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Not sure about the green, but old versions of macOS (and possibly other systems?) showed inproperly/nonexistent embedded images in websites as a blue puzzle piece with a “?” in it. I think this is what Randall’s referencing in the title text. Oddly a google image search is not finding any examples, so I may be misremembering the details somewhat. [[User:PotatoGod|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod|talk]]) 16:22, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 
Not sure about the green, but old versions of macOS (and possibly other systems?) showed inproperly/nonexistent embedded images in websites as a blue puzzle piece with a “?” in it. I think this is what Randall’s referencing in the title text. Oddly a google image search is not finding any examples, so I may be misremembering the details somewhat. [[User:PotatoGod|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod|talk]]) 16:22, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 
:I think it refers to the general icon for a browser plugin which is often a green puzzle piece. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.243.17|162.158.243.17]] 20:19, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 
:I think it refers to the general icon for a browser plugin which is often a green puzzle piece. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.243.17|162.158.243.17]] 20:19, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
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:: ... which was used as a placeholder image in cases when user lacked the plugin necessary to play the content. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 21:25, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
  
 
I honestly thought for a moment that this comic is actually not available in my country, then I laughed.Boeing-787lover 18:19, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
 
I honestly thought for a moment that this comic is actually not available in my country, then I laughed.Boeing-787lover 18:19, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

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For a second I thought my government actually blocked a page. We "reelected" Putin today, so I thought it is somehow related. --108.162.241.208 18:35, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

I think I'm the first to implement this? Blacksilver (talk) 17:12, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

This comment is not available in your country. 141.101.99.107 15:31, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

This is probably related to some websites adding this type of banner to support Net Neutrality. Miguel Piedrafita 15:35, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

Not sure about the green, but old versions of macOS (and possibly other systems?) showed inproperly/nonexistent embedded images in websites as a blue puzzle piece with a “?” in it. I think this is what Randall’s referencing in the title text. Oddly a google image search is not finding any examples, so I may be misremembering the details somewhat. PotatoGod (talk) 16:22, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

I think it refers to the general icon for a browser plugin which is often a green puzzle piece. 162.158.243.17 20:19, 19 March 2018 (UTC)
... which was used as a placeholder image in cases when user lacked the plugin necessary to play the content. -- Hkmaly (talk) 21:25, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

I honestly thought for a moment that this comic is actually not available in my country, then I laughed.Boeing-787lover 18:19, 19 March 2018 (UTC)