Loss
Added 12 years ago by oddguy • Updated 3 days ago by Don
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Type: Parody
Tags: webcomic ctrl+alt+del 4chan something awful narm cadbortion miscarriage loss.jpg loss.jpeg comic kennylovesarin tim buckley hijinks ensue bigger then cheeses eegra hilarity comics fanboys slackerz shmorky flash tub loss meme
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About
Loss, also known as CADbortion, Loss.jpg and | || || |_, refers to an iconic cartoon strip from the video game-themed webcomic series Ctrl+Alt+Del[1] in which the female lead suffers a miscarriage. The dramatic tonal shift for the series was unexpected, and for many readers, unsuccessful, leading to the strip being widely mocked online. In the decade since its release, it became the subject of widespread mockery among its readers, and has since been widely parodied in minimalist interpretations of the strip's four panels, represented as "| || || |_".
Origin
On June 2nd, 2008, Buckley posted a strip titled "Loss,"[2] in which the female lead Lilah suffers a miscarriage. The strip marked a significant change in tone from the usually comedic comic, and the poorly-executed drama of the comic spurred Ctrl+Alt+Del's significant anti-fandom to mockery.
Spread
After the strip was posted, many notable webcomics began parodying the comic and its final panel in particular, including HijiNKS Ensue,[3] Cyanide and Happiness,[4] Bigger then Cheeses,[5] EEGRA hilarity comics,[6][7] Fanboys,[8] and Slackerz.[9] Other notable internet persona to mock the comic included as Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw of Zero Punctuation[10] and Shmorky from Something Awful's Flash Tub.[11]
On 4chan, the /v/ board became overrun with parodies to such an extent that moderators began banning people who opened new "Loss" threads. Something Awful users were particularly unkind to the comic, creating mock threads[12][13] (one of which is over 350 pages long), two entire (now closed) wikis and an interactive graph of the comic.[14] Someone went to the extent of making a random CAD comic generator,[15] subtly mocking that even disjointed, mismatched panels of the comic are still funnier than the originals.
El Santo[16] (the webcomic overlook), The Bad Webcomic Wiki[17] and others have also mentioned the infamous comic in negative reviews of the webcomic as well. On July 25th, 2009, YouTuber KennylovesArin uploaded a musical tribute based on the comic accompanied by friends Skraggy and Arin (popular animator known as Egoraptor), with lyrical references to the miscarriage strip.
Alternative/Minimalist Interpretations
Alongside the outright mockery of the strip, a trend arose on /v/ which involved taking the Loss strip and representing it in different ways. Usually, these would attempt to be minimalistic, portraying the characters as lines, dots, or just having four empty panels.
Edits such as these continued to spread throughout the internet over the following decade. The propagation of these parodies became ubiquitous to the point that people were unsure if any four-panel image they saw online was in fact a "Loss" parody. This led the question "Is This Loss?" to become a meme itself.
Legacy
The comic's long life as a meme has led multiple news organizations to publish articles devoted to the meme. In 2015, Select All[17] interviewed Buckley about the comic's impact. In the interview, Buckley admitted that he found the meme at times frustrating as he'd misjudged his audience's potential response to the strip at the time of publishing, and at other times he admitted he found the memes "quite amusing." KnowYourMeme published an article about Loss in 2017 calling it "The Internet's Greatest Meme."[18]
When the strip's publication had its ten-year anniversary on June 2nd, 2018, Buckley briefly changed the page to show a parody of his own creation which shows the comic's main character breaking the fourth wall (shown below).
Multiple publications, including Polygon[19] and io9[20] published articles about the change while also discussing the strip's impact.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Ctrl+Alt+Del – CAD-Comic posted on 10/23/2002
[2] Ctrl+Alt+Del – Loss / posted on 6/02/2008
[4] Explosm – Cyanide and Happiness posted on 6/12/2008
[5] Bigger Than Cheese – Miscarry On Abroad
[6] EEGRA (via Wayback Machine) – Gamer Comic posted on 05/06/2008
[7] EEGRA (via Wayback Machine) – Hilarity Comic posted on 22/12/2008
[8] F@nb0y$ (via Wayback Machine) – Seriously posted on 10/12/2008
[9] Encyclopedia Dramatica (via Wayback Machine) – Slackerz CADbortion
[10] The Escapist – Webcomics via Archive.org
[11] Something Awful – Flash Tub: Gameing Guyz 3 posted on 23/06/2008
[12] SA forums – CAD joke thread posted on 11/01/2011 (require archives upgrade)
[13] SA forums (via Wayback Machine) – additional buckley bashing thread
[14] SA forums – EvelynPoor's CAD stats interactive graph (page unavailable)
[15] Something Awful – CAD Random Generator for Download (note: this download link wasn't tested)
[16] The Webcomic Overlook (via Wayback Machine) – Ctrl+Alt+Del
[17] Select All – Talking to the Man Behind ‘Loss,’ the Internet’s Longest-Running Miscarriage ‘Joke’
[18] KnowYourMeme – Here's to Loss, the Internet's Greatest Meme
[19] Polygon – Ctrl+Alt+Del’s ‘Loss’ and ‘Found’ comics prove artists still struggle with meme-ified work
[20] io9 – One of the 'Net's Longest-Running Webcomics Has Done Something Weird to Its Most Memed Strip [Updated]
Comments ( 252 )
today (July third) is the anniversary of the infamous "loss" strip.
and yet… there is no CAD entry ! not even in the deadpool.
i wrote a little something,but this is just scratching the surfer.
i it's late where i live and i haven even gotten to the animated series.
anyway… i need some help here (as usual.)
if someone could clean this up… my spelling ain't s'good and my grammar and punctuation are even worse.
also,help me figure out what is and isn't relevant to this article.
i have lots more to add but i don't know if info about Tim himself is relevant. (i don't want this to become another Buckley bash festival,Internet's got more then enough of those already.)
and finally… i don't think i got this link thing down quit yet….
i have an entire heap of links i could add,here but i need to look them up and i'm tired.
ill try to get around to it in the morning.
anyway,HELP PLZ.
it seems iv forgotten how to embed videos….
and now i have no time and need to go catch the but to work.
fuck…
if any of the mods sees this,for the love of god and all that is holy ! help me fix this mess.
