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| ==Explanation== | | ==Explanation== |
− | Megan and Cueball are having a conversation about social media. Cueball mentions that when responding to textual comments on a screen, it can be easy to forget these comments are made by thinking, feeling humans (a sentiment [[438: Internet Argument|expressed before on XKCD]]). Megan agrees, but also relates a negative comment she got from a stranger about her taste in movies. The twist is that it turns out the person criticizing her was a murderer. Although this does not inherently negate his taste in movies, it does free Megan from the burden of weighing his opinions equally to her own.
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− | The title-text mentions the “LakeSlayer7” which is clearly a reference to the "Lake Slayer" in the comic. They mention, contrary to several other reviewers, that a burger joint in town is unsatisfactory, and that the reader should come to a place “by the lake” instead, which might be (and probably is) a plot to lure people to the lake and to be slain.{{Citation needed}}
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− | In many [[918: Google+|social]] and [[997: Wait Wait|news]] sites there is a tendency to surface [[258: Conspiracy Theories|negative content]]. This can be [[1111: Premiere|editorial intent]], [[2237: AI Hiring Algorithm|naive algorithms]], or [[1390: Research Ethics|both]], attempting to induce rage to drive engagement. Review sites can exhibit a [[1098: Star Ratings|bias]] in either direction, with minutiae [[937: TornadoGuard|burying]] valid feedback.
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| ==Transcript== | | ==Transcript== |
− | :[Cueball and Megan are having a conversation while walking.]
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− | :Cueball: The Internet makes it easy to be a jerk and forget the person we're talking to is a human.
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− | :Megan: Yeah...
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− | :Megan: But it also makes us see messages from awful people and assume they come from normal peers.
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− | :[Closeup on Megan. Above Megan is a picture of a "reply" post from a man with sunglasses. The post has a title above it.]
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− | :Megan: Recently I got a mean reply from a stranger. It was minor but it really got to me.
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− | :Post title: Replies to "Favorite Movie"
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− | :Post: Every group has one person who likes that movie, and it's the friend they all secretly hate.
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− | :[Blondie as a news anchor behind a desk. A "News4" logo is displayed on the desk. There is a picture of the man with sunglasses with "Arrested" under his name. His picture is next to a picture of a house with "Breaking" above it. Megan's dialogue appears above the picture, but she herself is not shown in this panel.]
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− | :Megan: Then the next week I saw that guy on the news. He was an actual murderer!
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− | :[Megan and Cueball standing next to each other.]
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− | :Megan: I can't believe I spent a week stressed out that my taste in movies wasn't shared by the East Valley Strangler.
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− | :Cueball: Yeah, at ''least'' wait for a second opinion from the Lake Slayer.
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| {{comic discussion}} | | {{comic discussion}} |
− | [[Category:Comics featuring Blondie]]
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− | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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