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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 703 | | number = 703 | ||
− | | date = February | + | | date = February 15, 2010 |
| title = Honor Societies | | title = Honor Societies | ||
| image = honor_societies.png | | image = honor_societies.png | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | Cueball has apparently been invited to join an honor society, but he considers the reason he should join to be a circular argument: because honorable people are in honor societies and people who are in honor societies are supposedly honorable. He objects that this is a {{w|tautology}}: a claim that something is true because it is true (and thus a meaningless claim). From this he concludes that he might as well be in a "tautology club" and then starts one. Thus [[Randall]] mocks honor society clubs for being pointless. | |
− | + | The phrase "The first rule of _______ Club" is a reference to the 1999 movie ''{{w|Fight Club}}'' (see also [[922: Fight Club]]), which contains the famous line "The first rule of Fight Club is 'You do not talk about Fight Club,'" a reference to the club's intended secrecy. This phrase has been appropriated for myriad other varieties and parodies, such as the one mentioned in the comic. | |
− | + | The reference to {{w|Facebook}} mocks {{w|Facebook groups}} whose names refer to a number of members they hope to attract (such as [https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Bet-I-Can-Find-1000000-People-Who-Dislike-Romanian-Dog-Abusers/109442262492204 I Bet I Can Find 1000000 People Who Dislike Romanian Dog Abusers], usually ostensibly to raise awareness for some issue, but perhaps in fact just for the ego-stroking pleasure of amassing a large number of followers. Tautology Club employs this tactic only for the sake of creating yet another tautology. | |
− | The | + | The answer to the title text would also be a tautology: he gets to be the president because he is the president. |
− | + | Tautology is mentioned again in [[1310: Goldbach Conjectures]]. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball sits at a desk, while | + | :[Cueball sits at a desk, while a teacher or counselor out of frame advises.] |
:Cueball: Wait. I should join this honor society to show colleges I'm honorable, and I'm honorable because I'm in an honor society? | :Cueball: Wait. I should join this honor society to show colleges I'm honorable, and I'm honorable because I'm in an honor society? | ||
− | : | + | :Teacher: Basically, yes. |
− | :[ | + | :[Tighter shot of Cueball.] |
:Cueball: Sounds like I could save time by joining the Tautology Club directly. | :Cueball: Sounds like I could save time by joining the Tautology Club directly. | ||
− | : | + | :Teacher: That's not a real club. |
:Cueball: Then I'm starting it. | :Cueball: Then I'm starting it. | ||
− | :[ | + | :TAUTOLOGY CLUB |
− | + | :[Seven individuals appear: Ponytail, a man, a shorter male with glasses that bears a striking resemblance to Jason Fox, a taller man with a buzz cut, a brunette woman with curly hair in a ponytail, Megan, and finally Cueball, standing on a box.] | |
:Ponytail: So how'd you learn about us? | :Ponytail: So how'd you learn about us? | ||
− | : | + | :Man: From your Facebook group, "If 1,000,000 People Join This Group, It Will Have 1,000,000 People In It." |
− | :Cueball: '' | + | :Cueball: ''LISTEN UP!'' The first rule of Tautology Club is the first rule of Tautology Club. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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