Oh yeah, this is definitely a meme. Couple of problems with this page though. First of, even though you've obviously put a lot of effort into it, it's kinda messy. But the biggest problem?
No images of any kind. I mean, what?!
A lot of these images have nothing to with the meme. They're just anti Ctrl Alt Del images. :/ Don't just add every anti Ctrl Alt Del art, we'd have a agllery bigger thant the freakin' ponie's.
i don't think the meme is just the abortion…
i thinks it's the whole "make fun of CAD" thing.
i mean,there are A LOT of things wrong with the comic and with buckley.
not just the "loss" strip.
also,i know it's a mess right now… i had to go to work… in fact i'm AT WORK RIGHT NOW ! (employe of the year here i come !) ill try to fix it up a bit when i have a day off tomorow.
Video embedding & footnotes section fixed
whoever you are,i love you forever.
you are the best.
'bout Time we had a CAD meme; I would also love to see someone do a meme entry on the Annotated series, I'd love to do it myself but I'm still a bit green around here…
bonus points for proper formatting
Good god no Pownzor. This was far funnier than any of his actual humour comics.
Hmm perhaps the original comic should be added to the article? At first I actually though the awesome face edit in the thumbnail was the original due to the lack of a original being in the actuall article.
tried to edit it a bit… add more info… don't know what's relevant and what isn't.
not sure if its now better or worse…
imma go to sleep.
add more pics and vids laterz.
Yeah, ALOT of work needs to go to this. There are TONS of spelling and gramatical error, and the description of this mean needs to be re-written altogether. It's not very journalistic to simplic state that the comic was "not funny, to wordy, derivative, etc." Those are your opinions. If you think that is what most people think of the comic, then describe it as such.
I gave the comic a chance and it was terrible. The writing is atrocious, the changes in tone are almost as subtle as Micheal Bay, and most of it is just cruel and unfunny. I'm surprised I haven't seen more of this stuff online. +1 confirm
well,the spell checker isn't showing me any spelling errors…
i know my grammer isn't too good.
but i didn't say i thought the comic was bad,i said those were the complaints voiced about it.
the force is strong in this one
+1 deadpool
tl;dr. Except the beginning. it's "expense." Moron.
+1 deadpool
>People trying to deadpool it for "poor" grammar
…
I don't know what to say. Just… wow.
This is a meme definitely, but the grammar should be improved. Also it could use a more neutral tone
to "Shoopen DerWhoopen"
your right ! it is “expense.” !
thank you for drawing my attention to this oversight on my behalf !
English is not my first language and your help is vary much appreciated,friend.
:)
+1 confirm, just needs to be cleaned up a bit and it should be fine
this is incredibly stupid. forced meme is forced. +10 deadpool
I've never seen such a long article for a meme that I've never heard of or seen traces of.
+1 Deadpool
The force is strong with this one.
I've seen this many times on /co/. +1 Confirm
The article needs a heavy grammar check and a slightly better formatting, and it will be perfect.
+1 work
aw man… i just rearranged all the external references and for some reason it didn't save…
Am thinking of deleting every other sub-meme and just focusing on the miscarriage comic to improve the quality of the page. Thoughts?
idk… the "word word word" i admit is pointless,and i already deleted the "ham hand Buckley".
not notable enough,only goons do that.
but i think there is more to the meme then just "loss".
there is an entire spectrum of things wrong with the comic and with Buckley himself that people like to make fun of.
"loss" is just the most prominent example.
well,it seems editing duties have been taken over from me (and rightfully so.)
so imma just add pics and vids.
bitches love pics and vids.
Wow that is a LOT of images.
this isn't even scratching the surface of the tip of the iceberg.
I haven't even looked the chan archives yet.
and that SA thread ? it's one of seven.
ALSO ! rearranged the external references.
+1 deadpool
y'know, just because.
Add the TV Tropes page as well. It's also of note that the TV Tropes article is locked due to the amount of edit wars that occurred on it.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CtrlAltDel
+1 work
I agree that is noteworthy enough to mention HOH, but I'm trying to work out where to put it. Hmm, maybe we need a general trolling section?
its hard to keep this article short cuz there is just SO MUCH to say about this.
every damn week buckley does something else that's stupid and more jokes pop up.
his comic is so bad it created an entire sub genre of "intentionally bad gaming webcomics".
if i wrote everything relevant to this subject this would be the longest article on kym.
i bet i could think of at least 50 bad thing that have been said about B^Uckley and the comic right off the top of my head.
also i'm literally going to keep adding pics till there are a 1000 of them.
+1 confirm. Cant get enough of the annotated series
Forced meme. +1 deadpool.
Another interesting article related to Tim Buckley's infamy:
http://thebusystreet.com/2011/07/06/the-tim-buckley-path/
+1 confirm. This has been around for a while, just because it hasn't affected the part of the internet you use doesn't mean it's non existant. The internet is HUUUGE. Good article, like some users said, could do with cleaning up a little but otherwise well reseached. So, hold that deadpool you're about to fire out. B^U
+1 Confirm
Why is the images section full of comics from the original artist, and not the parodies this article is about?
How about sinfest, or house pet comic ? or many thing else
I am not like at all
+ 1 dead pool
As far as I'm aware Mastercrowe, it isn't. Post an example of one of these comics then if you think they're there.
