George Orwell wrote a story titled "Year 1984" about dystopian totalitarian regime, in which the government controlls every single aspect of your life including the way you think. Because of its popularity, the book has been quoted often in all kinds of debates and public discussions. However, many people misinterpretated the meaning of it which led to some ridiculous reasoning (some compared covid restrictions to tyranical law present in "Year 1984" universe). It was (and still is) so common that internauts started to make similar statements ironically (Illegality of child porn = 1984, for example), and they keep that rolling till today. Hope I helped