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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 136 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Im at a complete loss trying to understand this

[–] EndOfLine@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 63 points 2 months ago
[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 4 points 1 month 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?

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month 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.

[–] HeurtisticAlgorithm9 5 points 1 month ago

Hehe, new, yeah

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 89 points 2 months ago
[–] calabast@lemm.ee 61 points 2 months ago

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

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Alinor@lemmy.world 98 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 46 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was trying to figure out how idgi was 122L

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In spring, man built a pillar

In summer another

Through autumn they held

In winter, one fell

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Is that just a loss of words?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

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

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Dantpool@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

All I can see is Made in Abyss references.

[–] 0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

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

[–] A_Filthy_Weeaboo@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

Screw you, take my upvote...

[–] zazo@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month 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..

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 5 points 1 month 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@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month 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

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 months ago

it is excruciating

[–] don@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago
[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago

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

[–] Zozano@lemy.lol 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] shoki@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago