video Games" to "(Pong)"]
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| − | :* <del style="text-decoration-color: red">Good</del> conversation
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| − | :[Caption below the panel:]
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| − | :We're planning our first post-vaccine party, but we want to start slow.
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| | {{comic discussion}} | | {{comic discussion}} |
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| − | [[Category:COVID-19]]
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| − | [[Category:COVID-19 vaccine]]
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| − | [[Category:Social interactions]]
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| − | [[Category:Food]]
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| − | [[Category:Sport]]
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