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Explanation
This comic addresses the popular anti-intellectual refrain "do your own research." In the first panel, someone is being told, "And that's why I'm worried," to which a bearded man dismisses it with "You gotta do your own research." When challenged with "So you just blindly trust experts?", the bearded man clearly thinks he has the upper hand.
The punchline is in the final panel, which shows what this person's "own research" actually looks like: they are standing behind a counter or desk surrounded by bookshelves, and we can see a note or list that reads something like "Guy just watches YouTube videos all day" -- revealing that their "research" is simply watching online videos rather than engaging with actual academic or scientific literature.
The comic satirizes the "do your own research" crowd by highlighting the fundamental irony of their position: they claim to reject trusting experts, but their alternative "research" typically consists of consuming amateur content online. They haven't actually escaped trusting other people's claims -- they've simply replaced credentialed experts with unqualified internet personalities. The joke is a pointed commentary on the Dunning-Kruger effect in public discourse, where the least informed people are often the most confident in their independent judgment.