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[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 78 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Because there may be people who have yet to experience this meme: https://amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss

[–] LetMeThinkAboutIt@programming.dev 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man, that’s many levels deep.

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought I escaped this when I left Reddit :(

[–] SnugZebras@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who'd you think came with you?

[–] craftyindividual@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, I see the connection now .

[–] rDrDr@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Too bad there's so much link rot in there. I still don't get it tbh.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here's a link with the actual pictures instead of the amp bullshit.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss

TL;DR: light-hearted comic has a sad moment and people lose their shit

[–] rDrDr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Much better, thanks.

[–] Kratos_Aurion@lemmy.fmhy.ml 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

~~:.|:;~~

[–] UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 year ago

𓀥 𓁆 𓀕

𓁆 𓀟 𓀣 𓁀

[–] Smallletter@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was 21 in 2008, and I'd been a fan of Ctrl Alt Del since near it's beginning. I was a huge web comic fan in general, and I got intensely emotionally invested in them, even the silly ones.

This strip hit me exactly as he intended it to. It resonated with me I guess because of my brother and sister in law going through a miscarriage shortly before. Either way, it had a powerful impact on me and I didn't see this "tonal shift" as a problem. That's kinda dumb if you ask me, lots and lots of comedies have serious moments.

Anyway, I didn't know this meme until a few years ago and it always makes me sad. It's dumb, I know.

I'm super sensitive to negativity, which is why I was always a lurker in reddit, I always got shat on whenever I shared anything, to the point that I'd just delete my account and hide from the internet for a while.

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbh, the "tonal shift" had been happening for a long time. This was not out of the blue at all. It was only unexpected for the "A comic must and can only be funny" crowd.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

It felt more like he was trying to exploit the concept for attention and popularity in the most tone-deaf, transparent way possible.

I still think it was more of a business decision than anything else.

[–] Vengefu1Tuna@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

This is art.

[–] elxeno@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

Losst

[–] Skaryon@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

... I don't get it

[–] jiji@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

It’s a reference to the meme “Loss” linked in this comment: https://sh.itjust.works/comment/805300

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Everything is loss. You are loss. I am loss. We are all loss

One more.

[–] Goatastic@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

This is magic.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a loss community yet?

[–] twent4@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

There is but many are coming over to Lemmy instead

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