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[–] zazo 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You know I've been thinking about loss and it's usage on the internet and at this point I think we've jumped the shark - what started as a way to express dissatisfaction with the way an issue was handled - has now turned into a "haha loss funny" meme - which kinda takes the piss out miscarriage - a very real issue that affects a lot of people. Maybe I'm just getting old but I feel we should bring this meme to greener pastures..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Yeah. It's a but like Manic Pixie Dream Girl. It was used to describe a specific terrible character in a bad movie where she had no other role other than to appear when needed and be perfect for the scene and the main character to fix him ignoring any character consistency or growth, but then it became an insult to just women and then its own joke.

We complained about the shitty comic cause it was jarring and weird as a way to handle a serious issue and it being so distasteful was the point. And it's been eroded as just a reference to be made now for the sake of the reference.

Meaning and origin break down with iteration. We either need to let it die and stop responding to it or work to fix it.

[–] Caboose12000 4 points 4 days ago

I think you're right, I was actually just watching a video essay about this very topic! I was surprised there could be so much nuance to a topic like memes and how they evolve and decay. here's the link if you wanna check it out https://youtu.be/Yb6dZ1IFlKc?si=pL1mtRwAnBPW8leQ

[–] [email protected] 134 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Im at a complete loss trying to understand this

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oh shit. I got got. I think this is somehow the new Rick Roll. I have to double check to make sure the memes aren't loss.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Hehe, new, yeah

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I still don't get it. Is the pez dispenser figure supposed to then be important to the main character. is it connected to him in someway?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

The idea is that nothing in this version matters, the whole point is to secretly approximate the shapes of the original loss comic

[–] Etterra 2 points 5 days ago

And here I thought we'd finally put the Saddam Hussein meme to rest. Oh well.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 59 points 5 days ago

A meta comic about loss. Daring today, aren't we?

[–] A_Filthy_Weeaboo 24 points 6 days ago

Screw you, take my upvote...

[–] xantoxis 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Alinor 98 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] xantoxis 45 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Ah. This one was subtle, but I should have figured it out from panel 4. Thanks!

[–] half_built_pyramids 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was trying to figure out how idgi was 122L

[–] Ziglin 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What's 122L? I assume idgi is I don't get it, right?

[–] half_built_pyramids 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In spring, man built a pillar

In summer another

Through autumn they held

In winter, one fell

[–] Ziglin 2 points 5 days ago

Is that just a loss of words?

[–] pyre 7 points 5 days ago

yeah whenever someone says "this is..." or "is this..." what follows is always ...

[–] danc4498 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] danc4498 2 points 6 days ago

Thanks. I get it now. It’s too abstract for my simple mind

[–] SomeGuy69 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

All I can see is Made in Abyss references.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Oh damn, I was trying to see Saddam in that lying-down figure

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

it is excruciating

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Yo 3rd panel is eatin ass!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] shoki 2 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

I was thinking this was something about being forced to make AI art.