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The comic illustrates this type of story and considers what the rest of the child's life would really be like as they reach adulthood. If they tell their friends, spouse, and family what happened to them, no one will believe them and these loved ones will think them a bit crazy. If they don't tell anyone, they are pretending that the episode never happened. Either way, it seems this would not be an enjoyable experience to live with for their entire adult life.
 
The comic illustrates this type of story and considers what the rest of the child's life would really be like as they reach adulthood. If they tell their friends, spouse, and family what happened to them, no one will believe them and these loved ones will think them a bit crazy. If they don't tell anyone, they are pretending that the episode never happened. Either way, it seems this would not be an enjoyable experience to live with for their entire adult life.
  
The title text continues the thought by pointing out the impossibility of contributing anything to the scientific world after visiting a magical world, as the child would know many scientific baselines, and, indeed, most regularly practiced scientific theory to be false, but would be unable to say anything or convince anyone of what they knew.
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The title text suggests that the kid doesn't care about science or education in comparison to the amazing revelation of knowing an alternate universe.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
 
:[Kid is sitting on the ground with his chin in his hand.]
 
:[Kid is sitting on the ground with his chin in his hand.]
:Kid: I'm such a loser-
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:Kid: I'm such a loser--
 
:''POP''
 
:''POP''
 
:[Princess sticks her head through a portal.]
 
:[Princess sticks her head through a portal.]
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:Kid: AAAAAA
 
:Kid: AAAAAA
  
:[We see him on horseback, helmeted wielding a sword. There's a castle on the horizon and two moons in the sky. There are a few other riders as well.]
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:[We see him on horseback, helmeted wielding a sword. There's a castle on the horizon and two moons in the sky.]
  
 
:[Kid, with helmet and sword, stands before King, Princess, and another warrior. Princess is holding out a ring.]
 
:[Kid, with helmet and sword, stands before King, Princess, and another warrior. Princess is holding out a ring.]
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{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
[[Category:Fiction]]
 

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