Editing 187: The Familiar

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| number    = 187
| date      = November 22, 2006<!-- Click on the "All Comics" button in the sidebar on the left and find this comic in the list. The date is in the rightmost column, in the form YYYY-MM-DD. -->
| title     = The Familiar
| image     = 
| titletext = When I say we should do something sometime, I'm secretly hoping you'll say 'Why not now?'
}}

==Explanation==
In the first frame of this comic, the individual speaking asks his/her friend to go see the sunrise over the ocean. The friend replies with a list of excuses. The friend ends this list with the saying "rationalizing the familiar is easy." This comic laughs at humans natural tendency to stay inside their comfort zone, or "the familiar," and not want to do something new. The humor is found when the reader realizes that seeing the sunrise over the ocean is not just an every day activity, but one of great awe. Even this awe-inspiring experience does not compel the friend to go. He is instead left at his computer which, the reader can assume, the friend spends lots of time at

==Transcript==
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 {{comic
 | number    = 187
-| date      = November 22, 2006
+| date      = November 22, 2006<!-- Click on the "All Comics" button in the sidebar on the left and find this comic in the list. The date is in the rightmost column, in the form YYYY-MM-DD. -->
 | title     = The Familiar
-| image     = the familiar.png
+| image     =
 | titletext = When I say we should do something sometime, I'm secretly hoping you'll say 'Why not now?'
 }}
 ==Explanation==
-[[Cueball|Cueball's]] friend asks him to go with him to view the sunrise over the ocean. Cueball refuses by giving a list of excuses, including the statement that "rationalizing the familiar is easy." This statement is amusing, because Cueball acknowledges the fact that he is making excuses and seems to refuse going out on the basis that rationalizing going to see the sunrise would require much more effort. This criticizes some people's tendency of not trying new things or going out with friends, even though one would likely get more fulfillment by doing these things. It may well be implied that the friend doing the inviting has left to view the sunrise, leaving Cueball behind since he wasn't willing to engage in an activity.
+In the first frame of this comic, the individual speaking asks his/her friend to go see the sunrise over the ocean. The friend replies with a list of excuses. The friend ends this list with the saying "rationalizing the familiar is easy." This comic laughs at humans natural tendency to stay inside their comfort zone, or "the familiar," and not want to do something new. The humor is found when the reader realizes that seeing the sunrise over the ocean is not just an every day activity, but one of great awe. Even this awe-inspiring experience does not compel the friend to go. He is instead left at his computer which, the reader can assume, the friend spends lots of time at
-The computer with the egg-shaped profile looks like an iMac G3, sold from 1998 until 2003. It seems that rationalizing the familiar has made Cueball resistant to upgrading his computer long beyond its obsolescence date.
-The title text indicates [[Randall|Randall's]] frustration with this mentality and his hope that when he wants to make plans with someone, they are just as eager.
 ==Transcript==
-:[A guy is standing behind his friend who sits at a computer. Both look like Cueball.]
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-:Guy: Let's go see sunrise over the ocean.
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-:[The friend turns and replies:]
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-:Friend: That's a long drive, it's cold, I'm tired, and rationalizing the familiar is easy.
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-:[The guy leaves, and in the next two frames, the friend remains at his computer alone.]
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