User blog comment:RainbowDashLover4Ever/Endless Summer Con: Pop-culture References/@comment-34381956-20180227211327/@comment-34381956-20180301024031

I actually agreed with Diego's statement that the Lorax wouldn't approve... I'm not sure I'd say that upon finding a burned out forest, but I definitely am in the group of people whose brain-to-mouth filter fails under pressure, so I would understand if that's where it's coming from.

It could also be partly because the stuff the characters are facing is so weird that comparing it to TV/movies/whatever helps them process better. In a recent chapter, Raj asked something like "Have we definitely ruled out drugs as an explanation?" Maybe comparing Arachnid soldiers to Storm Troopers makes them easier to deal with?