HofmaimaierDec 7

always has been.

https://feddit.org/post/22625250

Show threadDagwoodIII
Explain, please.
Dec 7 at 12:52pmWeb
Show threadHofmaimaierDec 7
Loss memes.
Loss (Ctrl+Alt+Del) - Wikipedia

Show threadDagwoodIIIDec 7

Well, that was a dive down a rabbithole.

Thanks for the explanation.

I thought it was some kind of computer code or a type of puzzle.

Show thread/home/pineappleloverDec 7
I never understood why this is funny. Are miscarriages funny somehow?
Show threadHofmaimaierDec 7
It’s not funny in now way, the whole trend was to sneak the Loss pattern into every possible meme, so it was more like a got you Rick rolled.
Show threadOpenStarsDec 13
It’s… wait for it… it’s “6 7”!!
Show threadotacon239Dec 7

I think there’s a few elements to it. The biggest part of it is that this comic artist has never done comics in this tone and the artist was already getting memed pretty often for generally “not that funny” jokes.

When this came out, it gave everyone whiplash because, well, who the fuck decided to make a comic about their wife’s miscarriage? I would get it to have a plain text media post or similar, but that was an odd step to take. IMO, that’s not something I’d casually drop in your otherwise innocuous comic strip.

Then the internet did its thing and the rest is history.

Show threadnublugDec 7
yes but also iirc it’s completely made up. he was single; no wife, no miscarriage. he just decided to try to gut punch out of the blue.
Show threadcorsicanguppyDec 8

Ah. So

  • Comic author is generally flippant
  • Author writes about loss still felt for the death of a potential child years before.
  • Author flamed for - checks notes - karma whoring for empathy and reflection because that’s not the kind of dancing they want their monkey to do.
    • Show threadReginald_T_BiterDec 26
    It’s legacy is that it’s more accepted now. I broadly agree though. I still get annoyed when I think of that turbo cunt Fahey from Kotaku calling it “miscarriage of comic publishing”. What an unbelievable fucking cunt, considering kotaku is basically incredibly unfunny and unentertaining
    Show threadbinarytobisDec 7

    It was as severe of a tone shift as a miscarriage in the middle of a Dora the Explorer episode. Also, iirc the artist wasn’t having a personal miscarriage drama in real life, he just suddenly wanted an edgier plot line for his unfunny comic, so people started making fun of him for it.

    Now it’s just a pattern recognition joke.

    Show threadYarrMateyDec 8
    The creator did go through an unplanned pregnancy and miscarriage with an ex-girlfriend in college. The relationship was toxic according to him and this happened years before loss was published.
    Show threadbinarytobisDec 8
    TIL, thanks!
    Show threadReginald_T_BiterDec 26
    Wrong wrong wrong.
    Show threadrumbaDec 13

    IMO it was never funny, it was actually pretty damned awful. The actual original piece was art and beat the shit out of the heart-strings. As it made it’s rounds for being profound in a comic, people got tired of seeing it immediately as it was so fucking sad and not funny. The internet turned it into a rick-roll, a goatse. When people got made with it they turned it into a puzzle, so that once you figured it out, you’d be angry and trigger a bit. It’s a troll.

    This comic piece at the head of this post is a touch better than most. no one would come to the rescue when she asked for help, but posting the loss meme people would parachute in for, which is mostly what’s happening all over this thread… soooo… it is what it is, the original was probably best described as touching and sad, the response to it was assanine and the meta responses to it, while calling it out in new and fashionable ways, are still triggering.