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The average person's lifespan is 80 years now. So, while immortality may become a reality within the coming century, [[Ponytail]] won't live long enough to achieve it. | The average person's lifespan is 80 years now. So, while immortality may become a reality within the coming century, [[Ponytail]] won't live long enough to achieve it. | ||
− | [[Cueball]] is looking for a programming language | + | [[Cueball]] is looking for a programming language where it is obvious from the code what his ideas are, without him having to explain this in detail to others (either in a help text or in the code itself). This is a problem with most ideas in a code: they are very hard for others (or yourself) to decipher later. This is a problem if you or others have to change the program later. Cueball complains that '''he knows''' what he means. |
Finally we find out that one of [[Megan]]'s admirers, Mike, whom she avoids, is hiding in the well. He has been waiting for her to come for her ''uncomfortable truth'', so he can make her believe that she is actually attracted to him. But she is not so easily fooled and calls his bluff, telling him to come out of the well. | Finally we find out that one of [[Megan]]'s admirers, Mike, whom she avoids, is hiding in the well. He has been waiting for her to come for her ''uncomfortable truth'', so he can make her believe that she is actually attracted to him. But she is not so easily fooled and calls his bluff, telling him to come out of the well. | ||
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The title text suggests he might also have been down there for the money everyone is throwing in to the | The title text suggests he might also have been down there for the money everyone is throwing in to the | ||
well to get this uncomfortable truth. So it has never been a working well. When everyone (or just Megan) finds out about this, Mike is bombarded with the all the pennies people have brought along. | well to get this uncomfortable truth. So it has never been a working well. When everyone (or just Megan) finds out about this, Mike is bombarded with the all the pennies people have brought along. | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[People are lined up by a well. A sign says "The Uncomfortable Truths Well." Ponytail drops in a coin.] |
:Well: Science may discover immortality, but it won't happen in the next eighty years. | :Well: Science may discover immortality, but it won't happen in the next eighty years. | ||
− | + | :[Cueball drops in a coin.] | |
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:Well: You'll never find a programming language that frees you from the burden of clarifying your ideas. | :Well: You'll never find a programming language that frees you from the burden of clarifying your ideas. | ||
:Cueball: But ''I'' know what I mean! | :Cueball: But ''I'' know what I mean! | ||
− | + | :[Megan drops in a coin.] | |
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:Well: You avoid your friend Mike because you're uncomfortably attracted to him. | :Well: You avoid your friend Mike because you're uncomfortably attracted to him. | ||
− | + | :Megan: Nice try, Mike. Get out of the well. | |
− | + | :Well (Mike, inside the well): Aww. | |
− | :Megan: Nice try, Mike. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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[[Category:Romance]] | [[Category:Romance]] | ||
[[Category:Programming]] | [[Category:Programming]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Well]] |