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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a BORED FOOD.NET DRIVER BETWEEN DELIVERIES. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | [ | + | This comic is poking fun at the proliferation of apps and internet services such as for [https://builtin.com/consumer-tech/food-delivery-companies food delivery] and [https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/banking/best-ways-to-send-money money transfer]. The characters are discussing which to use during an evening of tabletop gaming. The group has a running competition to see who can mention fake apps or services without being called out. The idea being that since there are so many, it is difficult to remember which are real. |
− | + | [[Cueball]] mentions three food delivery services, {{w|Grubhub}}, {{w|DoorDash}}, and Food.net, and [[Ponytail]] asks him to reimburse her using {{w|Venmo}}, {{w|PayPal}}, or Yahoo Cash. Cueball expresses skepticism about Yahoo Cash, after which Ponytail admits it's a fake service and is thus obligated to pay for Cueball's meal. (Incidentally, Yahoo does provide a money transfer service to facilitate private party gambling on {{w|fantasy sports}}, called [https://sports.yahoo.com/wallet/dailyfantasy/referafriend/ Yahoo Fantasy Wallet], but it uses PayPal.) Food.net, which Cueball mentioned without being called out, is not a real service; https://food.net exists but is "not available for use," and is not related to food. | |
− | + | Based on Ponytail's offer, if someone is correctly called out then they apparently must pay for the player who caught them, but what happens when a player isn't caught (e.g. when Cueball mentioned Food.net) isn't clear. The rules might be similar to variants of the card game often known as "{{w|Cheat (game)|Cheat}}," in which a successful bluff merely allows play to continue on until someone is caught bluffing or incorrectly accuses another player. | |
− | The title text offers a tip for winning the competition | + | The title text offers a tip for winning the competition after being called out for mentioning a fake service: building a working version of it and then mentioning it again the next week. XKCD was written for hackers who regularly did things like this, but nowadays many people can set up such a service, if sufficiently creative and resourceful, with minimal personal experience, using AI augmentation tools.{{Actual citation needed|...as in creating a *working* service? And I don't think generic AI is quite the answer, more something of a script-kiddy CMS service that basically works like a standard eCommerce web-site builder. Which doesn't help those without the capital to invest in everything required. Look, I don't want to delete this last sentence out of hand, but someone seems to have a very Hollywood idea of how they might assemble a valid (or even mstly valid!) food-hub-type site out of thin air. Marketing? Taxes? Approaching willing vendors?}} |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball, Megan, and Ponytail are sitting at a table to order food. Cueball is on his phone, and Ponytail, sitting opposite, | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
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+ | :[Cueball, Megan, and Ponytail are sitting at a table to order food. Cueball is on his phone, and Ponytail, sitting opposite, on her laptop.] | ||
:Cueball: What should we use to order? Grubhub? DoorDash? Food.net? | :Cueball: What should we use to order? Grubhub? DoorDash? Food.net? | ||
:Ponytail: I'll do Grubhub; you can send me money. Do you do Venmo? Paypal? Yahoo Cash? | :Ponytail: I'll do Grubhub; you can send me money. Do you do Venmo? Paypal? Yahoo Cash? |