The All-Knowing Hexagon

About

The All-Knowing Hexagon refers to an exploitable strip from the webcomic Tally The Short. It features two people asking an "all-knowing" hexagon with a giant eye questions. In the final two panels, the pair asks the hexagon questions it cannot sufficiently answer, leading it to appear stressed. In the exploitables, the questions asked of the hexagon are different.

Origin

The original comic was posted by webcomic Tally The Short to Facebook on July 31st, 2017, gaining 44 likes and reactions^[1] (shown below).

Spread

The comic began spreading around Reddit as an exploitable on September 25th, 2017. That day, several different edits performed well on various subreddits. In /r/MemeEconomy, an edit asking Are Traps Gay gained over 21,000 points^[2] (shown below, left). An edit in /r/Paladins^[3] asking about Paladins character Pip gained over 320 upvotes (shown below, right).

After September of 2017, the format saw less spread. Some examples posted after the September surge include a post using Elsa from Frozen posted in /r/Yogscast^[4] on May 6th, 2018 that gained 499 points (shown below, left) and a template posted May 5th, 2018 posted to /r/MemeTemplatesOfficial.^[5]

Various Examples

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