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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 2200 | | number = 2200 | ||
− | | date = September | + | | date = September 11, 2019 |
| title = Unreachable State | | title = Unreachable State | ||
| image = unreachable_state.png | | image = unreachable_state.png | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a BOT in an UNREACHABLE STATE. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | + | An {{w|error message}} is information shown when a URL given does not correspond to any page on a website. Most sites have customized error pages, from the {{xkcd|404|simple}} to the [https://www.kualo.co.uk/404 creative]. | |
− | + | This comic shows [[Cueball]] trying to write an error message for his site. However, he is tired, so his message seems rather hopeless, bordering on the existential. The idea behind it is that the author of any error code hopes that no one will have to see it, because that would mean that the site was working perfectly, but the fact that they are writing it means they know the site will eventually fail. This makes the whole idea of writing a site rather hopeless; that hopelessness is associated with tiredness in the caption. | |
− | + | The title text refers to the common trope of a character being given a "magic" item and winning something because of it, then being told that the item was not actually magic and that the magic was [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicFeather?from=Main.TheMagicWasInsideYouAllAlong inside them all along]. It is often used as a fable to tell people to follow their dreams. The title text puts the fable in a place where it doesn't belong, saying that finding the "unreachable state" that is the error code implies that the finder can do anything. | |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
− | + | :[Cueball is typing at a computer. The error message is shown above the computer:] | |
− | :[Cueball | + | |
− | : | + | :Cueball: ⚠️ Error [triangle sign is black and white] |
− | :If you're | + | :Cueball: If you're reading this, the code is in what I thought was an unreachable state. |
− | :I could give you advice for what to do. But honestly, why should you trust me? I clearly screwed this up. I'm writing a message that should never appear, yet I know it will probably appear someday. | + | :Cueball: I could give you advice for what to do. But honestly, why should you trust me? I clearly screwed this up. I'm writing a message that should never appear, yet I know it will probably appear someday. |
− | :On a deep level, I know I'm not | + | :Cueball: On a deep level, I know I'm not ready for this. I'm sorry. |
:[Caption below the panel:] | :[Caption below the panel:] | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Computers]] |