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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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Some people are upset about airport security policies that mandate the use of {{w|backscatter X-ray}} machines, since the machines can create an image of the subject naked. In protest, the travellers in the lineup (or at least the male ones) are taking {{w|Sildenafil|Viagra}}, sold to them by [[Black Hat]]; there is a heteronormative expectation that the male security guard will be disgusted at being forced to look at erect penises. (An expectation which is supported by the guard's thought bubble of 'Oh god', which could either be in response to seeing what Black Hat is doing or in response to an unseen person, presumably sporting such an erection, already in the scanner.)
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Many people are upset about airport security policies that mandate the use of {{w|backscatter X-ray}} machines, since the machines can create an image of the subject naked. [[Black Hat]] is giving men a means to thumb their noses (so to speak) at the system by forcing the security guard to see them with erections. And judging by the security guard's thought bubble, he indeed is not looking forward to seeing all these erections. Erections.
  
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Given Black Hat's personality, it is unlikely he himself is doing this in protest; rather he is monetizing the opportunity, a supposition reinforced by the inflated price ($20 for a single dose) at which he is selling the medication.
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The fact that Black Hat is charging money for Viagra instead of giving it out for free suggests that his motive is financial rather than vengeful: he has identified a source of {{w|Induced demand|latent demand}} and is exploiting it.
  
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An alternate interpretation is that many men feel self-conscious (or anxious, as the name puts it) about their size when flaccid,{{citation needed}} and thus might wish to "put their best foot forward" and look their best, as it were.
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The person speaking in the title text doesn't need an erectile dysfunction pill to achieve erection in this situation because he is aroused by the physics principles which make this technology possible, or possibly by the technology itself.
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Realistically, given the size of the line, there would be insufficient time between consuming the pills and entering the scanner for them to take effect.
 
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In the title text, one of the people in the line explains he has a {{w|sexual fetish|fetish}} with being X-ray scanned, and thus doesn't need Viagra to achieve the above effect.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[There is an airport security checkpoint where a queue of ten passengers is waiting to go through a backscatter x-ray scanner. Near the back of the line, Black Hat is standing next to a stand and a sign which says "Viagra $20". One passenger next to him is drinking a glass of water; another is contemplating the sign.]
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:[There is an airport security checkpoint where a queue of ten passengers is waiting to go through a backscatter x-ray scanner. Near the back of the line, Black Hat is standing next to a stand which says "Viagra $20". One passenger next to him is drinking a glass of water; another is contemplating the sign.]
 
:Security Guard (thinking): Oh god.
 
:Security Guard (thinking): Oh god.
  
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