And I have no idea what you just said StolenCandy
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/145/542/PlayerFoursMindGames.jpg?1310066684
That's clearly photoshopped Mastercrow
__+1 deadpool. Misscarriages aren't funny.
@Andrew Murph Irrelevant.
I just checked out the site. Look what's at the bottom!
pfff haha,screw him.
fair use.
+1 deadpool. I don't like the miscarriage part. I know how lucky I'll be to have a child when I'm married.
Okay, so I'm looking in the comments below and I've noticed that everyone's saying "oh miscarriage isn't funny. +1 deadpool". Well, miscarriage may not be funny, but a meme isn't deadpooled just because you don't agree with it, that's just stupid and selfish. If everything worked that way, everyone would find fault with some meme and try to bitch it away. A meme is deadpooled for, well, not being a meme. And this right here seems to have achieved meme status, even if it is kinda unfunny. :/
What Junia said. A thousand times what Junia said. It doesn't matte rif you personally don't like it, look at the evidence above. It's a meme. And besides, it's not humour about a miscarriage. It's humour about a badly made comic strip involving a miscarriage.
READ THE WHOLE DAMN ARTICLE BEFORE YOU RATE. "Miscarriges aren't funny". Yeah, they're not. This meme isn't about miscarriges. It's about making fun of a bad comic writer. Got that?
I have a mixed feeling on the rating. being a horrible comic writing doesn't mean you're a meme but then again alot of parodies of that Miscarriage comic have been made, my personal favorite one is the one where its Weegee. Though after reading the comments, oh for god's sake shut up about the miscarriage "+1 DEADPOOL BECUZ MISCARRIAGES AREN'T FUNNY" like what one fellow said its about the writer not that exact comic, and secondly, its the internet even if you have the most saddest story known to man we'll still laugh about it and possibly turn it into a meme. Like 9/11 Joke, they're just Plane wrong.
@Tom Riddle: I see what you did there
-1 Bad editing This sucks!!
Booo!!!
+1 confirm. There is some funny stuff going. In terms of edited for funny shit.
I actually enjoy this comic, but none the less, +1 confirm
A series isnt a meme.
But it IS a meme, or at least belongs on this site, if it caused some wide cultural impact.
Words of wisdom uwu
Words of wisdom uwu
+1 AYUP
Also, it's about time
some of your are saying we should deadpool this because abortions aren't funny.
well,i think your wrong.
abortions are hilarious.
When I saw the miscarriage comic I thought it was pretty dark. But to me it highlighted how much development and emphasis the comic has on the characters.
@Dark SpaWn: I belive we are dealing with misscariages here and not abortions. Still, misscariages in bad comics are pretty hillarious.
This is disgusting and mean spirited, but it does seem to be pretty wide spread… sigh +1 confirm.
Alright, you assholes, cut it out. Just because you're biased against the creator doesn't mean that he sucks. Anyway, my rating still stands. +1 deadpool; Tim Buckley, I love your comic, but good lord…
Wow, you were right Taryn. This is a controversial page!
hoaw ez deid bebey?
and how did this get popular?
@Dontmess
What.
What's with everyone thinking the internet is all fluffy bunnies in here? No one is saying ACTUAL miscarriages are amusing, but a badly done miscarriage inserted into a shitty two gamers on a couch comic for drama (written by an egotistical racist pedophile douchemuffin) IS amusing. Hilarious, even. If we were to deadpool things because one person doesn't find it funny or because it's mean-spirited, we'd have very few memes here.
TL;DR:
I find it funny how you complain about the writer of the comic being a pedophile and you post a picture of underage girls in swim suits.
Girl in swimsuit = pedophile.
Yeah, sure.
Guess I can't take photos of my sister at the beach anymore. I'll be a pedophile for life.
When Bridget takes pictures of his dick and sends it to young girls, then we'll talk.
(Ctrl Alt Del leading to arguments? WHAT A TWIST)
@P0wnz0r The Noob: Pictures of fictional girls in swimsuits = Sending pictures of your dick to underage girls. Good to know. Also, that has nothing to do with my argument, so good job on that too, brah.
o.k,see,if you read my first comment on this page carefully,you will see that this is exactly the kind of thing i wanted to avoid.
nowhere on this page dose it say "we here at KYM think tim buckley is a pedo and his comic sucks."
it only says that those accusations have been made,and that the reception of his comic was bad.
both of which it is impossible to deny.
but,as usual,you cant bring up ol' buckley without invoking a shitstorm.
"Extremely negative pages for the comic were written on Encyclopedia Dramatica"
No!
@quitefunny
Yes!
B^U, B^U everywhere
I don't get why people hate this, I love the comic, I thought the comics surrounding the misscarage were emotional and touching. I do see why no one would of aid $30 for 12 episodes but i liked the show none-the-less
@Laco Deathpony
https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/005/545/OpoQQ.jpg?1302279173
Alright, I retract my previous statement. Make that….+12 deadpool. Memes are supposed to be funny and memorable. You can't just create a meme just because your primitive little brains can't handle that Tim Buckley has fans. So, stop being whiny little bitches and deal with it.
Meme = Popular
Meme =/= something everyone agrees with
@Andrew
Confirmed!
U MAD ANDREW? :D
I love how that the main characters' names are based on two of the Pokemon main characters.
I personally think the comic is pretty good, but CADbortions are also funny. +1 confirm
this is along the lines of I can't get the cap off
The main character reminds me of keanu reeves the eariler years
Ugh, I regret watching the animated series…
this just PROVES my point that American animation should be illegal.
You watched the whole series?!
The weaboo seems strong with this one.
>American Animation becomes illegal
>Cartoon Network forced to broadcast shitty Naruto rip-offs
OF COURSE!
>Implying that a poorly made flash animation = western animation…
That's like saying shitty ms paint anime characters on deviant art = manga, and therefore anime should be made illegal.
