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 Title text: Anyone else watching this Youtube video in 1954? If so, my last trip definitely messed with the timeline. |
Explanation
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.
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.
Transcript
- [The bottom of a YouTube video is shown, with the play and volume icons visible.]
- [There are two lines of illegible text below the videos.]
- 564 Comments
- [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.]
- [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.]
- [Avatar: A Cueball-like person seen from the chest up, but with a wider torso than usual.] Who else is here in 2023?
- [Avatar: A double chevron.] Is anyone else watching this in 2017?
- [Avatar: A Megan-like person standing.] Anyone else here in 2025??
- [Text below the panel:]
- For some reason, confused time travelers always try to find each other using YouTube comments.
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