React Devs Put Everything in the Square Hole

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A split-screen video shows a woman watching a shape-sorting toy whose pieces and holes are labeled with HTML elements. The narrator repeatedly puts every shape into the square hole, while the captions reinterpret the shapes as web-development concepts. The joke is that React developers force unrelated elements and data into the same overly generic structure, prompting a pained reaction from the viewer.

This is a square. Can you guess which spot that goes in? The square. That's right. It goes in the square hole. Yes, okay And how about this rectangle? That one also the square goes in there too. Yeah Up next We've got this thin rectangle. The thin rectangle. You guess where that goes? The thin rectangle. That's right. It goes in the square hole And up next a cylinder. Hmm. This one. I think that goes in the circle. The square hole Now we've also got the semi-circle right here. Do you see a slot that would fit the semi-circle? The semi-circle? The semi-circle. That's right. It's the square hole. Okay. Up next, the triangle. We know what hole that goes in. The triangle. That's right. The square hole. And up next, we have the arch. The arch. You guessed it. The arch. It goes in the square hole.

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