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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | This comic encourages the reader to post random news stories on the Internet, under the line "It begins." This creates a sense of impending | + | {{incomplete|This explanation seems all off. This is not just impending change, more like impending doom from silly things, like in [[1387: Clumsy Foreshadowing]]. And has nothing to do with nerd sniping here.}} |
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| + | This comic encourages the reader to post random news stories on the Internet, under the line "It begins." This creates a sense of impending change, as well as making people wonder what, exactly, is being referred to. This could also encourage people to theorize about what, exactly, is beginning. | ||
This could in the worst case speedily lead to several people making repost of such a non-news story that would not have gotten any attention otherwise. This may lead to speculation, and other curious theories, going out the tangent it could create fear or mass hysteria. | This could in the worst case speedily lead to several people making repost of such a non-news story that would not have gotten any attention otherwise. This may lead to speculation, and other curious theories, going out the tangent it could create fear or mass hysteria. | ||
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| + | It may also just qualify as a form of [[356: Nerd Sniping|nerd sniping]], in a feedback loop, which may be either prevented or worsened by company when reading the "it begins" news. | ||
Some stories that might benefit especially from this are those relating to machine autonomy, animal attacks, disease, and so forth. This would call to mind various popular culture and/or scientific hypothetical scenarios. | Some stories that might benefit especially from this are those relating to machine autonomy, animal attacks, disease, and so forth. This would call to mind various popular culture and/or scientific hypothetical scenarios. | ||
| − | Perhaps the comic's choice of article refers to | + | Perhaps the comic's choice of article refers to Alfred Hitchcock's thriller [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birds_%28film%29 The Birds], in which birds (especially seagulls) begin attacking humans for no apparent reason, or the broader idea of an animal revolution, or just that even animals get sick of us always looking at our pokédexs. |
| − | The title text instructs readers to try the line " | + | The title text instructs readers to try the line "Yikes!" instead. The idea is the same but it would give a completely different response though. |
Other comics which advocate using catch-all phrases as standard responses for any comment: | Other comics which advocate using catch-all phrases as standard responses for any comment: | ||
| − | *[[174: That's What SHE Said]] | + | * [[174: That's What SHE Said]] |
| − | *[[178: Not Really Into Pokemon]] | + | * [[178: Not Really Into Pokemon]] |
| − | *[[559: No Pun Intended]] | + | * [[559: No Pun Intended]] |
| − | *[[1022: So It Has Come To This]] | + | * [[1022: So It Has Come To This]] |
| − | *[[1215: Insight]] | + | * [[1215: Insight]] ("Before we rush to adopt <X>, we should stop to consider the consequences of blithely giving this technology such a central position in our lives"). |
| − | *[[1627: Woosh]] | + | * [[1627: Woosh]] |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
