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| ==Explanation== | | ==Explanation== |
− | This comic is another in a [[:Category:COVID-19|series of comics]] related to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.
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− | [[Randall]]/[[Cueball]] has shown in many comics the difficulty of making small talk, or having a "normal" conversation, when you spent your developing years developing work skills ([[:Category:Social interactions|comics of this are here]]), a trait of nerds such as engineers that is frequently used as material in [https://dilbert.com/strip/1991-12-09 comics]. With the COVID-19 pandemic, he feels that others may have difficulty having normal conversations as well, and so this seems to be a "silver lining" for the pandemic. He can now use this excuse instead of having to admit that he has difficulty in social situations (and always has, even before the pandemic). Randall also uses a false but plausible excuse to cover unusual nerd behavior in [[1900: Jet Lag]]. He also uses another excuse which can get him out of life in general in [[880: Headache]].
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− | In the title text, he shows his dislike, which existed prior to the pandemic, of going to crowded bars. In the future, even after the pandemic passes, Cueball will still have the excuse that the pandemic made him feel uncomfortable in crowded bars due to possible virus spread and that the feeling has persisted past the pandemic. Cueball remarked on his good fortune in [[2276: Self-Isolate]], as it turns out he has been "practicing social distancing" all his life, but that it has now finally become common practice.
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| ==Transcript== | | ==Transcript== |
− | :[Randall, drawn as Cueball wearing a white face mask, possibly of the contour-moulded type, is talking to Cueball, wearing what appears to be a pleated surgical-style face mask .] | + | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
− | :Randall: So how's...everything. | + | :[Two Cueballs wearing face masks are facing each other and talking] |
− | :Randall: I mean, I know everything is, um...but are you, uh... | + | :Cueball 1: So how's...everything. |
− | :Randall: Sorry, I feel like the pandemic has destroyed my ability to have a conversation like a normal human. | + | :Cueball 1: I mean, I know everything is, um...but are you, uh... |
− | :Cueball: Haha, I know, right? | + | :Cueball 1: Sorry, I feel like the pandemic has destroyed my ability to have a conversation like a normal human. |
| + | :Cueball 2: Haha, I know, right? |
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− | :[Caption below the panel:] | + | :[Caption below the panel]: |
| :I'm at least glad I have this excuse now. | | :I'm at least glad I have this excuse now. |
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| {{comic discussion}} | | {{comic discussion}} |
| [[Category:COVID-19]] | | [[Category:COVID-19]] |
− | [[Category:Comics featuring Randall Munroe]] | + | [[Category:Social interactions]] |
− | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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| [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] | | [[Category:Multiple Cueballs]] |
− | [[Category:Social interactions]]
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| [[Category:Comics featuring face masks]] | | [[Category:Comics featuring face masks]] |