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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This comic shows how {{w|Grammatical modifier|qualifiers}}, which are usually used when the person speaking is concerned about offending their conversational partner, may also be used to delay saying something when a person is nervous or loses their train of thought momentarily. Again, this is a comic related to social interactions and especially displaying that Cueball/Randall has problems coping with simple social norms.
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{{incomplete|Created by a QUALIFIER. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
  
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In this comic, [[Cueball]] is talking with [[White Hat]]. Cueball has lost his original train of thought during a conversation, so he keeps using qualifiers until he comes up with something to say. Here he has used more than a dozen common qualifiers, including "OK", "so", "listen", "like", and "but". The title text says that after 20 minutes he says "hi", a reversal of expectations and a comedic play on how there was a huge buildup to something insignificant. He simply couldn't think of something new to say, and "hi" was the best he could come up with. [[White Hat]] presumably kept listening, although normal people would stop Cueball well before this.{{Citation needed}}
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This comic shows how qualifiers can be used to delay saying something, which is usually done when the person speaking is nervous about saying something. In this comic, [[Cueball]] might have lost his original train of thought while thinking of qualifiers, so he has to keep using qualifiers until he comes up with something to say.
  
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While this scenario has probably happened to many people some time in their life, it is highly unlikely that one would keep on for such an extensive amount of time. It is also highly unlikely that the listener would have such patience to keep listening to this endless stream of qualifiers, although it actually fits in White Hat's unusual mentality.
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The title text says that after 20 minutes, he runs out of qualifiers or decides what to say, and says "hi".
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[Caption below the panel:]
 
:[Caption below the panel:]
 
:When I forget what I was going to say, I just keep prefixing qualifiers until I think of something new.
 
:When I forget what I was going to say, I just keep prefixing qualifiers until I think of something new.
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{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
  

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