The initial reaction was good, but through later interaction with the artist it became clear that it was a one off thing, unrelated to the canon of the series, and unrelated to anything happening in his life. His overall hostility to questions about it turned people to the idea that he did it to steal undeserved pathos from his audience. Thus, he became a clown.
All good! You were in the ballpark, certainly. I read CAD, but not Penny Arcade, and I was there when Loss was uploaded, so the distinction is clear to me.
I always thought the point of the loss meme was a sort of "sad rickroll". That people thought the comic was so sad, and the joke was to remind people of it and make them sad.
Needless to say, I didn't get it. I thought "people find this really sad I guess". It was just last week I found out that people do not in fact think it is sad, and the point is just to mock the cartoon
It achieved infamy for tonal whiplash. The series it's from is usually irreverent and goofy. so the very heavy subject coming out of nowhere was...not received well.
The tonal whiplash doesn't end there. I think a lot of it started as g*mers just being immature but then Buckley said his girlfriend needed to "get over it" and tried to groom a minor, so he kinda just burned all bridges on the topic.
Yeah I think overall that Loss being a meme has less to do with the text of the comic itself and more the backlash and the backlash to the backlash. Few people engaging with the Loss meme are actually talking about miscarriages; I did see an example recently called "Loss but it's a red state" which was actually a brilliant bit of political satire. And it's almost a different meme to the one that produced :.|:; which is closer to "you just lost the game."
Yeah, no. It was (/is? damn, dude's still going. Good for him.) a comedy/commentary comic mostly about gaming and basically interactions that wouldn't be out of place in a Clarks movie. This was a standalone just a week or so before Loss.
Que super serious miscarriage storyline for "art" reasons.
The guy who made it was a talentless egomaniac. He wanted to prove that he was a serious adult who could make serious adult stories, and instead of slowly transitioning into a more serious plot like say El Goonish Shiv or Concession or (not a webcomic, but No Evil)
He just jumped into a miscarriage story and then when people didn't like it.. well the other "Super Adult Story" thing to do is kill off characters, so he killed everyone off and just focused on background characters..
but again instead of slowly building up the background characters and bring them closer to the forefront.... they were just... thrust into the front with no fanfare, no defined personality...
I believe his girlfriend had a miscarriage and that inspired that comic. But it came out of nowhere and didn't fit the comic. If I remember correctly the next strip the guys talked about how tough it is (gf not present) and then if was back to gaming
It's everywhere. Anytime I see a 4 panel comic, I start looking for signs. It's normally 1 person panel, 2 people, 2 people, 1 stand and 1 lying down. Someone posted how to type it in text the other day.
Imagine going out of your way to downvote for arbitrary reasons, bragging about it after saying you just move on, and then crying because now you are the one getting downvoted. Holy shit
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aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 172 pts · 1y
The original, for anyone who wants the wholesome:
Ultraviolet@lemmy.world · 71 pts · 1y
The original is still loss.
roguetrick@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
You're right, the clown and his nose is the final panel.
psycho_driver@lemmy.world · -12 pts · 1y
Unless the old banker is hoping to diddle the heroine after the show.
archonet@lemy.lol · 151 pts · 1y
my personal favorite:
although, the scenery one is pretty good, too
Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world · 77 pts · 1y
:.|:;gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
:.|:;RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
:.|:;arudesalad@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
:.|:;celsiustimeline@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 68 pts · 1y
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
It wasn't a one off that story arc went on for a while
turmacar@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
FWIW the (not Loss) comic is from the age of Michael Jackson, not the roaring 20s.
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 1y
Motherfuck
Slovene@feddit.nl · 15 pts · 1y
Mothermother fuck. Mothermother fuckfuck.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F5bW8H-kNZs
Holyginz@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
Sorry, I'm a dumb dumb. Can someone explain?
OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 1y
It's loss
Eheran@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
?
Bombastic@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 1y
I was also at a loss for words after that
Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 1y
It was illegal, it violated multiple federal
:.|:;odigo2020@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 1y
It's from an old
Penny Arcade,Ctrl+Alt+Del, often mocked for its sudden melodramatic tone in an otherwise silly comic series:https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss_(comic)
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 45 pts · 1y
Imagine going through that in real life, eventually sitting down to make a heartfelt comic about it, and then the entire internet takes the piss.
If anything that just makes it even funnier.
tetris11@lemmy.ml · 43 pts · 1y
The initial reaction was good, but through later interaction with the artist it became clear that it was a one off thing, unrelated to the canon of the series, and unrelated to anything happening in his life. His overall hostility to questions about it turned people to the idea that he did it to steal undeserved pathos from his audience. Thus, he became a clown.
redhorsejacket@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y
Wrong webcomic. Ctrl + Alt + Del is the name.
odigo2020@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 1y
Well shit, my bad. Fixed, thanks!
redhorsejacket@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
All good! You were in the ballpark, certainly. I read CAD, but not Penny Arcade, and I was there when Loss was uploaded, so the distinction is clear to me.
