Unintentional Comedy Award
Ethan sincerely asking Luther whether they used to call him the Net Ranger
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- Ethan researching Usenet groups after typing internet on his computer closes his eyes while scrolling and so misses the entire letter A, which would have included arms dealing; Ethan's question to Luther about being called the Net Ranger; and Senator John Walzer (as transcribed), Democrat of Virginia, appearing on the McLaughlin Group, watchable in crystal-clear video in a Prague hotel room.
- A tangent on mid-90s Usenet: one host was on the Phish Usenet group, believed to be among the first for a musical act, another on a Pavement email list serve after Prodigy, and another never left AOL in 1996; the digression is joked about as a confessional, offered as proof that arms deals could plausibly happen in biblical Usenet groups.
- Nobody has tried emailing Max at Job 314; the ease with which Ethan reaches Job, sending about six emails, passing out and waking to a reply, seems unlikely and is parked for nitpicks.
- The Net Ranger line is chosen because it is delivered so sincerely.