YMMV / Hyperbole and a Half

• Ensemble Dark Horse: Spaghatta Nadle and Simple Dog were both well-liked by the fanbase. In both cases this was recognised, and more comics were made focusing on them.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • Some of Allie's comical references to feeling miserable about her life and/or having low self-esteem can be kind of Tear Jerkers in light of her struggle with severe depression. Feel better, Allie!
  • Early on, Allie wrote a funny entry threatening her uterus for giving her such painful periods. Then Allie revealed on Twitter that she was going to have her uterus and one ovary removed due to crippling endometriosis.
  • A few of the earlier posts mention Allie doesn't shower very often. A common sign of depression is not taking good care of personal hygiene, like putting off showers.
  • Given God of Cake, her comparison to eating a whole cake on her own in this post becomes this.
  • It's kind of difficult reading Allie's stories about her sister after learning that said sister committed suicide not too long ago after a long battle with bipolar disorder (as Allie elaborated on in her WTF Podcast episode and in her second book). In the second book, Allie explained in her book that she had a strained relationship with her sister and regretted never finding closure, making the comics about their interactions more tragic in hindsight.
• Heartwarming in Hindsight: In her very first post, Allie complains about how her depressed neighbor keeps turning to her for solace. But she admits that she usually just acknowledges how bad he's feeling and doesn't try to "fix" it—which is exactly what she wanted people to do when she fell into depression.
• Memetic Badass: Kenny Loggins, of which her family's descriptions of him read like the Chuck Norris Facts.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • I like this alot.
  • I like this alot more.
  • Her "Why I Will Never Be An Adult" post is the source for a lot of her merchandise, particularly "Internet Forever".
  • [verb] ALL THE THINGS! or [verb] ALL the things? :c
• Paranoia Fuel: Again from "Skeleton Man", the eponymous Skeleton Man made young Allie extremely paranoid about the basement bathroom where the Skeleton Man supposedly lurked.
• Squick:
  • In "Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving," Simple Dog thinks that throwing up means "I MADE FOOD! I'M MAGICAL!" And proceeds to try to eat her own puked-up kibble. Allie mentions she had to stop the car several times during their moving trip to prevent Simple Dog from eating her own vomit again and thus start the cycle over.
  • In "Simple Dog Goes for a Joy Ride", a picture appears of Simple Dog's perspective, finding a decaying, fly-ridden squirrel. Given her smell, she rolled in it.
• The Woobie: Allie, full stop, because of all the ridiculous crap that happens to her.

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