4 years later, I cringe at this comment
>Implying that good American Animation should NEVER exist
After sitting through the Animated Series, I support this article with all my might. May the miscarriage "B^U" with you, young padawans.
With this music
Or even this
Mameshiba!
Did you know…
Together (Thomas Bangalter & DJ Phoenix) made this first, but only used it on their live sets and it never got released despite record labels asking them to.
Mameshiba!
Did you know…
Together (Thomas Bangalter & DJ Phoenix) made this first, but only used it on their live sets and it never got released despite record labels asking them to.
@Dwarfninjas: I want to bear your babies.
So the Cuntrl-Alt-Del webcomic has finished, with yet another case of drama attached. Apparently though the "Brand" is still going to continue!
To try and continue a brand after the main product that wasn't good anyway is finished…
Sunglasses
Is truly a miscarriage of justice!
Guess what the first strip after the storyline is?
Yes
The death of pinkie pie and rarity.
Probably not exactly what you were expecting.
This page has more down voted or blocked comments than any other page I've been on in my years of visiting KYM. This comic's sheer existance is enough to cause violent arguements. Hell I'm pretty sure that freaking SONICHU causes fewer arguements and edit wars than this thing.
Possibly even more arguments than religion. lol
You watched the whole series?!
I liked CAD but the drama derailed the whole comic.
The weaboo seems strong with this one.
>American Animation becomes illegal
>Cartoon Network forced to broadcast shitty Naruto rip-offs
OF COURSE!
Meme = Popular
Meme =/= something everyone agrees with
But it IS a meme, or at least belongs on this site, if it caused some wide cultural impact.
Words of wisdom uwu
So…sort of against my better judgment, I looked up the uploads of the animated series with smart-ass annotations (THANK GOD). Holy shit, Ctrl+Alt+Del is fucking trash. I've heard people say it but now, I've confirmed it. And I cannot stop watching, even when I pause and groan at how much of a fucking asshole our main lead is when all he wants to do is play video games.
Okay, I love playing video games a lot, but I have a job because that's not what my entire life revolves around. Maybe I wish it could, but in a way where it's not "LOL I DON'T WANT TO GO TO WORK BECUZ IT'S NOT VIDEO GAMES".
Figuratively, fuck Tim Buckley and I don't know who the hell saw the webcomic and thought it had potential.
Or even this
Mameshiba!
Did you know…
Together (Thomas Bangalter & DJ Phoenix) made this first, but only used it on their live sets and it never got released despite record labels asking them to.
Possibly even more arguments than religion. lol
Words of wisdom uwu
>Implying that a poorly made flash animation = western animation…
That's like saying shitty ms paint anime characters on deviant art = manga, and therefore anime should be made illegal.
Tim B^Uckley created something that will transcend space and time. In a way, this is the single most popular webcomic in the internet.
4 years later, I cringe at this comment
They spawn again this week on FB.
Who the fuck revive this?
Mameshiba!
Did you know…
Together (Thomas Bangalter & DJ Phoenix) made this first, but only used it on their live sets and it never got released despite record labels asking them to.
Well, time to make it trend, apologies for that, but it's been a while since I've been thinking of this. This meme is art – and I'm not even kidding. A single bad webcomic spawned so much variations that I have no option but to consider that it's art in the same sense Andy Warhol meant when he painted soup cans and in the sense there is no author, truly a tribute to the anonimity of the internet culture.
I H
H L
Do I see a webcomic waterskiing over a sharp toothed fish?
NOPE! You're seeing a 7-year-old after image of a webcomic water skiing over a sharp toothed fish.
Now I haven't actually read C+A+D, but this particular strip doesn't seem poorly executed at all. It feels like a genuinely emotional moment… Especially the girl… She's just- …Is there something I'm missing here?
Well you go from this
To above. Its ok I use to read it when I was 15 but the serious sub plots are so out of place compared to the rest of the comic. Having a comic about video game jokes having a miscarriage side plot was just fucking weird.
(Spoilers I guess) The comic ends with some type of robot invasion and the main character sacrifices himself or some shit and the entire thing is played super seriously with no jokes, its like what? What happened?
And then it will whip lash back to this
I looked at some of the comics before, and it's less the main character sacrificing himself and more of one of the freedom fighters (or something) killing his future self to stop him from going back to his time in one piece as a means to save the future or some shit.
At that point it'd be better to just have a separate fucking comic.
Pacing people.
It's not rocket science.
At that point it'd be better to just have a separate fucking comic.
That's the problem with gag-a-day strips when storylines are put into them. Once the story's done, they'll just go back to gags again.
Ok thats weird
it drives me crazy that this 4 panel is so close to working as its own Loss derivative and no one has mentioned that
I looked at some of the comics before, and it's less the main character sacrificing himself and more of one of the freedom fighters (or something) killing his future self to stop him from going back to his time in one piece as a means to save the future or some shit.
At that point it'd be better to just have a separate fucking comic.
Pacing people.
It's not rocket science.
At that point it'd be better to just have a separate fucking comic.
That's the problem with gag-a-day strips when storylines are put into them. Once the story's done, they'll just go back to gags again.
Ok thats weird
Well you go from this
To above. Its ok I use to read it when I was 15 but the serious sub plots are so out of place compared to the rest of the comic. Having a comic about video game jokes having a miscarriage side plot was just fucking weird.
(Spoilers I guess) The comic ends with some type of robot invasion and the main character sacrifices himself or some shit and the entire thing is played super seriously with no jokes, its like what? What happened?
And then it will whip lash back to this
I looked at some of the comics before, and it's less the main character sacrificing himself and more of one of the freedom fighters (or something) killing his future self to stop him from going back to his time in one piece as a means to save the future or some shit.
At that point it'd be better to just have a separate fucking comic.
