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==Timeline headaches==
At the beginning of the episode, Quinn is holding the wall calendar open at [[May 12]] when she says that it is Daria and Tom's six-month anniversary. That''Every'' calendar in ''Daria'' has a date of May 12 but this time it makes sense: [[the Kiss]] happening in May 12 would plus it not long before the summer holidays. It would also mean that this episode takes place sometime in November. The previous episode, however, takes place over the Super Bowl, which is traditionally held in January or February.
 
This episode satired the dot-com bubble of 1995-2000, though by the time the episode would have been written (after summer 2000) the bubble was starting to end - unfortunately, by the time it ''aired'' the bubble was rapidly deflating and the companies Buzzdome.com parodies were going under. In fanfiction, this is part of the reason why some fans assume Daria graduated in 2000, which puts this episode in 1999; the previous episode fits that theory. And then "[[Is It College Yet?]]" had a sign placing the story during or after 2001...
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