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− | + | Students often dream they have assessments they have forgotten about that are due in a very short time period, leaving no time to complete the assignment, and thus filling them with the feeling of impending failure. The panic and helplessness of being unable to complete the work in time only subsides when the dreamer wakes from the {{w|nightmare}}, although sometimes they wake to a reality where there actually is a looming deadline. | |
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This comic suggests these dreams continue well after graduation, although there may be a nagging feeling that "I thought I completed everything and graduated". | This comic suggests these dreams continue well after graduation, although there may be a nagging feeling that "I thought I completed everything and graduated". | ||
− | The title text refers to the {{w| | + | The title text refers to the {{w|List_of_Power_Rangers_S.P.D._characters#Bridge_Carson|Green Ranger}} from the ''{{w|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers}}'', or, indeed, any of the many Power Rangers/Super Sentai seasons with a green ranger. {{w|Crisco}} is a brand of vegetable shortening, a fat that is solid at room temperature and frequently used in baking. The joke is that [[Randall]] has a very odd recurring dream, and wants reassurance that he is not the only one... but he likely is! |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Megan as a teacher speaks to a crowded classroom, where all students are grayed out except one of the Cueball students who is drawn in the normal black line.] | + | :[Megan as a teacher speaks to a crowded classroom, where all students are grayed out except one of the Cueball students who is drawn in the normal black line. He has a big thought bubble over his head] |
:Megan: Your projects are due today by 5:00 PM. | :Megan: Your projects are due today by 5:00 PM. | ||
:Cueball (thinking): ...I didn't even know we had one. | :Cueball (thinking): ...I didn't even know we had one. | ||
− | :[Zoom in | + | :[Zoom in in Cueball at his small desk still thinking. No other students are visible, but the desk next to his is shown although also fading out.] |
:Cueball (thinking): Wait. I don't think I've been attending. I must have forgotten I had this class. Shitshitshit. | :Cueball (thinking): Wait. I don't think I've been attending. I must have forgotten I had this class. Shitshitshit. | ||
− | :[Cueball is sitting at his desk, but now seen from the side, looking from the edge of his desk. The very right part of the drawing, with | + | :[Cueball is sitting at his desk, but now seen from the side, looking from the edge of his desk. The very right part of the drawing, with Cueballs back and chair, now begins to fade.] |
:Cueball (thinking): Okay, I'm gonna fail. Will it hold me back? I just want to get out of here. I thought I had ''finished'' my requirements already. | :Cueball (thinking): Okay, I'm gonna fail. Will it hold me back? I just want to get out of here. I thought I had ''finished'' my requirements already. | ||