Pacing people.
It's not rocket science.
At that point it'd be better to just have a separate fucking comic.
That's the problem with gag-a-day strips when storylines are put into them. Once the story's done, they'll just go back to gags again.
Ok thats weird
it drives me crazy that this 4 panel is so close to working as its own Loss derivative and no one has mentioned that
I looked at some of the comics before, and it's less the main character sacrificing himself and more of one of the freedom fighters (or something) killing his future self to stop him from going back to his time in one piece as a means to save the future or some shit.
At that point it'd be better to just have a separate fucking comic.
NOPE! You're seeing a 7-year-old after image of a webcomic water skiing over a sharp toothed fish.
I don't know why, but I find it amusing that this has returned on facebook.
That feeling when you see a beautiful picture then notice a tiny Loss hidden in it.
In a way, the variations of this are more inventive than any exploitable in history.
Pacing people.
It's not rocket science.
I can't tell if this meme is in the middle of a big resurgence or it has just been running steady all this time.
It really is notable that the comic was even mentioned on Zero Punctuation. It's the only episode in which Yahtzee ever deviated from talking about video games, or a review of a video game. He was making statements about webcomics in general (since so many of them follow a similar formula) but it culminated in a scathing criticism of the Loss comic.
The episode for anyone who's interested.
The episode for anyone who's interested.
Happy 8th birthday Loss!
>Implying that good American Animation should NEVER exist
At that point it'd be better to just have a separate fucking comic.
Calling it now, this comic will become the next Dickbutt.
Does Loss even does anything to anyone anymore?
1. Does anyone know the kanji for "loss"? 2. Does anyone know that character's Unicode? 3. Has anyone created a typeset which spoofs that character with a representation of this comic?
:̶.̶|̶:̶;
I II
II I_
My life will never go without joy as long as Loss edits exist.
Have the original creator of the comic ever did a response to the response and edit to the comic?
Behind the Meme might see this.
If he ever gets his hands on it, it'll be a great and heavy loss.
I still don't really understand why people rag on Behind the Meme. Yes, he's a normie trying to explain our culture to other normies. Normies have been doing that with other cultures for years. I mean, I know some people who still don't know that the way to answer a phone in Japanese isn't "Konichiwa?" but "Moshi moshi?"
I still don't really understand why people rag on Behind the Meme. Yes, he's a normie trying to explain our culture to other normies. Normies have been doing that with other cultures for years. I mean, I know some people who still don't know that the way to answer a phone in Japanese isn't "Konichiwa?" but "Moshi moshi?"
I really don't get it
HEY GUYS I FOUND THE NORMIE REEEEE
set his soul on fire!!
Leave him be. If he doesn’t get it, that’s fine.
Leave him be. If he doesn’t get it, that’s fine.
set his soul on fire!!
Leave him be. If he doesn’t get it, that’s fine.
Leave him be. If he doesn’t get it, that’s fine.
The point of this website is to help you understand memes. If you still cannot understand it after reading the article, you have a personal problem.
this meme will never get old
Neither will the baby
HEY GUYS I FOUND THE NORMIE REEEEE
set his soul on fire!!
Leave him be. If he doesn’t get it, that’s fine.
Leave him be. If he doesn’t get it, that’s fine.
If he ever gets his hands on it, it'll be a great and heavy loss.
I still don't really understand why people rag on Behind the Meme. Yes, he's a normie trying to explain our culture to other normies. Normies have been doing that with other cultures for years. I mean, I know some people who still don't know that the way to answer a phone in Japanese isn't "Konichiwa?" but "Moshi moshi?"
set his soul on fire!!
Leave him be. If he doesn’t get it, that’s fine.
Leave him be. If he doesn’t get it, that’s fine.
IS THIS A MOTHERFUCKING LOSS EDIT?
Are these supposed to be funny?
Because I can't remember one time I laughed, or even chuckled at one of these, which is a pretty good indicator that they're not funny.
No, that would be a pretty good indicator that you laugh box is broken.
I still don't really understand why people rag on Behind the Meme. Yes, he's a normie trying to explain our culture to other normies. Normies have been doing that with other cultures for years. I mean, I know some people who still don't know that the way to answer a phone in Japanese isn't "Konichiwa?" but "Moshi moshi?"
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No, that would be a pretty good indicator that you laugh box is broken.
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Neither will the baby
It is Febuary 1st, 2018 and my love for this meme hasn't even died down at all.
Everywhere I see is loss! I try to escape it but it keeps reoccurring! It's in my dreams, it's on the walls, on the signs, EVERYWHERE!
I FEEL LIKE I'M LOOSING MY MIND, AND I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!
Loss has become a self-propagating memetic hazard.
I think Loss has achieved the status of God Meme, which is shared by things like Pepe. It is eternal.
The point of this website is to help you understand memes. If you still cannot understand it after reading the article, you have a personal problem.
Loss has become a self-propagating memetic hazard.
Is this really becoming relevant again?
I'm so proud.
I don't think it ever lost relevancy.
Loss never stopped being relevant.
It is the eternal meme.
That's fuckin' amazing.
It's like the golden ratio – even after humanity-as-we-know-it is gone, it'll just be there, just everywhere if you look hard enough.
I'm reminded of a book I was shown in fourth grade in which archaeologists found remains of modern society and managed to severely misinterpret almost everything they found (believing, for instance, that a toilet seat was a type of headdress). Perhaps in the distant future, historians will view Loss as the last remains of some long-forgotten religion.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
I'm reminded of a book I was shown in fourth grade in which archaeologists found remains of modern society and managed to severely misinterpret almost everything they found (believing, for instance, that a toilet seat was a type of headdress). Perhaps in the distant future, historians will view Loss as the last remains of some long-forgotten religion.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
That's fuckin' amazing.
