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| date = December 21, 2022 | | date = December 21, 2022 | ||
| title = Cold Complaints | | title = Cold Complaints | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a GIGANTIC WHINING BABY - Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | When people are ill, they will | + | When many people are ill, they will complain about the symptoms that they're suffering from; it's a common sterotype that men will revert to infantile behavior. This is annoying to the people around them{{citation needed}}, but they generally suffer through it out of compassion. The joke in this comic is that Hairy spoke to a medical professional via {{w|telemedicine}}, and he was explicitly advised to act like this, since there's no actual treatment. He takes "act like you're the first person ever to have a cold" literally, stating it specifically when his companion asks about it. |
− | This comic was | + | This comic was made in the rise of a "tripledemic" involving {{w|COVID-19}}, {{w|influenza}}, and {{w|Respiratory syncitial virus}} infections; none of these have any cure than to just wait it out. It expounds on the finding that, "talking about troublesome events, including events with which one is dissatisfied, may ... result in improved physiological health." (Kowalski, R.M. (2002) [http://people.uncw.edu/hakanr/documents/whining.pdf "Whining, griping, and complaining: positivity in the negativity."] ''Journal of clinical psychology,'' '''58'''(9):1023-35.) |
− | The title text | + | The title text mentions a study like that, but in this case the {{w| |
+ | Institutional review board}} halted the study because the participants were too annoying. This is ironic since they'd be expected to whine annoyingly. IRBs are expected to review the ethics of a research project; whining is not usually considered dangerous{{citation needed}}, but in this case it was presumably so heavily concentrated that they had to put a stop to it. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | :[Hairy sitting on a chair in front of a computer screen | + | :[Hairy sitting on a chair in front of a computer screen. There is an image of Ponytail on the screen speaking.] |
:Ponytail: Well, it's not COVID or flu. Probably one of the other viruses. | :Ponytail: Well, it's not COVID or flu. Probably one of the other viruses. | ||
:Hairy: Ughh | :Hairy: Ughh | ||
− | :[A zoomed out version of the image, | + | :[A zoomed out version of the image, ponytail cannot be seen] |
:Ponytail: There's not much you can do to speed up recovery other than rest, hydrate, and whine and complain and be a gigantic baby about it. | :Ponytail: There's not much you can do to speed up recovery other than rest, hydrate, and whine and complain and be a gigantic baby about it. | ||
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:Hairy: Whine and complain? | :Hairy: Whine and complain? | ||
− | :Ponytail: | + | :Ponytail: Yes. You have to behave like you're the first person ever to have a cold. |
:[Hairy lying on a couch wrapped in a blanket, with a lot of paper tissues around] | :[Hairy lying on a couch wrapped in a blanket, with a lot of paper tissues around] | ||
:Off-screen voice: Are you '''''sure''''' that's what she said? | :Off-screen voice: Are you '''''sure''''' that's what she said? | ||
− | :Hairy: Unbelievable. Here I am, the | + | :Hairy: Unbelievable. Here I am, the first person to ever feel bad, and you're '''doubting''' me? |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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