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+ | There's a function in {{w|Slack (software)|Slack}} and other messaging software that allows you to turn notifications off while you're offline or away (or just don't want to be distracted). There's also a function to override this and notify the user anyway. Such a function would be desirable in real life, as illustrated here. | ||
[[White Hat]] is telling [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] about "another thing that annoys [him] about people," which means that either the strip begins after he has already vented a long series of gripes, or he is prone to spontaneously airing one of his many grievances ''non sequitur''. (Both of those traits could be something that annoys Cueball about people.) [[Cueball]] responds by "turning off his notifications" from White Hat. White Hat immediately falls silent, sparing Megan and Cueball from further boring "conversation". Maybe Cueball has picked up the [[156: Commented|"Commented" trick]], White Hat is thrown off by the unusual statement, or it could be that he just naively takes Cueball at his word. Either way, now that he "knows" that he will not receive any further immediate engagement from Cueball, he thus gives up, for the time being, talking at Megan and Cueball about his annoyance(s). If he believes the premise, he might recite the rest of his conversation as soon as Cueball supposedly turns notifications back on. His behavior is reminiscent of a user who is logged into a chat server but is "away from keyboard" and totally disengaged. | [[White Hat]] is telling [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] about "another thing that annoys [him] about people," which means that either the strip begins after he has already vented a long series of gripes, or he is prone to spontaneously airing one of his many grievances ''non sequitur''. (Both of those traits could be something that annoys Cueball about people.) [[Cueball]] responds by "turning off his notifications" from White Hat. White Hat immediately falls silent, sparing Megan and Cueball from further boring "conversation". Maybe Cueball has picked up the [[156: Commented|"Commented" trick]], White Hat is thrown off by the unusual statement, or it could be that he just naively takes Cueball at his word. Either way, now that he "knows" that he will not receive any further immediate engagement from Cueball, he thus gives up, for the time being, talking at Megan and Cueball about his annoyance(s). If he believes the premise, he might recite the rest of his conversation as soon as Cueball supposedly turns notifications back on. His behavior is reminiscent of a user who is logged into a chat server but is "away from keyboard" and totally disengaged. | ||
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In the title text, this is taken even further by combining this with a standard real-life reason (or excuse) to leave a social situation: that the person has to leave because it is getting late. It is often used when someone really has a thing early the next day and wants to get home early to get enough sleep to be prepared for the "thing", but the vagueness of the ''thing'' suggests that they just want to get out of uncomfortable company or situations. | In the title text, this is taken even further by combining this with a standard real-life reason (or excuse) to leave a social situation: that the person has to leave because it is getting late. It is often used when someone really has a thing early the next day and wants to get home early to get enough sleep to be prepared for the "thing", but the vagueness of the ''thing'' suggests that they just want to get out of uncomfortable company or situations. | ||
− | The specific time, 10:34 pm, informs the messenger (who could be anywhere) of the user's time zone, and tells the one that wishes to notify that it is past | + | The specific time, 10:34 pm, informs the messenger (who could be anywhere) of the user's time zone, and tells the one that wishes to notify that it is past normal bed time in the user's time zone. And this is why the program would normally ask if they still really wish to notify them, since they would risk waking the recipient up. This could cause annoyance if the message is not urgent and important. In this case, however, it is clear he is awake and wants to leave the social situation, supposedly because of a ''thing'' he has the next day. In this situation, it is funny because apparently it's Cueball talking about himself in the third person to another person who knows they are in the same time zone, and unless all of the characters are out really late it's unlikely that it's actually that late at night in "Cueball's time zone" at the moment. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:[White Hat, Megan and Cueball are standing next to each other. White Hat is separated from the other two figures by a small margin.] | :[White Hat, Megan and Cueball are standing next to each other. White Hat is separated from the other two figures by a small margin.] | ||
:White Hat: And another thing that annoys me about people is... | :White Hat: And another thing that annoys me about people is... | ||
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:Cueball: '''''Notify anyway?''''' | :Cueball: '''''Notify anyway?''''' | ||
− | :[The camera zooms outward to show White Hat. Megan | + | :[The camera zooms outward to show White Hat. Megan turn back to look at White Hat. All three figures are silently standing.] |
:[Megan turns to look at Cueball again.] | :[Megan turns to look at Cueball again.] |