November
November
[Black Hat and Cueball sit in a room.] Black Hat: Did you know November is Tongue Awareness Month?
[Cueball is suddenly aware of his tongue.]
[Cueball continues to be aware of his tongue.]
[Cueball is painfully aware of his tongue.] Cueball: I hate you. Black Hat: Enjoy the next four weeks.

This comic is a homage to Charles Schulz , the creator of the comic Peanuts , who was born on November 26, 1922. Both comics carry the idea that when you start thinking about your tongue, you can hardly stop thinking about it. (Similarly: if you start thinking about your breathing, you stop breathing unless you consciously think to breathe, same goes for blinking.) This is similar to the ironic process theory , where trying to not think about something will invariably make you think about it. The intention of Black Hat in this comic is for Cueball to consciously feel his tongue for the entire month of November. Since it was Black Hat's idea, Black Hat probably suffers the same consequences.
This is similar, in concept, to the expression and phrase used for trolling in online communities, " You Are Now Breathing Manually ".
The line "you are now aware of your tongue" was mentioned much later in the title text of 2563: Throat and Nasal Passages . Here it was throat and nasal passages awareness which was the subject, due to the, at that time, two year long 2020 COVID-19 pandemic .
[Black Hat and Cueball sit in a room.] Black Hat: Did you know November is Tongue Awareness Month?
[Cueball is suddenly aware of his tongue.]
[Cueball continues to be aware of his tongue.]
[Cueball is painfully aware of his tongue.] Cueball: I hate you. Black Hat: Enjoy the next four weeks.
