The scientifically-proven fact that all (or most) Ctrl+Alt+Del strips are improved by removing the second and third panels. It's customary to also remove the dialogue from the fourth panel, but in rare cases it can be left in.
This works because your typical four-panel CAD strip follows a basic formula:
-Panel 1: The setup. Note how instead of spreading it across the first three panels, he crams the entire thing into this first panel.
-Panel 2: Buckley excitedly blurts out the punchline (assuming he didn't already do so in Panel 1), and spends an inordinate amount of time explaining it. Commonly referred to as "Buckleybox A".
Panel 3: Completely redundant panel that exists only because Buckley refuses to abandon three four-panel format. Full of stifling walls of text that either drag along the joke from the first two panels, or are full of "plot" that nobody cares about. Commonly referred to as "Buckleybox B".
Panel 4: Buckley continues dragging along the joke until he finally kills it. More notably, however, there is usually some sort of a visual gag here, and it's typically better than the actual punchline.
As we can see from that, the biggest problem with CAD is the pacing, as by the time the reader get to the visual gag - the funny part - he or she has had to sit through the two Buckleyboxes and the Panel 4 dialogue, which completely destroys any comedic timing. As such, removing the offending panels results in a significantly improved comic.
This works because your typical four-panel CAD strip follows a basic formula:
-Panel 1: The setup. Note how instead of spreading it across the first three panels, he crams the entire thing into this first panel.
-Panel 2: Buckley excitedly blurts out the punchline (assuming he didn't already do so in Panel 1), and spends an inordinate amount of time explaining it. Commonly referred to as "Buckleybox A".
Panel 3: Completely redundant panel that exists only because Buckley refuses to abandon three four-panel format. Full of stifling walls of text that either drag along the joke from the first two panels, or are full of "plot" that nobody cares about. Commonly referred to as "Buckleybox B".
Panel 4: Buckley continues dragging along the joke until he finally kills it. More notably, however, there is usually some sort of a visual gag here, and it's typically better than the actual punchline.
As we can see from that, the biggest problem with CAD is the pacing, as by the time the reader get to the visual gag - the funny part - he or she has had to sit through the two Buckleyboxes and the Panel 4 dialogue, which completely destroys any comedic timing. As such, removing the offending panels results in a significantly improved comic.
by TheRedSnifit May 8, 2015
by bigdrew69 June 1, 2014
When you're writing a multiple choice test and have no fuckin idea what any of the answers are, so you use "ABA CAD" to get through it. First question, you answer A, then B, then A, then C, then A, then D and repeat until the test is over. At least some of your answers will come out right (hopefully)
Rob: "shit man, I was ripping up a bar last night and I'm blanking on this test right now"
Milos: "Just use ABA CAD. That's always helped me push through"
Milos: "Just use ABA CAD. That's always helped me push through"
by Dan Bucklet November 1, 2018
Short for CtrlAltDestroy, an original screen name that first appeared on the forum of the arcane website StarCraft University sometime around 1999, and has since been borrowed by many and registered on all popular instant messaging services, e-mail services, and gaming forums.
CAD is one cool guy.
by The original CAD August 17, 2005
A dab just small enough that you can functionally still design in a CAD environment, like AutoCAD, or Solid Works, etc.
Damn man, I don't think I'm stoned yet, and I only need that file for tomorrow mornings meeting, I think I'll take just one more CAD dab!
by Epzp January 30, 2022
1. An upper-middle class yuppie parent, that often lives in New York but leaves their son and/or daughter to be raised in Cazenovia, New York. These parents often brag about their little products (i.e. children) that they only see on odd weekends and holidays. Sometimes shortened to Caz Cad, but this version usually implies a yuppie who has older children that go to Cazenovia College.
She's a Cazenovain Cad and recites the Cazenovian Caddish on the holidays.
Translation: She's a snob and feels obligated to visit her children on the holidays.
Translation: She's a snob and feels obligated to visit her children on the holidays.
by David Silverman March 1, 2007
by CaptainGoogle January 20, 2007