Because it was completely out of place, was a major tonal whiplash, and didn't really have much explanation (other than the obvious) at the time to the readers who were mainly terminally online nerds before that was as much of a thing. Add in the toxicity of the forums and the existing B^U meme, (making fun of his inability to make that many facial expressions) and this was pretty much inevitable.
I get that he needed to express the grief (and I've been there too), but sometimes the choices we make to deal with it aren't the best ones to make.
This makes it seem as though this has persisted because of him and not because people on the internet constantly want to punch down while thinking they're punching up. People mock it because it makes them feel better about their own failures.
Ctrl-Alt-Del was a mildly funny Penny Arcade knock off but the creator ventured into more serious themes. That turned out to be unpopular so he did a miscarriage powered 180 and became immortal.
It always felt pretty narcissistic and self-important, that's what I found off-putting with it at least. It's clear that it held a very high opinion of itself.
Obliquely. What you want to do is having a father connected with the KGB so that when he dies they will come to you and tell you that you will become a supermodel in Europe and the USA, and they will set it up through intermediaries, and you will get orders to get close to high profile industrial and political targets and that's it! Live a good life, write a book, drink champagne, until one day you will be told to court and become the the wife on one of said targets, and if you don't you will lose everything, perhaps even your life or that of your loved ones, and you will manipulate said target and report back to your handlers as told.
Just kidding, you have to study hard, work hard, and be passionate about your craft, and success will automatically follow, that's how all rich and powerful people do it.
LOL, I went to see what the availability was, and it looks like CloudFlare have decided that anyone going to AMC's site from a duckduckgo search for "Melania movie tickets" is probably an attacker.
33 Comments
ch00f@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 197d
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/is-this-loss
hopesdead@startrek.website · 26 pts · 197d
I only recently became aware of this. I had seen the original comic a long time ago. Still do not understand why people mock it.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 197d
Because it was completely out of place, was a major tonal whiplash, and didn't really have much explanation (other than the obvious) at the time to the readers who were mainly terminally online nerds before that was as much of a thing. Add in the toxicity of the forums and the existing B^U meme, (making fun of his inability to make that many facial expressions) and this was pretty much inevitable.
I get that he needed to express the grief (and I've been there too), but sometimes the choices we make to deal with it aren't the best ones to make.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 197d
This makes it seem as though this has persisted because of him and not because people on the internet constantly want to punch down while thinking they're punching up. People mock it because it makes them feel better about their own failures.
slackassassin@piefed.social · 7 pts · 197d
Nothing quite like a mob circle jerking over someone's grief for years on end to get a good lol out.
tomiant@piefed.social · 1 pts · 196d
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 1 pts · 197d
Nah it's just a fun thing
SirActionSack@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 197d
Ctrl-Alt-Del was a mildly funny Penny Arcade knock off but the creator ventured into more serious themes. That turned out to be unpopular so he did a miscarriage powered 180 and became immortal.
phx@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 197d
That strip hit surprisingly hard.
three@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 197d
Michael Jackson mpreg
tomiant@piefed.social · 1 pts · 196d
It always felt pretty narcissistic and self-important, that's what I found off-putting with it at least. It's clear that it held a very high opinion of itself.
joyjoy@lemmy.zip · 27 pts · 197d
:.|:;CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 24 pts · 197d
Leaving the theatre with zero seats sold is so much better than spelling rude things.
Awesomematter@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 197d
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 197d
No idea. Apparently this https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/is-this-loss
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 6 pts · 197d
And what's the rude thing thats spelled out?
slackassassin@piefed.social · 2 pts · 197d
Netziens mocking someone's expression of grief for over a decade, probably.
Glytch@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 197d
It wasn't the expression of grief. It was the extreme tone shift from a comic about video games and boners to a melodrama about a miscarriage.
slackassassin@piefed.social · 0 pts · 196d
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 1 pts · 196d
You weren't the person i was asking
slackassassin@piefed.social · 1 pts · 196d
Damn, that's crazy.
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 9 pts · 197d
Depending on the site, you can select seats before actually completing the purchase. I’d bet that’s the situation here.
mech@feddit.org · 2 pts · 196d
They probably just took a screenshot and painted some seats orange in GIMP.
redbrick@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 197d
Does the movie teach you how to be a gold digger and keep ICE from deporting you?
tomiant@piefed.social · 4 pts · 196d
Obliquely. What you want to do is having a father connected with the KGB so that when he dies they will come to you and tell you that you will become a supermodel in Europe and the USA, and they will set it up through intermediaries, and you will get orders to get close to high profile industrial and political targets and that's it! Live a good life, write a book, drink champagne, until one day you will be told to court and become the the wife on one of said targets, and if you don't you will lose everything, perhaps even your life or that of your loved ones, and you will manipulate said target and report back to your handlers as told.
Just kidding, you have to study hard, work hard, and be passionate about your craft, and success will automatically follow, that's how all rich and powerful people do it.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 197d
Widdershins@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 197d
𓀥 | 𓁆 𓀕
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Linktank@lemmy.today · 14 pts · 197d
Boo.
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 196d
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 196d
LOL, I went to see what the availability was, and it looks like CloudFlare have decided that anyone going to AMC's site from a duckduckgo search for "Melania movie tickets" is probably an attacker.
LouNeko@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 197d
Is that a JoJo reference?
Maultasche@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 197d
No, this is Patrick!
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org · -7 pts · 197d
I'm extremely confused... didn't know Melania Trump sang, and that punks went to her concerts.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 4 pts · 197d
Do you often go to concerts in movie theaters
echodot@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 196d
I mean you can. Sometimes they get streamed to theatres