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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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[[Cueball]] is startled every few months when he, again, realizes that he now lives in the 21<sup>st</sup> century. When he grew up as a child, the year 2000 seemed very far away — it was the future, but he now exists in that timeframe with the rest of society.
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The comic is very simple: [[Randall]] apparently has a realization about the time in which he lives in (at the time, anyway), given that he grew up in a time where the 2000's seemed very far away, but he now exists in that timeframe with the rest of society. This mind-blowing though occurs to him every few months, if he is to believed.
  
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The title text states that "the future" was reached in 2004... Three years before the comic was published. This is possibly a joke on how time works, as "the future" is always, was always, and will always be ahead of the time you're in. There may, however, be a reference to some movie set in the future year 2004....
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The title text states that "the future" was reached in 2004 (three years before the comic was published).  
  
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The 21<sup>st</sup> century, even the year 2004, was futuristic for people growing up in, for instance, the eighties. This view just belongs to the perspective of people — for people growing up in the '70s, even the novel {{w|Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984}} was futuristic.
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==Transcript==
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:[Cueball sits silently front of his computer.]
  
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==Transcript==
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:Narration: I <u>still</u> do this every few months.
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:[Cueball sits silently in front of his computer.]
 
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:[Text block:]
 
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:I <u>still</u> do this every few months.
 
  
 
:[He continues to sit for two more panels.]
 
:[He continues to sit for two more panels.]

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