It's like the golden ratio – even after humanity-as-we-know-it is gone, it'll just be there, just everywhere if you look hard enough.
I'm reminded of a book I was shown in fourth grade in which archaeologists found remains of modern society and managed to severely misinterpret almost everything they found (believing, for instance, that a toilet seat was a type of headdress). Perhaps in the distant future, historians will view Loss as the last remains of some long-forgotten religion.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
I'm reminded of a book I was shown in fourth grade in which archaeologists found remains of modern society and managed to severely misinterpret almost everything they found (believing, for instance, that a toilet seat was a type of headdress). Perhaps in the distant future, historians will view Loss as the last remains of some long-forgotten religion.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
I don't think it ever lost relevancy.
Loss never stopped being relevant.
It is the eternal meme.
That's fuckin' amazing.
It's like the golden ratio – even after humanity-as-we-know-it is gone, it'll just be there, just everywhere if you look hard enough.
I'm reminded of a book I was shown in fourth grade in which archaeologists found remains of modern society and managed to severely misinterpret almost everything they found (believing, for instance, that a toilet seat was a type of headdress). Perhaps in the distant future, historians will view Loss as the last remains of some long-forgotten religion.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
I'm reminded of a book I was shown in fourth grade in which archaeologists found remains of modern society and managed to severely misinterpret almost everything they found (believing, for instance, that a toilet seat was a type of headdress). Perhaps in the distant future, historians will view Loss as the last remains of some long-forgotten religion.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
That's fuckin' amazing.
It's like the golden ratio – even after humanity-as-we-know-it is gone, it'll just be there, just everywhere if you look hard enough.
I'm reminded of a book I was shown in fourth grade in which archaeologists found remains of modern society and managed to severely misinterpret almost everything they found (believing, for instance, that a toilet seat was a type of headdress). Perhaps in the distant future, historians will view Loss as the last remains of some long-forgotten religion.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
I'm reminded of a book I was shown in fourth grade in which archaeologists found remains of modern society and managed to severely misinterpret almost everything they found (believing, for instance, that a toilet seat was a type of headdress). Perhaps in the distant future, historians will view Loss as the last remains of some long-forgotten religion.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
Aight, cool theory. I disagree, but you make a very good point.
It still blows my mind that this year is the 10th anniversary of Loss.jpg being uploaded to the internet.
:.|:;Oh no…
Please don't let the normals kill this. It's an old legend that would've lived forever if it didn't get a sudden, unexplainable burst of exposure.
No, let them kill it. Them then drag it down to the deepest circle of normism, because that’s what this meme is.
Pure, unfunny normie trash.
Go ahead. Downvote me. You’re only proving my point.
by your logic upvoting disproves your point
you can surely guess what I just did
Your loss
>Downvote Me. You're only proving my point.
That we disagree with your opinion..?
by your logic upvoting disproves your point
you can surely guess what I just did
Your loss
>Downvote Me. You're only proving my point.
That we disagree with your opinion..?
I doubt that the masses would harp on a meme about miscarriage (though they'll probably try to ban it like Pepe after the uneducated started seeing it as Nazi propaganda).
I don't think loss can become truly mainstream due to how it actually takes a bit of thinking and cleverness to determine if something is actually a loss injoke, despite loss edits being braindead most of the time; AKA, it seems like a meme that takes more wit to recognize than create.
I doubt most people would understand why:
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or
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is frustrating and/or funny just by looking at it.
No, let them kill it. Them then drag it down to the deepest circle of normism, because that’s what this meme is.
Pure, unfunny normie trash.
Go ahead. Downvote me. You’re only proving my point.
by your logic upvoting disproves your point
you can surely guess what I just did
Your loss
>Downvote Me. You're only proving my point.
That we disagree with your opinion..?
by your logic upvoting disproves your point
you can surely guess what I just did
Your loss
>Downvote Me. You're only proving my point.
That we disagree with your opinion..?
WHERE'S MY FRONTPAGE, DAMMIT!?
HUEHUEHEUXAXAXAXAXA LOSSS XDDDDD
DABS 100 times with rage comic t shirt and a fidget spinner
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!! !_
Welp, we have now surpassed DDLC as the top viewed gallery. I'm at a loss for words…
I doubt that the masses would harp on a meme about miscarriage (though they'll probably try to ban it like Pepe after the uneducated started seeing it as Nazi propaganda).
I don't think loss can become truly mainstream due to how it actually takes a bit of thinking and cleverness to determine if something is actually a loss injoke, despite loss edits being braindead most of the time; AKA, it seems like a meme that takes more wit to recognize than create.
I doubt most people would understand why:
1 2
2 50
or
I H
H L
is frustrating and/or funny just by looking at it.
How come that it took whopping 10 years for a meme to show staleness signs?
reddit + pewdiepie = mainstream breakthrough → staleness
Why is this a meme? Why is this allowed to exist. I'm just at a loss…
Loss is too pure to die
You can endlessly remix it with anything
Its enough of an inside joke for normies to not understand and ruin but wide enough appeal for people to keep making them
And it shits on the legacy of a bad web comic
I dunno, still kinda lost.
I dunno, still kinda lost.
reddit + pewdiepie = mainstream breakthrough → staleness
Question: Has Buckley commented on how Loss has become a meme?
Perhaps, like many legends, we shall sooner die before this does.
Loss is too pure to die
You can endlessly remix it with anything
Its enough of an inside joke for normies to not understand and ruin but wide enough appeal for people to keep making them
And it shits on the legacy of a bad web comic
I dunno, still kinda lost.
I dunno, still kinda lost.
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whenever I see
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does this do anything to anyone anymore?
god dammit cool cat
We better get a frontpage update for the 10th anniversary of Loss.
Happy 10th anniversary Loss.jpg!
