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[[Man in Hat approaches a girl tying at a computer]]
Man in Hat: What are you writing?
Girl: Virus.
Man in Hat: What's it do?
Girl: When someone tries to post a YouTube comment, it first reads it aloud back to them.
Narrator: Soon everywhere:
[[A person is commenting on YouTube]]
<<type>><<type>><<type>>
[[Youtube comment is read back]]
Commenter: ...I'm a moron.
[[Commenter leaves desk]]
[[Commenter is seen sitting on steps, depressed]]
[[Commenter has head in hands]]
Commenter: I...
Commenter: I didn't know.
{{alt text: Man, I just wanted to know how babby was formed.}}
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