Firefox has turned into a blackhole and is COMPLETELY unresponsive. I can't restart my computer and force quit doesn't do anything. Please Help

No article or FAQ on this website is even moderately relevant to this seemingly unsolvable problem.

All the articles pose solutions that require you to perform an action within Firefox; which isn't very helpful, given that my Firefox window is a black rectangle with a white box in the middle.
It might also be helpful to know that this "blackhole" occurred when I was about to view a YouTube video..
Any other suggestions?

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