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| titletext = I wish I knew how to quit this so I wouldn't have to quit you. | | titletext = I wish I knew how to quit this so I wouldn't have to quit you. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | The title is a direct reference to that fact that, starting with the third line, Rob and Emily's IM conversation is exactly the same length. While this may be by chance, Rob is forced to change what he wants to type to continue the pattern, which Emily immediately breaks because she's hurt at what he's said. Rob then attempts to justify what he said, which could be interpreted as a implied pun on "justified", as in the text alignment for making text even on both the left and right sides of a page. | |
− | + | The title-text is a reference to the line "I wish I knew how to quit you" from the movie Brokeback Mountain. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | [A man, Rob, is sitting at a computer. The text is an IRC-style transcript of a conversation, in a fixed-width font. He is text-messaging a girl he slept with named Emily; their messages read as follows:] | |
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<rob> hi | <rob> hi | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
− | + | {{Comic discussion}} | |
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[[Category:Comics featuring Rob]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Rob]] | ||
[[Category:Romance]] | [[Category:Romance]] | ||
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