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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | If you're part of an | + | If you're part of an internet mailing list, it's a common experience to come across random posts by users who may not be very tech-savvy, saying "unsubscribe". This is their attempt to unsubscribe to the list, accidentally broadcast to every other person on that list instead of just to the mailing list admin (who is either a person or an automated program that manages the list). |
− | + | Cueball experiences this non-sequitor while walking along a beach, when he finds a random note inside a bottle saying "unsubscribe". | |
− | + | A "[https://messageinabottlehunter.com/why-send-a-message-in-a-bottle/ message in a bottle]" is either a fun activity or an S.O.S. from someone stranded at sea, where one places a note in a bottle and throws it into the ocean. It then gets carried on ocean currents, possibly around the world to be picked up by some unknown other person at a point in the future. | |
− | This | + | The title text extends the joke to another common technological faux pas. It mixes the metaphor of a message in a bottle with an e-mail list. It states that when he "replied all" ("reply all" is an option on a group e-mail, but obviously not an option when one receives a message in a bottle), it sent a message in a bottle to everyone on the company's mailing list. This is another common faux pas made when a person tries to send a private email to just one recipient of a message that's been broadcast to a whole list of people, but they accidentally hit "reply all" instead of just "reply", and end up sending their private e-mail to everybody else on the list. |
− | + | In some cases, if the mailing list is sufficiently large, amplification effects can completely overwhelm mail servers. For example, an employee send a simple message like "does anyone speak russian?" to the whole company address book. Several people are likely to reply using the "reply all" button by mistake, causing the whole company to receive it. Additionally, automatic "out of office" notifications and people complaining about the flood of e-mails will further worsen the situation. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball walks along a beach with six seagulls flying behind him over the sea. There is a small surf | + | :[Cueball walks along a beach with six seagulls flying behind him over the sea. There is a small surf and in the far distance two mountains.] |
− | :[Cueball stops and looks down at a bottle lying in the sand just outside the surf. A letter can be seen inside | + | :[Cueball stops and looks down at a bottle lying in the sand just outside the surf. A letter can be seen inside and there seems to be a stopper at the top.] |
− | :[A | + | :[A frame less panel shows Cueball (beach and sea not drawn) as he pulls out the letter from the bottle that he has now picked-up.] |
:[Cueball holds the bottle behind him in one hand and the letter up in front him with the other hand. The text on the letter is written above him in curvy letters, looking like those often used to depict the writing of a dying or seriously injured man:] | :[Cueball holds the bottle behind him in one hand and the letter up in front him with the other hand. The text on the letter is written above him in curvy letters, looking like those often used to depict the writing of a dying or seriously injured man:] | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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