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I have to think you're taking too negative a view of the intelligence of average. There is nothing subtle about this parody.

I could be wrong, but I'd be shocked that any competent person who had seen the chrome advertisements wouldn't recognize and understand this parody.

You're right, if someone had seen the Chrome speed tests video then they would likely see the direct reference.

However, anecdotally, I did see the Chrome video and I didn't see the direct parody until I read the comments here on Hacker News.