An affirmation for when a joking reference is made to
something of only
moderate popularity, and only when it is presented to a group that was not predictably of the same
fan demographic as the reference itself. Does not apply if the thing being referenced has since fallen into obscurity due to overuse or otherwise becoming unpopular.
"The cake is a
lie" stopped being
Elite Ball Knowledge after 5 seconds
"Kilroy was here" was Elite Ball Knowledge only among civilians, but lost that status after WW2 shooters got
popular and made reference to it
An in-
joke exclusively restricted to your friend group will never be Elite Ball Knowledge
2000s-2010s Era Youtube comments directly quoting something funny from the very video they'
re commenting on will never be Elite Ball Knowledge
*Videogame cutscene from perspective of Person
1, who calls up Person
2 for
help during a fight*
Person 1: "Oh, you'
re going into labor right now... can this wait?"
*Some
guy in the comments quoting a completely unrelated video from 2 years ago with only a couple hundred thousand views*: "He's pulling the pregnancy card THIS early?!"
*A second commenter responds with a follow-up line from the same referenced video*
*A third commenter*: "Elite Ball Knowledge"
*A kid hears Edgar Allen Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart" for the first time, and then responds by quoting the Spongebob episode "Squeaky Boots"*: "THEY'
RE HERE! UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS!"
*His friend*: "Elite Ball Knowledge"