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Explanation

This comic satirizes how people on the Internet respond to questions outside their area of expertise. A person with red hair is shown passionately declaring, "I have no expertise in the question you asked about, but I'm confident that the thing I'm most angry about right now is the answer!" while gesturing emphatically, as a calmer person looks on with mild bewilderment.

The caption reads: "I could tell at once that he was from the Internet."

The humor targets the well-known tendency of online commenters to confidently weigh in on topics they know nothing about, projecting whatever they are currently outraged about as the answer to any question. The comic captures a very specific and recognizable behavior: the way social media and forums encourage people to filter every issue through their own pre-existing grievances. Rather than admitting ignorance, the Internet commenter treats their emotional state as a form of expertise.

The caption's phrasing -- "I could tell at once that he was from the Internet" -- treats being "from the Internet" as though it were a nationality or place of origin, humorously implying that this behavior is so distinctive it serves as a cultural identifier.

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