Editing 1369: TMI

{{comic
| number    = 1369
| date      = May 16, 2014
| title     = TMI
| image     = tmi.png
| titletext = 'TMI' he whispered, gazing into the sea.
}}

==Explanation==
"TMI" is an acronym that means "too much information". It is typically used as a response to someone "oversharing" — telling personal details ("Sorry I just missed your call - I was urinating when the phone rang") that the listener would rather not have heard. Here, however, [[Cueball]] may be using it in a more literal and absolute sense: he feels {{w|Information overload|overwhelmed by the colossal amount of information}} that is now generally available to anyone with an Internet connection.

The title text amplifies this interpretation by evoking the image of an individual person who is overcome as he stands at the edge of the ocean, contemplating its vastness.

The Wikipedia page for the acronym {{w|TMI|"TMI"}} contains links to approx. 40 articles belonging to this acronym. "Too much information" is mentioned but no link is shown here to this matter. The article {{w|Too Much Information|"Too Much Information"}} belongs to a single released by {{w|Duran Duran}}.

But there is a Wikipedia article {{w|Information overload}} which covers the "too much information" issue, but most people just would say TMI while looking at this.

==Transcript==
:[Cueball is sitting at a desk, looking at a laptop.]
:Cueball: Ugh, TMI.

:Offscreen: Oh? What?

:Cueball: Just... Everything.
:Offscreen: ''True.''

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