Sockpuppets Memes

The expectation vs. reality of online expertise. First panel: innocent question about a mask. Second panel: we imagine it's a math genius answering. Third panel: truth bomb - it's just coordinated sock puppet accounts creating artificial credibility. Fourth panel: our collective disappointment at discovering another internet facade. Reminds me of my colleague who spent three hours arguing with what he thought was a distinguished physicist online, only to discover he was debating a network of bots. His lab notebook that day just read "existence is pain."