[1] The nostalgic and relatable comments and the large amount of cultural references Barber saw here are compiled in this work of conceptual writing.
These references include the television programs How I Met Your Mother, That '70s Show, Top Gear, and the video game Grand Theft Auto V. There was also a one-line parody of the song featured in 30 Rock, remaking the main chorus phrase to be "Workin' on my night cheese..." instead of the original, "Workin' on my night moves...".
[7] According to a review by Barrett Warner, Barber’s work transformed a common 2013 discussion on YouTube into something much more romanticized and cryptic at times.
However, in the same review, Warner touches upon how Barber’s book promotes poetry that is more about the big picture or the extended metaphor, than an actual concrete narrative.
[8] and of the ability of people to connect through music, there have been some critics of the form of the work, specifically the fact that it is simply copy-and-pasted and that is uncreative.