I’m sad that there’s no mention of Buckley embracing the meme for the 10th anniversary. I think a lot of people may have missed it since it was only on the website temporarily.
Happy Birthday Loss
the one meme that wont get old
Anyone else appreciate the sheer irony of the fact that a comic about a miscarriage has led to a meme with one of the longest lifespans?
It's one of the memes that, like giant enemy crab or bad luck Brian transformed. Bad luck Brian went from shitting to various bad luck scenarios. Giant enemy crab went from historical inaccuracy to dealing massive damage. Loss went from failed attempt at drama to "Hey! I put that there!".
The fact that most of the internet still enjoy loss memes on a pretty frequent basis after 10 years is truly stunning. It's all about the evolution. Like a band that never makes an album in the same style/genre twice.
It's one of the memes that, like giant enemy crab or bad luck Brian transformed. Bad luck Brian went from shitting to various bad luck scenarios. Giant enemy crab went from historical inaccuracy to dealing massive damage. Loss went from failed attempt at drama to "Hey! I put that there!".
I-is… is this treading TWICE?!
NO, THREE TIMES ACTUALLY
You know, the arrangement of the top four, I hesitate to say it, almost looks like loss.
You know, the arrangement of the top four, I hesitate to say it, almost looks like loss.
NO, THREE TIMES ACTUALLY
You know, the arrangement of the top four, I hesitate to say it, almost looks like loss.
I can't go to work, it's a national holiday.
Loss is an undying meme, refusing to die even after 10 years of existence.
Isn't Loss like the opposite of a birthday?
I suppose "anniversary" would be a more appropriate word.
The admins have frontpaged despacito 2, far cry 5, and lgbt pride month today but haven't acknowledged the tenth anniversary of loss (even though they've frontpaged a million other anniversaries for irrelevant memes).
Admins irl
THE GAME
You SONOVA-
You SONOVA-
I suppose "anniversary" would be a more appropriate word.
Man, to think this is 10 years old, as in it came out in 2008, the era of Mudkipz, Caramelldansen, and other ancient forgotten stuff, and not only is still going strong today but actually peaked a few months ago
It brings a tear to my eye in the modern memescape of week long memes that some memes can stay alive for as long as a decade
Makes me tear up because the intenet was so much better back then
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Yes, that is indeed what happened to the baby.
THE GAME
You SONOVA-
Ahh loss… Not even the classic rage comic faces can outmatch it in this day and age.
Stay classy, my friend.
One of the greatest memes of all time. Live long loss, like the fetus lived short.
Makes me tear up because the intenet was so much better back then
Loss is forever https://i.redditmedia.com/tIZ2c44U7KzMNhi_-_fGfJIHUQHjmNGtgzH7jGG83NM.png?s=54d32540d3427c719037db2571dc5542
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Happy 10th birthday to Ethan and Lilah's baby, if it had actually been born!
You know, the arrangement of the top four, I hesitate to say it, almost looks like loss.
thank you
I’m sad that there’s no mention of Buckley embracing the meme for the 10th anniversary. I think a lot of people may have missed it since it was only on the website temporarily.
Because a lossaic is too large for the gallery without compression, here
You SONOVA-
The fact that most of the internet still enjoy loss memes on a pretty frequent basis after 10 years is truly stunning. It's all about the evolution. Like a band that never makes an album in the same style/genre twice.
Perfect. I believe it is a great opportunity to let it die.
Yes, that is indeed what happened to the baby.
I know how people dislike this meme as to them its not funny in anyway but to me the only reason this is one my favorite meme is because of the fact how everything everywhere every fan base has its own loss edit and its still surprises me when i see a random ass edit. long live the loss soldier
That's the problem with gag-a-day strips when storylines are put into them. Once the story's done, they'll just go back to gags again.
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It's interesting how this meme went from loved to hated.
Is it really hated though? If anything, I think it just become overused and people just got sick of seeing it all the time. A joke is funny a few times. A joke is never funny the 10000th time you hear it. Not so much hated as just people got bored and wanted the meme to just die already.
Thankfully, for the sake of shitposts, it never really did.
To be honest, I'm really surprised the consensus on the internet is that this meme is NOT in poor taste. Miscarriages are a heavy topic and you'd think it'd be a touchier subject, even when its mocking a comic that executed it poorly. Ah well, I'm not complaining, loss is funny.
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I just saw a furry vore version of loss.jpg…
have some bleach friend
…
May I see it?
I'll PM the link to you.
I'll PM the link to you.
have some bleach friend
Never heard of this 'meme'. Why is it funny?
It s weird, not funny
1. Memes do not have to be funny. Like, the definition of a meme includes nothing about comedy. Just that it is easily spread culture. 2. What comedy can be derived from it comes from the author of the comic's over-the-top defensiveness to the deserved backlash he got for it. In other words, the "funny" here is in pointing at an author that took their work waaaay too seriously and could not take deserved and fair criticism and saying "look at this idiot over here, guys!"
Basically, it is a very similar issue to the Harry Potter memes of recent times: an author blatantly trying to court controversy and having it blow up in their face.
1. Its making fun of a really poorly written arch in a already really poorly written web comic
2. Its shitposting bait
3. The fact that its so over exposed it goes past the point to being annoying/cringy to just being absurd that its lasted so long
4. Normies don't get it so normies can't ruin it
Or as I like to think of it, Rick Roll II: The Legacy.
A loss roll.
Ok thats weird
It s weird, not funny
1. Memes do not have to be funny. Like, the definition of a meme includes nothing about comedy. Just that it is easily spread culture. 2. What comedy can be derived from it comes from the author of the comic's over-the-top defensiveness to the deserved backlash he got for it. In other words, the "funny" here is in pointing at an author that took their work waaaay too seriously and could not take deserved and fair criticism and saying "look at this idiot over here, guys!"
