Editing 1947: Night Sky

{{comic
| number    = 1947
| date      = January 26, 2018
| title     = Night Sky
| image     = night_sky.png
| titletext = There's a mountain lion nearby, but it didn't notice you because it's reading Facebook.
}}

==Explanation==
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In this comic, [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are going out for a nighttime walk, to "{{w|Digital detox|unplug}}" and get away from technology, to ask the "big questions". However, they soon realize that they would have much preferred a walk ''with'' technology. Carrying a phone would help them with locating themselves using GPS and seeing where they are going using the phone flashlight, thus making them feel safer.

The title text claims that technology is so omnipresent that even the threatening mountain lion has a Facebook account and ready internet access.

The reference to mountain lions might be related to the declaration that [http://www.courier-tribune.com/news/20180126/once-common-in-nc-eastern-cougar-declared-extinct-last-sighting-80-years-ago Eastern Cougars were just officially declared extinct] the day before this comic was published.

==Transcript==
[Cueball and Megan are walking under the night sky.]

Megan: The internet is so overwhelming for me these days. It feels like everyone I know is yelling all the time.

[Frame is zoomed out. Stars are visible]

Megan: That's why it's so nice to unplug. Leave the phones at home,go for a walk, and look up at the stars.

Megan: It helps you focus on what really matters.

[frame is normal again.]

Cueball: Like "Where the hell are we?"

Megan: And "Why did I leave my phone at home? It has my map and flashlight."

Cueball: "Are there mountain lions around here? Did you hear a twig break?"

Megan: Yeah, the big questions!

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 ==Explanation==
-With the increasing ubiquity of connected devices in people's lives have come concerns about the social and mental effects this is having. A common trend in lifestyle advice is the idea of "{{w|Digital detox|unplugging}}" and getting away from technology, with the idea that this can improve one's sense of well-being, and allow a focus on the important things in life, such as asking the {{w|Meaning of life|"big" existential questions}}.
+{{incomplete|Created by an OVERSIZED HOUSECAT - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
+In this comic, [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are going out for a nighttime walk, to "{{w|Digital detox|unplug}}" and get away from technology, to ask the "big questions". However, they soon realize that they would have much preferred a walk ''with'' technology. Carrying a phone would help them with locating themselves using GPS and seeing where they are going using the phone flashlight, thus making them feel safer.
-[[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] are taking one such activity: a nighttime walk without their phones. However, rather than being grandiose, the questions they ask are increasingly immediate to their current situation. Far from finding the experience liberating, they find it first frustrating, as they no longer have access to useful features of their phones, such as mapping with GPS, which would help them find their way, and a flashlight, which would let them see where they were going, and then unsettling, as without their devices to distract them they begin to imagine dangers, such as {{w|cougar|mountain lions}}, lurking in the darkness.
+The title text claims that technology is so omnipresent that even the threatening mountain lion has a Facebook account and ready internet access.
-The fact that Megan enthusiastically affirms that those really ''are'' the "big questions" of life reveals that they are sarcastically teasing each other about their regrettable decision.
+The reference to mountain lions might be related to the declaration that [http://www.courier-tribune.com/news/20180126/once-common-in-nc-eastern-cougar-declared-extinct-last-sighting-80-years-ago Eastern Cougars were just officially declared extinct] the day before this comic was published.
-The reference to mountain lions might be related to the declaration that eastern cougars were [http://www.courier-tribune.com/news/20180126/once-common-in-nc-eastern-cougar-declared-extinct-last-sighting-80-years-ago officially declared extinct] the day before this comic was published.
+==Transcript==
+[Cueball and Megan are walking under the night sky.]
+Megan: The internet is so overwhelming for me these days. It feels like everyone I know is yelling all the time.
+[Frame is zoomed out. Stars are visible]
+Megan: That's why it's so nice to unplug. Leave the phones at home,go for a walk, and look up at the stars.
+Megan: It helps you focus on what really matters.
+[frame is normal again.]
-The title text claims that technology is so omnipresent that even the threatening mountain lion has a phone and is reading Facebook (and, therefore, is not so threatening, since it now can not notice them). Alternatively, either Cueball or Megan might be teasing the other.
+Cueball: Like "Where the hell are we?"
-==Transcript==
+Megan: And "Why did I leave my phone at home? It has my map and flashlight."
-:[Cueball and Megan are walking under the night sky.]
-:Megan: The internet is so overwhelming for me these days. It feels like everyone I know is yelling all the time.
-:[Frame is zoomed out. Stars are visible in the sky.]
+Cueball: "Are there mountain lions around here? Did you hear a twig break?"
-:Megan: That's why it's so nice to unplug. Leave the phones at home, go for a walk, and look up at the stars.
-:Megan: It helps you focus on what really matters.
-:[Frame is zoomed in again.]
+Megan: Yeah, the big questions!
-:Cueball: Like "Where the hell are we?"
-:Megan: And "Why did I leave my phone at home? It has my map and flashlight."
-:Cueball: "Are there mountain lions around here? Did you hear a twig break?"
-:Megan: Yeah, the big questions!
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