

They’re not “/24 addresses”, it’s a mask.
/32 references one specific host, it is a mask of all 1s.
/24 references 254 hosts, it is a mask of 75% 1s and 25% 0s.
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/computer-networks/role-of-subnet-mask/
^ The illustrations here explain it way better than many words can.


Oh I don’t either, just a perfectly fitting meme. Especially when you look at it from the angle of “replacing things that already work” and “rewriting everything in it.”