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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 3188<br />
| date = December 31, 2025<br />
| title = Anyone Else Here<br />
| image = anyone_else_here_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 285x350px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = Anyone else watching this Youtube video in 1954? If so, my last trip definitely messed with the timeline.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{incomplete|This page was created by a youTuber without internet Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br />
This comic makes fun of a common trick that YouTube commenters use to farm likes and replies by saying ‘Who is watching in (year)’. The comment is considered something of a meme within YouTube, and besides that is intended as a compliment implying the video is "timeless" or otherwise a happy memory worth revisiting.<br />
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These comments often are phrased similarly to the comments in the comic. The comic, however, presents them as coming from the other direction - instead of watching videos years /after/ they have been posted, it is suggesting these comments are from watching the videos /before/ they've been posted.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
{{incomplete transcript|Don't remove this notice too soon.}}<br />
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:[The bottom of a YouTube video is shown, with the play and volume icons visible.]<br />
:[There are two lines of illegible text below the videos.]<br />
:564 Comments<br />
:[To the right of "564 Comments" are three parallel lines of different lengths representing YouTube's "sort by" function. A long horizontal line is below.]<br />
:[Three YouTube comments are shown. Each one has an avatar to the left, an @ sign before an illegible name, with smaller illegible text next to it. Below each comment are the YouTube thumbs-up icon, illegible text, the YouTube thumbs-down icon, and more illegible text.]<br />
:[Avatar: A Cueball-like person seen from the chest up, but with a wider torso than usual.] Who else is here in 2023?<br />
:[Avatar: A double chevron.] Is anyone else watching this in 2017?<br />
:[Avatar: A Megan-like person standing.] Anyone else here in 2025??<br />
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:[Text below the panel:]<br />
:For some reason, confused time travelers always try to find each other using YouTube comments.<br />
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