Editing 1469: UV

{{comic
| number    = 1469
| date      = January 5, 2015
| title     = UV
| image     = uv.png
| titletext = Hey, why stop at our house? We could burn down ALL these houses for the insurance money.
}}

==Explanation==
{{incomplete|Rough draft. Nerds editing, lynx, and specification.}}

{{w|Ultraviolet}} light (or UV light, as in the title of the comic) is a kind of light that is slightly more energetic than the {{w|visible light}} spectrum. Ultraviolet light is normally by itself invisible, but can induce {{w|fluorescing}} (glowing) of certain organic molecules. This is a means to detect small amounts of blood (as most television watchers know) and also urine.

The first part of this comic focuses on [[Megan]] showing off her new {{w|Black light|UV flashlight}} to [[Cueball]] by revealing how disgusting their bathroom appears in UV light despite how clean it appears normally.  She manages this due to UV light's special property of causing chemicals in urine to glow. Both Cueball and Megan are horrified by their discovery. This is a common reaction in the face of more sensitive diagnostic tests.  

In the second part of the comic they realize that their house will never be clean enough. So Megan resolves to burn down the house for the insurance money (i.e. {{w|insurance fraud}}). Cueball is in doubt, but Megan (after seeing in the UV light, what probably has mostly been left in the bathroom by a standing Cueball...) has no morality left. She even proclaims this while pouring some dangerous liquid (probably gasoline) on to the floor of their apartment.

The last panel of the comic reveals that the two hadn't purchased fire insurance beforehand, and plan on purchasing it now, only to make a claim immediately afterwards. At this point Cueball has been won over by Megan's plan and helps searching for insurance companies on Google. They wish to find the company that pay out the most. This plan will, however, not work, because insurance only covers fires that begin after purchasing the insurance, and does not cover anything that happens before purchasing the insurance or that is intentionally caused. 

The title text shows just how distorted Megan and Cueball's thinking has become, as one of them suggests burning down ALL the houses (in their vicinity?) in order to claim the insurance money for them. This plan will also not work. Even if insurance has been purchased for these other homes, the insurance companies will pay the owners of those homes, not Cueball and Megan. And Cueball and Megan would be arrested and end up a very long time in prison.

The take home message of this comic must be: '''Never''' use a UV light in your bathroom. Maybe Randall did this by a mistake causing the creation of this comic?

==Transcript==
:[Megan standing behind Cueball, who's sitting at a computer.]
:Megan: Our bathroom looks pretty clean, right?
:Cueball: I think so. Why? 
:Megan: I got a UV flashlight. Come look.

:[Megan and Cueball are walking]

:[Megan and Cueball are off-screen]
:Cueball: Looks fine. 
:UV flashlight:
: *Click*
: *Click*
:Cueball: ...Oh my God.

:[Megan and Cueball walking in the opposite direction]
:Cueball: The toilet looked like the guy's chest after the alien burst out.
:Megan: What do we '''''do?'''''

:[Megan and Cueball standing]
:Cueball: We clean. Clean and clean and never stop.
:Megan: It won't be enough. We should just burn the place down for the insurance money. 

:[Cueball standing behind Megan, who's pouring a liquid onto the floor.]
:Cueball: Isn't that wrong?
:Megan: My morality evaporated under the harsh UV light.
:[On the canister it says:]
:Danger

:[Megan and Cueball standing outside the burning building]

:[Megan and Cueball standing, Cueball looking at his phone]
:Cueball: OK, I'm Googling insurance companies. Which one do you think pays the most? 
:Megan: Let's just try calling around.


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