Editing 972: November

{{comic
| number    = 972
| date      = November 2, 2011
| title     = November
| image     = november.png
| titletext = November marks the birthday of Charles Schulz, pioneer of tongue awareness.
}}

==Explanation==
This comic is a homage to {{w|Charles Schulz}}, the creator of the comic {{w|Peanuts}}, who was born on November 26, 1922. [[:File:tongue awareness.jpg|Here's the comic in question]] by Schulz. Both comics carry the idea that when you start thinking about your tongue, you can hardly stop thinking about it. (Similarly: if you start thinking about your breathing, you stop breathing unless you consciously think to breathe.)

[http://fuckyeahexistentialism.tumblr.com/post/852726235/im-aware-of-my-tongue-its-an-awful-feeling A random person on tumblr] speculates that Schulz's comic has a deeper meaning about becoming conscious about one's existence in the world.

==Transcript==
:[Black Hat and Cueball sit in a room.]
:Black Hat: Did you know November is Tongue Awareness Month?

:[Cueball is suddenly aware of his tongue.]

:[Cueball continues to be aware of his tongue.]

:[Cueball is *still* aware of his tongue.]
:Cueball: I hate you.
:Black Hat: Enjoy the next four weeks.

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic is a homage to {{w|Charles Schulz}}, the creator of the comic {{w|Peanuts}}, who was born on November 26, 1922. Both comics carry the idea that when you start thinking about your tongue, you can hardly stop thinking about it. (Similarly: if you start thinking about your breathing, you stop breathing unless you consciously think to breathe, same goes for blinking.) This is similar to {{w|Ironic process theory|the ironic process theory}}, where trying to not think about something will invariably make you think about it. The intention of [[Black Hat]] in this comic is for [[Cueball]] to consciously feel his tongue for the entire month of November. Since it was Black Hat's idea, Black Hat probably suffers the same consequences.
+This comic is a homage to {{w|Charles Schulz}}, the creator of the comic {{w|Peanuts}}, who was born on November 26, 1922. [[:File:tongue awareness.jpg|Here's the comic in question]] by Schulz. Both comics carry the idea that when you start thinking about your tongue, you can hardly stop thinking about it. (Similarly: if you start thinking about your breathing, you stop breathing unless you consciously think to breathe.)
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+[http://fuckyeahexistentialism.tumblr.com/post/852726235/im-aware-of-my-tongue-its-an-awful-feeling A random person on tumblr] speculates that Schulz's comic has a deeper meaning about becoming conscious about one's existence in the world.
-Here is the comic in question by Charles Schulz from Peanuts.
-<div class="mw-collapsible-content">[[File:tongue awareness.jpg]]</div>
-</div>
-This is similar, in concept, to the expression and phrase used for trolling in online communities, "[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-are-now-breathing-manually You Are Now Breathing Manually]".
-The line "you are now aware of your tongue" was mentioned much later in the title text of [[2563: Throat and Nasal Passages]]. Here it was throat and nasal passages awareness which was the subject, due to the, at that time, two year long {{w|2019–20 coronavirus outbreak|2020 COVID-19 pandemic}}.
 ==Transcript==
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 :[Cueball continues to be aware of his tongue.]
-:[Cueball is painfully aware of his tongue.]
+:[Cueball is *still* aware of his tongue.]
 :Cueball: I hate you.
 :Black Hat: Enjoy the next four weeks.
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