Basically, it is a very similar issue to the Harry Potter memes of recent times: an author blatantly trying to court controversy and having it blow up in their face.
There was a time, many years ago, when I read this comic. In places I had even liked it. We were young once.
Then this comic came out, and in that very instant I was like, "Yeah, okay. I'm done."
And I haven't gone to the site since.
Ah, youthful innocence.
Is it really hated though? If anything, I think it just become overused and people just got sick of seeing it all the time. A joke is funny a few times. A joke is never funny the 10000th time you hear it. Not so much hated as just people got bored and wanted the meme to just die already.
Thankfully, for the sake of shitposts, it never really did.
A loss roll.
1. Its making fun of a really poorly written arch in a already really poorly written web comic
2. Its shitposting bait
3. The fact that its so over exposed it goes past the point to being annoying/cringy to just being absurd that its lasted so long
4. Normies don't get it so normies can't ruin it
Memes have very short shelf lives, this meme has lasted 11 years now, love it or hate it that is impressive.
Remember when this was 1 year old? Now it's 11 years old!
11 years old is quite a feat. I can't wait for the 1_th anniversary.
I hate you. Take your upvote.
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May I see it?
I'll PM the link to you.
I'll PM the link to you.
I fucking hate loss. Loss is everywhere. All loss memes must die. If I was admin I would delete this page. Loss must be gassed.
Thank you for making this trend. Your little hate comment just made this meme more relevant.
Loss is always relevant.
Loss is always relevant.
loss
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Why did you reply 18 months and a pandemic later?
because i saw it
because i saw it
Why did you reply 18 months and a pandemic later?
because i saw it
because i saw it
Thank you for making this trend. Your little hate comment just made this meme more relevant.
Loss is always relevant.
Loss is always relevant.
loss
I hate you. Take your upvote.
Know Your Meme's formatting sucks so it turned it into _
Know Your Meme's formatting sucks so it turned it into _
this is a perfect meme because there's no joke to overuse and you just need to put loss in basically any place you can think of
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II I_
Why did you reply 18 months and a pandemic later?
because i saw it
because i saw it
Why did you reply 18 months and a pandemic later?
because i saw it
because i saw it
Can someone explain to me exactly why this is trending again…this time?
Not just the fact this is frontpaged, I saw this was the 2nd most viewed article on English Wikipedia 4 days ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Loss_(comic)
Someone on Twitter was claiming to be the subject of the comic.
the fact i read this comment 4 days ago and now a webcomic along the lines of "this smart move, that stupid move" has a friend irl convinced i made the comic because it kinda sorta resembled the art styles i went for in college with a similar disagreement lines up perfectly to say : i am sorry universe, i laughed at the wrong thing.
loss is kinda like amogus in that it's so simple and smol that you can hide it basically anywhere and there's endless possibilities. it might as well never die, people are still posting new ones in a discord server i'm in.
(also most recent reply is now 20 days old. the universe made it line up into a 420 joke now lmao)
loss is kinda like amogus in that it's so simple and smol that you can hide it basically anywhere and there's endless possibilities. it might as well never die, people are still posting new ones in a discord server i'm in.
(also most recent reply is now 20 days old. the universe made it line up into a 420 joke now lmao)
the fact i read this comment 4 days ago and now a webcomic along the lines of "this smart move, that stupid move" has a friend irl convinced i made the comic because it kinda sorta resembled the art styles i went for in college with a similar disagreement lines up perfectly to say : i am sorry universe, i laughed at the wrong thing.
loss is kinda like amogus in that it's so simple and smol that you can hide it basically anywhere and there's endless possibilities. it might as well never die, people are still posting new ones in a discord server i'm in.
(also most recent reply is now 20 days old. the universe made it line up into a 420 joke now lmao)
loss is kinda like amogus in that it's so simple and smol that you can hide it basically anywhere and there's endless possibilities. it might as well never die, people are still posting new ones in a discord server i'm in.
(also most recent reply is now 20 days old. the universe made it line up into a 420 joke now lmao)
Someone on Twitter was claiming to be the subject of the comic.
the fact i read this comment 4 days ago and now a webcomic along the lines of "this smart move, that stupid move" has a friend irl convinced i made the comic because it kinda sorta resembled the art styles i went for in college with a similar disagreement lines up perfectly to say : i am sorry universe, i laughed at the wrong thing.
loss is kinda like amogus in that it's so simple and smol that you can hide it basically anywhere and there's endless possibilities. it might as well never die, people are still posting new ones in a discord server i'm in.
(also most recent reply is now 20 days old. the universe made it line up into a 420 joke now lmao)
loss is kinda like amogus in that it's so simple and smol that you can hide it basically anywhere and there's endless possibilities. it might as well never die, people are still posting new ones in a discord server i'm in.
(also most recent reply is now 20 days old. the universe made it line up into a 420 joke now lmao)
the fact i read this comment 4 days ago and now a webcomic along the lines of "this smart move, that stupid move" has a friend irl convinced i made the comic because it kinda sorta resembled the art styles i went for in college with a similar disagreement lines up perfectly to say : i am sorry universe, i laughed at the wrong thing.
loss is kinda like amogus in that it's so simple and smol that you can hide it basically anywhere and there's endless possibilities. it might as well never die, people are still posting new ones in a discord server i'm in.
(also most recent reply is now 20 days old. the universe made it line up into a 420 joke now lmao)
loss is kinda like amogus in that it's so simple and smol that you can hide it basically anywhere and there's endless possibilities. it might as well never die, people are still posting new ones in a discord server i'm in.
(also most recent reply is now 20 days old. the universe made it line up into a 420 joke now lmao)
it drives me crazy that this 4 panel is so close to working as its own Loss derivative and no one has mentioned that
This comment reminds me of "STOP POSTING ABOUT AMONG US!"
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