I know you're being ironic, but routing through a proxy in a country that doesn't receive advertisements is a real technique [0] for ad-blocking on Twitch, where the ads are embedded as part of the m3u8 playlist.

[0] https://github.com/pixeltris/TwitchAdSolutions/blob/master/f...

The spider-man meme was a derivative of a 4chan meme ;)

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/good-luck-im-behind-7-proxies

Ah yes, I didn't know that one was the OG, but I did see it alot around 4chan