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Being 'in the know' is more important to pseuds than an actual joke. It's like those old gradeschool jokes to practice reading.
>Deer son, I love you
>hahahaha it's funny because instead of Dear son, it's an actual deer who is his son
This is what these jokes sound like if you remove the STEM part. Just because faggots read it online once or took an intro course makes them think these jokes are vastly superior.
picrel, this works because yes, you have to be in the know of both Tom and HL, but it's also surprising or subverting expectations of something so repetitive (Tom's opening to most of his vids)