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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
β | "TMI" is an acronym that means "too much information". It is typically used as a response to someone | + | {{incomplete|New page -- may still need polishing.}} |
+ | "TMI" is an acronym that means "too much information". It is typically used as a response to someone ''oversharing'' — telling details (usually gross, boring, or otherwise unpleasant) that the listener would rather not have heard. Here, however, Cueball may be using it in a more literal and absolute sense: he feels overwhelmed by the colossal amount of information that is now generally available to anyone with an Internet connection — or that exists, period. | ||
β | The title text | + | The title text may refer to the huge amount of information there is in the ocean (or even in a single drop of water). It could also refer to all the information needed to understand what an ocean is. It is also possible that the title text is a reference to Hemingway's {{w|The_Old_Man_and_the_Sea|The Old Man and the Sea}}, comically simplifying the philosophical discourse of the novel into 'TMI'. Of course, this theory would gain support if Hemingway's novel actually contained the phrase "whispered, gazing into the sea," which it does not. Therefore, the only possible connection between the comic and Hemingway's novel is the word "sea," rendering this theory highly implausible in the minds of other readers. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== |