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The title text refers to the notoriously awful comments on YouTube, many of which are so idiotic that they're interpreted as jokes. | The title text refers to the notoriously awful comments on YouTube, many of which are so idiotic that they're interpreted as jokes. | ||
β | In both cases, [[Randall]] is invoking {{ | + | In both cases, [[Randall]] is invoking {{User:173.245.50.140|Poe's_Law|Poe's Law}}. Both sites have become so full of extremes that you can no longer mock the extremists without looking like a sincere extremist yourself. |
301, the number of this comic, is also a number often associated with YouTube. At the time this comic was published, view counts on YouTube videos would often freeze at 301, as YouTube would switch between view-counting algorithms when the number of views exceeded 300. Therefore, the comic number itself may be a reference to the title text. | 301, the number of this comic, is also a number often associated with YouTube. At the time this comic was published, view counts on YouTube videos would often freeze at 301, as YouTube would switch between view-counting algorithms when the number of views exceeded 300. Therefore, the comic number itself may be a reference to the title text. |