AdamBomb@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 1y
The comic was Ctrl+Alt+Delete, not Penny Arcade
jrgn@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 1y
I always thought the point of the loss meme was a sort of "sad rickroll". That people thought the comic was so sad, and the joke was to remind people of it and make them sad.
Needless to say, I didn't get it. I thought "people find this really sad I guess". It was just last week I found out that people do not in fact think it is sad, and the point is just to mock the cartoon
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 26 pts · 1y
It achieved infamy for tonal whiplash. The series it's from is usually irreverent and goofy. so the very heavy subject coming out of nowhere was...not received well.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 11 pts · 1y
The tonal whiplash doesn't end there. I think a lot of it started as g*mers just being immature but then Buckley said his girlfriend needed to "get over it" and tried to groom a minor, so he kinda just burned all bridges on the topic.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 1y
Yeah I think overall that Loss being a meme has less to do with the text of the comic itself and more the backlash and the backlash to the backlash. Few people engaging with the Loss meme are actually talking about miscarriages; I did see an example recently called "Loss but it's a red state" which was actually a brilliant bit of political satire. And it's almost a different meme to the one that produced
:.|:;which is closer to "you just lost the game."turmacar@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y
Yeah, no. It was (/is? damn, dude's still going. Good for him.) a comedy/commentary comic mostly about gaming and basically interactions that wouldn't be out of place in a Clarks movie. This was a standalone just a week or so before Loss.
Que super serious miscarriage storyline for "art" reasons.
HawlSera@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
The guy who made it was a talentless egomaniac. He wanted to prove that he was a serious adult who could make serious adult stories, and instead of slowly transitioning into a more serious plot like say El Goonish Shiv or Concession or (not a webcomic, but No Evil)
He just jumped into a miscarriage story and then when people didn't like it.. well the other "Super Adult Story" thing to do is kill off characters, so he killed everyone off and just focused on background characters..
but again instead of slowly building up the background characters and bring them closer to the forefront.... they were just... thrust into the front with no fanfare, no defined personality...
So the already low-tier webcomic sank even lower.
storcholus@feddit.org · 6 pts · 1y
I believe his girlfriend had a miscarriage and that inspired that comic. But it came out of nowhere and didn't fit the comic. If I remember correctly the next strip the guys talked about how tough it is (gf not present) and then if was back to gaming
EnderMB@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y
I mean, the dude also showed his junk to an underage girl. Smart decisions aren't his thing.
son_named_bort@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 1y
Did the bank ever get their two dollars back?
recentSloth43@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
You mean their 3 dollars
TedZanzibar@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 1y
4 dollars
recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y
I was like "oh, that's a cute comic" and then I just started fucking wheezing
paddirn@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y
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callmepk@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
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thesporkeffect@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
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I had to fix it
Aqarius@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Double new lines, it eats single ones.
rain_worl@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
add two spaces at end
see the source of this one
peopleproblems@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 1y
Angry? I fucking lost it
cRazi_man@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 1y
For all the people asking for an explanation:
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss
Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y
I don't get it. Can someone explain it to me?
Pacattack57@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 1y
Itβs Loss within a Loss meme. Lossception.
Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
I guess I need to familiarize myself with the loss meme. I have been seeing it around lately.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 1y
It's everywhere. Anytime I see a 4 panel comic, I start looking for signs. It's normally 1 person panel, 2 people, 2 people, 1 stand and 1 lying down. Someone posted how to type it in text the other day.
:.|:;It's colon, period, straight line, colon, semicolon >then highlight and strike-through.
notabot@lemm.ee · 12 pts · 1y
122L
whelk@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 1y
I laughed, but I wasn't happy about it.
realitista@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
After going down the whole rabbit hole of what this means, I think it's shit.
pewpew@feddit.it · 6 pts · 1y
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lvxferre@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 1y
tetris11@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
mlg@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
First proper shitpost on this community in ages
casmael@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
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Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · -37 pts · 1y
Iβm a simple man. I see loss, I downvote and move on.
Edit: seems people are downvoting my comment. Small price to pay for doing the right thing: downvoting highly overdone memes.
Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 1y
You commented and then edited your comment to whine about downvotes.
That's not what moving on looks like at all.
mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 30 pts · 1y
Iβm a simple man: I see a comment complaining about a comment about downvotes, I upvote and move on
Cadeillac@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y
Imagine going out of your way to downvote for arbitrary reasons, bragging about it after saying you just move on, and then crying because now you are the one getting downvoted. Holy shit
seejur@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
On Lemmy out of all things, where karma does not matter
callmepk@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 1y
Dude, this is why this post is on lemmyshitpost, not on memes
kippinitreal@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Your loss
lohky@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
:.|:;