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*** [[Webcomic Time]] is even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2012-06-04 this comic]: "June 7th continues. Again. It will never end."
* Similarly, five years of ''[[Megatokyo]]'' cover just over two months of plot (''one day'' per chapter, plus 52 days for 'Chapter Zero', six weeks of which was skipped over entirely while a main character recovered from injuries).
** It gets especially bizarre when you consider that, despite ostensibly taking place in 2000, characters will make references to whatever is going on whenever the strip they're in came out. For example, strips that supposedly occur only a few days apart reference [[Metal Gear Solid]] II and IV, which came out ''years'' apart. Perhaps the most extreme case is Ed (a Sony employee)'s shirt, which promotes the as of then unreleased [[
** Parodied in [[Mac Hall]], [http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-11-01 when Ian and JM are dressed up as Piro and Largo, respectively, for Halloween]. "Largo" asks if "Piro" can get him a beer, and "Piro" responds that it'll take at least three months.
** You've got to give credit to author Fred Gallagher for being aware of this, and keeping the continuity where possible (Yuki's iMac). This even gets lampshaded in Chapter 10 with Yuki's "very old cellphone."
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