Comic #4287: formality

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Panel 1: Person 1: "DID YOU KNOW THAT IN KOREAN LANGUAGE THERE ARE SEVEN LEVELS OF FORMALITY, EACH WITH SPECIAL VERB ENDINGS?" Person 2: "WEEEIIIRD."

Panel 2: Person 1: "I'M GLAD WE'RE NOT PRODUCTS OF STUFFY EASTERN CULTURES WITH THEIR WEIRD RITUALS." Person 3: "YEAH."

Panel 3: Person 1: "DAMMIT. I NEED TO CALL TED. HE'S FIFTEEN MINUTES LATE NOW." Person 2: "I WOULD TEXT. CALLS MAKE IT SEEM LIKE YOU'RE ANGRY."

Panel 4: Person 1: "MAYBE JUST EMAIL, THEN?" Person 2: "FINE. OH, AND MENTION THAT I'M HERE, BUT DO NOT CC ME!"