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[[A section of a Linux terminal window is shown]]
Text from window: ~
$ ls
ayb boot etc lib ...
bin dev home mnt ...
~
$ ls
ayb
allyourbase_original.swf al...
allyourbase_remix.swf ...
allyourbase_remix2.swf b ...
ayb_acapella.mp3 ze...
ayb_images
ze...
ayb_orchestral.mp3
....
[[Girl is at computer]]
Girl: What's with the All Your Base stuff? Didn't that die like five years ago?
[[From off-panel]] : Yes.
[[Man enters panel]]
Man: It was my first internet meme, and my favorite. Others tired of it, but I never did.
Man: So I wait.
Man: Someday, decades from now, people will have forgotten. It will be fresh again.
Man: Retro.
Man: and when that day comes [[Man raises his fists]]
Man: I WILL BE READY!
Girl: You need a hobby or something.
Man: What you say!!
Man: Wait, too soon.
{{title text: The AYB retro-return-date (Zero Wing Zero Hour) should be around AD 2021.}}
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